Australia’s community of epic, atmospheric rock acts has never been stronger, with Karnivool, Floating Me, and Sleep Parade all flying the flag high for Aussie progressive rock. Add to that list Melbourne’s [ME]; their soon-to-be-released EP, ‘Naked’ is sure to establish the band as a real force in the Australian rock community.

The title track opens the EP, with an almost folk-like vocal quality and stuttering drums playing over a sliding keyboard element; before the track suddenly... read more

!BUY HERE Track by Track review by Tim Galvin 1. I Wanna See You Already a proven dance floor special, this has all the hallmarks of the ‘Aston sound’. Take one part grindy bass-line, two parts electro bleep and a pinch of robot vocoder and blend into a smooth frothy floor filler. 2. Bring It Back This is Justice on barbiturates. An instant step back into raw electronic... read more

Yeah, we know that The King of Limbs has been out since February; but with the much-debated and painstakingly-analysed LP set for physical release in Australia this week, we thought we’d do a final wrap-up for you before you part with your hard-earned dough.

Just as The Strokes released an expectation-confounding and continually surprising work in ‘Angles,’ so too did Radiohead with their seventh album, ‘The King Of Limbs.’ But where the New Yorkers’ experimentation and desire... read more

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Lykke Li makes pop music. If that seems like an overwhelmingly ambiguous and broad statement, that’s because it is.

On Wounded Rhymes – the follow-up to her much-lauded 2008 debut Youth Novels – the twenty-four year-old Swede serves up a veritable smorgasbord of pop sounds from the last forty years, from “doo-wop” 70s girl-group harmonies and brooding psychedelia to the type of stripped back songs of love and loss you’d usually attribute to Best Coast. While... read more

The self-titled debut album from British lad James Blake may well be forever remembered as the “year zero” of post-dubstep. The moment when the pounding club staple was stripped to its base elements and made into something never thought possible; delicate, wonderful and beautiful.

“Delicate dubstep?” I hear you scoff. Granted, this seems like a contradiction. Like acoustic hardcore punk. Or brutal folk-rock. But even the most sceptical listener will see how Blake – former advocate... read more

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Read more about The Naked & Famous, and why they’re so famous, here.

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