Album Reviews
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Big Scary’s Tom Iansek conceived #1 Dads as a curious solo side-project, only for it to become an enduring phenomenon. He’s now made as many #1 Dads albums as Big Scary, with Golden Repair his third – and first since 2014’s About Face. In between, Iansek and his Big Scary cohort, Joanna Syme, promoted Animal. […]
Northeast Party House’s music is like contained chaos. It consistently feels raucous and wild yet incredibly meticulous and layered. While their explosive and wildly underappreciated breakout single ‘Youth Allowance’ saw them rattle the walls down with all their might, it is clear throughout their discography that the band have worked aimlessly to refine their sound […]
Slowly Slowly have been steadily climbing the ranks in the Aussie emo scene at a rate that, well, to make the obvious joke, contradicts their name. Since the release of their second album, St Leonards, the Melbourne boys have been collecting milestones, not to mention praise for their emo-punk efforts. They’ve found themselves supporting Amy […]
For the past few years, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has had to reckon with something that he couldn’t have possibly predicted. Not only had he become a go-to collaborator in the wider music scene, but he had also become the go-to collaborator in the wider music scene. Gone are the days of relative anonymity washed […]
Beck has spent much of his career embodying the genre-crushing spirit of the early-‘90s anti-folk and art-pop movements. No matter the level of critical or commercial success, the LA musician has generally thrown the sonic signature of his previous record in the bin to venture into unmarked territory. Beck’s hunger for reinvention has receded on […]
Trippie Redd is determined to prove himself. The post-genre rapper, singer and rebel is huge on streaming platforms, his bio full of statistics. And he commands a hardcore fanbase. But Trippie isn’t yet a hip-hop superstar to rival Travis Scott, Young Thug or Lil Uzi Vert. Happily, his latest mixtape, A Love Letter To You […]
If nothing else is true of Lana Del Rey, it’s that the deeper she is shoved into the centre of the pop-cultural zeitgeist, the more she seems removed from it. While 2012 LDR was, by all means, a trailblazer, 2019 LDR sees her seldom setting trends and certainly not following them, and maybe that’s why […]
Thelma Plum has arrived as Australia’s next iconic singer, songwriter and storyteller with her long-anticipated debut album, Better In Blak – relating her experiences as a young Gamilaraay woman negotiating love, life, identity and the intergenerational trauma of colonialism and racism. She’s described it as “cathartic in a weird way”. Indeed, Better In Blak is […]
Has the era of great Australian psychedelic music come to an end? I think I have the answer, but it’s going to take a little while to get to so bear with me. And, yes, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and their new record play into it too so sit tight. To start off I’m going to […]
Game Of Thrones has, by all means, become a phenomenon that no one could have predicted. The name alone brings with it such a force that we’ve not seen from television in years. The idea of putting real world interpersonal problems in a fantasy scape is nothing new, but never has it been executed with […]
