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Mix Tapes
FBi's The Bridge Presents - 'Maker'

FBi’s The Bridge Presents – ‘Maker’

Late last year FBi’s Tim Sharp brought us his first compilation from his Sydney music orientated program ‘The Bridge’. His latest offering features the best of new emerging electronic acts. From the presser “The compilation takes a diverse look at a flourishing underground scene marked by high quality, inquisitive productions. Compiled and curated by FBi’s...
Hand Games Mixtape #10

Hand Games Mixtape #10

After putting together a bunch of insane shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the crew at Hand Games have still got time to do what they do best. The May Mixtape from HG is chock-a-block with recently dropped Australian tracks, catching up with some of our best electronic, rock and fuzz. Lined up on the...
Five Tracks - Laurence Pike / PVT

Five Tracks – Laurence Pike / PVT

Photo: Mclean Stephenson There’s a big leap between a great drummer, and an intuitive percussionist. I once heard Zan Rowe label Laurence Pike as her favourite drummer in the world, frankly, if you’ve listened to any PVT records, or Hurtsville by Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, then you’ll know why. Laurence Pike doesn’t just fill...
Golden Plains 2013 Australian Playlist

Golden Plains 2013 Australian Playlist

Right, If you are one of the few to have your hands on a ticket to Golden Plains “Lucky Seven” Music Festival, then consider yourself bloody lucky. Tickets are currently going for well over the price of a small child’s beanie from anywhere on High Street, Northcote. What you may, or may not be aware...
Sugar Mountain Festival 2013 Playlist

Sugar Mountain Festival 2013 Playlist

Come the 19th of January, one of Melbourne’s more eclectic and boundary pushing festivals will be well underway. Entering into it’s third consecutive year, Sugar Mountain will take place over twelve days this January with the main event at The Forum Theatre, on Flinders St. Sugar Mountain cover’s the best local and international music and...
Why Don't You Believe Me? - 2012 Sampler

Why Don’t You Believe Me? – 2012 Sampler

Why Don’t You Believe Me? have produced some of the finest releases of the year, Hot Palms, Yuko Kono, Velcro, Emma Russack and Lehmann B. Smith are just a few of the names that call the label home. Alec Marshall, the brains behind the growing beast that is WDYBM? did a stellar mix tape for us...
True North -  'Bespoke Variations' EP

True North – ‘Bespoke Variations’ EP

Remember our post we did on Sydney beat-master True North? Recently his Bespoke EP has been reworked by a bunch of other super talented young folk. Guerre, Nakagin, Lower Spectrum and Network have all had their way with True North‘s tracks. Culminating in an assault to the senses, this remixed EP exemplifies and compliments the...
Merry Christmas From Perth - 'A Very Shiny Christmas' EP

Merry Christmas From Perth – ‘A Very Shiny Christmas’ EP

Usually, I am one to clamp down on these things like a ton of bricks, In my family, I could be seen as the Christmas Carol Customs Officer, searching bags so no one brings in dreaded eardrum piercing objects. Yet, I’ve been duped and I’m glad of it. A lovely bunch from Perth have compiled...
FBi's The Bridge Presents - 'Double Act'

FBi’s The Bridge Presents – ‘Double Act’

My fellow Aussie only blogger Tim Sharp moonlights presenting a program on Sydney’s FBi radio called The Bridge, with two other FBi legends. The program focuses purely on Sydney based artists, as the name suggests and recently hatched the idea to compile a quarterly release for download featuring and showcasing great emerging Sydney artists. The...
Meredith Music Festival 2012 - Australian Playlist

Meredith Music Festival 2012 – Australian Playlist

If you are like these legends above, you are bound to have scored big in the ballot for the Meredith Musical Festival 2012.  You might already be hard at work planning for this year’s annual trip to the Shire of Golden Plains.  If you haven’t scored a ticket yet, check out the MMF 2012 Website...
New Weird Australia -  'Western Schism'

New Weird Australia – ‘Western Schism’

Back in November of 2010, New Weird Australia, released the first of their compilations that are specific to a state of Australia, or it’s capital city. Basically, these compilations are like all our dreams here at All I Do Is Listen coming true in one easy, accessible and freely downloadable file.  Earlier this month, New...
Hi-fivin' w/ Wooshie

Hi-fivin’ w/ Wooshie

Photo by David Payne. I am really proud to kick off this new segment, Hi-fivin’, with one of Australia’s most talented beat makers. Wooshie, aka Dylan Michel is co-founder of Melbourne based collective //THIS THING//. If you were lucky enough to make it to their showcase/quadruple launch last Saturday night, you will know quite well...