<p><span><span><span>- You could forgive a band for being a little gun-shy at this point. With socials full of gig posters from the last couple of years with </span><em>CANCELLED </em><span>painted across them in big red letters, it’s really hard to believe it when they promise we’re ‘past the peak’ - how many times can you be suckered into trying again? Still, like new buds opening to what might be another frosty, false Spring, here we go again.

<p><span lang="en-AU">- A call of “</span><span lang="en-AU"><em>we’re rolling</em></span><span lang="en-AU">” and the general cacophony of a band in a recording studio brings us back into the world of venerable indie-rockers, Spoon.

- This decade passed, hip-hop fans have witnessed countless unique artists stake their claim in the online rap world. In this hypothetical list of future/current legends (depending on who you ask), it's hard to argue Thebe Kgositsile hasn't earned his place. Entering the public consciousness at just sixteen with the Odd Future collective, Earl Sweatshirt has gone on to unknowingly influence and then ride an exciting new wave of forthright street poets, their rhymes rooted in loops of the past and prescient observations.

<p><span><span>- Rolo Tomassi<strong> </strong>are constantly evolving between records. That may seem like a reductive statement but having followed the Sheffield Group for over ten years at this stage of the game, it's one I'm prepared to back. Each time a new record is released, it feels like a conversation with an old friend who you catch up with every once and a while. Something new has happened for them and you can’t help but beam with pride because of how they’re doing.