Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players released in April I’ve caught by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
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New Albums This Month: Apr 2025
Author: Alex Kirk
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Max Quinn @ Oxford Art Factory, 24th Apr
“Max Quinn conned us all – with *actual* social media fake news – into thinking he’d gone away for ever but the cheeky bastard lied through his shiny teeth and now all we’re stuck here, together, having to enjoy his clever bloody set that tingles the follicles as much as it does the feet. We […]
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FVNERAL @ Oxford Art Factory, 24th Apr
“If I wasn’t crying at the announcement earlier in the day that the artists in FVNERAL are calling time on this particular project, I was – again – left damn near bawling like a toddler during the set. Hearts are broken and filled in rapid and almost-cruel succession, an elevator ride that only takes you […]
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Dr. Spaceman @ Oxford Art Factory, 24th Apr
“Dr. Spaceman launch out of their ten-year hiatus with glee and jokes, bouncing melodies and absolutely *humungous* songs – both old and, happily, new. More shows are on the way and based on this comeback, it’ll be more than worth coming back for, more than once.” Gallery Listen
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Gigs In Sydney This Week | 23-27 Apr
⚡️ Brace yourselves for an electric week of gigs this week in Sydney 🎶 2SER close out their excellent series of free shows at Metro Social with Tee Vee Repairman, G2G, and Station Model Violence (Wed) 🎶 Get Folked’s lineup is of their usual killer standard with Amends, Vetty Vials and more playing at Lazybones […]
Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇Folk Bitch Trio, Fool Nelson (appeared on 32% of updated playlists) 🥈Cardboard Cutouts (20%) Takeouts —- 🤿 Want to dive deeper? The […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.
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, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only releases […]
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Gut Health @ Vic On The Park, 17th Apr
“Gut Health are widely regarded as one of the best bands in Australia right now but if – like me – you’ve only caught the records and not the live show, you’ve only been getting half the story. Arty post-punk can often be pretty dour but the torrent of fun that comes off the stage […]