Marlon Williams is putting in some serious hard yards right now with his album a firm favourite here in Australia and New Zealand and bound to feature on many end of year best-of lists. As such he is still touring like a demon across the country, has played roles in a NZ film and an … Continue reading
Ruby Boots has had an epic year with her debut album finally being released on the local imprint of the Lost Highway Records label. We loved the record and it is stacking up as one of the finest local Americana releases of the year. At the time we said of the album: She can evoke … Continue reading
The Morrisons have been a mainstay of the local Americana scene here in Sydney and wider afield for the last few years. Now they have a brand new debut single and video to match for ‘Wild Eleanor’. Showcasing their dextrous ensemble playing and way of crafting some soaring melodies, they find the sweet spot between … Continue reading
Adam Young has a brand new single and video clip for his song ‘The Queen Of The Plains’, featuring the backing vocals of Emma Swift. It’s the first taste of his debut solo album Elementary Carnival Blues, due out in February 2016. The single possesses an evocative hazy/jangly tone that conjures up images of traveling down … Continue reading
Lyttleton is fast becoming the ground zero for contemporary country and folk music in New Zealand. From Marlon Williams to Aldous Harding, Tami Neilson to Julia Jacklin, The Sitting Room has been perfectly capturing New Zealand music for over a decade now and the latest album to emerge from the studio is singer/songwriter Nadia Reid‘s. … Continue reading
Lachlan Bryan is one of those artists that straddles the worlds of commercial and alt. country, equally comfortable in Tamworth or an inner-city bar. The Mountain finds him exploring a more soulful sound complete with weeping pedal steel, fiddle, piano and shuffling drums. The emotional quota is high and generally hits the mark as Bryan … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago we posted news about Lo Carmen’s brand new album, describing it as sounding like the Velvet Undergound jamming with Mazzy Star in a Nashville honky tonk after closing time. Now she’s released the beautifully colour saturated clip for the title track, directed by Aden Young (star of the TV series … Continue reading
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes have been slowly and successfully building their profile both here and internationally in both the alternative and commercial country scenes on the back of their album releases and live performances. The winner of the 2014 Golden Guitar for Alternative Country Album of the Year, The Age Music Victoria Award for Best Country Album, and the … Continue reading
Jep and Dep have released their latest single and clip from their acclaimed debut LP Word Got Out. ‘Cut All Ties’ blends religious imagery with deserted broken homes in small town NSW to great effect in their trademark black and white style. Continue reading
Sarah Humphreys and Kris Morris are successful songwriters in their own right but now they’ve doubled the goodness by starting a collaborative project. They’re currently bunkered down recording their debut album as a duo and have shared one of the tracks that will the appearing on it – the beautiful heartache soaked ‘These Nights’. Continue reading
Tami Neilson only released her superb album Dynamite! (read our review) eighteen months ago but now she has a brand new record called Don’t Be Afraid set for release on September 25th. The first single is the beautiful sway of ‘Lonely’ featuring a cameo from Marlon Williams. This song was begun in 1972 by a young … Continue reading
Aldous Harding is on a roll at the moment with a mid year European tour, Australian dates receiving rave reviews and a new album on the horizon. Now she’s also released a disconcerting and hypnotic video clip to accompany the grace and bruised beauty of ‘Stop Your Tears’. Continue reading
This is the first album of new material since Nicholson’s marriage break-up with Kasey Chambers who he’d recorded his two preceding albums with. In that sense this is a new start and it’s a quietly confident one that reflects on the personal attrition of such a traumatic experience as well as geographical locations and depression. … Continue reading
Sydney’s irrepressible alt. country songstress Fanny Lumsden is on the cusp of releasing her debut album Small Town Big Shot (September 2015) and to kick things off she’s released the video clip for its first single ‘Soapbox’. Filmed in the country NSW town of Tallimba where Lumsden first went to school the song takes aim at … Continue reading
Kris Morris released his album Ruins last year but like all good things it just keeps giving. This time in the form of a new clip for the single ‘Bury My Bones’ with the dark reverend Morris testifying the blues. Continue reading
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