Coming off the success of their first two albums in 2012, Sam Cromack of Ball Park Music stated that with the band’s creative energy running high, he would hope for the band to release a new album every year, a schedule akin to 60’s rock groups like The Beatles. The band ended up taking 2013 off, instead opting to retreat to a Brisbane home studio (converted from an old sharehouse) to self-produce what would become their third album, 2014’s Puddinghead - their best album yet. ... read more

Ball Park Music quickly followed their debut up just a year later with Museum, a step up which sees them refine their formula. Despite guitarist and founding member Brock Smith’s departure prior to this album, the band - which would remain a five-piece for the rest of their career - sound fuller and more fleshed out. Opening track “Fence Sitter” rolls in with manic energy provided by Paul Furness’ circus-like keyboard riff. Lead single “Surrender” follows, ... read more

Though they may not be the most popular band to come out of the country in this era, Brisbane’s Ball Park Music are a band that I feel best encapsulates the vibe of the Australian indie scene and Brisbane in the 2010’s (they even went to the same university as I did!). Ever since I found out about them back in high school in 2012, their brand of quirky indie rock has been a consistent part of my adolescent years.

Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs is the band’s debut album and ... read more

Most people who have heard of Filipino-British musician Beabadoobee will know her through her warm lo-fi ballad “Coffee” – or at least the version which was sampled and re-purposed by Powfu’s “death bed (coffee for your head)” which became a slow burn hit this year. It’s perhaps not the best reflection of Bea’s true musical direction, as her debut album Fake It Flowers makes it clear that she is more concerned in re-creating the sound of late ... read more