Synthpop

Premiere: Watch Minibikes New Video 'Magic Happens'

With hints of MGMT, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Panama and Miami Horror throughout, minibikes return with 'Magic Happens' – a bumper sticker-inspired single oozing synth
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Premiere: Watch Merpire's New Video 'Hauntways'

Sydney-born songstress Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt relocated her dreamy synth-pop alter ego Merpire south to Melbourne last year.

Now there to stay, Merpire is...
Goldfrapp @ Carriageworks Review

Tonight’s venue (2 June), Carriageworks, is an old train construction factory that adds a 'Trainspotting' air to proceedings.

I’ve been at art things here before....
Woodlock Unlock Their Potential On New Single

From buskers on the street peddling original, folk tunes to Australia’s latest synth-pop revelation, the sonic evolution of Melbourne trio Woodlock continues with the release
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Premiere: Listen To Dead Language's New Single 'LED Nights'

Sydney producer Dominic Price began creating in his bedroom, exploring the breadth of instrumentation and creating a ‘baroque disco’ aimed at the art of
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Chairlift's Multifaceted Caroline Polachek Talks About Music

Three albums in and Chairlift have just moved from strength to strength.

From their early days getting success off the back of an Apple advert, their latest album...
Fieu Is Finding Her Groove

Fieu is the alias of Queenslander Emily Brewis, an artist who blends powerful vocals with keyboard synths, electric guitars and expressive percussion.

Fieu is set...
Selahphonic Are Partying Like It's 1999

Though he may not be as dysfunctional as Donnie Darko's Frank, the mischievous rabbit that features in indie-synth-pop rockers Selahphonic's new video, 'Ghosts Of 1999',
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M83 @ The Tivoli Theatre Review

Of all of the bands in the last decade to have mined the '80s for inspiration, M83 have endured best.

While others exploited the decade for ironic value or as...
The Jezabels' Accidental Album

A fan of The Jezabels was asked to describe their music to someone who’s never heard it before. She replied: “it’s like if Evanescence was actually a good
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Chvrches: Open Your Eyes

Based on the synthpop gold of Chvrches’ breakout LP, 2013’s 'The Bones Of What You Believe', you wouldn’t guess that two-thirds of the band spent the preceding decade playing
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Troye Sivan @ Astor Theatre Review

Rising to fame as a YouTube sensation, Troye Sivan ventured back to his Western Australian hometown on 11 January.

This was his rescheduled show after cancelling...
5 Studio Snacks With Wishes

The moniker of John Towey, Wishes is a Sydney-based musician and producer, composing beats that are a brew of pop, psychedelic and electronic.

Previously a member...
5 New-Age Bands Influenced By The '80s With Nakatomi Top 5

Nakatomi are a electro-pop duo from Adelaide. In October they released their debut single, 'The Knife'.

Synth-heavy with industrial beats and offering a generous...
Neon Indian Goes Back To Night School

Neon Indian is the American musical prodigy behind the sonically wild, psychedelic soundboard that is his most recent album, 'VEGA INTL Night School'.

Alan Palomo...
Art Of Sleeping: The Home Reno Band

Since Art Of Sleeping began releasing music in 2012, they've built a solid fan base and had the opportunity to perform at Splendour In The Grass.

In October, Art Of...
Future Islands: Veteran Newcomers

Across the countless comments posted to the YouTube video of Future Islands' busting-out breakthrough hit 'Seasons (Waiting On You)' on 'The Late Show', one managed to
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Kate Heart @ The Milk Factory Review

Filled with anticipation and enthusiasm, the crowd packed in tightly at The Milk Factory (17 October) to hear the crescendo to months of campaigning by talented songstress,
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5 Things Fieu Only Discovered This Year

A finalist in the International Songwriting Contest last year, Fieu (pronounced Fee-yu) has been working with Joel Quartermain (Meg Mac) to develop a new, creative
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5 Fictional Psycho Bitches With Nussy

Melbourne synth-pop starlet Nussy will tonight (17 July) launch her newest single, 'My Heroin', in Melbourne before a Sydney launch next month.

“'My Heroin' is...

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Synthpop

With hints of MGMT, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Panama and Miami Horror throughout, minibikes return with 'Magic Happens' – a bumper sticker-inspired single oozing synth

Sydney-born songstress Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt relocated her dreamy synth-pop alter ego Merpire south to Melbourne last year.

Tonight’s venue (2 June), Carriageworks, is an old train construction factory that adds a 'Trainspotting' air to proceedings.

From buskers on the street peddling original, folk tunes to Australia’s latest synth-pop revelation, the sonic evolution of Melbourne trio Woodlock continues with the release

Sydney producer Dominic Price began creating in his bedroom, exploring the breadth of instrumentation and creating a ‘baroque disco’ aimed at the art of

Three albums in and Chairlift have just moved from strength to strength.

Fieu is the alias of Queenslander Emily Brewis, an artist who blends powerful vocals with keyboard synths, electric guitars and expressive percussion.

Though he may not be as dysfunctional as Donnie Darko's Frank, the mischievous rabbit that features in indie-synth-pop rockers Selahphonic's new video, 'Ghosts Of 1999',

Of all of the bands in the last decade to have mined the '80s for inspiration, M83 have endured best.

A fan of The Jezabels was asked to describe their music to someone who’s never heard it before. She replied: “it’s like if Evanescence was actually a good

Based on the synthpop gold of Chvrches’ breakout LP, 2013’s 'The Bones Of What You Believe', you wouldn’t guess that two-thirds of the band spent the preceding decade playing

Rising to fame as a YouTube sensation, Troye Sivan ventured back to his Western Australian hometown on 11 January.

The moniker of John Towey, Wishes is a Sydney-based musician and producer, composing beats that are a brew of pop, psychedelic and electronic.

Nakatomi are a electro-pop duo from Adelaide. In October they released their debut single, 'The Knife'.

Neon Indian is the American musical prodigy behind the sonically wild, psychedelic soundboard that is his most recent album, 'VEGA INTL Night School'.

Since Art Of Sleeping began releasing music in 2012, they've built a solid fan base and had the opportunity to perform at Splendour In The Grass.

Across the countless comments posted to the YouTube video of Future Islands' busting-out breakthrough hit 'Seasons (Waiting On You)' on 'The Late Show', one managed to

Filled with anticipation and enthusiasm, the crowd packed in tightly at The Milk Factory (17 October) to hear the crescendo to months of campaigning by talented songstress,

A finalist in the International Songwriting Contest last year, Fieu (pronounced Fee-yu) has been working with Joel Quartermain (Meg Mac) to develop a new, creative

Melbourne synth-pop starlet Nussy will tonight (17 July) launch her newest single, 'My Heroin', in Melbourne before a Sydney launch next month.