πŸ”Š TRACKS

There’s so much incredible new music every week by emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia, but these are my favourite five releases from each week.

Latest Week

Body Type – Expired Candy

Body Type – Expired Candy

“The second album from Body Type in the space of twelve months sees them in a gloriously bright temper. The mood on this title track runs throughout the whole, all sunshine in the melodies, and savage wit in the words β˜€οΈ”
Raging Hormones – Everything Opens Up

Raging Hormones – Everything Opens Up

“Echoes of The Cult’s ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ explode into a giant gorilla of a track, balancing the plaintive and the triumphant on a blade of shiny stadium-sized sound. Heart strings tugged, hairs on neck raised 🦍”
Anatomy Class – Wrong Side

Anatomy Class – Wrong Side

“High-tempo jangle orbits an immediately addictive core on the new one from Anatomy Class, skittering like a kitten on an ice rink. An instant whack of loveable charm straight to the core of the brain ⛸️”
West Thebarton – Virgin Lounge

West Thebarton – Virgin Lounge

“West Thebarton’s EP drops into the ears like a brick into a glass of water, the resulting chaos spread all over the floor, with the distinct danger of blood being drawn. Savage but grinning like a goon, it’s a return to the fray with ferocious intent 🧱”
Talk Heavy – The Song That Plays (When Marissa Shoots Trey)

Talk Heavy – The Song That Plays (When Marissa Shoots Trey)

“More NC than O.C, more Chapel Hill than Newport Beach, this is a track with a thunderous, chaotic energy, swan-diving from a dizzying height into turbulent waters. If this *had* been playing when Marissa pulled the trigger on Trey, she’d have damn sure pulled it more than once 🌊”

Previous Week

Aodhan – Get It Right

Aodhan – Get It Right

“Rumbly and blurred at the edges, this is a charming slice of driving and dreamy fun, so laid-back it arrives horizontally. It’s smart though too – there’s a steely glint in those sleepy eyes πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«”
DIVEBAR YOUTH – VERTEBRAE

DIVEBAR YOUTH – VERTEBRAE

“There’s something hypnotic about Divebar Youth’s new track, something that tricks the brain into losing track of things while it stomps and sprawls all over the room. It catches your eye easily, but all of a sudden you realise you haven’t blinked for a really long time πŸ‘οΈ”
Sweetie – Punch The Shark

Sweetie – Punch The Shark

“Sweetie summon every ounce of swagger in the universe on their latest and use it to stomp all over your nice clean floors. It’s confident, it pushes the needles right up into the red, and it’s coming for you, ready or not 🦈”
Straight Arrows – Walkin Thru My Mind

Straight Arrows – Walkin Thru My Mind

“Straight Arrows take a warpy detour down a psychedelic path and float off into a melting sky. It crashes around the ears and fizzes in the brain, a whirl of colour and fuzz 🍭”
Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline

Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline

“Nat Vazer’s latest mixes the dreamy with the determined, pounding through with gritted teeth but still as light as smoke in a sunbeam. The plaintive vocal strains at gravity, and the whole song feels like it’s reaching for something, high up and out of sight πŸ™‹”