[on repeat] BLAST by Love of Diagrams

I wasn't aware Australia's Love of Diagrams was still making music so it was an unexpected treat to find their latest LP Blast. It was an even bigger treat to hear how wonderful they still sound.

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Love of Diagrams
Bedroom Suck

by Ariel
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[on repeat] ABOUT TIME by Chook Race

Melbourne strummers Chook Race have swung for the fences with their debut LP and they have surely hit it out of the park. The trio have compiled a blissful set of 10 jangle-pop gems. The LP is self-released and is available in February if you're in Australia, but if you're in the US then you're in luck because it's already available from Easter Bilby Records.

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Chook Race

by Ariel
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SICK OF YOU by School Damage

Jake from Ausmuteants and Hierophants is keeping his stellar record of bands in tact in yet another music outlet.  This time he is hooking up with his girlfriend, Carolyn, for School Damage.  After a cassette release they added a couple members to assemble a four-piece and fill out their sound. The penchant for synthy, swirly punk is still evident and their first 7" for 'School Damage' was released last August from Detonic Recordings.

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Detonic

byAriel
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PNEUMATIC DRILL by Hierophants

Hierophants are out of Australia and feature members from Ausmuteants and Frowning Clouds. Sounds too good to be true, right?  Well, it kinda is when all is said and done.  After a split cassette and a couple 7"s started to stir up the excitement last year, the four-piece are set to release two more 7"s. Goner Records are handling the release of the swirly 'I Don't Mind' this month, and the cleaner 'Pneumatic Drill' was released last week from Australian record label Moontown Records with a fabulous b-side in 'Skipping Steps.'  Debut LP from Goner and Aarght! expected in early 2015!

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Hierophants
Moontown
Goner

byAriel
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BURIED by Wives

Debut cassingle from Canberra, Australia's Wives features the track 'Buried' on Cinnamon Records. It's sold out, but you can still enjoy the fantastic tune digitally.  Debut LP due out early 2015.

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Cinnamon

byAriel
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[on repeat] I'M IN YOUR MIND FUZZ by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a 7-piece out Australia that are always trying to entice every one of your senses with their experimental music and loads of instrumentation.  Their new LP, In My Mind Fuzz, is their 2nd LP of the year and it's a monstrosity that doesn't let up.  I posted this track earlier when it was released to the web a couple months ago, but the release of the album on 10/31 (fitting) just demands notice.  It's like one wigged-out, psychedelic, krautrock jam that won't let you stop moving. Pre-orders are up and supposedly each version of the first pressing is limited and completely different.  Enjoy the 3D video for 'Cellophane.'

  

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Castle Face Records

byAriel
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[on repeat] LEGALIZE EVERYTHING by The Frowning Clouds

Legalize Everything is the latest (and third) slacker full-length from Australia's The Frowning Clouds. This little gem of retro-psychedelia and sunshine came out Sep. 12 from Rice is Nice Records.  I don't see an U.S. distro for vinyl purchases so, in the meantime, stream the digital or pay the crazy international shipping costs.  

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The Frowning Clouds
Rice Is Nice

byAriel
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BACK TO YOU by Twerps

Janky pop purveryors out of Melbourne, Twerps, have announced the released of their sophomore LP, Range Anxiety.  Chapter Music will release the LP in Australia and New Zealand on January 23, 2015, while Merge Records will handle their debut Twerps release for the rest of the world on January 25, 2015.  Check out the video for the first release from the new LP and get over to pre-order the LP.  The first 100 orders get a bonus 'Back To You' 7" free with a non-LP b-side.

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Twerps
Merge

byAriel
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THIRSTY EYE by The Stevens

A new standalone single from Australia's The Stevens for their Sep/Oct US tour that brings them to L.A. tomorrow night at Los Globos.

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The Stevens
Chapter Music

byAriel
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HEAVY HANDS by Twerps

Australia's Twerps have signed to Merge for U.S. distribution, and their new EP Underlay was just released yesterday so you should get it.  Vinyl copies are through Australia's Chapter Music label, but it appears it's a digital only release for the U.S., which sucks given the ridiculous shipping costs these days.  You can expect the band's second full-length in early 2015.

