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Vermanic @ The Chippo, 15th Feb

“Vermanic pound and soar by turn, wisps of early No Doubt floating through the room while the rest of it beats you round the back of the head with a monstrous grin on its face. Whopping in size and whomping in effect, happy and glorious.” Gallery Listen

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Adorn @ The Chippo, 15th Feb

“Adorn bring strong, clean, and well-defined tones for the most part, sometimes surfy, sometimes jazzy, but always smooth and near-frictionless. However – and I suspect that having a Scotsman in the lineup is behind this – they also give it bloody laldy too. Rich melancholy matches roaring movement, potency with added poetry.” Gallery Listen

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AYLYZA @ The Chippo, 15th Feb

“AYLYZA whirl and drive, crisp edges slicing and hair waving furiously. It stomps with glorious purpose while dancing its damn head off, the sound of high-speed pursuit and untethered fun. A blast.” Gallery Listen

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New Music New Tracks

Featured Tracks This Week: #7 2025

It was an appropriately high temperature week of releases for Valentine’s Day, steaming up the windows and working you into a sweat. As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be […]

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Playlists

The Best New Music From Australia | #226

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 new […]

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Gig Guide

Gigs In Sydney This Week | 12-16 Feb

πŸ₯ΎGet your dancing boots on, there are some foot-stomping shows in Sydney this week: πŸ”₯ The incredible Frenzee play twice this week at Hollywood Hotel and Petersham Bowlo (Thu, Fri, pictured). No excuse to miss them, basically. 🎸 The ever-excellent Steve Smyth returns to the Oxford Art Factory (Thu) πŸ”ͺ Mac The Knife cut Manly […]

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Et Cetera

Getting Paid In Exposure Isn’t *Always* A Bad Thing

No, wait, hear me out! It’s easy to assume that anyone who offers to pay an artist “in exposure” is a jackass and a huckster. And the vast majority of times, that’s true! However, it’s worth remembering that there are a certain, very specific, set of circumstances when it might not be. Keep an eye […]

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Making Noise

Making Noise: Toby Hobart

In a classic case of getting a break, Toby Hobart plugged away for a while before his early 2024 track ‘Feel The Same‘ achieved escape velocity with both playlisters and audiences, kicking off twelve months of solid growth. # releases: 6 – While “Feel The Same” was the tipping point in Feb of 2024, he’s […]

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Playlists

The Best New Music From Australia | #225

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 new […]