I adore the Finnish country and hardcore music. And now the 2 in 1. Black Aura 7″

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„Medieval Power Folk” – What?

The singer of the Songs (nothing special Aussie indie pop) decided to record a solo album and enlisted two friends to back her up in 2011. One of them is Nisa Venerosa from the minimal psych something duo, Fabulous Diamonds! During the sessions they decided to form an entirely new band, the Bushwalking. These tracks taken from the second album, No Enter by Chapter Music

OK, I know, lots of Australian are here and maybe you think that we are Aussie music agents, but there are lot of really exciting artists who send their music to us so we can’t do anything, but: Mad Nanna! Mad Nanna! Mad Nanna! Simple stunning psych folk rock:

7″ by Soft Abuse

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The Urinals has begun as a punk parody band with minimal musical skill in 1978. The first show was so good that three of the five members stayed together like parody of themselves until 1983. At this moment they changed their name to 100 Flowers and disbanded. They have reformed in 1996. Their songs has been covered by Butthole Surfers, Digital Leather, Grass Widow, Halo of Flies, Human Eyes, Lili Z, Meatmen, Mika Miko, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Sex Cult, The Gun Club, Yo La Tengo and others.

from Negative Cabapility…Check It Out! , a historical overview from their songs on double LP by In The Red  (Reissue. The original released in 1996.)

1. Heartswin (ex-member of the Canadian psychedelic folk rock band, Pink Mountaintops) with Serafina Steer too.

2. The violent violinist of The Scrapes, Adam Cadell‘s urban field recordings from Ghana.

Just drum and bass are good enough – we know this since the NoMeansNo. Now here is a same thing, The Garden

The Life And Times Of A Paperclip LP by Burger. „It’s a punk record. It’s brooding and humorous, abstract and dense.” And dance!

Another great Aussie garage punk: Constant Mongrel: „post-punk art damage”

Heavy Breathing LP by R.I.P. Society (Aus) & Silt Breeze (US)

You can listen to their first LP

„I’m a fucking furniture removalist from Adelaide. I write down-and-out pop songs. I write songs about every job that I do.” Songs about blue collar’s weekdays by Scott & Charlene’s Wedding:

Lesbian Wife + Fakin’ NYC + Gammy Leg from Any Port In A Storm LP by Fire Records

The SACW is the solo project of the Australian musician, Craig Dermody. I have been following with attention to his works since his Para Vista Social Club LP (2011).  Not long ago he moved to New York.

Beside the fantastic LP here is a Lantern 7″ too

Jacuzzi Boys – eazy lil psych grge rck frm Flrda

Double Vision 7″ by Hardly Art

nxt LP on spt 10.  prev LP fll strm

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Early Butthole Surferesque „lysergic drenched anthems for all your daily evil activities” by Satanic Rockers from Melbourne with kickass

Micro Manager from Fu Kung LP by Little Big Chief

You know how a good girl likes to arouse attention? Yes, that’s exactly what Australian rocker Bobby Kill does in Canberra, as he’s the man behind TV Colours – the thrashing-surfing-frustration band whose debut LP (after only one 2-song release) has been awaited worldwide for about two years now! I don’t know what’s exactly going on in Australia but the independent / RNR scene has begotten such eloquent bands like Circle Pit, Slug Guts, Rat King or Bobby’s fellow music mates, Assassins 88 or The Fighting League (3 guys from the latter bands play at TV Colours gigs). So, when you get the feeling of envy, you are absolutely right and to be honest, I would be most envious of TV Colours as it is almost sure as death that he will leave his 500 fans-status behind pretty soon. With one of the greatest and most unique albums of 2013 it is not an exaggeration that he finally made it after all the failures (re-recording, studio cabin fever)  but I’m rushing a bit too much ahead I guess.

So, what do we get on Purple Skies, Toxic River? Apart from the obvious comparison between him and Nathan Williams from (the once damn noisy) Wavves here’s this quite fucked up setting-the-scene of leaving a city behind on foot – that’s the point where the buzzy vision of a big city melts into a distorted vision of  pseudo-urban alienation, losing ground and all these miserable things from a poor neurotic teenager’s perspective, all of these get terribly amplified and that means a lot of noisy guitars, as you can guess; even some Memphis Reatardesque punk vibes and atmospheric chilly soundscapes in-between. How could you not get excited about such weird poiesis?

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It’s  like walking the concrete paths of a hot sunny Australia while listening to your favorite obscure RNR songs through your everyday companion headphones. You might even see some 30 year-old VHS footage of teenage skaters in your mind, you might just wanna grab a six-pack of cheap beer, or you might just wanna die right now, all of these are possible if you give a try to TV Colours’  brand new LP – out now on Dream Damage or for European lads, Eighteen Records. Download is available for a set price but my humble suggestion is buy the vinyl or die!

is an initiative designed to promote and support new eclectic and experimental Australian music. One of their projects is a free compilation series. The latest explores the guitar in all its varied forms and nuances. six, twelve, and four string guitars are plucked, scraped, strummed, treated and picked to within an inch of tangible existence, before regularly being brought back into the realm of the recognizable.

The Lifted Brow, a bimonthly Australian magazine publishing fiction, art, comics and commentary.  Their May 2013 issue was dubbed ‘The Music Issue’, and along with a significant range of essays and articles connected to the theme, there was also a four-label download bundle, featuring compilations from Bedroom Suck Records, Fallopian Tunes, Special Award Records and Wood & Wire.

Bedroom Suck Records  tags: alternative indie garage lo-fi punk brisbane

Fallopian Tunes  tags: experimental ambient electronic independent melbourne

The set is free to download.

Wood & Wire  tags: electronic experimental abstract beats ambient beats drone electro pop electroacoustic

The set is free to download.

Special Award Records  tags: inide pop rock melbourne. This set is free.