The Lacking Permanence

Wildly dynamic outfit with in-your-face female vocals. Sounds twenty years old and completely new at the same time.

Such grand disaffection from this US/AUS pairing … my new favorite Kurt and Courtney, providing the weirdest yet most natural male/female vocal duets.

A great collection of intense flavors, from easy rockers to bedroom recordings to full-on blasts

Fink meanders through a variety of moody sounds, mostly brooding with flashing patches of sunshine.

Australia’s Dappled Cities straddles the line between new wave and indie, with solid hooks and crystal-clear pop production.

Although you can no longer smoke in most live music venues, this will always be smokey jazz, slow-burning or quickly flaring with a lush velvety voice on top.

Highly melodic and full of dramatic sweeps in dynamics, this is a collection of songs that slowly grows on you.

Fuzzy solo project from LA fixture Charles Moothart, with a DIY ethic clearly in place.

Annie Clarke’s strong voice floats effortlessly above a dense cascade of synthetic and organic sounds

A wildly careening set of covers from Australias Triple J radio megalith. Loads of fun.