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The Growlers' Gilded Pleasures is a great EP, however given the current popularity of nostalgia soaked rock on first listen it can lack a certain punch. However, Gilded Pleasures' opener 'Dogheart II' will drag you in, and the EP constantly rewards on subsequent listenings, before heading into high rotation on your playlist.
The Love Junkies are a Perth (Thornlie methinks?) based post-grunge three piece who hit hard, and rock equally as hard as some kind of Children Collide x Queens Of The Stone Age x Scratch Acid (melody, groove and freak outs respectively) hybrid sexy dangerous animal.
Parking Lots is an important album, at least as far as Perth music is concerned, precisely because it inspires thought bubbles in those listening to it. Listening to Ermine Coat's second LP, the recently released Parking Lots, may be to feel a mental illness that results in a physical illness.
Part 5 of our Modern Classic Albums is finally in, and boy oh boy is it heating up in here! Be sure to rate what you think of the albums you have heard, and lend an ear to the ones you haven't!
Overall, Coming Apart will be a challenging listen for anyone who isn’t drawn toward dirgey guitars, walls of noise, Gordon’s monotone drawl and oscillating feedback.
5 tracks and a whole lotta heart, the Melbourne foresome cover all the bases from their back catalogue, quiet intros building into sing along chorus’, full on screams and poetic justice.
Hopefully by now you’ve checked out the first part of our modern classic albums list. Make sure you have voted on the albums you’ve heard and check out the ones you haven’t. The much awaited Part 4 is here!
The Catalyst Fire essentially lifts off from where This is the Warning finished up; The sparkly post-rock-esque rhythms and hooks and Benzie’s pitch-perfect vocals are still ever present but unfortunately the edginess that made “This is the Warning” so captivating is severely lacking.
“Sleeper” was all about a shift in focus; emotionally, symbolically and stylistically. The electric guitar and distortion pedals were traded in for an acoustic guitar. With this album there was certainly more time to think and reflect.
At only 34 minutes long, you’d probably be thinking you’ve been swindled something a la Keyser Soze, but what you’re getting is 34 minutes of pure good music; which is probably what you’d get on a normal 50-60 minute record anyway. The music is real, and the album is a real gem.
One of the big hype bands to come out of the new music wave at the end of 2012, the London duo’s release was highly anticipated, to say the least. Off the back of singles ‘Attracting Flies’ and ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ the sweet, smooth voice of Aluna Francis neatly blended with George Reid’s polyrhythmic blend of dubstep, pop and house (among many)...
Just as “Sound Awake” was a departure from their 2005 debut “Themata”, “Asymmetry” is a step forward from “Sound Awake”; embracing the progressive side of metal even more so than its predecessor. The band has constructed a set of songs of immense sonic depth and diversity.
Lynch, as do most good artists, carries a very particular style throughout all of his work. Be it music, film, painting or sculpture you can generally tell that something is his through its lynchian traits if you will. This album is no exception...
Hopefully by now you’ve checked out the first part of our modern classic albums list. Make sure you have voted on the albums you’ve heard and check out the ones you haven’t. The much awaited Part 3 is FINALLY here!
Kaki has done an amazing job and has come a long way from her first album 'Everybody Loves You'. This new album just speaks to you and is honestly one of the best instrumental albums I've heard in a long time. What's great about King is that she really appeals to everyone...
I think it’s great how it’s filled with topics that can sometimes be hard to talk about, things that affect normal people. It’s not superficial or fake; it’s just songs written by a normal guy, for normal people. (It is) Really refreshing in this day and age...
Kanye West has definitely created a dark album with 'Yeezus '. I feel like it will starkly polarise public opinion, but it is good to hear that he has, instead of producing a bunch of singles, taken the challenge of creating something different, which he has done quite well.
I started to accept that this was the future of Daft Punk. 'Random Access Memories' began revealing the love child within. The combinations of funk and electronic beats were incredible...
I love Aussie bands and I get especially excited when the bands have lyrics that show their love for Australia, and the Davs must have known I was coming, because they are absolutely all over it which made me very happy.
Hopefully by now you’ve checked out the first part of our modern classic albums list. Make sure you have voted on the albums you’ve heard and check out the ones you haven’t. Without anymore jibber-jabber, here is part 2!
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