Maraad’s new album, “BUFF”, is a strange and beautiful paradox, an object forged in the very fire it’s meant to protect you from. Each track is presented as a "buff," a bit of protective magic for the spirit, but the energy humming underneath feels less like a polished shield and more like the faint, determined glow around a figure in a centuries-old altarpiece—somehow both...

Lyndo Jaco, the Adelaide-based rock recluse, has essentially blown the doors off his home studio with his new single, “All Over Again”. He tackles every single element of the mix himself layering his own guitars, bass, drums, and vocals fusing the sweaty nostalgia of classic pub rock with the frantic, highly caffeinated heartbeat of modern pop-punk. The resulting atmosphere feels exactly like a glorious,...