Methyl Ethel: Hurts To Laugh

Submitted by chrisc on Tue, 14/04/2020 - 15:21

- Hurts To Laugh is the new EP by rockers Methyl Ethyl, who have gifted us with three whole studio albums to date; the last one, Triage only being released back in February of 2019. Hurts To Laugh was recorded at the same as Triage so, maybe the enforced tour cancellation and time alone has brought upon us this release.

XIII: Heard Of Cows?

Submitted by chrisc on Tue, 14/04/2020 - 14:52

<p><span><span>- We’re a long way from the early 2000s, back when <strong>Dan Sanders </strong>used to look like <strong>Richard Ashcroft </strong>and fronted successful WA rockers <strong>Gyroscope</strong>. I actually had to check quite hard that their successor outfit, XIII, was&nbsp; the band I was thinking of. They’ve slimmed down the social media presence - Facebook, forget about it.

Violent Soho - 'Everything Is A-OK'

Submitted by charlottec on Mon, 13/04/2020 - 16:55

After having wrestled with a decade and a half worth of demons across four albums; each crammed full of wry suspicion, ageing angst, flippant cheek, existential despair, plaintive hope, pie-eyed wonder and worry — along with metric tonnes of neck-snapping riffs — in 2020 Everything Is A-OK for Violent Soho.

Well, in reality, that’s never exactly true, is it? The story now goes that after several years of playing the part of “those kids who don’t seem to fit in anywhere” with their first two records (2008’s We Don’t Belong Here & 2010’s self-titled) Violent Soho finally announced themselves into the public’s consciousness with 2013’s Hungry Ghost. It came in a hail of riffs and ‘HELL F*CK YEAH’s scrawled on arms, desks, and bathroom walls the world over.

2016's WACO, meanwhile — despite earning a No.1 chart debut, ARIA awards, festival headlining spots and sold-out tours to the biggest crowds of their careers — came amid personal upheaval for drummer Michael Richards, bassist Luke Henery and guitarist James Tidswell.

But now with Everything Is A-OK, Mansfield’s favourite sons have drawn a metaphorical line in the sand: five albums into their career, equipped with a renewed self-confidence, they know not to follow a rule book written by other people. That’s what Everything Is A-OK is: a declaration that THIS is who Violent Soho are as a band. As musicians. As mates.
“It’s honest,” explains guitarist/vocalist Luke Boerdam. “It’s doesn’t claim to be anything it’s not: it’s apolitical, slacker, cynical, and trying to connect with people over a shared experience in pointing out society’s failures and the personal shit that follows.”

4ZZZ Top 20

1. Cable Ties - Far Enough

2. Holiday Party - Let Down (Single)

3. Baker Boy - Move (Single)

4. Sycco - Nicotine (Single)

5. Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK

6. Good Boy - It Takes A Lot Of Skill To Milk A Mare

7. Superego - Nautilus (Album Of The Week)

8. Cloud Tangle - Kinds Of Sadness

9. Jeremy Neale - We Were Trying To Make It Out

10. Dicklord - It's Soooo Boring

Cloud Tangle: Kinds Of Sadness

Submitted by chrisc on Mon, 13/04/2020 - 12:15

<p><span><span>- Brisbane based songstress <strong>Amber Ramsey</strong> writes, records and releases tunes under the name Cloud Tangle. She has been developing and refining her sound for six years, and has just released her debut album, <em>Kinds of Sadness</em>, which follows coolly on the heels of last year's EP <em>Falling Asleep</em>. The bedroom production spawns soundscapes that are simultaneously lush and lo-fi. </span></span></p>

Thundercat: It Is What It Is

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 10/04/2020 - 22:16

<p><span><span>- Consummate musician Thundercat is about to release his fourth album <em>It Is What It Is</em>. Out on <strong>Brainfeeder,</strong> the label of his frequent collaborator / producer <strong>Flying Lotus</strong>, they have brought forth a concise collection, touching on both levity and loss, while retaining his signature musical stylings.</span></span></p>

Anna Burch: If You're Dreaming

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 10/04/2020 - 21:33

<p><span><span>- It has been a swift move for Anna Burch<strong> </strong>from signing to <strong>Polyvinyl</strong> to now. It took around a year from pen to paper to when her debut album <em>Quit The Curse </em>dropped. That debut put some teeth, albeit with a lethargic bite, into twee jangle pop and burrowed bijou hooks into laid back love songs. The Detroit native carries her songwriting hooks on the back of clean chords, yoked to refined, effortless vocals. </span></span></p>

Pearl Jam: Gigaton

Submitted by chrisc on Wed, 08/04/2020 - 09:03

<p><span><span><span>- Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall-of-Famers Pearl Jam have released their first album in seven years. In a legendary career entering its fourth decade, Pearl Jam’s <em>Gigaton</em> marks the eleventh album in the band’s existence. A -previously- famously prolific outfit, Pearl Jam had a quiet decade in the 2010’s, releasing only one album, 2013’s <em>Lightning Bolt</em>. However, if any band can be excused for inactivity it’s Pearl Jam.

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