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The Vandastruts @ Oxford Art Factory, 1st Oct

“The important syllable in The Vandastruts is โ€œS T R U Tโ€. The whole set just plain swaggers around the room, a pair of leather trousers come to life, its riffs disembowelling all-comers and its solos carving holes in the back of your head. When โ€œtheyโ€ tell you that rock โ€˜nโ€™ roll will corrupt your […]

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Magic Machine @ Oxford Art Factory, 1st Oct

Magic Machine beam in from another dimension to psyche up the place from the off. Bags of spring reverb, oodles of shoulder-shaking rhythm, and the sort of endless jams that seem specifically designed to result in someone needing a defibrillator. Any band with this much groove in their hearts is to be respected – but […]

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New Music Friday

New Music Friday Roundup: Sam Smith, Zoe Wees, GloRilla, Cate

Every week, my robots scour the biggest nine New Music Friday playlists in the world to see whose getting backed hard by the big green machine. This week: ๐Ÿ† The Champ: Sam Smith The big dog this week was Sam Smith (20m+ followers), whose collab with Kim Petras, โ€œUnholyโ€, landed them on top of the pile, […]

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New Music

Bloods – Cherry

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New Music

Sleater-Kinney – Words and Guitar

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Rhysics – Together Now

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Alex the Astronaut – Sick

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New Music

The Yeah Nahs – Stupid Sexy Flanders

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Most Playlisted: Boy & Bear, Big Scary, Jess Day

In a four-way tie, Big Scary, Boy & Bear, Yb. And Ocean Alley shared joint top honours this week for the most adds to the best new music playlists in Australia. Boy & Bearโ€™s return with โ€œJust To Be Kindโ€, and tracks from Big Scaryโ€™s Me and You album were both fresh out this week, […]