Owls of the Swamp is the atmospheric indie-folk project of Australian singer-songwriter, Pete Uhlenbruch. His forthcoming album ATLAS was recorded on his mobile studio across Germany, Iceland and the UK, and mixed in...
Sidewalk Diamonds: N...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Western Australia band – Sidewalk Diamonds – have just released their new single “Not ‘Til I’m Safe Again” – the first song in a four-part collection due to be completed sometime this...
sleepmakeswaves: one...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the 2008 mini-album ‘In Today Already Walks Tomorrow’ by sleepmakeswaves. Re-issued 2014 by Monotreme Records on vinyl, CD and digital formats. sleepmakeswaves‘ 2008 debut album was the first glimpse...
SANS: Bluebird
posted by Stuart Morrison
Amanda Norman and Stacey Cicivelli, life-long friends and musical partners, have survived various incarnations of various bands long enough to hone the sound they feel in their hearts and feet to a sharp point. Luckily,...
The Valery Trails: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Andrew Bower (vocals/guitars), an expatriate Australian currently living in Houston, enlisted his brother Sean Bower (bass) and Dan McNaulty (drums) from his hometown of Brisbane, Australia to form The Valery Trails. With...
All India Radio: End...
posted by Stuart Morrison
All India Radio are about to release ‘Fall Remixes’, their new album, in February. NOT India’s national broadcaster, Australia’s hypnotic chilltronica group All India Radio begins another decade of...
The Night: Medicate ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
‘I Am and Say’ is The Night’s first EP release. It will be officially available on the 23rd December, 2013. We featured Australian band The Night last year, check that out here. They also released the...
Weathered: Coast
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Weathered is the performance moniker of the Queensland born musician Upile Mkoka, a musical project birthed from the purchase of a guitar in 2010. Moving a few years beyond his bedroom EP project in December 2010 takes us to...
Emperors: Be Ready W...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Western Australia’s EMPERORS hit New York this month for CMJ, and they’ve got a new album in tow with the big and bright single ‘Be Ready When I Say Go’ from their excellent release ‘Stay...
FIIG: Bass Drum
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Fiig are a Melbourne based indie pop band with a new single coming out October 29th. The songs are written by singer/songwriters Hannah Petocz and Andrew Jordan and this track has a great high charged feel reminiscent of...
The Oyster Murders: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Oyster Murders’ name often raises curious looks from those hearing it for the first time, until they realize it derives from Lewis Carroll’s classic novella Through the Looking Glass. The band enjoys this...
Buchanan: Human Spri...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The good people over at Manimal Vinyl have recently shared a new discovery from Australia; a very excellent song from the promising new album by Melbourne’s BUCHANAN. This album was notably produced by Catherine...
sleepmakeswaves: in ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
We haven’t played an Instrumental on The Dose for a while, so when we came across this, on one of our favourite labels Monotreme Records (home of 65daysofstatic), we jumped at the chance to bring this to you....
Hailer: Anyway I Can
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature is from Sydney, Australia based psychedelic rock band Hailer, who have a new LP out as of May 1st entitled ‘Another Way’. They will be touring the US for the first time in September to...
Monks of Mellonwah: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Australian Progresssive Rock band Monks of Mellonwah have released their third EP called Sky And The Dark Night, and this is Part 2 – Control, the single from it. The EP is being released on Vinyl and Digital only....
Skyways Are Highways...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we have a proper introduction to the Melbourne Australia pop-punk band SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS, specifically their first self-titled 2 song release in 2012. A new EP release that has been in the works, ‘So...
The Dead Heads: When...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Monday, right? Start the week with this uplifting track from The Dead Heads. The Dead Heads are a band from Sydney formed by brothers Oscar Jeffery, Ali Jeffery and Ferg Davison in mid ’10. They play an upbeat drag you...
The Sunsleepers: Kal...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Sunsleepers are an indie-pop band from Melbourne, Australia. “Stace + Amanda bring a fresh feel to indie-pop with the latest single ‘Kaleidoscope’ from their new EP aptly titled Brightness. The...
Red Aces: The End
posted by Stuart Morrison
Red Aces are four brothers who have gone from playing covers of The Easybeats and Paul Kelly at family gatherings to dark power pop at iconic Melbourne Venues such as The Espy and the Workers Club. The End features on their...
cLn: Beats and Break...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Callan Alexander is based in Brisbane, Australia and produces chilled, glitchy electronic beats under the moniker cLn. He self describes his music as falling somewhere along the lines of that of producers like Flying Lotus,...
The Cadres: Horizons
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Horizons, today’s featured dose, comes from the upcoming third E.P from Sydney, Australia five-piece THE CADRES. It’s a very solid piece of indie rock coming over from across the Pacific via our new friends at...
The Money Go Round: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Money Go Round are an excellent psychedelic rock group out of Sydney, Australia that recently released a new single, “Endless Sun”. Today’s feature is very 60s-centric and will hopefully propel you...
Crossing Red Lines: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Sydney, Australia comes the new quality single from reggae/rock and hip-hop group CROSSING RED LINES via our friends at the A&R Dept. Apparently the single dropped at the very tail end of March, and we just...
The Desert Sea: Sett...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After the best part of two years playing music together in various forms, defining their artistic direction, these three Sydney boys combined their love for blues and rock into a fusion of earthy riffs, pounding rhythms and...
Enerate: Unstoppable
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Enerate are a Australian synth-pop group out of Sydney. They aren’t signed to a commercial label, and have been releasing material under the independent group “Big Big Records”. The group have enjoyed early...
Longreef: Want Me Ba...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Aussie rock band Longreef (Josh Barker, Tristan Davies, Nick Miller, Jim Wark) are back on the road touring the U.S. and have added additional dates to their already packed touring schedule for 2013. The band will remain on...
The Cannanes: Bumper
posted by Stuart Morrison
Australian duo The Cannanes return with their first official release in 11 years. The Cannanes have been putting out modest, ramshackle records since forming in Sydney, Australia, 29 years ago. The ‘Small Batch’ EP, due...
All India Radio: Don...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Earlier this year Australian band All India Radio released their latest album Red Shadow Landing. To follow that they just released a free EP with the first track from the album, featured today, with three other rare tracks....
The Night: Like This
posted by Stuart Morrison
How do we pick tracks to play on the Network? I always listen to submitted tracks (and we get a lot). If something catches my ear early on then it’s in with a chance. Near the start of today’s Dose, Like This, I...
Insomnia Radio #182 ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
A marathon episode of Insomnia Radio, with bands from Canada, USA, Australia, Spain, The Dominican Republic, Argentina, Italy, Holland and Sweden. And there is a BIG announcement. TRT: 1:18:35 Rating: Probably Work...
Jack Carty: Waiting ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sydney songwriter Jack Carty has recently given away the track “Waiting Waiting” from his forthcoming album ‘Break Your Own Heart’. Having just completed a full national tour of his homeland of Australia, Jack...
Husky: History’...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today marks the release of the new album on Sub Pop by Australian quartet, Husky. Forever So is the sound of a band that from its inception cared more about making one sublime album than acquiring a million followers on...