On their third album The Cactus Channel are out to demonstrate their natural evolution as a unit – and while they may have outgrown the Daptone reverence of their initial sound, they are unmistakably the same group, just one that … Continue reading The Cactus Channel – Stay a While (2017 LP)
To celebrate the opening night of The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo a killer lineup of some of Melbourne’s most interesting acts trading under the wide banner of funk/soul/groove music congregated at Max Watt’s last Thursday. The amount of work that … Continue reading AWME: Mojo Juju + Emma Donovan and The Putbacks + Quarter Street + The Seven Ups – Max Watt’s House of Music, Melbourne (12/11/15)
Melbourne’s credentials as a rock’n’roll city are widely acknowledged, however there is also a burgeoning scene led by a diverse group of upstarts intent on taking their music from Brunswick to Bonnaroo and beyond. This month we examine the rise … Continue reading Soul Priority: A Profile on Melbourne’s Soul Scene featuring Saskwatch
For their first release, Melbourne’s Frida deliver dark indie-pop stylings with a twist. Recorded entirely in a share house in West Brunswick, the hub around which the residents and their friends have based their new Wyall Style Records, Slowly and … Continue reading Frida – Slowly (2015 Single)
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