Photo: Justin Edwards (Budd) / Peter Dovgan (Nick Allbrook) Budd Recorded by Reuben Aptroot Mixed by Branko Cosic Recorded at Sonic Masala Festival, Brisbane, 13th August 2016 Starting up in Brisbane in 1991, Budd was formed out of a love for the Seattle sound and Fuzz guitar pedals. The foundation of Budd was created by Jeremy Finlayson on guitars; with […]
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Shrapnel Photo: Ted’s Records Recorded by Sam Lowe Mixed by Branko Cosic Recorded at The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, 21st January 2017 Shrapnel is the brainchild of Sydney-sider Sam Wilkinson, previously known from other outfits Day Ravies and Mope City. The five-piece indie-rock band is comprised of an all-star cast, also featuring members of Dollar Bar, Miners, and Weak Boys. Their debut album
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Darts Photo: Palmary Recorded & Mixed by Harvey O’Sullivan Recorded at VOLUMES 2016, Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, 27th August, 2016 Darts formed around 2008, initially just as a two-piece — Angus Ayres and his brother Andrew — in the Victorian city of Bendigo. They ballooned out to a five-piece in the early 2010’s, adding Ally Campbell-Smith, Paige X. Cho and
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Astral Skulls Photo: Justin Edwards Recorded by Branko Cosic Mixed by Luke Thomson Recorded at Sonic Masala Festival, Brisbane, 13th August, 2016 Based in Melbourne, Astral Skulls in the moniker of Kurt Eckhardt, who started the project in 2014. Fusing krautrock beats with scratchy guitars and synth pop stabs, the theme throughout the music is space. After releasing singles digitally
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Sweater Curse Recorded by Reuben Aptroot Mixed by Luke Thomson Recorded at Sonic Masala Festival, Brisbane, 13th August, 2016 If you mix the vocal stylings on The Cure’s Robert Smith and Beth Orton with the rawness of early output from Bloc Party, you arrive at the sound that Sweater Curse output. This particular set was captured at one of their
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Sleepwalks photo by Stephanie Audet Recorded by Reuben Aptroot Mixed by Branko Cosic Recorded at Sonic Masala Festival, Brisbane, 13th of August 2016. Starting up in the tail end of the noughties in Brisbane, Sleepwalks is a unity between three friends, David Hansford, Kevin Fincham and Damien Masters, and their love for loud yet simply structured music, known to some as the ‘Grunge’
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