The long-anticipated debut solo album from producer Monkey Marc is a fascintating blend of hip hop, jazz, blues, and globally influenced beat styles, with a heavy dub undertone throughout the second half of…

Champions of bold new-wave revisionism, Songs sculpt modernist pop music with a strong melodic sensibility and an edgy undertone. Inspired as much by the New York scene of the 70s as New Zealand…

Founded by London DJ and electronic producer Steve Goodman (Kode9), Hyperdub records is a leading label of the dubstep and post-dubstep movement. Over its five year history, Hyperdub has introduced some of the…

Blakroc is the collaboration between Ohio blues duo, The Black Keys, and numerous MC’s including Mos Def, Qtip, RZA, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch and ODB. The self-titled album was completed in just eleven days…

The Flaming Lips release their twelfth album, Embryonic, since forming in 1983.  Embryonic is a return to classic Flaming Lips, pounding its way through eighteen dense, and at times dark, tracks. Featuring…

Ned Collette releases his third album, ‘Over The Stones, Under the Stars’ joined by Wirewalker: Ben Bourke and Joe Talia.  Layered and satisfyingly dark the album delves into the underbelly of the everyday…

After returning from playing a dream show at New York ATP, Sydney band, Bridezilla deliver their debut fourteen track album produced by Kramer (Galazie 500, Urge Overkill, Low, Daniel Johnson). Recorded in a…

Melbourne's six-piece proto-punk purveyors The UV Race release their debut self-titled full-length record, produced and engineered by Mikey Young of Ooga Booga and Eddy Current Supression Ring renoun. Demonstrating the restless energy and…

The debut album from San Franciscan based Girls is a concise and wholy satisfying audio excursion through 60s west-coast pop, 80s post punk and damaged lo-fi acoustica. Equally melodic and discordant, harmonious and…

Rowland S Howard, a key figure of the Melbourne underground music for decades, releases his second solo album entitled Pop Crimes. Having showcased his distinctive, occasionally bleak romanticism through influential bands such as…

The second solo full-length from Deerhunter's Bradford Cox exhibits both the sparse meloncholic elements of previous lo-fi recordings as well as a vitality and vibrant percussive spirit reflecting a new approach to his…

Following their impressive debut album in 2008, Texan band White Denim have attracted a great deal of attention and adulation for their ambitious, eclectic, garage rock style, leading to their signing to respected…

The long-anticipated second album from Melbourne four-piece Crayon Fields is a striking collection of original music, with artful arrangements and thoughtful lyrics. Featuring the memorable singles Mirror Ball and All The Pleasures Of…

The solo project of Michigan singer/songwriter/producer/DJ Mayer Hawthorne, A Strange Arrangement is a incredibly authentic sounding set of vintage RnB and soul. Inspired strongly by the legends of Motown, as well as more…

The debut self-titled album from London four-piece The xx is an extremely impressive collection of slow and slightly sinister pop music. Informed equally by the desolation of new-wave and the tight minimalism of…

On ‘See Mystery Lights’, YACHTs founding producer Jona Bechtolt and newest member Claire L. Evans create an album of new wave Summer jams and elastic funk excursions. Released on James Murphy’s DFA Records…

Illustrating the musical precision and subtlety that has distinguished the band’s celebrated career, this latest collection of songs from Melbourne band Love Of Diagrams is a wholly satisfying musical experience filled with distorted…