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Author: Alex Kirk
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Appletinis @ The Trocadero Room, 5th Dec
“Appletinis paint on a grand canvas, not only ambitious but also capable of work on this sort of scale. At its heart it’s classic guitar-driven pop but it’s a looong way from a bedroom-level project, this feels like it’s aiming for nothing short of Broadway. It’s pop fireworks, and it lights up the sky.” Gallery […]
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Dani Marchio @ The Trocadero Room, 5th Dec
“You will see few sets constructed of as much sheer, primal joy as Dani Marchio’s. From start to finish it’s ankle-breakingly danceable pop, it’s grins wide enough to crack your face open, and it’s the whole weekend stretching out ahead of you. It’s a fully live pop band too – there are no backing tracks […]
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Jean Elliot @ The Trocadero Room, 5th Dec
“Jean Elliot land hard, emotional weight standing firm on top of guitars veering between twangy and flailingly wild. Ghosts of The Cranberries and echoes of Snow Patrol ping off the walls, all theatre and tune, a witchy mood with hefty emotional pop to back it all up.” Gallery Listen
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The Best New Music In Australia | #264
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 […]
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Gigs In Sydney This Week | 4-7 Nov
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
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Failsafe @ Factory Theatre, 29th Nov
“There are only three people in Failsafe but it sounds like a building collapsing on your head. The bass rumbles like an earthquake, the guitars slice with a jagged savagery, and the drums are played with what comes off like a serious grudge against the kit, which gets a wonderful but fearsome beating all set […]
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Retail Therapy @ Factory Theatre, 29th Nov
“Retail Therapy are all paranoid theatre, roaring but gentle, solid but twisted, and always right up there in your face. As loud as a bomb going off – with as much glitter as shrapnel – it’s a set that merely cements them that bit further as one of very best bands to barrel into the […]
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Should Be Sweet @ Factory Theatre, 29th Nov
“Should Be Sweet smash it hard into the pavement, heavy and explosive. While the heftier, slower parts encourage banging of heads and spraining of necks, it’s the faster moments that cause the most damage, kinetic effects through melodic velocity.” Gallery Listen