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For the past decade around Naarm, you would have recognised Thomas Watson for his fervent guitar slinging with acts like Sheriff and Jumping Jack William, but today he has blessed us with the first glimpse into his newly minted Watty Thompson project – and what a beauty to behold it is.
Negativity, The Scientists’ first album in 35 years is a continuation of their fiery fusion of blistering blues rock and swampy punk, proving that Perth’s post-punk legends still have it. We caught up with the iconic garage punk trailblazers to provide us with a track-by-track dissection of their latest record.
Juice Webster’s second EP More Than Reaction is a pensive, shimmering indie-folk masterclass and now that it is just short of a month old, we’ve had Juice take us behind the release and its five tracks.
Catapulting themselves back onto the scene with their fifth studio album, Jackson Reid Briggs and the Heaters explore the notion of waiting for something non-descript on their most recent release – a continuation of their quintessential sound, the punk rockers truly affirm their depth and excellence across Waiting In A Corner.
Following the release of Big Grass, the fourth album of psych-folk from the prolific Family Jordan, we got in touch with the Jordan behind the Family to take us through each track and how the album came to life.
With opening night this Thursday as a part of this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, we had Naarm/Melbourne comedian and one-eyed Essendon supporter Kit Richards run us through her pub rock musical Scandal! A Reflection on Essendon’s Doping Saga: The Musical?.
Barricade, the second ambient album from Matthew Hayes, and first with spoken word artist Charlie Perry, leans into themes of human frailty and introspectiveness with an overarching a sense of hope, pairing with the year of its creation seamlessly.
Following the release of Automatic Love last month, we caught up with emerging rock ’n’ roll powerhouse Mr. Teenage to dive into the influences that inspired their debut collection of thrilling garage-rock mayhem.
Off the back of their ‘Radiant Eye’ 7” released earlier this month through Flightless records, we caught up with punk masters CIVIC to talk us through their latest signing, wider influences and the curious tale of forming a horn section.
‘Meet You Downstream’ is the delicately playful, yet captivating adventurous new single from art-folk wizard Wybie, that will dazzle you with its musicality whilst embracing you like an old friend with its bucketloads of warm personality.
With their debut album now only two weeks away, Melbourne based party-starters Ausecuma Beats have just treated us to ‘Cherie’ – a joyous second serving of their unique blend of unifying, revitalising afro-groove that’ll completely overcome you.
Following the release of the The Roman Road / The Bellows earlier this month, we caught up with Heir Traffic to dig into the key influences that inspired their new double-header of arrestingly uneasy post-punk.
