Tonight on Local and/or General ...

Tonight on Local and/or General will be interviews with Super Melody and The Townhouses, and special guest Richard MacFarlane from Rose Quartz who will program five NZ tunes. Plus new music from Terrible Truths, Essendon Airport, Assassins 88 and TV Colours.

Tune in to Triple R 102.7 FM from 8.00pm AEST this evening, or stream online at www.rrr.org.au.

Free download: ASSASSINS 88

Speaking of ASSASSINS 88, the Canberra duo and have just released a new EP titled 'Beach People'. The band are sounding more garage pop than punk rock these days, which I am enjoying. 'Beach People' was recorded with Michael Bylztrra (of Teddy Trouble). Download the EP here:

Free download: ASSASSINS 88 and TV COLOURS

Canberra pals Assassins 88 and TV Colours have collaborated on new track 'Trouble', their contribution to a split 7" release with French group Catholic Spray. The 7" is being released by French label Eighteen Records, also home to fellow Australians Royal Headache and Straight Arrows.

Download a free mp3 of 'Trouble' HERE (via Polaroids of Androids).

Free download: DIP

Following the release of his Underwater T.V. EP, Melbourne producer DIP (aka Javed De Costa) is back with three new tracks: 'Influenza', 'Instead of This' and 'Dreams'. Fusing elements of house, broken beat, funk and disco, all three tracks are available for free download:

dip - influenza by diptracks

dip - instead of this by diptracks

dip - dreams by diptracks

PEAK TWINS

Adelaide slack-pop duo PEAK TWINS have shared a new track 'Needles and Pins', taken from their forthcoming release On The Heaps. Download here:

Tonight on Local and/or General ...

On Local and/or General tonight will be special guests Fatti Frances, Darren Sylvester, Jensen Tjhung, Tim Scott and the one and only Luke Pocock, for the once a year Radiothon special.

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You can tune into Triple R 102.7 FM tonight from 8.00pm, or stream online via www.rrr.org.au.

Download: RAT VS POSSUM

Melbourne collective Rat vs Possum return with new single 'Fat Monk', taken from their forthcoming album Let Music and Bodies Unite. Download the single here:

Let Music and Bodies Unite is the follow up to Rat vs Possum's impressive debut album Daughter of Sunshine. The band have honed their live show having played pretty much every festival last summer, including an absolute standout performance at Meredith Music Festival.