Mary's Loves

The days are getting hotter, the nights a little balmier. Picnic season is upon us, and Sweetie have finally released their long-awaited debut single, ‘Boundary Queen’. Now, it’s likely coincidental that all these events (the changing of seasons, the relaxing of restrictions, the recorded debut of Sweetie) have so perfectly coincided with one another. But […]

There ain’t no rest for Third Eye Stimuli Records. It seems like every couple of weeks the Sydney/Wollongong record label releases something new, forever expanding their discography of Aussie psych/garage gems. And it’s all consistently great. From the hip-shaking rock ‘n’ roll of Rosa Maria to the pummeling shoegaze of PEEL, each Third Eye Stimuli […]

Listening to Angeles is like admiring a painting through frosted glass. There’s an image, but the image is blurred. There’s colour and movement and joy and pain, but these things are obscured by waves of noise. That’s not to say these feelings don’t land; they do. Instead of hitting you in the obvious ways, however, […]

Owen Penglis (Straight Arrows) AKA King O.P.P comes forth from lockdown DJ stasis to bring you a fat wad of soul/funk dancefloor hits to keep you limber during this isolation period. Inviting you into his personal record bag (and some of his wantslist), O.P.P presents some of his favourite heavy-hitting 45s; records that hold some […]

If you talk to any musician with half a brain, they’ll tell you that photographers are the true unsung heroes of the scene. Here’s a group of people who invest large chunks of cash into new equipment, lug that equipment around to shows, and document the evolution of a community we’re so lucky to be […]

The Buoys don’t fuck around. It feels like just yesterday the band were releasing their ‘All This Talking Gets Us Nowhere’ EP, and now they’re back with yet another belting single, ‘Lie To Me Again’. And here’s the kicker; not only are they establishing themselves as one of Sydney’s most prolific bands, they’re also evolving […]

With live music still a while off, we thought it timely to start sharing some the tracks that have helped brighten our lives in lockdown. What better way to kick things off than with King Stingray’s belter of a new single, ‘Milkumana’?