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“Floodlights bring a dark theatre to the chat, bubbling groove and rich baritone performing a script of wild-eyed imaginings. It’s evocative enough in its quieter moments, but when it lets go it’s like black fireworks going off in your head.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“A Sweetie set is always less about the music they make and more about the mood they maintain – somehow the pace rarely picks up, but the pulse still races. Defiant, solid as a rooted oak, sinister and joyous all at the time, it’s rich and dense and poetic. It’s the art, stupid.” Gallery Learn […]
Most Playlisted This Week Jess Locke and total tommy shared top honours for the most spots on the best new music playlists in Australia this week, a brilliant achievement for both artists, showing off their broad support among critics and playlisters. For total tommy to top the list with just her second upload is also […]
“Buzzy, brisk, and sharp as a tack, Neighbourhood Void’s purple patch of delivering crisply formed pieces of fun continues at pace. That pace though is tempered by a plaintive sadness that bubbles underneath, just enough salt in the caramel 📌”
“Laid-back and loping, confident but unhurried, this song carries heft without needing to show off. At its core though is a protest song, dripping in both sarcasm and fury at the powers that rule our lives, and at their wide-ranging bastardry. This rage may not be loud, but it makes itself crystal clear 🤬”
“GRXCE’s latest contains as much energy as they can summon – which is a lot – but adds a layer of dark indignation to a treatise on how poorly-matched relationships can lead to a figurative (and literal) car crash. It runs fast and smooth but directly towards lurking danger, both medium and message bolted straight to the hood 💥”
“It’s been two years since TOWNS last released a track, and they’ve clearly spent a bit of that time contemplating the passing of it. Characteristically good-humoured, this pop-punk view of growing up and growing old turns out to be both a bit wise and a bit wild – which I’m pretty sure is how they’re saying we should all hope to finish up in the end 🎂”
“This may only be the second upload from total tommy but the frenzy of support around the project is in full swing, and it’s easy to understand why. This floats like the best of 90s fuzz, roaring with a modern anger and bulging with promise. If this is the fuse, the explosion’s going to be a sight to see 💣”
A razor-sharp edge amidst the blunt-force trauma of mid 1990s grunge, Therapy? celebrate the 30th anniversary release of their seminal Troublegum album with a series of Australian dates including a night at Sydney’s Metro Social on 21st Sep. While much of the world was sewing itself into plaid shirts and screaming into the void, Therapy? […]