The Audreys at the Flying Saucer Club
By LACHLAN BRYAN Multiple ARIA-winning South Australians The Audreys are without doubt one of the finest roots acts this country has produced. At the band’s core is the duo Taasha Coates and Tristan Goodall, who first met in Adelaide before forming the band in Melbourne in the early 2000s. Coates’ distinctive voice and Goodall’s multi-instrumental work both compliment the subtle songwriting which has made its way onto Triple J, ABC...
Revisit your youth
He redefined modern music as the co-founder of seminal New York City no wave four-piece Sonic Youth, a band who paved the way for Nirvana and were instrumental in the alt-rock US scene. Now the Thurston Moore Band will hit Australia and New Zealand this December. From his own critically acclaimed solo albums, to signing artists like Andrew WK, Violent Soho and Be Your Own Pet to his Ecstatic Peace! record label, to collaborations with...
The Bamboos release best of album
Celebrating 15 years of making music in 2015, Australia’s The Bamboos have long established themselves as one of the leading soul band on the global scene. Tru Thoughts mark this milestone on 27th November with this compilation of some of the bands greatest moments on the label, handpicked by the band, as well as three exclusive live tracks. The Bamboos recorded some of their most beloved and classic works while signed to esteemed UK...
New EP for R.W. Grace
In a year that has included the release of single ‘Shell’, support slots for Glass Animals and Jarryd James and multiple festival appearances, R.W. Grace returns with a brand new single and the announcement of an EP release for November. The Perth-via-Sydney songstress’s newest single is ‘All The Friends I Lost’. The track began to take shape one New Year’s Eve, as R.W. Grace reflected on relationships gone by. Despite its dark...
The California Honeydrops
By LACHLAN BRYAN There’s something undeniably authentic about The California Honeydrops. Hailing from the Bay Area (Oakland, CA), the band draw on a diverse range of archetypal American influences from funk, soul and R’n’B to Delta Blues and New Orleans second line. Having toured regularly throughout the USA and Europe, appearing at dozens of music festivals and supporting the likes of BB King, Buddy Guy, Alain Toussant and Dr John,...
New single for Emma Louise
‘I wrote Underflow about that feeling that swells up inside of you when you know that things in your life are about to change. It’s like an undercurrent that at first you ignore, and it builds and builds until you know you need to make a decision, albeit hard and scary at the time. Then the change comes, and everything is new and different.’ – Emma Louise Such is the sentiment that underpins Emma Louise’s stunning new single,...