Kollaps - Sibling Lovers Feature

Kollaps – Sibling Lovers (TRAIT Records/Silken Tofu) Reviewed by Michel Rowland. From the fertile underbelly of Melbourne’s St. Kilda, Kollaps has manifested in one form or another since around early 2015. At that time, a handful of early live clipsContinue Reading

Sticks and Stones review feature

Sounds Like Winter – Sticks & Stones (Fundamental Illness Records) Reviewed by Michel Rowland. ‘Sticks and Stones’ is the second album from Sydney band Sounds Like Winter. In the eighteen months (ish) since last year’s debut, ‘Initiate’, the band hasContinue Reading

Simon Hinkler Moving On

Simon Hinkler – Moving On (Correctitude Records) Reviewed by Ambient Light. Affectionately known to many as Slink, Simon Hinkler is undoubtedly most familiar as the lead guitarist from UK goth rock legends The Mission. But for those who didn’t alreadyContinue Reading

Delphine Coma – Leaving The Scene (Swiss Dark Nights) Reviewed by Ambient Light. ‘Leaving the Scene’ is the debut album from US coldwave/post-punk/gothgaze project Delphine Coma. Currently receiving rave reviews from fan media in Germany, Italy and Belgium, the albumContinue Reading

October Burns Black Album Feature

October Burns Black – Fault Line (Outland Media) Reviewed by Ambient Light. October Burns Black’s pedigree alone opens the window directly onto what to expect from their debut EP, ‘Fault Line’. Conceived and founded by James Tramel, bassist from USContinue Reading

Howl Rat helmet feature

Howl – Rat Helmet: Double EP (Bat-Cave Productions) Reviewed by Ambient Light. On confirming an interest in reviewing this CD, we were sent a video clip from Howl rehearsals, in which the band storms through an ear-splitting cover of JoyContinue Reading