[CD Review] LEFT SYNDICATE – Run Wild
Emerging Sydney collective, Left Syndicate, “Run Wild” on their gleefully layered and yet beautifully dour debut, delivering a record of driving art pysch
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CD Reviews
[CD Review] MAZZY STAR – Still
Returning with their first release since 2013’s Seasons of Your Day (itself coming 17 years after the band’s previous album Among My Swan),
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[CD REVIEWS] HAYLEY KIYOKO – Expectations
Hayley Kiyoko’s debut solo record, Expectations, opens with an overture; the sort of prologue reserved in popular culture for 70mm theatrical widescreen epics
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[CD Review] DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Transcendence
No doubt you have heard the famous lines, “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates – you never know what
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[Single Review] SPARE PAGES – Illuminate
Formed in 2016, Spare Pages sees Lake Macquarie songstress, Emily Rex partner up with American poet, Azure Antoinette. On their debut record, First, Listen,
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[CD Review] BIRDS OF TOKYO – Brace
Birds of Tokyo are a band that never stand still, never rest on their highly successful laurels, they do something very different with
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[CD Review] KORN – The Serenity of Suffering
KoRn are undeniably the band that led the whole ‘nu-metal’ movement in the 90s, arguably the most mindlessly maligned genre in history. And
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[CD Review] SUPERHEIST – Ghost of the Social Dead
When bands go on lengthy hiatuses, then come back with a new album and tour, we the fans often find ourselves asking ‘is
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[CD Review] KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – Nonagon Infinity
Nonagon Infinity opens the door – opens the door to what? A mindless frameshift that weaves its way between tracks to give you
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[CD Review] DMAs – Hills End
A bit like the way singer, Tommy O’Dell accidentally discovered his vocal talent, DMA’s debut album is refreshing, a bit of a surprise,
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[CD Review] JEFF BUCKLEY – You and I
Unabashed Buckley fan here. Grace is among my favourite albums of all time, by anyone, and I count myself as being incredibly fortunate
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[CD Review] VIOLENT SOHO – Wako
Not dissimilar to the response a crowd has at a live Violent Soho show, the fourth studio album from the quartet is a
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[CD Review] CHAIRLIFT – Moth
A third studio album for Brooklyn natives and synthpop duo, Chairlift, Moth is a vibrant, enigmatic collection of songs – random but altogether
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[CD Review] SHINEDOWN – Threat To Survival
Shinedown have a distinctive sound, from the beats of their drums, to the undeniable vocals of Brent Smith. While instantly recognising this trademark sound,
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[CD Review] THE JEZABELS – Synthia
A rich, deep vocal that penetrates your soul, Hayley Mary of The Jezabels is a shining beacon of the amazing musical talent Oz
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[CD Review] RÜFÜS DU SOL – Bloom
A heavily anticipated second studio album from the dance trio RÜFÜS, Bloom is 11 bangers back to back. Tyrone’s melancholy tone is a
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[CD Review] DAVID BOWIE – Blackstar
Like many people, one of my favourite Bowie personas was Ziggy Stardust – an album that means dancing stupidly around the family room,
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[CD Review] CITY & COLOUR – If I Should Go Before You
If I Should Go Before You marks the fifth studio album for Dallas Green, under alias City & Colour – not bad for
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[CD Review] MAJICAL CLOUDZ – Are You Alone?
A beautiful and meditative album, Are You Alone? is suitably magical and properly mesmerizing. As background music for thinking, feeling or meditating, this
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[CD Review] ED SHEERAN – X
There is one thing that Ed Sheeran does incredibly well, and that is love songs, and if you know you are good at
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