Melbourne alt/emo rockers Vermont have delivered their latest EP, the huge sounding ‘Mature Minds For Overzealous Kids’. Having teased with singles, ‘Headlights’, ‘Over Our Head’, and latest single, ‘Numb’, Vermont offer up a healthy balance of heavy alternative with deep, cutting lyrics.
Read MoreMelbourne funk rockers, Ramona Sky have released their debut self-titled EP, a six-track package of 70s & 90s inspired rock and funk, that slinks and grooves its way over 24 minutes.
Read MoreBrisbane-based electro/alt-rock three-piece, Planisphere come rocketing in an independently-released EP, ‘Fame or Tragedy’, featuring electronically-influenced heavy alt-rock tracks that push the envelope of heavy music.
Read MoreBrisbane has been producing heavy music of amazing calibre over the last few years, and metallers Revoid can be counted among the talent pool, particularly with the release of the epic new EP, ‘Sleepless Still’, which is out now.
‘Sleepless Still’ is both pummelling, abrasive and unrelenting, at the same time able to balance and blend in melodic (and lighter) elements
Read MoreA much-anticipated sophomore EP has rolled in like a late afternoon summer storm in the shape of Seph Cove’s ‘Unsafe Passage’ - a release filled with light and dark, it is an EP that is immersive, with Seph’s songwriting painting sonic tapestries with ease.
Read MoreBrisbane’s alt-rock/pop-punkers Tragic Me have been drip-feeding single after single, which now, with the release of their latest single, ‘Sorry’, all culminates in the four-track EP, ‘OVERTHOUGHT’.
Full of classic early 2000s pop-punk/emo tropes, from the sparkling keys, and dueting vocals, to the changes from epic alt-rock movements to punk beats, the track delivers a melancholy tale in contrast to its upbeat sound.
Read MoreMelbourne/Brisbane art-pop wonder, Austen, has released her anticipated sophomore EP, ‘Small’, which is anything but.
Full of dreamy textures, delving into house beats and/or electro at times, ‘Small’ is four-tracks of synth-y art, all drifting around Austen’s velvety vocals. It’s easy to immerse yourself into the EP - close your eyes, jump on to the nearest fluffy, flying Nimbus cloud and float through the Stratosphere.
Read MoreSAMETIME are multi-instrumentalists Sunshine Coast brothers Tim and Sam Aitken. Today they release their new EP ‘Maybe We Can Get High?’ which sees the band embrace their love of infectious synth-driven melodies, titillating lyrics and spicy pop vibes.
Super-slick in production, and very in a ‘now’ sound, ‘Maybe We Can Get High!?’ blends in plenty of 80s pop elements, from the bright funk guitar, rounded bass, super-wet synths, and male falsettos a-plenty. The tracks are dance-floor ready (even begging for remix versions) and convey a tonne of youthful energy.
Read MoreNorthern Rivers heavy-hitters HAMMERS will be taking their latest EP 'Kicking Goals' on the road (finally!) this August - September as part of their YEAH MATE Australian tour.
Walking a fine line between stoner rock, metal grooves and punk outbursts, HAMMERS have been a staple on the South-East QLD live scene for some years now. Having released their sophomore EP in the midst of the dumpster-fire year that was 2020, the band have had little to no chance to take the record on the road until now.
Read MoreBursting on to the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane alt music scene at the end of 2019, Wetlands have been threatening to deliver, and after a few ripper singles, the alt/grunge four-piece have released their debut self-titled EP.
Channelling all the raw emotion and angst straight from the 90s, and blending songwriter stylings with a fiery guitar attack, Wetlands lean in hard on the nu-grunge sound with unforced vocals and uncompressed storytelling.
Read MoreBreak out the wallet chains, baggy pants and ALL the angst, folks. We’re heading back to 2001, and we’re all for it. BISON were among the kings of the ‘first-wave’ of nu-metal in Australia (in the same company as Sunk Loto, Superheist, Mammal etc), and they have returned to finish what they started.
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