Feature Sounds

by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Is it a soundtrack? Is it a film-score? Is it an audio book? It is in fact the new album from Melbourne’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard...

by Origami ‘The Usefulness of Art’ is the second album from prolific Melbourne saxophonist Adam Simmons and his trio Origami. Joined by Howard Cairns on bass and Anthony Baker behind the kit, Simmons presents a...

by Mama Kin Propelled by the idea of connection and alchemy, Mama Kin’s new album, The Magician’s Daughter, confronts the veil between the darkness and the light: the place where magic lives. This is not...

by Antibalas Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12-piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience, influencing countless musicians and developing a live show that is the stuff of...

by Various The annual musical journey for thousands of fans of Australia’s premier festival of music, arts and dance begins as the WOMADelaide 2013 Compilation CD is released nationally through Cartell Music today. The CD...

by Ted Vining Trio This live performance, first released as an LP by Bill Hawtin of Jazznote Records, was recorded at former PBS studios at the Prince of Wales Hotel in St.Kilda, featuring Barry Buckley...

by Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo return with new album Fade, out now via Matador / Remote Control. Fade is the most direct, personal and cohesive album of Yo La Tengo’s career. Recorded with...

by Kim Salmon & Spencer P Jones When Kim Salmon and Spencer P Jones got together to play some gigs as a single entity early last year there was an expectation of chaos – here...

by Various It’s nine years on and the So Frenchy party is showing no signs of slowing down… A successful series of music compilations that has sold over 160,000, So Frenchy has evolved and developed...

by Bob Brozman Ruf Records is proud to announce the release of Bob Brozman’s latest blues CD, FIRE IN THE MIND. Recorded this year in California, this collection of new original songs offers up driving...

by Menagerie Menagerie is the new spiritual jazz project from prolific Australian producer and songwriter Lance Ferguson, known for his acclaimed work under The Bamboos and Lanu monikers. For They Shall Inherit, Ferguson has assembled...

by Various Starting a record label in 2002? You’d have to be crazy. To still be running a record label in 2012? You’d have to be stupid. A 10 year anniversary of Popboomerang Records including...

by Dark Horses Front man for the evocative soundscapes of The Cruel Sea and the hard edged pub rock of The Beasts of Bourbon, collaborator on the Tex, Don and Charlie outings, and compadre to...

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by Various Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is proud to launch the seventh edition of their annual compilation album Visible, the product of the Visible Mentoring Program, featuring the sounds of a proudly multicultural Melbourne. With...

by Airileke Leading-edge producer and innovator behind DRUM DRUM and Grrilla Step, Melbourne’s Airileke (irie-leck–eh ) will release his debut album ‘Weapon of Choice’ at the Australian World Music Expo this November. The album takes...