News: The Legendary The Bats are alighting in Australia. Good news as the legendary The Bats are touring Australia - well, Sydney and Melbourne at this stage. Although do I note it's around the time of Dark Mofo in Hobart so hope springs eternal. Presented by the inimitable Mistletone, the tour follows on from their magnificent release last year of 'the album 'Corner Coming Up' through Flying Nun Records after a some seriously damned good singles ('Lucky Day', 'Loline' and 'The Gown'). Fresh from a triumphant, NZ tour, The Bats will deliver the live accompaniment to their much-loved 2025 album, 'Corner Coming Up', alongside treasured picks from their four-decades-deep knockout catalogue. 

News: The Legendary The Bats are alighting in Australia.
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Track: ‘I Was on That Roof Once’ – New Zealand’s epic Ringlets bounce back with third single ahead of album release New Zealand’s Ringlets  recently announced the release of their second album, with the cute title ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the third thrilling single ‘I Was on That Roof Once'. It follows the earlier singles ‘Heavenly Wheel’ and 'Street Message' (reviewed by me here and here respectively). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and is kind of fitting they are on the legendary…

Track: 'I Was on That Roof Once' - New Zealand's epic Ringlets bounce back with third single ahead of album release.
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Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets unveil second thundering single ‘Street Massage’ off their forthcoming album. New Zealand’s Ringlets  recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second delicious tempting morsel, the single ‘Street Message. It follows the earlier single 'Heavenly Wheel' (reviewed by me here). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and is kind of fitting they are on the legendary 

Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand's Ringlets unveil second thundering single 'Street Massage' off their forthcoming album.
@_ringlets @flyingnun
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Track: The legendary The Bats swoop in with the shimmering fuzzy new single ‘Loline’, as a new record shapes up. Surely the sun shines brighter the day we are blessed with another single from the living legends The Bats, one of the finest exports from Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. It's been five long years since their last album and The Bats have today released their new single 'Loline', while in the midst of recording a new album and the result is truly magnificent.

Track: The legendary The Bats swoop in with the shimmering fuzzy new single 'Loline' as a new record shapes up.
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Track: Sydney’s Daily Toll deliver an über cool spoken word track ‘Killincs’ ahead of debut album. Sydney trio Daily Toll have announced the release of their debut album 'A Profound Non-Event' through Tough Love Records, and to give us a taste of what to expect, unveiled the track 'Killincs'. It's a gentle ramble through the meadows with a haunting introduction with a melodica before the instruments enter with a spoken word delivery that encapsulate a poetic aesthetic that is distant and evocative.

Track: Sydney's Daily Toll deliver an über cool spoken word track 'Killinc' ahead of debut album.
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