“The After Thoughts fizz and froth, carbonated and busy. Clean tones and warmth radiate outward, jazzy and danceable, surf-curious indie rock hammering at the nerves in your feet and neck.” Gallery Listen
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Airheart @ Factory Theatre, 1st Mar
“Airheart’s urgency and thrum rattles the teeth and rolls the shoulders, large doses of defiantly happy song, served straight up.” Gallery Listen
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Doll Shaker @ Factory Theatre, 1st Mar
“Doll Shaker are sharp and scrappy, all giddy energy and happy mischief. With bags of story in the songs and a commanding vocal though, it’s got fun and feels in equal measure.” Gallery Listen
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Morton Choppers @ Factory Theatre, 1st Mar
“Morton Choppers opens the afternoon with a set of dark, twanging little stompers, evocative and bluesy, drifting smoke in a night sky.” Gallery
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No Bull @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 28th Feb
“No Bull don’t, as you’d expect, mess about. This is direct and hairy rock ‘n’ roll served raw, all wild and widdly and loud as giddyup. The end result is simple – elevated heart rate, adrenaline spikes, an uncontrollable urge to throw horns – but it’s incredibly difficult to pull off. The effect you expect, […]
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Lannigan @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 28th Feb
“Lannigan’s foundational Aussie surf comes with a side of post-punk hustle and spice, levelling up a familiar sound into something way more urgent and paranoid. A foamy favourite hiding teeth beneath the surface.” Gallery Listen
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Kaunta @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 28th Feb
“Kaunta are all loose joints and sharp edges, skinned knees and grazed elbows. It’s a rattle and a shake of a set, simultaneously relaxed and spiky, wry and shouty, and threatening to fall apart at the seams while always just holding it together. It’s mischievously charming, enormously good fun, and very, very likely to have […]
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S.O.W @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 28th Feb
“S.O.W stride like a giant land mammal, its huge steps landing slow and heavy, grungy beats and guitars made of granite coupled with a roaring vocal. Imposing and impressive.” Gallery Listen
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The Best New Music In Australia | #274
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]