Original, unplayed 1979 7″ single by Dave Chesworth (Essendon Airport) and Philip Brophy (Tsk Tsk Tsk) teaming up as a one-off electronic duo.
By Pikelet Released May 2007
Engineered and produced by US uber-producer Casey Rice (Tortoise, Sea & Cake, Ben Lee and countless others), Pikelet’s debut self-titled album is a gorgeous, multi-tiered work of swirling and shifting melody, layered harmonies and charming story-telling, almost entirely performed by Evelyn herself. A uniquely assured and distinctive debut.
The second reissue volume from Melbourne’s legendary late 70s synth punk band the Primitive Calculators compiles their one and only studio single I Can’t Stop It b/w Do That Dance from 1979, plus live and rehearsal recordings, as well as the entire 1979 Little Bands EP, a wonderful document of the part-time side-projects and random [...]
Frida Hyvönen’s sparse, piano-based songs like I Drive My Friend and I Was A Serene Teenage Child immediately involve you in a world filled with brittle but powerful emotions. Until Death Comes is the kind of record a high school tough chick would make – hip thrust out, smoking a cigarette, but wearing dark glasses [...]
Another diverse and inspiring compilation of music from Australia’s extraordinary post-punk era, this time featuring some deservedly big names like Severed Heads and Scattered Order, but also introducing previously obscure classics from the likes of Use No Hooks and The Goat That Went “Om”. BACK IN STOCK!
Animal Bells is an unruffled, dreamy pop masterpiece from this young Melbourne quartet, 12 minor key pop masterpieces filled with soaring harmonies and ringing 12 string guitar. Think the Zombies, Byrds and Beach Boys, but also think the peculiar genius of singer/guitarist Geoff O’Connor who has deft and idiosyncratic touch all his own.
Animal Bells is an unruffled, dreamy pop masterpiece from this young Melbourne quartet, 12 minor key pop masterpieces filled with soaring harmonies and ringing 12 string guitar. Think the Zombies, Byrds and Beach Boys, but also think the peculiar genius of singer/guitarist Geoff O’Connor who has deft and idiosyncratic touch all his own.
By Crayon Fields Released September 2006
Animal Bells is an unruffled, dreamy pop masterpiece from this young Melbourne quartet, 12 minor key pop masterpieces filled with soaring harmonies and ringing 12 string guitar. Think the Zombies, Byrds and Beach Boys, but also think the peculiar genius of singer/guitarist Geoff O’Connor who has deft and idiosyncratic touch all his own.
By Misora Released August 2006
Misora is a near-perfect folk masterpiece, recorded in Tokyo in 1972, alternating full-bodied arrangements (produced by Harry Hosono of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End) with Sachiko’s lonesome guitar and pure, soaring vocals. For lovers of Judee Sill, Vashti Bunyan or Joni Mitchell.
By Always Released April 2006
Nine songs recorded on cassette four track with Lakes’ Sean Bailey. Here’s what Matmos’ Drew Daniel had to say about Always in his review for Pitchfork:
“The googly eyes, nude photos, and hand-drawn rainbow crayon squiggles that adorn the cover of this beguiling artifact point in several directions at once: outsider art, gay rainbow flag, childhood [...]
