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“Even if Hellcat Speedracer were more traditional head-down, hand-wavy tech nerds lurking behind the equipment, this would be a monster of set, poundingly danceable and wildly, manically bloopy. It’s the stage energy that takes you to near cardiac arrest though – there are punk bands who spend less time in the crowd or clambering up […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these. If you’re looking for new albums, all the new long-players I’ve spotted from emerging, independent, and DIY artists are […]
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: 🥇The Grogans (appeared on 32% of updated playlists) 🥈Teenage Joans, Bean Magazine (29%) 🥉Ball Park Music, Girl and Girl, Hellcat Speedracer, DEVAURA […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these. Hellcat Speedracer + Kobie Dee – JUMP! (single) 🎶 The latest upload from Hellcat Speedracer does absolutely nothing to […]
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 releases […]
Most Playlisted This Week It was another BIG week of releases, and with enough quality in it to make it tough for the best new music playlisters in Australia to come to a consensus. Fully eight artists peeked up above the pack though, with several emerging artists doing particularly well in a crowded week. 🥇ONEFOUR, […]
“There was once a band called Piranha Deathray, which was – unarguably – the best band name ever. Unfortunately, they weren’t as brilliant as their name. Hellcat Speedracer though have both a top-tier name *and* are totally, barkingly, hilariously brilliant. Like Leftfield or Chemical Brothers before them, this is punk as fuck but done with […]