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“Djanaba’s vocal is smooth with deceit, seemingly a gentle brush on the skin but hiding sharp teeth that bare unexpectedly throughout this excellent track. Echoes of UK Garage lurk in the beats for a super-high bop factor, but it’s the fangs in the vocal that leave the deepest marks 🦷”
“From the depths of rural NSW, Kicked-In Bickie Tin deliver this track and the rest of their debut EP to the rest of the country, a collection of smart but bleary-eyed guitar fizzers. Oodles of energy and a noticeably bigger sky give a sense of space to what, in lesser hands, might otherwise be pretty standard fare 🎸”
“There’s always been wisdom in Yeevs’ high art-rock, intellectual candle-power adding light to some often furious noise. This – their first release on the way to a new album – is more of the former, a beautifully-constructed song which carries its strength in the things it has, wisely, chosen not to do 🧠”
“Refinery Drive slam large pop-punk nails straight to the back of the head, no apologies, no restraint. From start to end it’s like it’s trying to prove a point, a message and a warning. A fabulous vocal flying high over a beefy band rarely disappoints.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Glitch Kingdom don’t ever stop short of manic – when they say the next one is going to be a fast one, they mean that it’s liable to blur time. Never a dull note, never a moment of respite, this is exactly what you need when you need something to shudder every muscle, to rattle […]
“Garage Noise are just bags of fluff and happiness, playing like they mean it but with a grin on their faces. It’s all as rich and fun as a fresh doughnut, a sugary hoot that’s nonetheless got enough of a hard centre to snap off a tooth.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
In a week where Australia / Invasion Day and the Hottest100 meant a much lower number of releases (that happens every year), Big Scary’s latest track ‘Something To Remember’ was still an overwhelming favourite with the playlists I track who updated this week. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Big Scary 🥈Hiatus Kaiyote, DOBBY, Gold Fang 🥉Good […]
“Blake Cateris’ musical talent has never been in doubt but, as his set evolves, his ferocious hunger to learn stuff, to grow in odd directions, to wind around and up the walls looms larger. The musicality was always impressive, but anyone who can go from cats to Camus, or from disappointment to Duran Duran, is […]
“The Duke is (rightly and brilliantly) famed for live music at ear-ruining volume, so it’s a hard left tonight to hear the place set to ‘acoustic’ as opposed to ‘assault’. Raff Iacurto is also behind the night, and getting to hear this artist – better known for ten-minute aural barrages with the likes of Robot […]