Heavy, psychedelic, punky and just really fun. PPC have a lot to offer in this album and whilst one could complain about the sameiness of some of the tracks, that doesn't really deter from the fact that this is just a really solid album with great instrumentation, strong songwriting and a performance style that nods to other psych bands in Perth.

I’ve not listened to a lot of piano-led prog metal but I’m liking what I hear here. The vocals are absolutely beautiful and the bass, drums and piano are really locked in. The inclusion of strings and synths are really nice to hear. A really solid EP that I really enjoyed.

The songs are good, the production is excellent but the album lacks a strong song that actually makes Parks sound believable. The first 4 tracks are very good and I started to think that I as listening to something special. But... There's a lack of emotiveness in the vocal performances on a handful of the songs. Bridger's inclusion on Pegasus feels more like a way to market the album than anything else because she really doesn't add anything to the song. Overall a good but not life-changing ... read more

A less polished version of Pom Poko's earlier releases, This Is Our House shows Pom Poko trying something new in many ways. Some of it is really good ("Time, "Sonatina") and some of it might be a little too experimental for some folks ("Our House") but overall this is a very solid EP from one of the most exciting Scandinavian bands.

It's very hard to explain what this album sounds like without actually just getting you to listen to it. In this album's relatively short runtime, you get transported to a different world where sounds are strange, beats are 2-step and the world is shaking with noise. The songs are busy but not overwhelming. They're dense but well-balanced and every word feels important. It's a trip I've never experienced before but one I'd happily go on again.

An album that goes to show that there's still a lot left to explore in the rock genre. PGWL takes you on a journey that sees the band explore new horizons whilst calling back to 70s prog rock and other key genres that shaped the music scene. This is a modern classic

Sløtface are back with more indie rock/pop bangers. It might not reach the same heights that their debut album managed to, but ASLEEP/AWAKE is full of songs that just fit on any indie rock playlist. It’s an album that I properly vibed with, even if I’m still waiting for them to drop another song that reaches the same level of ecstasy that 2017’s Nancy Drew managed to reach.

Imagine you abducted a producer from 1993 and brought them forward 30 years to make a pop record and you basically have this album. Groovy, unapologetically fun, this album proves that pop music can still be fun. I can imagine this album will show up in a lot of summer playlists.

Scowl shows off a lot in such a short amount of time. Punky and chuggy with screaming female vocals. She spits lyrics with anger and I can vibe with that.

all of these songs are covers but they do a really decent job at making sound like Ghost. Jesus He Knows me is probably going to be best known as a Ghost song rather than a Genesis song from now on for a reason. This EP sounds cheaper than their full-length album releases but the performances are really great like always. I’d like to see them explore doing covers like this again

I can’t really remember how I found this album but I’m glad I did. It’s not very well-produced but the songs are really well-written. It’s a versatile presentation of heavy, sometimes frenetic industrial metal. Relentless guitar riffs, distorted vocals, hammering drums and heavy instrumentals. I have no idea what the vocalist is saying half of the time but I’m pretty sure I agree with him.

This EP basically Black Midi meets Black Country, New Road-styled mathy rock. The songs are mostly short and sweet but Cowboyy manages to put so much into songs that rarely ever surpass 3 minutes in length. Tight guitar riffs paired with an equally tight and frantic rhythm section. They might only be a small band but this EP makes me excited about what we might hear from them in the future. This new generation of art-rock is getting very interesting.

This is heavy. Like soul-crushingly heavy. Super heavy sludge doom. Did I mention it was heavy? It’s not a very versatile album but it does what it does really well. Massive riffs, painfully sorrowful vocal passages with bursts of painful aggression.

Super solid metalcore. It’s a genre that I’ve been getting more familiar with and this album is a good addition to the genre’s repertoire. Great instrumentation, heavy vocals, chuggy riffs and god-awful mastering. This is definitely metalcore.

Some seriously good electro-pop here. My early teens was filled with music like this and it’s good to see that this genre is still in very capable hands. Choruses are catchy, vocals and harmonies are really strong and every song has an air of “retro-ness” around them. It’s not a thought-provoking album but it is really fun and sometimes that’s exactly what you want.

In the words of Apple Music- Fans of white-knuckle alt-rock: Say hello to Sabrina Teitelbaum. Is she doing anything unique with this album? Not really. But as I have said before in this list, an album being safe doesn’t make it bad. The performance, musicianship and lyrics are on point with a more mature take on a genre that’s dominated by teenage girls that don’t have the life experience that Teitelbaum has. If you want to hear the best that 2020s alternative rock has to ... read more

There are probably a few people that still want Hayley Williams to be a 16-year-old writing about how she terrorises her classmates but I really like the direction she has taken. It’s a continuation of their progression into indie pop rock and it’s seriously good. The songs aren’t that deep or anything but they’re fun and the rhythm section is super tight. Zac Farro is really underrated.

I still think that is a bad name for a band but their music slaps. Prog-stoner rock with brilliant guitar work and raw vocals. Pigsx7 have made a really great album for slow moshing and I'm aweing and the fantastic instrumental sections. Nice.

High-pitched, silky vocals that actually doesn’t sound that far away from the likes of FKA Twigs but the musical style is very different; mostly piano-driven chilled indie-rock that’s presented in a pretty retro, stripped-back fashion. This duo haven’t really done anything new with this album but what they have done is damn good.

To quote one of my mates: This is a super chilled-out instrumental jazz fusion that uses complex jazz arrangements but keeps a very uplifting tone. It also plays with minimalism very well, whilst still keeping the complex arrangements. If I owned a coffee shop then this is exactly the sort of stuff I’d be playing there.