Words by Billie-Jean Bullard DZ Deathrays, the thrash-pop duo consisting of Shane Parsons – guitar and vocals, and Simon Ridley – drums, formed in 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. Having success with their first full length album Bloodstreams winning “Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album” at the 2012 ARIA Awards, the pressure is on for Black Rat to be a success. It is […]
Daniel Grima croons “Youth is wasted on the young / let’s find another one” in Mark Twain though I’m not sure that anyone could accuse these four guys of wasting their time. After retreating to the wilds of Northern NSW Twin Haus have returned with a six track EP Waxen Myriad sure to set things in […]
Words by Emma Jones Kelis has been receiving a lot of hype lately, and has just been announced as one of the acts playing at Splendour In The Grass this July. In between having her own cooking show and her food-truck gig at South By Southwest, she’s also released a new album with a new […]
Brooklyn trio Wet (not easy to Google, by the way) have been receiving a lot of attention throughout the music world of late, and it’s easy to see why. Their self-titled EP is such an obvious standout among music I’ve heard this year. According to the press release, the three musicians have been playing together […]
Words by Billie-Jean Bullard I honestly didn’t think it was possible to love Nick Murphy, A.K.A Chet Faker anymore. But then he goes and releases his new (and first) full length album Built on Glass, and well, was I wrong. Trying to figure out which of his new tracks were my favourite was a new major struggle […]
Black metal may have been the country’s biggest musical export in recent years, but there’s nothing dark about the tunes of Norway’s Mikhael Paskalev. The 26-year-old struck gold in 2012 with the release of his debut single, I Spy, the video for which has amassed almost 1.5 million views since its release. The video incorporates […]
My response to Darlia’s new EP, Candyman, was instant: Woah, so raw! So fresh! It’s been a while since I heard something new and guitar-driven, which packed so much punch. The UK-three-piece have just released their first EP, and it’s bangin’. The title track Candyman starts the EP off with a low, driving garage bass and grungey […]
I hadn’t heard an album like this in such a long time. It was compellingly honest. The first play was enough for me to know that this was not only an objectively good album, with polished production and stellar songwriting, it also had the capacity to create emotion, stir my brain a bit. How did this […]
Brooklyn three-piece Liars’ newest release, Mess, is stranger, synthier and more brutal than ever before. It’s terrifying and I love it. Mess is a great album, a definite electronica-fuelled reinvention, a massive progression from WIXIW and Sisterworld. It’s loud and relentless and the kind of album I’ve really enjoyed listening to from start to finish. […]
Ball Park Music took the indie scene by storm in 2011, with the release of their criminally perfect debut album, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs. Stellar songs like Literally Baby and It’s Nice to Be Alive, as well as the uncomfortably relatable Sad Rude Future Dude introduced us to a fun-loving five-piece intent on producing loud, lively and […]