Billy Bragg – The Million Things That Never Happened
UK singer-songwriter extraordinaire Billy Bragg’s tenth album is a a heartfelt paean to human resilience, featuring 12 soulful country rock gems.
Month: July 2021
Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
Courtney Barnett’s new album is an exquisite look at her private world, and consequently her most beautiful and intimate record to date, on limited edition indie exclusive blue vinyl!
BadBadNotGood – Talk Memory
New album from Canadian ensemble BadBadNotGood goes back to their roots and pays homage to the musicians, composers and influences that first informed their work.
DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising Part 2
Brisbane’s favourite thrash-party hoons DZ Deathrays deliver the highly anticipated follow up to Positive Rising: Part 1, on limited edition purple vinyl!
Halfway With Bob Weatherall – Restless Dream
Combining contemporary music, traditional Kamilaroi language and spoken word, Restless Dream centres reclamation and truth-telling around the ongoing injustices towards Aboriginal people.
Amyl & The Sniffers – Comfort To Me
Highly-anticipated second album from Melbourne rock throwbacks Amyl & The Sniffers tears the pandemic a new one in their own inimitable style.
The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
The new album by US rockers The War On Drugs Is an uncommon rock album about one of our most common but daunting processes – resilience in the face of despair.
World Series – What’s Growing
Wurld Series are an indie rock band from Christchurch, NZ, known locally for their skewed pop sensibility and lo-fi production aesthetic, and ‘What’s Growing’ is their wonderful second LP.
The Jungle Giants – Love Signs
Brisbane indie rock veterans The Jungle Giants reveal their highly anticipated fourth studio album Love Signs, featuring their trademark alternative dance-pop hooks that veer from dissonant to euphoric.
Ben Ely – The Golden Path
Founding Regurgitator bassist Ben Ely’s third full-length solo album burns light through gloom in taking flight to ‘The Golden Path’.
hotmagnets – Omega Chemicals
New project hotmagnets by Brisbane stalwart Simon Graydon (Sekiden, Undead Apes) moves away from guitars into the electronic realms with beguilingly excellent results.
Scientists – Negativity
The Scientists’ powerful brand of deranged swamp-rock returns with a vengeance, with the first new full length album by the iconic Australian band’s penultimate line-up in 35 years.
Wavves – Hideaway (indie exclusive)
New album ‘Hideaway’ from US garage-popsters Wavves looks inward to take onboard the madness happening in the world, first pressing on limited edition indie exclusive tangerine vinyl!
Spirit Bunny – Uncanny Valley
Second album from local experimental noise trio Spirit Bunny evolves their distinctive avant-pop sound into new and exhilarating places!
Lucy Dacus – Home Video
Home Video is the new full-length album from burgeoning US singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, the collection of songs a gorgeous example of the transformative power of vulnerability.
Dag – Pedestrian Life
A remarkable double-LP from Brisbane-bred indie rockers Dag, ‘Pedestrian Life’ centres songs about the everyday ethereal, and dead ways of living on a dying planet.
Blowhard – Blow Fast… The Last Blow
Brisbane punkers Blowhard have released a vinyl retrospective of their 32-year career containing a hand-picked selection of tracks spanning all eras of Blowhard’s larger-than-life history.
Pearl Jam – Alive RSD2021
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s iconic debut album Ten. ‘Alive’ was the first single off the album and 30 years later it’s being reissued as an indie exclusive RSD release!
John Grant – The Boy From Michigan (deluxe)
US-via-Iceland singer-songwriter John Grant’s new album’s impressive reach builds toward conclusions, where once recriminations and questions lived. Limited edition deluxe 2-LP version.
Magic Dirt – Friends In Danger 2021 reissue
25 years ago powerhouse Geelong rockers Magic Dirt released their epic debut album ‘Friends In Danger’, and it’s now been reissued for the first time on limited edition red wax!