Words: James Frostick
Band image: Kyle Biggins
Heads up – here’s some new grit from Perth! Up-and-coming punk troupe Gaffer are set to release a seven-track demo later this month, filled with an immediate and arresting take on 70s and 80s punk and post-punk. Lead track ‘Hang’ is a furious blast that fuses anger and futility – a potent mix that gives off a sense of ‘nothing to lose’ abandon.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Alex Leech
A tempest is rising in the west. Perth punk four-piece Cold Meat have announced the forthcoming release of their debut full-length records Hot and Flustered. Lead single ‘Bad Mood’ is the the first lick of the furious storm to come – a punishing number boasting prickly riffs, uncompromising percussion and furious vocals that are well and truly fed up with everything and anything.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Duncan Wright
After a string of CD-Rs, tapes and 7″ singles, hypnotic Perth-based electronic drone duo Erasers are mere days away from releasing their new EP Forecast through Solid Melts. Forecast is five tracks of mood-building excellence, a mesmeric experience that deftly wields rhythm and subtlety to create an immersive listen. We’ve got an advance listen for you to enjoy!
Continue reading Premiere: ERASERS – FORECAST (SOLID MELTS, 2019)
Doctopus put out a brand of music not too unlike fellow scorched-rock purists Wireheads and Bad//Dreems – the key differences being the rapid pace of their songs and the rancour-drenched howls of lead vocalist Stephen Bellair; each creating a point of difference for their personal brand of squall.
Continue reading In Review: DOCTOPUS – WOBBEGONG (SELF RELEASE, 2014)
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