Music Trophy Scars – Holy Vacants by Nick Hartman I think the fellows from The Dillinger Escape Plan hit the nail on the head when they named their 2010 album Option Paralysis, citing their strongly held and consistently reiterated…
Music Usurper of Modern Medicine – Omniliberation by Nick Hartman Unlike [Indonesian Black Magic Ass Therapy]*, Perth rock troupe Usurper of Modern Medicine isn’t full of shit. Rather, this band brings an enjoyably blazed background buzz to the party that…
Music This Will Destroy You – Dustism by Alex Gordon What was the biggest news in music last week? Was it Kanye West’s Kidchella? Nope. Was it that awfully lame viral video of a kid dropping his keyboard? Wrong again. Was…
Music Breve – Universe by Eden Gillespie BREVE are the kind of band which has their own solar system, and their debut EP Broken Generation reveals a portrait of stars, planets and meteorites infinitely floating throughout space. The…
Music sleepmakeswaves – Something Like Avalanches by Cara Oliveri Okay, brace yourself, epic instrumental post-rockers sleepmakeswaves have released their first single Something Like Avalanches off the upcoming mind exploder Love of Cartography and, dare I say it, this song is epic on…
Music Fait – Atmosphere by Alex Gordon When girls write that they have crushes on musicians in their reviews, it’s a form of flattery. It’s cute, and wholly acceptable, if not entirely expected. I, as a manly…
Music I, A Man – Gravity Wins Again by Jen Ng Post-hypno ambien-rock band with the bold and somewhat phallic name of I, a Man will surprise you with their dreamlike debut Gravity Wins Again. The album promises to instill the sun’s…
Exclusives Music Video Premiere: I, A Man – Lucky by Alex Gordon Okay, so I understand if that title doesn’t make sense upon first read – there’s a lot of punctuation in there. To clarify, we are premiering a video by a…
Music Slumberhaze – Rhyme, Rhythm & Romance Pt. II by Alex Gordon Rhyme, Rhythm & Romance Part II is (you guessed it) the second installment in Sydney band Slumberhaze‘s three part series of EP’s. Picking up where the first EP’s fusion of…
Music Slumberhaze – Rhyme, Rhythm & Romance Pt. II by Alex Gordon Rhyme, Rhythm & Romance Part II is (you guessed it) the second installment in Sydney band Slumberhaze‘s three part series of EP’s. Picking up where the first EP’s fusion of…
Music Border Bands: Calexico by Alex Gordon A border band is a band that lives on or near an international border or state border of significance, where the duality of their location influences the music they create….
Music Introducing: Local Group by Alex Gordon This is an introductory article that was almost not going to be. So often I find bands I wanna write about that aren’t active at the moment. Sure, they’ve got…
Live Music Slumberhaze @ The Standard by Alex Gordon Pushing envelopes is what Slumberhaze do, finding the happy medium between ambient and groovy, somewhere along the lines of TV On The Radio meets a Mogwai remix album. Pioneers of…
