Feature Sounds

by Chook Race Chook Race Around The House (PBS feature record) Despite a string of singles and EPs over the last few years, Chook Race kept us all waiting for their self-released debut, appropriately titled...

by Taipan Tiger Girls Taipan Tiger Girls # 2 (PBS feature record) Taipan Tiger Girls have the ability to create some of the most 'be-still-my-beating-heart' moments. Which is not particularly surprising of the sheer wealth...

by Kylie Auldist Kylie Auldist Family Tree (PBS feature record) Timing can be everything. Well, maybe not everything but right now I reckon it’s quite a lot for Melbourne superstar, Kylie Auldist . For the...

by Camera Camera Phantom of Liberty (PBS feature record) Like most media-created genre tags ‘krautrock’ is vexatious for a bunch of reasons – the inherent racism of the term of course principal among them. Kosmicshe...

by Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not (PBS feature record) Looking back, Dinosaur Jr’s dissolution in the late 90s didn’t seem to offer much hope of a reunion – the...

by Miss Destiny Miss Destiny Self-Titled (PBS feature record) As a constant on Melbourne stages for the past few years, Miss Destiny have had plenty of time to hone their proto-punk sound – distilled down...

by San Lazaro San Lazaro La Despedida (PBS feature record) By their own admission, San Lazaro’s new album – La Despedida – is not glamorous. And that’s a good thing. It’s raw, gritty, no frills...

by Betty Davis Betty Davis The Columbia Years 1968-1969 (PBS feature record) Fans of all things nastay rejoiced when early demo sessions by the legendary funk diva Betty Davis were discovered in the vaults of...

by Cash Savage and the Last Drinks Cash Savage and the Last Drinks One of Us (PBS feature record) One Of Us is the third album from Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, and it’s...

by Plutonic Lab Plutonic Lab Deep Above the Noise (PBS feature record) This this the fourth episode of Pluto as a solo artist, courtesy of Wax Museum Records. Album artwork is by the gifted photographer,...

by The Mystery Lights The Mystery Lights The Mystery Lights (PBS feature record) Mystery Lights – Self-Titled. This album is the first to be released on WICK Records, a new subsidiary of the good people...

by Case/Lang/Veirs Case/Lang/Veirs Case/Lang/Veirs (PBS feature record) It all seems to good to be true. In what seems like such a good idea, you wonder why they didn’t think of it earlier. It all came...

by Various Artists Various Artists Domestic Documents Vol 1 (PBS feature record) Jointly compiled by Melbourne’s Butter Sessions, the imprint started by Frankston’s Sleep D, and Noise In My Head, the radio show-cum-label now run...

by Angry Angles This excellent anthology of the late Jay Reatard’s last project before his successful solo career captures the Memphis garage wunderkind at the peak of his powers; the relatively short-lived band, featuring Jay’s...

by ATM15 ATM15 Human Music (PBS feature record) Big band jazz is too often disregarded as being music of a bygone era – great for its time, but not relevant today. There are certainly many...

by Mt Mountain Mt Mountain Cosmos Terros (PBS feature record) Mt. Mountain first came to my notice on Psyche Ward’s Compilation Vol.1 and with a self-titled EP the same year (2014). They sounded like a...

by Hayes Carll Hayes Carll Lovers and Leavers (PBS feature record) It’s been five long years since we’ve welcomed a new Hayes Carll album and this new one, “Lovers and Leavers” is a departure …...

by Tim Hecker Tim Hecker Love Streams (PBS feature record) On his eighth long player Love Streams Canadian composer Tim Hecker explores the frontier of sound art and classical composition. Through a synthesis of electronic...

by PJ Harvey PJ Harvey The Hope Six Demolition Project (PBS feature record) The iconic Polly Jean Harvey returns with her ninth outing – in many ways a continuation along the trajectory of 2011’s Mercury...

by Charles Bradley Charles Bradley Changes (PBS feature record) The Sceaming Eagle has returned! The third album by Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires is every thing you want and more from this outfit. Charles' rasping...