Feature Sounds

by Sugai Ken ToKiShiNe’ is an album best listened to in headphones, preferably on a sunny winter’s day in some kind of garden. It is a highly immersive blend of electro, field recordings and traditional...

by Various I think that regular listeners will be aware of my love for compilations (Note from Maddy: Especially Retrospective ones!!) and this latest one from Festival Records is an absolute beauty! It’s having a...

by Zillanova On their latest seven inch single Brunswick based recording label Hope Street have assembled a team of funk musicians with exceptional pedigree. Bob Knob, one of the label’s founders and a brilliant producer...

by Chris Russell's Chicken Walk Dirty, raw, it’s all there. On Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk’s second album, it may sound pretty similar to the first but that doesn’t make it any less awesome! One of...

by Rusty Pinto Way Out Here is the new long player from Press Tone recording star Rusty Pinto. The record finds Rusty and his group firing on all cylinders with Rusty’s signature voice accompanied nicely...

by Pokey LaFarge Pokey LaFarge and his band blend old time sounds of early jazz, country blues and western swing into an original sound. They hark back to the post war days of well dressed...

by Cash Savage & The Last Drinks Cash Savage & The Last Drinks’ new album The Hypnotiser is big. It’s really big. It packs a punch, and not like a drunken smack in the face...

by Horrorshow At first glance the title of the new album by Sydney duo Horrorshow seems to smack of hubris but in fact it is about internal struggle, the mastery of oneself and striving to...

by Roy Book Binder Roy Book Binder was born October 5, (Queens, New York), in 1943 is a laconic living treasure of American Blues, Ragtime and Old Timey music. He is the epitome of the...

by Darling Downs Acclaimed Australian musicians Ron S Peno and Kim Salmon reunite as The Darling Downs to release their third album, In the Days When the World Was Wide. Named after a collection of...

by Thriftstore Masterpiece Lee Hazlewood’s 1963 debut album, ‘Trouble Is a Lonesome Town’ was released in 1963 to little acclaim or success. Although a strong record of alt-country narrative flecked with moments of driving rock...

by The Bombay Royale The Bombay Royale have been honoring and reviving the funky, bizarre and mysterious music of vintage Indian cinema and brought it to new audiences since their inception in 2012. This newly...

by Olivier Libaux Cover versions of songs can be a little tricky. Sometimes, they’re just too similar to the original and can seem like a pointless exercise but if done with some originality, they can...

by Seminal Rats The early 1980’s represented a great era in Melbourne’s punk and post-punk music scene. Through this period and into the early 1990’s we saw, and heard the emergence of bands like God,...

by Alela Diane Over the last year, Alela has finished recording and mixing this new album, to be self-released in the summer via her own label, Rusted Blue Records. It serves as an eloquent goodbye...

by Buika Recorded in Madrid, Miami and New York, La Noche Más Larga (The Longest Night) is Concha Buika's first album of new material in 5 years. This time, the Afro-Cuban sounds dominate the flamenco...