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Most Playlisted: EGOISM
Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇EGOISM (appeared on 33% of updated playlists) 🥈Tamara & the Dreams (25%) 🥉Parcels, Esha Tewari, Baker Boy, Press Club, First Beige, Mulga […]
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Making Noise: EGOISM
EGOISM took a bit of a break, but have come back in the last six months with a series of releases that have immediately reconnected with playlisters and gained them some fast new followers. # releases: 4 – In just six months, they’ve put out four new tracks, a strong pace that clearly has a […]
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Most Playlisted: The Terrys
Most Playlisted This Week The playlists are still waking up after the new year break, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t a ton of quality releases this week for the best Australian new music playlists to choose from. Well, for those who bothered to show up, anyway. 🥇The Terrys (32% of updated playlists) 🥈Spacey Jane […]
Most Playlisted This Week A madly busy week for quality releases saw the best new music playlists in Australia struggle to come to a consensus, but four artists managed to rise just above the crowded pack. 🥇aleksiah, Amyl & The Sniffers, EGOISM, JK-47 🍟 Takeouts: —- 📸 Photo: JK-47 at The Lansdowne, June 2021 —-
Most Playlisted This Week There was a large drop in releases this week but no let up in quality, and those that rose to the top of the pile for Australia’s best new music playlisters included strong representation from newer and more emerging artists. 🥇Forest Claudette, Full Flower Moon Band 🥈Blusher 🥉ONEFOUR, GUM, Eliza & […]
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Egoism – Happy
Taken from their ‘On Our Minds’ EP, ‘Happy’ is one of the best tracks Egoism have done yet, taking the introspection and thoughtfulness we have come to love, and wrapping it up in a joyous and bouncing little wonder of a song. Like it’s shaking with excitement, it’s got a giddy energy running through it […]
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EGOISM – Here’s The Thing
EGOISM’s woozy dream-pop takes a wearier turn here, with a new track that’s as delightful as it is depressed. The guitars are still sparse and sparkle like lens flares, but the lyrics & vocals are considerably more weathered. Melodic refrains recur from previous single ‘You You’ (literally the same “you-oo-oo”), and the contrasting registers are […]
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Desk Chair “With that immaculately bonkers name, it’s perhaps surprising to discover the craftily-tailored songwriting that accompanies it. While this is largely made from the flavours du […]