“It’s just one knockout blow after another from JACOTÉNE, and this latest demo drop leaves you just as bruised and dizzy as the rest. Literally and metaphorically stunning 🥊”
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Press Club – No Pressure
“Sparks flying like it’s being carved up by an axle grinder, Press Club keep up the tension, relentless and driving. Enough blasts and slices to level the block 🧨”
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ENOLA – Looking Back
“Sinister and lurking in the shadows, ENOLA’s post-punk dream-pop raises the hairs on your neck, even when you can’t quite make out the threat. It never quite bares its teeth – but you’re never in doubt they are there ⚠️”
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Gia Darcy – Say It
“One of two new ones from her debut EP, this is considered and restrained pop from Gia Darcy, thoughtful and introspective. Pop is most often frivolous or fleeting, but ‘Say It’ rewards repeated listens 🤔”
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Last Quokka @ The Duke Of Enmore, 30th Sep
“Last Quokka are a live rail, something to avoid stepping on, or even to get too close to. Fizzing with energy, it starts fully charged and doesn’t let up – right up in your face, it’s a blast to the chest and enough to give new life to the dead.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Private Wives stand staunch and firm against the many, many injustices of the world, a hot blast of fiery contempt and eye-rolling aimed squarely at the necessary targets. Do everything they say – and nothing they say not to – and the world will be a better place for it.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
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Grand Final @ The Duke Of Enmore, 30th Sep
“Booking Grand Final to play on Grand Final night is both a very funny and a very good idea. Every bit as physical, roaring, and fearsome as any other code, it hammers opponents into the ground and leaves blood on the boots. Back to you in the studio.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
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Final Girls – If I Was Your Girl
“Whether it’s the fury in ‘Fake The Maps’ or the sheer six-string delight of tracks like this, Final Girls just explode out of the speakers, a constant back-and-forth of rage and delight 🔁”
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Luca Brasi – Habits
“Luca Brasi return with a new album, brimming with as formidable songwriting as you’re ever likely to require. This track opens the LP, and makes all the hard work look easy, sweeping you off your feet and into the skies right along with it 🛫”