Author: Alex Kirk
Holliday – Wet Cement
binsad – swimmer
Radium Dolls @ Vic On The Park, 2nd Apr
“Freshly landed off the back of a North American tour, Radium Dolls pistop in Sydney on their way home to Brisbane to drop an absolute barnstormer of a set, spiky and fuzzy and gloriously untethered. It’s wild, it’s giddy, and it’s pumped to the gills full of fabulous chaos. If this isn’t one of the […]
Bimbo @ Vic On The Park, 2nd Apr
“Bimbo snap and crackle like torn mains cables, dangerous pops and sparks you can’t stop staring at. Fizzing and sharp, it’s a jolt and a half, straight to the important bits.” Gallery
Molly Rocket @ Buddy’s, 2nd Apr
“Molly Rocket’s urgency and roar catches you by the ankle and chucks you straight into deep waters, leaving you spluttering and trying to catch your breath. There’s a deeply feral core that somehow still surfaces into the world as shiny song, more than enough to happily drown in.” Gallery Listen
Grevillea @ Buddy’s, 2nd Apr
“Grevillea put their foot down from the off and never let it lift an inch, fuel bills be damned. It’s a full-throttle set of hard-charging, big-grinning, wild-eyed melody and racket – it’s as tight as a drum but it’s always right on the edge of utter mayhem and it’s absolutely bloody glorious.” Gallery Listen
VINEWOOD RALLY @ Buddy’s, 2nd Apr
“VINEWOOD RALLY’s scrappy and jagged grunge takes the big bits of 90s Seattle and then mangles them through an Aussie grin and a sneer, a charmingly mad mix of heft and fun. Wit and weight in equal measure.” Gallery Listen
“Mary And The Fear Of God have one guitar pedal between the three of them and I think even that might be a tuner. This is a good thing. There’s no pulling of focus, no distractions, just hearty, loaded, flinty-hard alt-rock that comes at you from all sides. No trimmings, just the effect.” Gallery
