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Words: James Frostick
With a ferocious and intimidating aura, Sydney’s White Dog returns to the scene after two years with the wired and wild churn of new track ‘Storm the Streets’. Boasting a roiling mix of thuggish hardcore, ‘Storm the Streets’ is a slice of old-school disaffected punk, keeping sentiments lean and direct to maximise impact.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Harriet Fraser Barbour
After a few years of self exploration and composition, Adelaide’s noir-folk doo-wop outfit Fair Maiden is finally releasing its anticipated new album Oleander. Documenting transformations and emotional turbulence, the record is a hypnotic musical document of love and all its pitfalls, perils and pains. We’ve got a preview listen ahead of its release on March 22, as well as a chat with Fair Maiden’s creative lead Ellen Carey.
Continue reading Premiere: FAIR MAIDEN – OLEANDER (HYSTERICAL RECORDS, 2019)
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Danielle Hakim
It’s been almost three years since Ausmuteants gifted the world with new music, but now the Melbourne-based rabble-rousers are back with a particularly idiosyncratic new record. Ausmuteants … Presents The World In Handcuffs is the brainchild of guitarist Shaun Connor, a collection of tracks that explores the mind of an unhinged police officer.
Words: James Frostick
Cover art: Haydn Hall and Matthew Deasy
Brisbane’s Pleasure Symbols have returned after a period of evolution with news of a debut full-length record. Lead single ‘Image Reflected’ shows off a polished sound, used perfectly to convey explorations of the self and the power of desire.
Continue reading Premiere: PLEASURE SYMBOLS – ‘IMAGE REFLECTED’
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Alex Macfarlane
Melbourne quintet Possible Humans has announced the imminent arrival of brand-new LP Everybody Split. Lead single ‘The Thumps’ is an even-keeled number that showcases a sublime sun-warped twang that sounds effortless and utterly enjoyable.
Words: James Frostick
Esther Edquist of Superstar fame has remerged back on the scene with news of a new EP under her Sweet Whirl guise. Ahead of the May release of the six-song effort Love Songs & Poetry, Esther has gifted our ears the delicate and velvety single ‘Strange News’. The gorgeous folky track is saturated with a rosy-cheeked dreaminess, inspired by near-romances and missed chances.
Continue reading Listen: SWEET WHIRL – ‘STRANGE NEWS’
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Louis Roach
How much articulated fury can a band communicate in just 128 seconds? In the case of Hexdebt, it’s more than most bands manage over an entire album, judging by the scorching commentary of their new single ‘Loops’.
