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The Citradels’ recording hub is a cosy little shack in Melbourne’s western suburbs that embraces the sun, and it’s also the home of two band members: founder Sunny Down Snuff and keyboardist Rhys Young. The house is warm but old, and Snuff tells me the place was supposed to be demolished this year — until the landlords realised it was a heritage-listed building...

Ho ho ho, and Merry Christmas. Well, not quite yet. But 2016 is drawing to a close and the holiday seasons are coming up, and with that in mind, God himself would probably come right down and smack us in the face if we didn’t do an end-of-year #Christmas special for Bandcamp Roulette...

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The line at the Corner Hotel is barely a line, a queue that ends modestly just around the building. Inside, the early crowd is early: punters waiting for their mates with a pint and aimlessly scrolling through their Facebook, supporting band members roaming with friends, and a young, long-haired couple the only ones right at the barrier on an otherwise empty floor. It’s a strange sight for a sold out show, especially a gig by one of Australia’s national treasures, The Smith Street Band...

It’s been a hard week for #Kanye. After cancelling an extensive list of anticipated Life of Pablo tour dates and reportedly hospitalised for his own safety, we wanted to do our own little shout out to ‘Ye with this week’s Bandcamp Roulette. Although always broiled in controversy for his comments about Beyonce, or Trump, or otherwise, Kanye‘s lasting influence on the rap scene is unmistakable and undeniable...

One of the first vinyl records I bought before I even owned a record player was the voodoo jazz thump-a-dump of Dr. John the Night Tripper‘s Gris-Gris –— a lucky ten dollars at the markets. The cover was a visceral nightmare: a hot red light burning away any of Dr. John‘s distinguishable facial features, a double exposure of his profile backlit by white, unfurling smoke that made the whole thing look like the birth of a UFO alien in a science fiction movie...

Melbourne duo Deer Prudence, comprised of Mariah McCarthy and Georgia Delves, play charming, quintessential folk music with fluttering harmonies and sweet Celtic-style violins, a demure and soothing solace in Melbourne’s hectic music scene. The pair, having known one another since early high school days in regional Victoria (Heathcote and Bendigo, to be exact), have performed across the stages of Brunswick Music Festival and Queensland’s Wintermoon Festival, and most recently received Majors Creek Festival’s Ros Hales Award for Young Women in Music...

Funklords Lake Minnetonka have been bringing infectious jazz riffs and bouncing funk beats to Melbourne since 2013, jetting between hometown Melbourne and the soulful Minneapolis that has been influencing their sound. This year they’re finally getting ready to release some new music after bandleader, keytarist, and composer Adam Rudegeair spent 2015 recording with former Prince band members in the States...