“A soaring collaboration between two outstanding bands, that takes the very best of both worlds to create a whole new one made of nothing but giant choruses, sugar, and waving, happy arms”
Author: Alex Kirk
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Alana Wilkinson – With A Boob Out
“Smart, funny, and charming, this musical maternity tale will raise a smile whether you’ve got kids or are still one”
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dogworld – DASHCAM
“Plenty of bite and wonky notes add an atmosphere of menace to this cleverly-constructed song, raging squalls of noise and tricksy, skittering riffs”
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Del-Slackers – Pictures (On My Wall)
“Near-on shaking with excitement, Del-Slackers jump off walls and down stairs, bounce off walls and floors, and end up in a pile of skinned knees and wide, delirious grins”
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Stirr – The whale
“This intelligent debut from Stirr keeps its head screwed on, patient and deliberate, with *just* the right balance of pounding and atmospherics to remain intriguing without ever going over its skis”
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Making Noise: Rum Jungle
Rum Jungle have had a grand twelve months, with steady and impressive audience growth as well as the biggest Aussie playlists jumping onside. All told, it gives them strong odds of levelling up and up and up. Tracks released: 5 Playlists appeared on*: 11 – that’s not a massively wide spread among the lists I […]
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Gigs This Week In Sydney [1-4 Aug]
👁️ Got my eye on some corking shows this week, including: —- thu 1st fri 2nd sat 3rd sun 4th —- 🤔Wait, wtf is this? Looking at the various gig guides out there, these are the shows by emerging, independent, or DIY artists that get my pulse going – this isn’t a complete list, it’s […]
Most Playlisted This Week A busier slate of releases than last week saw a larger number of artists than usual make it to the podium, an indicator of how high and broad the quality was among the new releases. 🥇Angie McMahon, Salarymen 🥈Thelma Plum, Kobie Dee, Elsy Wameyo, Radio Free Alice 🥉Lime Cordiale, tiffi, Great […]
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Shady Nasty @ The Lord Gladstone, 28th Jul
“Hayley Mary makes impossible things appear casual, colossal stories made of deep melancholy and soaring joy seemingly just thrown out to the crowd like pieces of spare change, one after the other. The songs are impeccably built, the delivery sweeps you off your feet, and the mood it creates is simply euphoric. When it’s all […]