<p><span><span>- Since releasing her debut track on <strong>Body Promise</strong>’s <em>Fantastic Effects</em> compilation two years ago, Andy Garvey has been busy. A multifaceted individual, Garvey works in a variety of capacities: from music producer, DJ, radio host on FBi and Triple J, as <strong>Pure Space</strong> label-head AND co-founder of the agency Nectar. She has just released her latest of two EPs for<strong> Lobster Theremin</strong>.

<p><span><span>- When you think of punk rock frontmen, songwriting craftsmen seldom come to mind. However, <strong>Brian Fallon</strong>, former lead singer of New Jersey band, <strong>The Gaslight Anthem</strong>, is both of those things. With <em>Local Honey</em>, Fallon’s third solo album, he proves that he is more of the latter and less of the rambunctious punk rocker. A tight set of songs, Local Honey is Fallon’s most homogenous album with each number showcasing acoustic guitars and simple folk melodies.

<span><span>- The Chats have multiple major festival spots and a healthy -albeit naive- coverage from unsuspecting, mainstream TV networks are safely stashed away alongside two rough and ready EPs in the bag. The band are also dropping their debut album. It’s a record that I’ve been well and truly champing at the proverbial bit for the release thereof. Slick, three-chord fret-board abuse, snarling larrikin humour and the classic punk chorus stretched out across fourteen rippers of puerile, juvenile delinquency is what is on <em>High Risk Behaviour</em>.

<p><span><span>- I have no idea where American multi-instrumentalist <strong>Nandi Rose Plunkett</strong> aka Half Waif, found the time to record <em>The Caretaker</em>. Following on from her third solo record <em>Lavender, </em>and extensive work with folk rock band <strong>Pinegrove</strong>, Half Waif has come out with a luscious, baroque pop inspired new album.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><em>- Far Enough</em> is the second album from Melbourne four-piece Cable Ties. 2017's self-titled record was an indie hit both in Australia and around the world - a blast of angry, politically aware, hard-edged indie rock.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span>- Steve Smyth has returned with a seemingly ambitious project, a four EP collection titled: <em>Blood</em><em><strong>, </strong></em><em>Matches, Fractures and Celebration.</em> It's a collection of works inspired from within the humanity of consonance. The first part of this series is <em>Blood</em>, a generous and even tempered prelude.</span></span></span></p>