Primitive Man / Unearthly Trance: Split

- Please exit stage left if you’re after a metal record that boasts thrilling, bloody bumping passages, fire brand virtuosity, and so many complex time signatures you’ll need a masters degree in mathematics to look at it. This split won’t be for you. For me, however, it’s everything I want in a metal record done to a stomach rupturing tee.

Mitski: Be The Cowboy

- It was perhaps the 2014 release of third album Bury Me At Makeout Creek which truly heralded the arrival of Mitski Miyawaki, the Japanese-American singer/songwriter musician who stepped back from her classical piano training to re-introduce herself as a raw guitar indie-pop practitioner.

The Gametes: The Astronomical Calamities Of Comet Jones

-The Astronomical Calamities Of Comet Jones is the debut album from The Gametes: a Brisbane four piece who have been causing a bit of a stir locally with their their mix of energetic post punk and bizarre humour. It’s not necessarily the easiest thing to do, but the band have done a good job of capturing both those aspects on tape.