Tre Burt, ‘You, Yeah, You’ review
Sacramento singer-songwriter Tre Burt went from sleeping in his car and busking on the street, to...
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Various, ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico’ review
From Iggy Pop to King Princess, generations of alternative music icons gather to recreate one of...
Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes, ‘As Long As It’s Not Us’ review
Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes clocked in their 10-year anniversary in 2020, releasing a brilliant...
Vika & Linda, ‘The Wait’ review
The waiting is the hardest part. And there’s no doubt that Vika & Linda fans have been...
Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders, ‘Hijack!’ review
“Who am I gonna be/ When I get free?” – Astronaut, Hijack!’s lead single, comes in hot. As...
Manic Street Preachers, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ review
The If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next creators are masters of bittersweet pop....
The Vaccines, ‘Back in Love City’ review
The Vaccines’ lyrics have always been drenched in a heavy dose of irony, and no doubt...
The Black Sorrows, ‘Saint Georges Road’ review
“Somewhere a curtain falls,” Joe Camilleri sings in Another Blue Day, a standout on The Black...
Amyl & the Sniffers, ‘Comfort to Me’ review
“Angels. Heavenly. Guided. F-CK!” – so concludes Comfort To Me’s opening salvo, Guided By...
Little Simz, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ review
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens,” Carl Jung wrote. Little Simz takes both...
Gretta Ray, ‘Begin to Look Around’ review
Twenty years ago, Missy Higgins was Unearthed by Triple J. Fearing that record companies would...
Children Collide, ‘Time Itself’ review
In late-2019, Aurora – this Johnny Mackay vehicle’s first single in seven-plus years – hurtled...
CHVRCHES, ‘Screen Violence’ review
CHVRCHES’ strength has always been their ability to put the ghost in the shell – the warmth...
Shane Nicholson, ‘Living in Colour’ review
Shane Nicholson knows the music world has changed and finding an audience is not easy. “The kids...
Jake Bugg, ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ review
Touted as the next big thing at 18, Jake Bugg certainly has a reputation that precedes him, though...
Martha Wainwright, ‘Love Will Be Reborn’ review
While navigating a messy divorce, Martha Wainwright found solace in songwriting. As such, her...
Holy Holy, ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ review
When you’ve made a career over the past decade of making high-wire tight rock – increasingly...
The Killers, ‘Pressure Machine’ review
Words | Jacqui Picone Pressure Machine was an unexpected delight. Announced barely a month ago,...
Luke Hemmings, ‘When Facing the Things We Turn Away From’ review
Words | Jacqui Picone With his first steps into solo work, 5SOS lead singer Luke Hemmings offers a...
Polish Club, ‘Now We’re Cookin” review
“Repeating yourself doesn’t somehow mean you’re being more true to yourself,” says Polish...
Liars, ‘The Apple Drop’ review
Angus Andrew, the creative force behind Liars, explores uncharted musical territory on the...
Rick Price, ‘Soulville’ review
When you record an original song alongside undeniable classics such as I Heard It Through The...
Geoffrey O’Connor, ‘For As Long As I Can Remember’ review
“We are our memory… that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors” writes...
Billie Eilish, ‘Happier Than Ever’ review
In October 2020, paparazzi shots of then-18-year-old Billie Eilish in a tank top and shorts hit...
Leon Bridges, ‘Gold-Diggers Sound’ review
Coming Home was his retro-soul break-out which meshed tradition with authentic heart. On Good...
Merpire, ‘Simulation Ride’ review
“It takes a village to hold on to you,” confesses Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, better known by her...
John Mayer, ‘Sob Rock’ review
In an interview with Blackbird Spyplane, John Mayer explained that while eighth album Sob Rock...
Chet Faker, ‘Hotel Surrender’ review
“Music does something/ Most don’t know what it does, they just accept it as the sky is blue/ But,...
Diesel, ‘Alone with Blues’ review
Twenty-five years after Short Cool Ones – his collaboration with the late great Chris Wilson –...
Tones and I, ‘Welcome to the Madhouse’ review
You go from busking the streets to releasing a single that becomes the longest-running...
