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“Chimers clang and bash with a Japandroids energy, great heaping slices of clang and fizz. It’s got so much menace it makes you want to just offer up your wallet before it’s even demanded, but you’ll have a great wide smile on your face when you hand it over.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Yes I’m Leaving are a hot iron on skin, cheerfully merciless. Underneath and behind all that pain and heat though lurks some high-altitude and ringing song – you’ve got to work through the chaos and the burst eardrums, but it’s totally worth it when you do.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
Blusher have had a rocket-fuelled twelve months. Their first track upload was in February of 2022 but, over just the last year, a sequence of tracks has given them a sizeable boost in Spotify followers and seen them supported by just about every Australian new music playlist that matters. Let’s look at that playlist support […]
“Ricky Albeck & The New Band primarily clip-clop their way through dusty and charming alt-country and – hell yeah – most of these songs are about as cowboy as they come. When they yank the reins though to veer off the track into more unexpected places, when they add madder and spikier ingredients to the […]
“In a truly uncomfortable space somewhere between Huey Lewis and Jarvis Cocker lurks Billy Charles, a dark mind playing soft-focussed songs that leave you vaguely disturbed by nearly everything. While it sounds like the cream on a pavlova, something is – deliberately – just not quite right. Unlike almost every band you’ve ever seen, it’s […]
“I have no idea how Dominic Breen makes his guitar sound that way. It’s like heartbreak and hope and joy and all the best and worst bits of everything. Add that to the crack in his voice or the wings on the melodies and these glorious, terrible, wonderful songs become a deeper puzzle. You might […]
Phoebe Go has been consistently backed by the best playlists in Australia whenever a new track is released, but she starts the year with more playlist adds than literally anyone else, the first time she’s topped the tree. If there’s any justice in the world, it won’t be the last time either. Most Playlisted This […]
“Phoebe Go burns slow and steady but, ultimately, so brightly it’ll sear your retinas to the back of your skull. Somehow she keeps coming up with these gentle bangers, somehow we manage to not physically crumble while listening to them 🕶️”
“For The Buoys, a new year means looking back to old heartbreaks, raw emotion wrapped inside Snow Patrol-sized song. It’s tear-streaked but still explosive, and – hopefully – is both a statement and a promise for the year ahead 🥹”