Reviews

Our buddies over at the party collective known as HAND GAMES have just released the 10th instalment in their ongoing mixtape series as a free download

This is a record to be proud of, and the most exciting thing is that you leave it so assured that these guys are only gonna get better.

If you’re sick of pop choruses and festival fodder and yearn for a return to the grimy Australian underground of old where emcees battled and beats left a hole in your chest cavity then Illville is calling your name.

Some of Holy Ghosts is quite wonderful – particularly through the first half – but you might have to dig for it.

Blue Meets Black is the perfect document for a band that have slaved away, burning down stages as they go, and will hopefully get them the recognition they rightly deserve.

Nomad is the sound of a hugely gifted musician who’s been placed into the right hands and it’s simply brilliant.

Pic by Milly Mead