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Julia Lostrom makes a lo-fi pop entrance on ‘Walls’

Julia Lostrom makes a lo-fi pop entrance on ‘Walls’

Melbourne’s Julia Lostrom unveils her second single Walls. The track’s lo-fi trap-pop production serves as the background for narrating a story about the challenge of developing a blossoming relationship when someone won’t let their guard down.  Accompanying the gently textured track is a dreamy visual, 

Tyne-James Organ returns on new single ‘Hold Me Back’

Tyne-James Organ returns on new single ‘Hold Me Back’

Tyne-James Organ stands as an ally to women and the Me Too Movement in his latest song Hold Me Back. The loaded track establishes its presence through Organ’s outrage at the misogyny women are subjected to.  Organ’s hawkish vocals backed by tough guitar riffs makes 

Interview: JXN releases debut EP ‘NeverASadAdventure’

Interview: JXN releases debut EP ‘NeverASadAdventure’

JXN (Jackson Brazier) unveils his debut EP ‘NeverASadAdventure’. The six-track EP is an RnB textured offering, stitching moments of triumph and confidence with moments of uncertainty and deep sentiment. JXN talks to us about the adventure this EP took him on, and the art of versatility.  

AURORA shares new track ‘Exist for Love’

AURORA shares new track ‘Exist for Love’

AURORA reveals a new-found tenderness on her latest single Exist for Love. Accompanied by elegant, enchanting strings, the track injects hope and warmth into the puzzling and frantic times we are enduring globally.  The soothing and romantic vocals from AURORA are accompanied by Isobel Waller-Bridge’s 

Foley break down their EP ‘On My Conscience’, movie style

Foley break down their EP ‘On My Conscience’, movie style

New Zealand’s FOLEY celebrate their consistent musical efforts by releasing their debut EP On My Conscience. The duo mobilise the funk undertones through rejoicing in the freedoms and joy of friendships and adulthood, whilst expressing the conundrums in navigating the beginnings of the new phase of life. 

Peter Bibby causes a raucous on ‘Oceans’

Peter Bibby causes a raucous on ‘Oceans’

Peter Bibby recruits Dog Act to bring disorder and chaos into his latest track Oceans. The loud, frantic track repositions Bibby, catapulting him from his folksier roots into a more abrasive soundscape.  “Oceans started out as a little sea shanty-esque poem scrawled on a piece 

April brings her grace to debut EP ‘New Conditions’

April brings her grace to debut EP ‘New Conditions’

Hailing from Ireland’s Kildare, singer-songwriter April releases her debut EP New Conditions. The debut is a gentle, hazy four-track collection of suffocating in love in all its pain and glory. April couples her faint, silky vocal with low-fi synths as she invites us into her 

BLOXX get loud on ‘Lie Out Loud’

BLOXX get loud on ‘Lie Out Loud’

Indie pop and rock plough into each other on BLOXX’s latest single Lie Out Loud. Fuelled by angst and the vexing property of loving what’s worst for you, the track is zippy and grungy, with fragments of bright, catchy melodies.  ‘Lie Out Loud feels like 

Birds of Tokyo release Human Design; first album in four years

Birds of Tokyo release Human Design; first album in four years

Birds of Tokyo are at their most transparent when detailing the realities of overcoming adversity on their newest album Human Design. The eleven track display spotlights the group’s resilience as they conquer loss and defeat with vulnerability. Originally planning to release their album alongside their 

mxmtoon is warm and ambitious on new EP ‘dawn’

mxmtoon is warm and ambitious on new EP ‘dawn’

mxmtoon marks the feeling of being misunderstood in your teen-hood on her latest EP dawn. Sanding the edges of the tumult and havoc that seeps its way adolescence, the California-raised musician uses the seven-track offering to reckon with her personal challenges, and sculpt them into