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Arts journalist, band booker & broadcaster in Australia https://linktr.ee/dougwallen

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote a feature on Mouseatouille, a young Melbourne band who channel Elephant 6 in all the right ways themusic.com.au/features/lik...

‘Like Going Through An Old Photo Album’: Melbourne’s Mouseatouille Foster Communal Creativity For New Album, ‘DJ Set’

themusic.com.au

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 3d

and cheatsheet music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Waste the Alphabet (6/10/25)

Listen to Waste the Alphabet (6/10/25) on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

music.youtube.com

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 3d

tonight's radio www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ind...

Waste the Alphabet (6/10/25)

Hear new music from Nat Vazer, Tame Impala, Sunscreen, Steppers and more. Full playlist here.

www.podomatic.com

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 6d

two more from the other op shop: RIP Nicky Katt

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 6d

I reviewed the new We Lost the Sea album for The Weekend Australian

3.5-star review of the We Lost the Sea album A Single Flower, including a thumbnail of the album cover

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 6d

and today’s dollar finds at the op shop

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 6d

double feature c/o @diabolikdvd.bsky.social #physicalmedia

BluRay covers for The Linguini Incident (featuring David Bowie & Rosanna Arquette on the front) and Lady Street Fighter (featuring a stylised illustration of the heroine)

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 8d

PSA: Tubi now has "Drag Me to Hell" in Australia

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 9d

my lasting takeaway from "The Smashing Machine" is just how great this Cleaners From Venus song is www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqh-...

Corridor of Dreams

YouTube video by The Cleaners From Venus - Topic

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Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social · 9d

The announcement that @troubleinmind.bsky.social is shutting down left me pondering the longstanding legacy of the label here on the site. RSTB and TiM took pretty parallel paths over the years and they'll be sorely missed. I put together a mix that explores the label in 60 tracks. bit.ly/46t4XtI

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Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social · 10d

Greg Weeks announces his first solo LP in nearly 17 years, reigniting the Language of Stone label in the process. “If The Sun Dies” rekindles the feelings of past works; a warm, inviting track Imbued with a lingering feeling of longing. bit.ly/4nTAD1d

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 10d

and cheatsheet music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Waste the Alphabet (29/9/25)

Listen to Waste the Alphabet (29/9/25) on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

music.youtube.com

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 10d

tonight's radio www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ind...

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote a feature on Mouseatouille, a young Melbourne band who channel Elephant 6 in all the right ways themusic.com.au/features/lik...

‘Like Going Through An Old Photo Album’: Melbourne’s Mouseatouille Foster Communal Creativity For New Album, ‘DJ Set’

themusic.com.au

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 13d

I reviewed the new Merpire album for The Weekend Australian

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 13d

I liked it a lot

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 14d

here's my last column as Music Editor of The Big Issue Australia

a short column about taking my teenaged son to see Tyler the Creator live

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 16d

Aotearoa (New Zealand) still producing some of the best indie rock around cowboydanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...

Dreams That Feel Like Falling, by Cowboy Dan

11 track album

cowboydanmusic.bandcamp.com

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 16d

very cool mid-60s stuff from the Philly suburbs thenewbreeds-ufairporche.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...

The Newbreeds / U.F. Airporche, by The Newbreeds / U.F. Airporche

3 track album

thenewbreeds-ufairporche.bandcamp.com

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Perpetual Doom @perpetualdoom.bsky.social · 16d

As spooky season approaches, listen to our compilation ft. 30+ artists contribute unique interpretations of their favorite classic songs from the Misfits catalog. perpetualdoom.bandcamp.com/album/perpet...

Perpetual Doom Presents: Die, Die My Doomer (A Misfits Covers Charity Compilation), by Various Artists

35 track album

perpetualdoom.bandcamp.com

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 17d

and cheatsheet music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Waste the Alphabet (22/9/25)

Listen to Waste the Alphabet (22/9/25) on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

music.youtube.com

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 17d

tonight's radio www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ind...

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 20d

also appreciate all the Aussie representation

Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 20d

as someone who’s been scoring so many great cheap dvds from op shops lately, this pleases me

Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.social · 20d

The Physical Media High Council commences an important session on The Big Picture:

open.spotify.com/episode/0xoG...

The Physical Media High Council Awards

Spotify video

open.spotify.com

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 21d

big day for Australian releases: The Prize, Mouseatouille, Platonic Sex, Piggietails, Winter McQuinn, Wiles, RONA., Paul Grabowsky & Mindy Meng Wang, Birdz & Fred Leone and probably heaps more

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Doug Wallen @dougwallen.bsky.social · 22d

new Peel Dream Magazine! peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/album/taurus

Taurus, by Peel Dream Magazine

8 track album

peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com

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