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Words: James Frostick
Got four-and-a-half minutes to spare? That’s all you’ll need to rip through the blistering new tape from unhinged and harefooted punks Ill Globo. Four tracks of heart-rate accelerant, the newly released Promoted To Glory tape gives us just enough to get hooked, but snatches the high away as quick as it came – thus is the bracing nature of Ill Globo’s potent style.
Continue reading In Review: ILL GLOBO – PROMOTED TO GLORY CS (UNWOUND RECORDS, 2019)
Words: James Frostick
Self-described ‘aggro-jangle’ three piece Reality Instructors are on the cusp of unveiling their debut long-play record, Ritual Ignorant. The product of gambles, sacrifice and ‘at-all-costs’ dedication, Ritual Ignorant is a ferocious post-punk cry – a piercing and rebellious body of work that reverberates and echoes wildly in the face of bewildering social regression and encroaching silence.
Continue reading Premiere: REALITY INSTRUCTORS – RITUAL IGNORANT (ETERNAL MEMO RECORDS, 2019)
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Photoyunist
On the eve of Weird Place Fest 2, Melbourne’s NOUGHTS are dropping its second EP Content, packed full of furious and speedy punk. Laced with a form of pressing and encompassing frenzy, Content forcibly grabs the ears of listeners and earnestly imparts its message – seemingly as if time is of the essence and everything hinges on our comprehension.
Continue reading Premiere: NOUGHTS – CONTENT (WEIRD PLACE, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Eva Lazzaro
Against the odds, a shelved collection of home-recorded instrumentals has earned a jolting second life as one of the year’s best Australian albums. Enter Skydeck, the unlikely Victorian duo getting high on their own supply of raw nerves and brooding discontent.
Continue reading In Review: SKYDECK – EUREKA MOMENT (DINOSAUR CITY RECORDS, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Band image: Spike Vincent
After a low-key 7” single in 2017 followed by a year packed with gigging, Sydney trio Married Man make its full-length debut with a scathing yet pop-driven album celebrating the stubborn enduring of life’s rough patches.
Continue reading In review: MARRIED MAN – ‘HARD BARGAIN’ (LESSTALK, 2019)
Words: Doug Wallen
Tuscan Ruins is the moniker of Melbourne-based ambient producer Tom Murchie, whose late-2018 release Miel was one of the hidden gems that flew under most radars last year. Featuring serene soundscapes and a crumbling natural grandeur, Miel is an engrossing listen and an incredibly strong showing from a creative entity still in its infancy.
Continue reading In review: TUSCAN RUINS – ‘MIEL’ (BLACK SPRING, 2018)
Words and Image: Imogen Elliot
Hobart outfit Hec have been ear bashing under the eucalyptus trees for a little while now. Their debut album Wrong Life Rightly is a textured collection of low-key scunge that showcases some serious creative chops. Continue reading In review: HEC – WRONG LIFE RIGHTLY (SELF RELEASE, 2018)
