With the vibrant indie music scene in Australia and New Zealand constantly outshining much of the output from their British and American cousins, Little Indie picks our weekly bunch of some of the best new tracks on offer.
WILDERGLOW - THE ONE FOR ME
Lead track from the just released, self-produced second 'Space Between' EP from the alt-rock Melbourne five-piece, who we featured back in January with 'Outside'. Lush, foot-tapping earworm.
KID PHARAOH - GOLD IN MY VEINS
Wollongong-via-Sydney Egyptian-Australian MC follows last year's full-length 'Modern Revelations' with latest self-produced, dark hip-hop release with wry lyrics ("Your stunting chains and big face hundreds man / You hustling, but tell me what you covering? / I never needed all that ‘cause I come from kings / So, what I need a Rollie for?") and self-directed video.
SLUM SOCIABLE - LIFE IS FREE
The Melbourne indie-electro duo, Edward Quinn and Miller Upchurch, are back with euphoric single cut ahead of their forthcoming EP 'L.I.F', out August 2. "'Life Is Free' was called that because, it isn't," they say. "The second line of the song points that out; "how can I say that knowingly". It’s about noticing how valuable a resource like time is, how you use it with the people in your life, how other people who might not have it as good as you use it, and ultimately trying to use it for good."
HEDY LAMARR - WALK
Credit: Dani Hansen
Sydney's "Angry Girl Band™" female quartet make their debut with this hard hitting, topical party-punk song about women’s safety whilst walking home. “It’s a celebration of stomping home in your gig boots, music blaring in your ears, wind on your face. The song is a rejection of the notion that women are killed because of recklessness on their part."
ALL THE COLOURS - TEAR IT DOWN
Credit: Lauren Murphy
Produced by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, the Melbourne trio return with this new grungy-alt-rock track, released last week. Taken from the forthcoming 'Vol 3' EP, out later this year, the song is about "the impending doom of society, how if we don’t change things soon and break down some of our current systems, we will descend into chaos. I’m a bit of a pessimist in my darker moments and this song was a way for me to express those feelings," says frontman Joshua Moriarty.
PISS FACTORY - BUG
Lead single from the incoming 'Simplify' EP (out July 5) by the Melbourne trio (Scout Albertine - vocals, drums, Bianca Martin - guitar, Thomas Blatchford - bass), who harness energy and intensity in all of 88 seconds of garage-punk.
Love Hedy Lamarr! Another new band to me from down under was Miss June? Think they are from New Zealand
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