Tag: Watermelon Boy

Shani Weiss’s “What’s Left”: The Pressure Before the Leap

Listening to Shani Weiss's new single, "What's Left," feels a bit like stumbling upon someone’s deeply personal, slightly crumpled packing list before a monumental journey. Weiss, a Melbourne-based folk-rock songwriter and host of Indie Spotlight Melbourne, bottles a very specific kind of pressure here – the internal kind that feels less like a weight and more like a rising tide inside your own chest. https://open.spotify.com/album/56VjWTwzCr3bafDHSlUpN4?si=SWijn37SREeVVhxTs26DsQ There's...

Finding Connection in Brother Dolly’s “Transmission Number 5”

Brother Dolly tunes into a beautifully bizarre frequency on their new synth-pop single, "Transmission Number 5". Working as an enigmatic trio separated by entirely different time zones, Dan Whitehouse, Jason Tarver, and Tom Greenwood piece their music together across oceans. They fold the audio residue of everyday life—the rhythmic rush of a Tokyo subway, the hollow whir of spinning bicycle wheels—into an intensely hypnotic,...

Watermelon Boy Is In The “Hall Of Fame” With Jones 2.0 & BRYAN THE MENSAH

As soon as the song begins, everyone gets up and starts dancing. Watermelon Boy, who just released a single, is the only one who...