Album Reviews
Album Review: The Alchemy – Somewhere // Anywhere
Formed in 2015, The Alchemy are a British rock band that crafts catchy and anthemic songs inspired by a subconscious blend of the Rock, Indie and Electronic musical landscape they all grew up in. Somewhere // Anywhere is their third album and one in which the band plays to their strengths delivering an album that’s …
EP Review: ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’ is timely dream pop advice from the amazing Sunsick Daisy.
Fresh out of school and already finalists in the 2022 JJJ Unearthed competition, Sunsick Daisy have just released their EP ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’, and it a spectacular debut. It’s an EP of two halves – the first three tracks are subtle gentle dream pop before the shackles are thrown off and the band veers into …
Album Review: Sydney supergroup Victoria has a bundle of ‘Treats’ for you in their stunning debut album, effortlessly delivering one of the albums of the year.
Sydney supergroup Victoria‘s debut album ‘Treats’ perfectly captures the vicissitudes of life with warmth and compassion, wrapped up in a series of tracks that positively sparkles. Sometimes, all that glitters is in fact gold, and this album is pure gold from start to finish. Released through legendary producer Wayne Connolly’s label Scenic Drive Records, ‘Treats’ is simply …
EP Review: The brilliant Radio Free Alice unveil swaggering self-titled debut EP. Rest assured: the future of rock’n’roll is secure.
One of the hottest bands around at the moment, the magnificent Radio Free Alice have just surprisingly unveiled their self-titled debut EP along with a new single and video for the track ‘Waste of Space’. This year the band signed to the massive and highly prestigious WME Agency for worldwide representation after their signing locally to the …
News: Viji’s debut album is far from “Vanilla”
Austrian-Brazilian artist Viji, released her debut album, So Vanilla, on Speedy Wunderground on 27th October. A contemporary of Heartworms and Pretty Sick and others currently on the London Scene, Viji, real name Vanilla Jenner, has been causing quite a stir with her brand of riff laden layered guitar melodies on the slower end of Sonic …
Album Review : Anenon – Moons Melt Milk Light : taking its own path to absorbing places.
Electro-acoustic musician Brian Allen Simon (aka Anenon) is an artist who has always absorbed place and context, destinations that have shifted with each release. ‘Petrol’ from 2016 bustled and boomed with the kinetic energies of his home-town LA while two years later he took residence in the serene Tuscan hills to produce ‘Tongue’, an album …
Album Review: Beifer – Constant.Transition
Emerging artist Beifer presents his highly anticipated debut album “constant.transition”: an eclectic fusion of electronic music with strong influences from dubstep, garage and drum ‘n’ bass, enriched with captivating jazz elements. This cross-genre work takes listeners on a journey through dark atmospheres and avant-garde soundscapes, brought to life by the artist’s complex percussion layers and interesting chord …
Album Review : Ben Sloan – Muted Colors Live : re-igniting tracks from his debut with a fresh collective energy.
Percussionist and producer Ben Sloan’s decade plus as collaborator and contributor, drumming with the likes of Moses Sumney, Beth Orton, WHY? and The National, testifies that here we have a musician with an exceptional range, pedigree and rhythmic sixth sense. Still that’s not the whole picture. March ’23 saw him step out confidently from the …
EP Review: The Tullamarines’ debut ‘Ugly Cry’ is a zesty, refreshing and hyperactive collection of indie pop gems, with live dates ahead.
Adelaide band The Tullamarines have released a collection of effervescent indie pop songs in the EP ‘Ugly Cry’ that positively hum with vitality, energy and more than a dash of creativity. Lucinda Machin from the band says: The Tullamarines is a band of overthinkers so all the songs on the EP have been created through a fair share of love, care, …
Album Review: Jackie Brown Jr Unleashes ‘The 5th Annual Sunshine State Golf Tournament’ EP – A Genre-Bending Marvel with Title Track Video and Tour Dates!
Gadigal/Sydney-based indie rock and soul quartet, Jackie Brown Jr, has unveiled their beautifully curated EP, ‘The 5th Annual Sunshine State Golf Tournament‘. It’s a genre-bending marvel that effortlessly showcases the band’s musical prowess and ability to fuse various genres into a cohesive and captivating soundtrack for life. The four-piece consists of lead singer and saxophonist …