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“Watching SL8ERBOY is is like trying to grab wet jelly, each song wriggling out of your grasp just before you can get a grip on it. Then the next one doesn’t do the same thing as the one before, and you find yourself chasing the damn things all over the bloody venue. In the end […]
“The Toothpicks land – wildly, madly – somewhere between late-stage Arctics (it’s the jazz) and full-bore Franz Fredinand (it’s the stomping), but it’s really the *theatricality* of the thing that matters. It moves like it’s been written in scenes and acts, and it drags us along to an inevitable conclusion of dancing and mayhem.” Gallery […]
“Bakura’s jazzy, fully syncopated songs slot neatly into a Sunday night, smooth and easy-going and relaxing. There’s mischief underneath though, with wailing guitars and wig-outs jumping out of the box with bared fangs, so don’t take your eye off it for a second.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
Babitha and DMA’s shared honours this week, with their tracks making it onto the most new Australian music playlists this week. That’s what you’d kind of expect for DMA’s, but that’s a hell of a win for Babitha and richly earned. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Babitha, DMA’s 🥈Adam Newling, Caroline Polachek, HANDSOME, The Moving Stills, […]
Every week, my robots scour the biggest nine New Music Friday playlists in the world to see whose getting backed hard by the big green machine. This week: 🏆 The Champ: Lana Del Ray Lana Del Rey and her 19m Spotify followers made “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” the biggest […]
“Adam Newling caps off a fine musical year with this thumping foot-stomper, his gruffly sweet vocal driving a song made for staring into the heart of a night-time fire 🔥”
“Angelas Dish return after about a decade of silence with a new EP, chock full of thrust and motion 🏎️”
“Hugs are to be placed squarely on the top shelf of Australian guitar bands, inventive and technical but with a raw and very human core 🦾”
“Quality bursts of buzzing guitars and song are High Tropics’ stock in trade, and they’re shining on this track, a sparkly – yet deliciously grimy – gem of a record 💎”