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Twerps
Merge

byAriel
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[on repeat] FREEDOM OF INFORMATION by Ausmuteants

Australia's Ausmuteants have finished their follow-up to last year's amazing debut LP, Amusements, and it's just as manic and just as good (even better actually). Here's the first track from the LP, titled Order of Operation. There are no pre-orders yet, but I assure you they will be released at Goner Records on September 30 so keep checking their website. The band will be in L.A. on 10/17 and 10/18. 

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Ausmuteants
Goner Records

byAriel
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ANY PORT IN A STORM by Scott & Charlene's Wedding

Scott & Charlene's Wedding are another force that come to us from Australia.  The band's second LP, Any Port In A Storm, was released by Fire Records on July 22 and deals with his difficulties in moving to New York, the troubles with a personal relationship, loneliness, and his able persistence in coping with it all and moving forward. There are fragile songs with outward lyrics that are easy to relate to and delivered with a vocal style reminiscent of Lou Reed.  As you can expect with many Australian outputs these days the LP is packed with enjoyable slacker-filled jangle, fuzz, and upbeat rhythms that make you feel safe in the simplest of ways.  It's not perfectly crafted musically or poetically, but therein is where most of its charm lies.

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by Ariel
RIYL: Boomgates, Pavement, Lou Reed
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[on repeat] STUDIO OF MY MIND by Ooga Boogas

There's yet another awesome Australian band made up of a bunch of members from other bands. This time it's Melbourne's Ooga Boogas who are led by Mikey Young from Eddy Current Suppression Ring and claim members from The Sailors and The Onyas. Their self-titled LP has just been released last week from Aarght! Records and it's their long

WROTE YOU A MELODY by Wildcat General Strike

Wildcat General Strike are an unsigned four piece out of Melbourne’s northside. Their music shines with melody evoking comparisons to indie pop icons such as The Cure and The Stone Roses with a   flare of pop rock elements and rawness more reminiscent of contemporary acts such as The Vaccines  and Libertines. The band released its debut EP

ALONE by The Stevens

The Stevens are yet another fine band to come out of Melbourne, Australia. From what I can tell their jangly, rickety melodies haven't quite reached out beyond their continent much yet, but their instant appeal leads me to believe that their strumming pop tunes deserve to be heard everywhere. The four-piece have a six-track EP to their credit that they're

[on repeat] UNKNOWN PLEASURES by The UV Race

The UV Race is a proto/garage punk band from Melbourne, Australia that includes members of Dick Diver, Straight Jacket Nation, and School of Radiant Living. They've  always been an industrious bunch pushing the limits of what you'd typically expect to come out of a band in the post-punk/garage genre. The band is releasing its third LP,

ALL GONE by Pop Singles

Melbourne, Australia's Pop Singles' music harks back to the jangly melancholic post punk period of the early 80's and bands like The Smiths and Go-Betweens when it seemed wonderfully miserable to be a teenager. The trio utilize a familiar dark, yet buoyant quality to their pure guitar pop with lyrics of hopelessness, loss, and not knowing what to

THIS TOWN by Bloods

(previously on CWR)

The majority of my posts lately aren't intentionally focusing on Australia, but that just seem to be the way things are lining up.  This Sydney trio, Bloods, was featured on CWR just a couple of months ago. The band has just shared their new track, 'This Town,' which is 'an ode to sleep, being left alone, and general

[on repeat ] BACK TO YOU by Woollen Kits

Woollen Kits are another jangly masterpiece out of Melbourne, Australia that popped up into my world  at the start of 2012 with their comforting and harmonious blend of lo-fi rock on their self-titled debut released on  RIP Society Records.  In some rather unexpected news, the trio are releasing their second full-length this year and it's more of the sensational

MEDICINE by Chook Race

There's another jangly garage treasure coming out of Australia...Melbourne specifically.  The Aussie trio known as Chook Race incorporate a whole lackadaisical, blissful and scrappy quality to their songs' energy that is common place with many of the artists coming out of Australia at the moment and their output is no less captivating. Their most