Review: Surfer Blood – Pythons
Underwhelming. This is the word that comes to mind while listening to the new Surfer Blood album Pythons. »
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Review: Action Bronson – Saaab Stories EP
Accompanied by ‘La musica de Harry Fraud’, Action Bronson leaves a shiner on this 7-track EP with his consummate toilet humour, homegrown metaphors and that commanding fat-guy flow. »
Feeling Unlucky Punk
We will instead section the years 1994 to 1996 as a small example of these fleeting transitions and circle a mere 6 records that the majors released; all of which were decent in many ways, but undoubtedly lacked the mega-sale attraction their financiers had hoped for. »
Review: Black Sabbath – 13
With flatter, more turbid production, Black Sabbath's 13 could easily have been released in the 70s or 80s, but it is simultaneously, somehow, undeniably modern. »
Locals Only: The Love Junkies
Western Australian outfit The Love Junkies released their debut album, Maybellene, earlier this month. The Freo trio bring a raucous mix of rock and roll. »
Review: J. Cole – Born Sinner
Born Sinner is a correction without contrition. Ballsier, but only slightly, and far more eager to please. »
Review: Sigur Rós – Kveikur
Kveikur is a mixed bag. It has some extremely dark material on it whilst simultaneously balancing out with delicate and celestial tracks. »
Fear and Loathing in Castlemaine (Part 3)
A Savage Journey to the Heart of Aussie Rock & Roll with The Cosmic Psychos (Part 3) »
Review: Splashh – Comfort
The entire package has a murmur of acidic brilliance that will rise to the surface at just the right moments. »
Fearless Records: Before Punk Went Pop
Fearless Records was actually home to some really great punk bands once. The label was in fact, a big part of my musical taste as an uncouth youth »
Mixtape of the Week: Iamsu! – KILT II
The sequel to 2012's dense, club-oriented KILT mixtape, KILT II sees Su stumbling over the twin obstacles of his metastasising repetition problem and simply softening up. »
Review: Aceyalone – Leanin’ On Slick
Ace's cadence is Melle Mel, with that tiny pinch of reverb vocals had back in the day. Conceptually this might be as close as hip hop comes to adult contemporary. »
