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Written by: Bryce Jarvis
More often than not hip hop is all about the bitches, getting smashed and getting high. And while I'm all for the bitches, weed & 40s,... [more]

Written by: Organs
Australian music feels to be getting exciting and a little dangerous again, at least to me, and
Children Collide’s first long player comes... [more]

Written by: blackshadow
It was with some anticipation that I put
Head Stunts, the new album by
The Datsuns into my CD player (nice anagram title boys) and go... [more]

Written by: pixelman
Pub rock and hair-straighteners are as bad a mix as Amy Winehouse and sobriety.
Shannon Noll.. I mean,
Wakefield plays predictable 4-... [more]

Written by: Stephen Bisset
For any tried and true
Megadeth fan, this latest compilation offers little surprises. However, for dilatants and people who want to dip th... [more]

Written by: blinkphotography
Something that instantly hits you as soon as you flood your world with
Severed Ties, new album from Brisbane’s electro-hardcore outfit... [more]

Written by: Flying Koala
You may have heard of
Fourth Floor Collapse from their remix of
Worn Out from the ARIA award winning album
Mixed Blood by Gotye.... [more]

Written by: dom mercuri
One of the hardest things for a young band to learn these days is that it's not so much grabbing people's attention that's the h... [more]

Written by: maryborsellino
It's tempting to chalk the timeless sound of this album up to the soft acoustic mood of it -- and it's certainly true that some of th... [more]

Written by: maryborsellino
Considering that Hip Hop wouldn't be what it is today without the contributions made by
Large Pro, especially in the early nineties,... [more]

Written by: maryborsellino
Lana De Angelis'
I Stay Indoors is the kind of CD Jewel might be putting out these days, if she'd lived up to the less pred... [more]

Written by: espylyn
Lucinda Williams is a tough lady. Following the death of her mother and a relationship break up in 2007 she put her grief to her advantage... [more]

Written by: Clayton Ford
The music produced by Melbourne’s
Because of Ghosts can be broadly described as “post rock”, and that’s good because, were I required to m... [more]

Written by: Clayton Ford
The word quirky is often bandied about all over the place when describing
Kate Miller-Heidke, and that could in time turn out to be an alb... [more]

Written by: Kaysea
There was a lot of hype surrounding this album. UK singer
James Morrisons' debut
Undiscovered was huge. He was the biggest selli... [more]

Written by: Ivana Stab
Emerging out of the same city that gave us the bands that made us want to dance again is Melbourne trio
Outrun. Fans of Cut Copy, Midnight... [more]

Written by: Alastair Reed
Concept album? Rock opera? The Wall emo-style? The new
The Human Abstract album
Midheaven is a mighty rock epic that has been on cons... [more]

Written by: Rich Vinci
With the passage of a few decades, it’s not unusual for any kind of movement – artistic, political or otherwise – to wind up in a form that wou... [more]

Written by: Tyler Mathes
If recently you’ve been spending a lot of time thinking "Man its been ages since I've heard a good bit of hip-hop mixed with reggae m... [more]

Written by: The_Churning_Urn
Peabody are one of those bands that have been working the live scene for many years and producing solid releases without really getting th... [more]