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With new EP Ineffective Lullabies to spruik down the East Coast this month, Travis Hair of The Incredible Kicks tells Tyler McLoughlan about the Brisbane trio’s path to pop-shaped progressive rock.

"We were like, 'We’re flying the fuck to New York – the songs had better be good, man!'"

Fraser A Gorman’s timeless sounds are informed by Dylan, Lightnin’ Hopkins and his “pre-voice-breaking” singer teacher, he tells Warwick Goodman.

Though producer Nic Fanciulli prefers the low road, he’s no slouch. He chats with Cyclone about pushing on with what he loves rather than bowing to notoriety or industry expectations.

DZ Deathrays in America: 'I hope that guy Mark from Vancouver didn't die'.

"We ended up playing in the freezing rain in our underwear."

The Laurels' debut gets a big thumbs up from us. That's all. That's the description.

“It feels like a second chance for us... The last album didn’t do so well."

"During different periods, when live music was at a low point, the Annandale was always sitting there, kind of charging through."

Now 21, English singer/songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich has known he wanted to be a singer/songwriter since his was ten, though he admits to Michael Smith that he’s still not sure it’s a career.