Independent Artist of the Week: Ani Lou
Following in the tradition of transforming pain into art, Tassie’s Ani Lou forges catharsis out of dream pop. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS) is an enervating illness that...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: T Breezy
Image credit: Alex Johnstone We back with our first Indie of the ~decade~ and it’s none other than T Breezy, Inverell’s primo rap export who’s ready to make waves. Inverell, NSW: a semi-rural town...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
Flaunting delicious saxophone and jangly electric guitar riffs, Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys are reviving 70’s Americana in all of its glory, but with a modern twist. Caitlin Harnett & The...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Boomalli
In Kamilaroi (Gomeroi), Boomalli means to ‘strike with power’. For Kamilaroi man Mick Graham, he’s doing just that with his music. On the banks of the Barwon River, near the edge of Kamilaroi nation...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Logic1000
Image: Logic1000 Producer & DJ Logic1000 dials up the vibes with her bassy rhythms that mash genres, samples and concepts – never short on material to keep you moving. For Samantha Poulter, aka...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Jennifer Loveless
Image credit: Kayzar Melbourne-based DJ Jennifer Loveless channels years on the decks into her productions that’ll tinkle your eardrums. If you’re familiar with Melbourne’s club scene, Jennifer...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: The Native Cats
Image credit: Lou Conboy The Native Cats are back, supercharged and snarling with a twofer that’s possibly their most personal and visceral yet. Hailing from Hobart, The Native Cats are Chloe Alison...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Iron Gate Sound
Upon first listen, you wouldn’t be remiss to assume Iron Gate Sound’s latest release, ‘Different Hours EP’, was born directly out of London’s tremendous bass and dancehall scenes. Such is the burning...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Xan Thorrhoea
What happens when a small apartment in LA inspires a photographic artist to make music for the first time? For Xan Thorrhoea, it’s some real good grooves. Botanically speaking, Xanthorrhoea (glauca)...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Olivia Escuyos
From student to teacher in the school of R&B, Olivia Escuyos matches her delicate vocals with a fiery dedication burning since her early teens. A trained vocalist determined to chase her dream,...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks
Image credit: Tom Wilkinson Get set to strap yourself in and be taken for a ride courtesy of the timeless bops from Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks. Releasing your debut album on the cusp of global...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Section60
Hailing from St Marys in the Greater Western District of Sydney, Section60’s Drill style and storytelling is based on years of personal hardships and life events. If you’ve lived in Sydney for any...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Sweet Whirl
Image credit: Annie Llewellyn Sweet Whirl’s damn delightful indie pop won’t overload you with sugar, but will definitely hit you with warmth for winter. If you’re familiar with Scott & Charlene’s...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Tuff Sherm
Eugene Ward has been a very busy boy of late. After releasing original singles under his Dro Carey moniker over the last 6 months, the Sydney-based producer has returned to 3 of his past side projects...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Concrete Lawn
If any good is to come of 2020, it is looking to be in the reinforced, youth-led wave of focus in correcting societal issues to provide renewed hope to the future. We can only describe ourselves as...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Kween G
Explosive, impassioned and extremely timely, Kween G’s, ‘Kibone’, is a masterclass in raising consciousness through music. We all remember that one teacher who seemed to make the biggest impact on us....
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Setwun
Quietly working away on multiple projects for the better part of the decade has seen Sydney-based musician and DJ Setwun come into his own with a newfound comfort and freedom in his abilities....
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Acopia
Acopia can be defined as a pejorative term used to describe a person’s inability to cope with activities of daily living. It was during a period in 2019 that three close friends who could be described...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Arafura
Arafura, literally speaking, are a three piece anticolonial hardcore band. Figuratively speaking, Arafura are the sonic embodiment of every furious, cathartic or chaotic feeling you’ve ever known....
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Vida Sunshyne
It’s amazing how grime, over the past few years, has proliferated into so many different subsections and styles. Once a simple form of rapping over a particular, dirtier type of production, grime has...
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