“Dead Mall are fearsome without losing the fun, enough hardcore bursting out to scare the neighbours but with enough tune flying around to keep the pogo going.” Gallery Listen
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Dead Mall @ Oxford Art Factory, 12th Apr
Author: Alex Kirk
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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Georgia Mulligan @ Metro Social, 9th Apr
“A Georgia Mulligan set is a black wall of clouds lit up by lightning – impressive and a bit scary but something you can’t stop watching. It’s a primal surge from deep in your mind, a reminder that songs can be magic and thunder.” Gallery Listen
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Sarah Levins @ Metro Social, 9th Apr
“Sarah Levins’ set is full of rich beauty, all clever and high art, but with a spoonful of loopy thrown in for good measure. Fabulous, dreamy, and with astonishing musicality woven throughout, it’s a wild but comforting ride through the dark.” Gallery Listen
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Beryl @ Metro Social, 9th Apr
“Beryl play mostly unreleased music tonight, floating in like dark smoke. There might be no percussion but it still hits hard, impossible to grab hold of yet still leaving a mark.” Gallery Listen
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Gigs In Sydney This Week | 9-13 Apr
🎰 We’re hitting the jackpot with the quality of shows on offer this week in Sydney: 🎶 2SER’s Dream State hosts a free Weds night show at Metro Social featuring Beryl, Sarah Levins, and Georgia Mulligan (Wed) 🎶 Bloody great guitars are the order of the night courtesy of Airline, Vertebrae, and Tallulah at OAF […]
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Most Playlisted: The Grogans
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: 🥇The Grogans (appeared on 32% of updated playlists) 🥈Teenage Joans, Bean Magazine (29%) 🥉Ball Park Music, Girl and Girl, Hellcat Speedracer, DEVAURA […]
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The Bottlers @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 5th Apr
“The Bottlers’ shanties and Celtic punk rattles and rolls and sways like a rough sea filled with beer and snot, utterly dismissive of anything except dancing and falling down and having a damn blast. All hands on deck, hoist the colours.” Gallery Listen
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REDD. @ Chuck Trailer’s CBD, 5th Apr
“REDD. brings literally all the energy, enough to bounce, deafen, or scar you, depending on your given mood. A *gigantic* pop sensibility runs through it, but the wild veering in various directions of fun keeps you happily off-balance, just as worried about snapping an ankle as banging your head off the ceiling.” Gallery Listen