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“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 🥹”
“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 […]