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• CD Review: 50 Foot Wave – Bath White

  

  50 foot wave are back with another action packed EP that crams all manner of ideas and sounds into 20 minutes of sensational energetic rock! Led by Throwing... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Space Junk – Bite Your Tongue

  

  This is punk rock as it should sound! From start to finish there is a dark and gritty atmosphere executed courtesy of a sound that is completely raw and rough... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Don Vail – Fades

  

  This is the second release from Canadian rocking four piece Don Vail. The band bring out their own brand of soft yet powerful indie rock full of thick dreamy... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tomatrax Olympics: Instrumentals

  Often the main attraction of a song is the singing. Singers are often up in the front of the stage while the rest of the band hold it together in the background... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interview with Tracy McNeil

  

  Tracy McNeil with her band, the Goodlife, are kicking off a tour round Australia tour on June 25th at Melbourne's Bella Union, in support of their upcoming albu... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tomatrax Olympics: Extended Players / Mini-albums

  It's time for the third event of the Tomatrax Olympics. This week we are looking at the releases that are half way between a single and an album, the EP! The... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Godmouth – Siren

  

  One month after their debut album, While I was gone, Anda Volley's new band, Godmouth, returned with another collection of experimental, electronic songs.... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Godmouth – While I Was Gone

  

  Anda Volley has been quite busy of late, in addition to her recent 5in5 EP she has also started a new band, Godmouth and put out two releases, this being the... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tomatrax Olympics – B-sides

  It is time for event number two in the Tomatrax Olympics. It seemed fitting for the second event to be about the songs that traditionaly appeared on the second... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Stella Diana – Nitocris

  

  This is the latest full length release from Italian shoegaze outfit Stella Diana. Basically the music here sounds like a melting pop of The Cure, Sonic Youth,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interview with Adam Franklin of Swervedriver

  

  Shoegaze legends SWERVEDRIVER have just announced their Australian tour where they will be playing all the classics and tracks from their new album I Wasn't Bor... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interview with Olympia

  

  Fresh from moonlighting on keys and guitar in Paul Dempsey's band, Olympia has just released her debut album Self Talk along with her new single 'Smoke... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Tracy McNeil and the Good Life – Thieves

  

  Tracy and the GoodLife bring forward their own brand of country/roots. The music on the whole is quite relaxed created a nice chilled out vibe the whole way... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Anda Volley – Paper Moon

  

  It is time for the latest release from Silber Records' 5in5 project (5 tracks in 5 minutes). This time round it comes from Boston's goth/rock/pop/industrial... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interview with Ilija Stajic from Illyria

  

  Tomatrax caught up with Ilija Stajic, guitarist and vocalist from the band, to ask a few questions. How did the band form? The whole process of becoming a band... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tomatrax Olympics: Debut Albums

  Now that the 10 year celebrations and musicians' favourite music countdown is over and done with it's time to jump on the next bandwagon! Each Thursday, for... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Henry Wagons – After What I Did Last Night

  

  After putting out several albums with his band Wagons, Henry Wagons has gone it along with this his debut solo album. The album is a cross between Nick Cave... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Book Release – ‘I LIVE INSIDE; Memoirs of a Babe In Toyland’ by Michelle Leon

  

  I Live Inside; Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland By Michelle Leon A founding member of Babes in Toyland takes readers on the roller coaster ride of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CD Review: Centre and the South – Yadah

  

  This is the debut offering from Melbourne's roots and reggae act Centre The South. The band put their own stamp on the reggae sound, putting out a cool and... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Musicians’ Favourite Musicians

  As a final wrap-up to the musicians' favourite music poll we have counted the votes again to see which bands recieived the most love across all their songs. Thi... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC