Words: James Frostick
Band image: Bridget Angee
Cover art: Mary Lou
Melbourne/Naarm punks Disco Junk have cooked up a brand-new ripper of a track, out digitally today as part of a split 7″ through Goodbye Boozy Records. ‘I’m No Good With Numbers But I know Which Tram I’m On’ is a scrappy-yet-infectious number brimming with energy and sporting a sarcastic sneer.
Continue reading Premiere: DISCO JUNK – ‘I’M NO GOOD WITH NUMBERS BUT I KNOW WHICH TRAM I’M ON’
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Chelsea King
Two years on from the release of their debut LP New Age and one year removed from 2019’s Company Man EP, Geelong-born punk foursome Vintage Crop return with a new full-length record in the pipeline called Serve to Serve Again. Today we’re premiering the record’s first single ‘Gridlock’ – a nimble and nervy punk number that’s the perfect antidote for bumper-to-bumper peak-hour frustration.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Emma Dunstan
Emerging post-punk three-piece Crash Material will be beaming their debut EP to the masses on Sunday June 14, delivering the work via a special collaborative broadcast. Ahead of the EP’s arrival, we’ve got the first spin of lead single ‘Opia’ – a piece of urgent and turbulent noise freighted with vulnerability and inner strength.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Max Williams
Earlier this month, Victorian gutter punks APCO dropped their hefty debut LP into our laps. While we’re still reeling from the record’s weighty punch, the group has followed up the haymaker with a snappy uppercut to the jaw in the form of the surreal and confronting visual treatment for lead single ‘Schizophrenimares’. Continue reading Video Premiere: APCO – ‘SCHIZOPHRENIMARES’
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Charlie Perry
Bizzaro post-punk outfit Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice caps off a frenzied run of activity with its new four-track EP Remember The Future? Vol. 1. Packed with off-beat instrumentation and on-point observational commentary, the record arrives at a time where the picture of our future has never been muddier.
Continue reading Premiere: DR SURE’S UNUSUAL PRACTICE – REMEMBER THE FUTURE? VOL. 1
Words: James Frostick
Byron Bay shredders Mini Skirt have dropped the second single from their upcoming debut LP Casino. ‘Brigantine St’ is a slice-of-life revelation from the trodden on regular class – a wounded and angry howl aimed at the tyrannical ruling elite.
Words: James Frostick
Coastal punks Liquid Face have dropped a prickly piece of brutish noise in the form of new track ‘Animosity’. It packs a hearty dose of malice into its runtime, perfect suited for those looking to thrash about and release some pent-up energy.
Words: James Frostick
Band image: Stephanie Liouos
Cover art: Maxine Booker
Sydney punk quartet Concrete Lawn are following up a 2018 demo release with a new record called Aggregate on April 1, filled with the group’s signature attention-grabbing noise. The unit are kicking off proceedings with the title track – a venomous spray aimed at the greedy elite, the treasure hoarders and the folks inhibiting progress.
Words: James Frostick
High-octane Melbourne hardcore outfit 2 Stroke dropped a new track in late July, one where the aggro four-piece grapples with the thought of a meaningless existence. ‘Crisis, Crisis’ is a forceful rebuking of modern living and the dissatisfying ache it produces.
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)
