“Post-punk bass notes bubble underneath a tense vocal, guitars skittering underfoot before roaring into life in blasts of shoegazey shuffle and noise”
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Bodywire – It’s Fine
Author: Alex Kirk
“DIVEBAR YOUTH’s prolific recent output is on full display for the full set tonight, tight as a drum (even in the teeth of a few tech gremlins) and with bags and bags of bite and bounce. In one hand there’s determined drive and pounding rhythm, in the other there’s galaxy-sized melody and sharp songwriting. The […]
“Creeping Jenny stomp with heavy boots tonight, striding with thudding steps and a confident strut. It looms huge, thickening the air and quickening the blood.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
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ALIYA @ The Duke Of Enmore, 24th Aug
“ALIYA’s rock is sharply cut but the pop seam that runs through it shines just as brightly. For every squealing guitar moment or thundering rhythm there’s a high-flying vocal hook that keeps the feet dancing as much as the head banging and the hair flying.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
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 […]
“Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me! bobble madly between moods, pop moments and pogoing, daft fun and jagged objects colliding headlong into each other. Sharp wit fuels the tight songwriting, and while the sound and the tone might change song by song, the fun remains the same.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
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youproblem @ The Trocadero Room, 22nd Aug
“youproblem create joy in their snappy pop that’s so damn addictive it should be banned by the actual government, if only because that would ensure that everyone would get promptly hooked on it. There is so much bounce in here – the primal sound of the very best nights out – that it’s enough to […]
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Alice Terry @ The Trocadero Room, 22nd Aug
“If you haven’t heard – been astonished by, luxuriated in – Alice Terry’s acrobatic and soul-drenched vocal, then you have made poor life choices and there’s no getting away from it. Matched up with these beautiful, salty songs and the glorious swirl of sound plucked from that guitar, it’s a fabulous, fabulous time. Theatre, soul, […]
In another artist dump, we’ve had now had 28 more artists added to the lineup for SXSW Sydney 2024. We’ve now got some Punk artists added (hurray!), as well as the first artists from China, Japan, and Ghana, taking the total to 135 announced artists. My sortable, clickable summary tool of all the arists playing […]