Most Playlisted This Week 1300 and The Rions shared the top spot this week for the most adds on the best new music playlists in Oz, the former for tracks from their second album โGEORGEโ, the latter for their โSweet Cocoonโ single. ๐ฅ1300, The Rions ๐ฅBecca Hatch, Kobie Dee ๐ฅEves Karydas, Milan Ring, Nick Ward, […]
Author: Alex Kirk
Siphon @ The Duke Of Enmore, 21st Apr
“Donโt let Siphonโs two-piece setup – bass and drums, no guitar – fool you, this is as noisy and raucous and electric a racket as any standard setup could conjure. A madly inventive use of just the four strings channels Superchunk and Japandroids, a roaring set of pounding melodies and distorted frequencies.” Gallery Learn More […]
Paint Hotels @ The Duke Of Enmore, 21st Apr
“Paint Hotels is playing songs that he claims were designed to be โbiggerโ, by which (Iโm guessing) he means that they would normally involve more than just him and a guitar. This is worrying – if these haunting, hypnotic, wonderful songs were to get any better with more people involved, theyโd be monsters. An almost […]
RINSE – Kiss Me (Kill Me)
“Galactically woozy, RINSE (with the help of Hatchie) takes a spin around the cosmos while pondering the more earthly concerns of a relationship coming apart at the seams. It’s all explosions in a dark night’s sky, fireworks in slow motion, and its after-image lingers on the retina long after its gone ๐”
Human Noise – Weight on the Ground
“This track opens Human Noise’s excellent ‘Glitching Colour’ album, and is just one piece of an intricate puzzle made of intelligent, twitching songs in unusual time signatures, a one-band experiment to do away with four-four songwriting. If you’ve ever complained that all music sounds the same these days, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is and buy this record ๐งโ๐ฌ”
Eaglemont – Party Boy
“Eaglemont’s throaty delivery adds a touch of sandpaper to this otherwise shiny-smooth guitar-pop, the jagged edges pairing perfectly with the twangs and the jangling. While the songwriting is mighty and deep-rooted, the vocal comes with fractures and cracks, making it a thoroughly intriguing cocktail ๐ธ”
Nick Ward – Shooting Star
“The second of two excellent releases from Nick Ward so far this year, ‘Shooting Star’ goes full-strength Saturday night, bouncing on its feet and dancing like the night will never end. Brimming with optimism and unadulterated fun, it’s a huge dose of pleasure, and not even a little bit of a guilty one ๐คฉ”
Up At Night – Gimme A Chance
“Up At Night’s limitless enthusiasm sings loud on this, their second release, and the whole thing bounds around uncontrollably and adorably. If they’re having this much fun, it comes off as plain rude not to join in ๐คช”
Jordan Kenny @ The Lansdowne, 20th Apr
“Jordan Kennyโs wide-eyed and skyward-looking set tears strips off the ceiling and blows bricks out of the walls tonight, smashing together classic rock, art, poetry, and theatre in a glorious cocktail of mad joy. Music should always soar and swoop but still tear at the chest, and we leave tonight with the precise amount of […]