Fuelled by self-belief and a passion that itself is fuelled by talent and hard work, Perth’s Morgan Joanel is steadily building a creative empire that spans beyond her native art-form of music into visual and wearable art. An unbridled spirit, Morgan has been a creative force for the last decade Australia-wide and beyond, recently returning to her hometown …
SELFLESS is a Post-Rock Orchestra that unites an armada of musicians on guitars, pianos, strings, drums, voices and more performing live to a dynamic film presentation. The group creates epic long-form cinematic instrumental music akin to contemporary groups such as Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mogwai and Sigur Ros. SELFLESS features musicians from the Perth Symphony …
This woman is transcendent and powerful. She was born in Botswana and lived her young kid years in Zambia, but then she grew up down under. She’s the perfect mix between Macy Gray, Billie Eilish and Missy Elliott for the new generation of dancing Australians. – Sean Hocking
I love Tiny Fighter. They’re back, and this time they’ve got an ultracool video. Check it out. They are fierce little, tiny, tiny fighters: Swedish-Australian indie pop outfit TINY FIGHTER presents ‘Katrina’, a heartfelt Americana-inspired ballad about personal strength and renewal in the face of challenge. The accompanying video was directed by Swedish photographer-producer Rikard …
Sydney singer/ songwriter ELKI has released the official video to her latest single “Nightmare.” The video was directed by Jack Shepard, and reflects the more whimsical aspects of the single with sharp choreography, and an irresistibly fun atmosphere. Recorded with John Castle (Jack River, Vance Joy, Sweet Jean), “Nightmare” is a playful song of underwater …
Rock is not Dead in Australia, Volume II… Rock is definitely dead in the U.S.A. He Danced Ivy are setting out on their first ever national (Australia) tour with dates seven dates across May and June with dates in Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Sydney, Port Macquarie, Toowoomba and Melbourne. To celebrate, He Danced Ivy have …
Dark, unsettling and emotive. This is how Sydney producer and musician Oh My My describes his particular brand of sultry electronica. With a year of the entity under his belt, 2019 is set to see him take things to a whole other level starting with new single ‘Leave You at the Bottom’. Switching modes from …
ROCK IS NOT DEAD!!! Matt Ashley, Vocalist for the band says that “This track is a personal track for me, detailing the reality of a toxic relationship that is perceived as one that brings joy. The music is experimental in composition because it is has elements of the softest sections on the EP as well …
Australia’s math rock geniuses SEIMS have a new EP coming out called 3.1. They will soon be touring Australia and Japan. No word on when they’re coming to Portland specifically or the U.S. generally. Soon, I hope. If you or I listen to enough math rock, we don’t need to use the calculator app on …
Below is a list of worthy anti-colonial (#anticolo) movies—perhaps the best ever made. A cursory Google search has not uncovered a single list of the best anticolo flicks of all time. The aggregated minds of East Portland Blog have come together to generate a list and potentially be the first website to broach this subject. …
Formed in Sydney in 2008, Tonight Alive is made up of ingénue-with-attitude Jenna McDougall (vocals), Jake Hardy (guitar), Whakaio Taahi (guitar/vocals), Cam Adler (bass) and Matt Best (drums). The quintet finished 2011 with a bang in the U.S. with the release of a new EP, Consider This and a viral cover of Mumford & Sons‘ …
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I got an email from Barry Southgate this week letting us in the blogosphere know that his new single, Don’t You Think?, is available on iTunes. Indeed it is and you can hear it above. Sweet, smooth, reggae-inflected R&B which is very catchy, Don’t You Think? should be on everyone’s iPod and is a very …
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It’s been a while since I first posted in EPB about this website, Project Space Planes, and their delightfully Anglocomic Youtube video below which shows a group of British engineers launching paper airplanes into space on behalf of the Samsung Corp. to see where the planes, and their sturdy microchip cargo, would land. Most of …