Independent Artist of the Week: Swindail
Warning! What this nineteen year old is up to may induce an existential crisis and/or extreme feelings of inadequacy. The young gun behind the astounding track, “Two Stomp”, is Sid Swindail; an avid...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Braille Face
Braille Face makes the kind of entrancing, synth-driven experimental pop that will take over your head after one listen. Hailing from Melbourne, the solo project of Jordan White commands attention...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Jannah Beth
Photo & styling by Bella Bruzzese Twenty year old singer-songwriter Jannah Beth is all about “breaking the mundane” through her music – and with only one single released, she’s already well on...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of the Week: Spirals
Spirals draw from a worldly mix of influences, blending hip hop, latin, afro and jazz into their production. The result is so dreamy, you’ll feel yourself physically exhale with each phrase. Time will...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Medicine Voice
Photo by Jessica Chapnik Khan Sar Friedman is the multi-talented woman behind Medicine Voice. Her sedative, soaring vocals meet with shamanic drum, harmonium, piano, organ and percussion in her...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Hideous Towns
Melbourne four-piece band Hideous Towns combine elements of shoegaze, post punk and dream pop in their addictive new release ‘Don’t Forget’. Comprised of members Alana West, Ashley Stirling, Chris...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Roadhouses
Sydney-based sedated rock trio Roadhouses write brooding, velvety, “codeine tempo anti-romance songs”. Their first single is ‘Drinkin’: a bluesy ode to the bottle that is the first taste of their...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Dannika
Dannika create soft and simple lo-fi rock, with candid lyrics taken straight from diary entries. The project started when Dannika Horvat bought a cheap bass online and started writing music on her...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: b00bjob
Brazen Sydney artist b00bjob (that’s all lower case and two zeroes) is not your everyday rapper. He once titled a song with the URL of an amateur skate video, and his official website contains nothing...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of The Week: Marcus
Move along weed rap – breakfast rap is coming through. Melbourne hip-hop artist Marcus released his first mixtape Pizza For Breakfast. Cereal At 3am. in June 2015. Since then, he’s founded Aussie...
View ArticleIndependent Artist of The Week: Gussy
Through intimate songwriting and performance, Sydney producer and performer Gussy is deconstructing normative gender and sexual ideals. Their first single ‘Looking At Myself’ is accompanied by a...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: The Pretty Littles
Cheeky Melbourne-based indie garage band The Pretty Littles create wistful, slow-burning, lo fi tunes to sing along with your mates to. With two albums already under their belt, the band have been...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: The Possé
The Possé are an elastic supergroup with their own funk-filled take on boogie. Inspired by the Philly soul studio greats and Patrick Adams’ pioneering New York disco, The Possé consists of core...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Jess Locke
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and self-described bedroom philosopher Jess Locke grew up on the Central Coast of NSW, honing her skills as a musician before eventually settling down in...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Makaw
Artwork: Ruby Scanlon Inspired by her love for telling stories via song, Sydney-based solo artist Makaw draws creativity from electronic landscapes and the desire to tell the naked truth. For her,...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Brightness
Brightness is the moniker of Alex Knight, an indie-pop producer and window cleaner hailing from Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. He owns a newly registered 2001 Commodore Lumina with a substantial...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Wallace
Sydney-via-Wellington songstress Wallace creates jazz-inspired, future soul that creeps under the skin and makes your heart swell. After releasing her debut single ‘Vinyl Skip’ in 2015, she’s bounced...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Crocodylus
Crocodylus make everything from fast, furious garage punk to crooning guitar ballads and pop punk pieces. Hailing from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, high school friends Stephen Sacco, Josh Williams and...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: Imperial Broads
Imperial Broads started off as a guitar-wielding all gal trio inside a garage in Marrickville. The trio eventually expanded to include honorary broad Nick Kennedy (aka Knievel) on drums. This...
View ArticleIndependent Artist Of The Week: The Tapes
This woozy, romantic duo create music that will sweep over you as subtly as an afternoon breeze. Sydney producers Mickey Kojak and Andrew Grant have combined their powers to form indie/electronic...
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