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“Mashing the best bits of early Skint Records – think the battier rhythms of Bentley Rhythm Ace – with an updated, more soulful, Beck-ish slacker sound, this is an absolute gem of a track. Someone find some sun and shine its rays through it, a kaleidoscope of giddy, stoned ecstasy. I *defy* you not to dance 💎”
“Like a dark dream of a half-remembered child’s story, Radio Free Alice once again conjure both magical atmospherics and lurking threat. The honed edge of post-punk slices through the jangly, floaty mood to create a truly beautiful picture, but one where danger waits for you in the distant shadows ⚠️”
“This one goes straight to the feet and the spine. Sung in language learned from endless elders and played with a joy you can damn near touch, few songs will hit as deeply as this, or as instantly, or as directly to the core of your brain as this magical little wonder. A hit of inhibition-free dancing straight to the blood, music for its sheer and visceral pleasure, a spell you just can’t escape 🪄”
“Lo-fi indie shuffle gets – no, literally – horny as hell on Restless Leg’s latest, with sharp bursts of brass in the chorus adding a renewed sheen to the cracked leather of the worn DM boots that lie underneath. Take the weight off, take a deep breath, and let the day’s worries flutter away off into the grey skies 🥾”
“Arriving alongside the excellent news that we’ll be getting The Buoys’ debut album in July, ‘Check Mate’ swaggers with impressive confidence, verses of impeccable restraint matched with a chorus to light up the sky. Their trademark mix of fireworks and feels is on full blast here, and it just adds to the heaping table of goodies this band keeps on serving up 🎆”
“Grapee’s set is brilliant, shiny and well-rounded, guitar-pop with a sharp edge. It will however, be eternally remembered for cutting out halfway through as the power blew all through Newtown and Enmore. When your band is good enough to knock out several city blocks worth of electricity, you know you’re onto a good thing.” Gallery […]
“Vetty Vials, whether with band or – as tonight – without, never drops anything short of one of the richest, loveliest sets you’ll hear. It just plain soars, and she plays it like it really ain’t no thing. Fabulous songs, sung without pretence, that land like sparkling bombs.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“New June are *well* into the 1980s, which – for those of us who lived through them – was objectively the worst decade ever. The music they summon though comes from the rare joyous parts of that benighted era, synthed and soaring, vocals roaring, and guitars sinfully rich. I didn’t think anyone could change my […]
“Vetty Vials, whether with band or – as tonight – without, never drops anything short of one of the richest, loveliest sets you’ll hear. It just plain soars, and she plays it like it really ain’t no thing. Fabulous songs, sung without pretence, that land like sparkling bombs.” Gallery Learn More Instagram