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
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
Queens of the Stone Age – Villains (Matador Records) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. The Queens have landed, and oh what an epic landing it is. The seventh studio album from Palm Spring’s finest purveyors of pure, unadulterated rockabilly is anContinue Reading
Aaron Carpenter & The Revelators – Pretty Lies (North Western Records) Reviewed by Sarah Kidd. Aaron Carpenter is certainly no stranger to the stage, but he has come an awful long way from his days of sneaking into The GlueContinue Reading
Ciaran McMeeken – Ciaran McMeeken (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Auckland-based singer songwriter Ciaran McMeeken’s debut full-length album is… a labour of love; the fruits of a worldwide journey of writing, reflection and musical collaborations during a European writing tour.Continue Reading
Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (Interscope) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. One of the world’s most adored femme fatales Lana Del Rey has returned with her fourth full-length album under her pseudonym, Lust For Life. Eagle-eyed Lana Del ReyContinue Reading
Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence (The Null Corporation) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. 2017 is shaping up to be a very good year for Nine Inch Nails, with NIN mastermind Trent Reznor promising two major releases from the bank inContinue Reading
Bloodnut – St. Ranga (Independent) Reviewed by Kate Taylor. As pale death riders (very pale, they’re gingers after all remember…) Bloodnut come cresting the horizon of sludgey stoner doom rock with a twist of catchiness and swirly, concentric jams onContinue Reading
Jen Gloeckner – Vine (Spinning Head Records) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy All too rarely does an album materialize that breaks the proverbial mold by defying both genre and expectations. Jen Gloeckner’s Vine is one such album. Drawing inspiration from Gloeckner’sContinue Reading