Georgia: Seeking Thrills
<p><span><span><span><span>- </span></span></span></span><span><em><span><span>Seeking Thrills</span></span></em></span><span><span><span><span>, the second studio album from London pop producer Georgia is her best work yet.
Sarah Mary Chadwick: Please Daddy
<p><span><span>- “<em>My mouth makes you remember / And my c*** makes you forget”</em> taken from <em>My Mouth, My C***</em>. At times we open a bottle, the door to the bulk-billed doctor’s office or in this exceptional case, encounter a record. The content placed in front of us is so increasingly terrifying only because it reflects the injurious truth into our 9-5 intentionally distracted lives. <em>Please Daddy</em>, Sarah Mary Chadwick’s new release is that luminous mirror that is preordained to jolt one awake.
Destroyer: Have We Met
<p><span lang="en-AU"><em>- Have We Met</em></span><span lang="en-AU"> is the thirteenth album in the dense discography of Canadian band, Destroyer. Essentially the solo project of singer-songwriter </span><span lang="en-AU"><strong>Dan Bejar</strong></span><span lang="en-AU">, Destroyer’s music traverses a plethora of genres and sonic landscapes, spanning from their earlier lof-fi / acoustic releases to their newer hi-fi / electronic releases.
Dan Deacon: Mystic Familiar
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>- Emerging in the early 2000s, Dan Deacon soon gained a reputation for his recorded and live work, blending sound collages with offbeat synthesised pop. Never afraid to explore the more experimental side of electronic music, you’ll find dabblings in noise, sine waves and recollections of his education in electroacoustic composition. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
Sarah Mary Chadwick - 'Please Daddy' (Rice Is Nice)
"Please Daddy, Sarah Mary Chadwick’s new release is a luminous mirror, preordained to jolt one awake. As Chadwick gifted herself the introspective act of moving on, and as we the audience listen into her orchestral-folk-rock journey, we have been gifted the rosy destination too. We’re moving on, finally.
Rest assured that though life sharpens its genetically, economically and romantically structured knives, there are 41 minutes of colossal multi-instrumental (trumpet & flute) sounds for wherever you end up. Chadwick is there, playing the piano devastatingly in the corner, processing her ennui through humourous poignant lyrics and nuanced intelligent songwriting.
As horns lift Chadwick’s artistry to an area that we’ve never seen, as the drums kick through, as the piano welds all moments of vulnerability together; Please Daddy is the result of dire, trying, necessary work. The sixth studio album out of Chadwick’s catalog under her own name showcases a revitalized artist. Exerting her voice, opening the gates to a name beyond comparison, Sarah Mary Chadwick is resilient. A resonant athlete in selfless crushing honesty."
Review by Tara Garman, 4ZZZ
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Cable Ties - Sandcastles (Single)
2. The Double Happiness - Wild Bikini (Single)
3. Jeremy Neale - Still Want You Around Me (Single)
4. Elder - Wabi Sabi (Single)
5. Sycco - Peacemaker (Single)
6. The Jungle Giants - Sending Me Ur Loving (Single)
7. Tara Simmons - Let's Go (Single)
8. Walken - Regular Human Person (Single)
9. The Chats - The Clap (Single)
10. A Country Practice - The Inundation Into Our Room (Single)
11. Full Power Happy Hour - The Fun EP
12. Locust Revival - Burning Southern Skies (Single)
Pet Shop Boys: Hotspot
<p>- Trilogies are very “in”, especially the grandest of them all, the trilogy of trilogies (the <em>Star Wars</em> Saga), and with the release of their newest longform work, the <span>Pet Shop Boys</span> have completed their own trilogy. <em>Hotspot</em> completes a cycle of work with British producer <strong>Stuart Price</strong> – <em>Super</em> (2016) and <em>Electric</em> (2013) – with the bulk of the work being realised in Berlin’s famed Hansa Studios.
Devonian: Witchcraft
<p>- After a few years and a growing fan base in the Brisbane metal community, <span>Devonian</span> have just put out their debut EP <em>Witchcraft</em>. These four songs will certainly be familiar to anyone who has been to their shows, particularly opening track <em>Collateral Damage </em>which the band released as a single last year. This song does a great job of setting the scene, with blistering drums, thick crunches of guitar and the sweet/frightening vocals of powerhouse frontwoman <strong>Diletta Luna</strong>.</p>
31 January 2020
Lucky Luke: 3rd Time Lucky (Independent)^
Silk Robe: a sunken city (Independent)^
Wafia @ The Triffid (26.1.2020)
It’s said that art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. At the Brisbane leg of Wafia’s Flowers and Superpowers tour, the electro-pop artist washed the dust off traditional culture.