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“Dial Tone swirl around the room with shoegaze veering from the dreamlike to more Swervedriver-ish oomph. Blurred and fuzzy, with all the colours melding into each other, it’s a noisy trip.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
In one of the more fascinating examples I’ve seen, Vinnie Barbaro’s DIVEBAR YOUTH project has not only hit the mark with a broad spread of tastemakers, not only grown audience at a strong rate, but also done it using a core principle of marketing – one which most artists either don’t know or don’t realise […]
It’s been twenty years since Parkway Drive released their first (solo) EP, and to mark the milestone they’re taking their legendary racket on the road across Australia, with a tour stop in Sydney on 21st Sep at the Qudos Bank Arena. After seven studio albums (the last three of which went to #1 in Australia), […]
Milan Ring’s consistently broad critic support put her new track ‘Photograph’ in the spot for the most added tracks on the most credible Australian new music playlists this week (and for the second time this year). Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Milan Ring 🥈Dune Rats 🥉 Barkaa, Jess Ribeiro Dune Rats were only a quick bong […]
“Jebediah may be scene veterans but there’s no signs of wear in their latest, tearing around with madcap energy and shambolic charm. It shakes with excitement, two minutes dead of bulging eyeballs and dizzy escapism ⚡️”
“Selfish Sons haven’t wasted their time during their stint in the US, with their latest adding some West Coast golden-hour shine to their already-hefty skills with a hook. Like all the best pop, it’s an immediate shot of good mood, right when you need it most 💉”
“Jolly, liberal arts indie merges here with classic songwriting, sitting somewhere between Divine Comedy and Prefab Sprout. Literate and fun, it’s got enough wry observation mixed into its go-lucky sound to keep one eyebrow arched and both feet dancing 📚”
“Haley Holgate’s latest starts by lulling you into slowing down your breathing and lowering your heart rate, but ends in fireworks, bloody great showers of sparks and colour. A lit fuse burning quietly in the dark, an explosion waiting to happen 🧨”
“Intense and and in a royal mood, The Duke Of Randwick mine the better parts of the 90s for a modern reworking of paranoid grunge and woozy shoegaze, all raw throats and insistent rhythms 😠”