Rat!Hammock 14.11.2019
I attended Melbourne’s RAT!hammock show in Brisbane with great eagerness and high expectations. I had been hooked on RAT!hammock's dreamy brand of pop-rock since the first time I heard June on our very own 4ZZZ many months ago.
DZ Deathrays, Polish Club, VOIID, The Buoys 08.11.2019
Opening on Friday night at the Tivoli, Sydney’s feisty and fierce The Buoys’ guitarist and vocalist Zoe defiantly told the room: “This song’s called 'Linda', sorry to anyone called Linda. This is the first time there’s ever been a Linda in the crowd. This song isn’t about you!”.
The next song, was, in fact, dedicated to the punter in question: “This song is for you,” said Zoe. “...We don’t actually have a name for it, so we’ll call it 'Better Linda'!”
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Citrus Daze - Blue Summer (Single)
2. Great Sage - The Faceless (Single)
3. First Beige - Mirrors EP
4. Majestic Horses - Away From The Sun
5. Sampa The Great - The Return
6. Flangipanis - Community Backwash
7. Good Boy - Teens Of The Stoned Age (Single)
8. Elder - The Commute (Single)
9. Cub Sport - Hearts In Halves (Single)
10. Aerborn - Show Me (Single)
11. Dumb Things - Time Again
12. BLUSSH - Shut Up Becky! EP
13. Being Jane Lane - Savage Sunday
Rick Heritage: World Beat
No specific order:
#10 Nicola Cruz: Siku
#9 Kokoko!: Fongola
#8 Dona Onete: Rebujo
#7 Zulya: Six Days Loving
#6 Bassekou Kouyate & N'Goni Ba: Miri
#5 Kerfaya + Elaha Soroor: Songs of Our Mother
#4 Cigany Weaver: Cigany Weaver
#3 Lakou Mizik: HaitiaNola
#2 Leyla McCalla: The Capitalist Blues
#1 Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
Nick Rodwell: New Releases Show
In order from least to most favourite:
#10 Orville Peck: Pony
#9 HXXS: Year Of The Witch
#8 Arlo Parks: Sophie
#7 Gong Gong Gong III: Phantom Rhythm
#6 Happy Axe: Stromlo
#5 Bianca Blackhall: Bianca Blackhall EP
#4 Slow Thai: Nothing Great About Britain
#3 Rose Chan: Pillar
#2 Black Midi: Schalgenheim
#1 Lizzo: Cuz I Love You
Boddhi Farmer: No Guitars Allowed
In Order from least to most favourite:
#10 Sophie Min: Open
#9 CHANEZE: GHUSL
#8 Earl Sweatshirt: Feet Of Clay
#7 Billy Woods: Terror Management
#6 Julek Płoski: Śpie
#5 CALSUTMORAN: XIFOSIENT WARFARE
#4 Lee Gamble: Exhaust
#3 Sam Rivers: Emanation (1971)
#2 Clipping: There Existed An Addiction To Blood
#1 Billy Woods: Hiding Places
Kristin: Heyday
No specific order:
#10 Pleasure Symbols: Closer and Closer Apart
#9 Local Authority: Negative Space
#8 DIIV: Deceiver
#7 Palehound: Black Friday
#6 Shifting Sands: Crystal Cuts
#5 Edith Thomas Furey: Sleep Well My Love
#4 Dominic Breen: Rattlin'
#3 Dumb Things: Time Again
#2 Underground Lovers: A Left Turn
#1 Majestic Horses: Away From The Sun
Billie: OZONE
No specific order:
#10 Varouis artists: Deadly Hearts
#9 Thelma Plum: Better in Black
#8 Elko Fields: 4:44
#7 The Holy Rollercoasters: Bathe
#6 Dana Gehrman: Find A Way
#5 Jim Ottaway: Beyond The Purple Sun
#4 Bricklayers: Tan Black and Brown
#3 Broken Leg: Forget Yourself
#2 Scizzorman: Introvert
#1 Tetsuians: Tetsuians
Nicholas Jones: The Chart Show
No specific order:
#10 Fontaines DC: Dogrel
#9 Dead Tired: Full Vol.
#8 Maggie Rogers: Heard It In A Past Life
#7 Cass McCombs: Tip Of The Sphere
#6 Sampa The Great: The Return
#5 Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated
#4 Julia Jacklin: Crushing
#3 Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club
#2 Charly Bliss: Young Enough
#1 WIVES: So Removed
Adrian: Rusted Satellites
No Specific Order:
#10 Happy Axe: Stromlo
#9 Timothy Fairless: Sum
#8 DOLPO: Inner Himalayas
#7 Steam Vent: Take It Easy
#6 Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil
#5 Širom: A Universe That Roasts Blossoms For A Horse
#4 Aaron Martin: A Room Now Empty
#3 McKisko: Southerly
#2 Them Teeth: Sun of Serpent, Moone of Cipher
#1 Big Brave: A Gaze Among Them