Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
"Rest" is deeply reflective and partly autobiographical, a record of Charlotte Gainsbourg's extraordinary life. There are accounts of family history, of grief and loss, and songs on love, art, discovery, pleasure and new…
Machine Translations - Oh
Fresh ideas power the circuitry of Machine Translations' J Walker. His ninth album 'Oh' is electric with new arrangements, instruments and recording styles.This dynamism also drives his production for other artists - these…
30/70 - Elevate
30/70 have been called soul superheroes by Triple R's own Chris Gill: "These kids walk around with invisible capes on". We can't confirm the capes but the superhero part is clear when you…
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of A Woman
To hear Sharon Jones sing is to be awed and moved by an exceptional talent. Her gifts were shared across an extraordinary life and career, documented in part by Barbara Kopple's film "Miss…
Sampa The Great - Birds and the BEE9
Sampa The Great is truly a masterful artist. Her deep knowledge, passion and skill shines through each release. First was "The Great Mixtape", a powerful introduction filled with poetry, soul, jazz, funk and…
Fever Ray - Plunge
The visionary Fever Ray revealed her second album Plunge last week. After eight years of waiting, the sudden surprise release felt like a jolt. Alongside the album was an essay by artist and…
King Krule - The OOZ
The OOZ is an evocative title for an elusive record, the second by London's King Krule (aka Archy Marshall). It refers to the grit, gunk, and flowing unconscious forces we might prefer to…
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
"Lotta Sea Lice" is the collaborative album from Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: two exceptional musicians and great friends who have crafted an album that captures those talents and dynamics perfectly. It's the…
Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
Rapsody’s debut album featured a song called Destiny, where she expressed a wish to meet hip hop icon Jay Z and “just play a rhyme for him”. Four years later Rapsody was signed…
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
Relatives in Descent is the fourth album from acclaimed Detroit band Protomartyr, and arguably their most powerful record to date. Singer Joe Casey invokes the spirits of great rock orators and agitators as…
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
Moses Sumney taught himself to play guitar while studying creative writing at UCLA. Over the years he crafted a unique style of music making that draws from soul, folk, jazz, making songs that…
Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
If you're in the game of guessing what Ariel Pink will do next, you'd be quite used to getting things wrong. The cult LA artist is a master of the unexpected - a…
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
When philosopher Heraclitus said you can never step twice into the same river, as both the river and person will have changed, he may well have been referring to the music of Mount…
Beaches - Second of Spring
Right now in the southern hemisphere Winter is waning; days are growing longer and temperatures are rising. In other words, conditions are perfect for Beaches' long anticipated return. The acclaimed Melbourne band's latest…
Various Artists - Stylin' 800
Triple R's own Ennio Styles releases a new compilation celebrating 800 episodes of his pioneering program Stylin'. Ennio is a passionate supporter of music across the spectrum, and Stylin' 800 is filled with…
Gold Class - Drum
Soon after the release of their debut album, Melbourne's Gold Class played the opening set at Golden Plains. The performance was intense, euphoric, cathartic - in less than an hour the band offered…
No Album of the Week - During Radiothon
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Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
Between the release of "In Blood Memory" and this new LP, Jen Cloher issued a split 7" single with Courtney Barnett on their own Milk! Records label. Jen's song 'Needle In The Hay'…
Time For Dreams - In Time
For many years the debut album from Time For Dreams was an elusive, tantalising fantasy. It began as a conversation between two gifted artists, Tom Carlyon and Amanda Roff, and slowly evolved into…
Batpiss - Rest In Piss
‘Rest In Piss’ is the extraordinary third LP from Melbourne's punk rock champions Batpiss. Songs are dedicated to the memories of lost friends and loved ones, contrasting passages of furious intensity with more…