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Meet Jalmar, the Chilean-Australian bringing reggaeton to Australia with Mijo Rico

evolution of textures and sub-genres, cross-pollinating the dominance of modern US hip-hop with dancehall, Central Americal hip-hop and pop, electronica and beyond; artists including

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Album Walkthrough: Sly Withers dissect their career-defining new album, Gardens

intimate, yet grunge-y alt-rock that's capable of swerving between every sub-genre under the rock book. They switch between subtle and stripped-back indie-rock ... been proud of how I was living my life since he passed. The overt pop-punkness of this track scared the shit out of me initially. Pop-punk is looked

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The evolution and versatility of US rap star Polo G, as defined by his collaborations

thus higher chart positions. It's a trend that's visible across entire sub-genres and continents, from the high-profile link-ups within the UK grime world ... Wayne comes to play, while on Losses , Young Thug makes an entrance. DaBaby pops up, as does Roddy Ricch, Nicki Minaj, the late Pop Smoke and plenty of others

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UNFD: ten of the Aussie record labels best and worst releases

make the familiar feel incredibly fun; to take such prolific songwriting templates of these sub-styles and capture what makes them work. ' Absence Makes The Heart Go Wander ... Columbus - 'A Hot Take On Heartbreak' (worst) One of the best up and coming pop-punk acts in Australia drove off a cliff with their second album, following a very

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Album Review: Atreyu - 'Baptize'

yourself. ‘ Baptize ’ is 15 songs long, exhausting given its trend-chasing style of pop-metal. It has the same issue as ‘ For Those That Wish To Exist ’: an epic ... same without them . The lo-fi intro riff to ‘ Dead Weight ’, before that synth sub-bass comes in, sounds like something straight out of 2002 . But then

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Album Review: Allday - 'Drinking With My Smoking Friends'

indie rock and is singing rather than rapping – as previewed by 2020's jangle-pop After All This Time . Still, fans shouldn't worry: Drinking With My Smoking Friends ... reveals a micro narrative arc about two young lovers escaping the ennui of their (sub)urban lives, Bonnie and Clyde-style. The euphoric Stolen Cars is heartland rock

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Album Review: Trade Wind - 'The Day We Got What We Deserved'

rock moodiness of their strong debut LP , to the atmospheric and ethereal Coldplay -like pop of 2019's most excellent ' Certain Freedoms ', Trade Wind are a super diverse and artistic ... massive crescendos or alt-rock parts roaring loudly. Yet that doesn't stop the sub-heavy 808s, trippy beats, Andrew's snappy drumming, Randy's prominent bass work

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Album Review: The Best Of The Worst - 'Better Medicine'

Flatliners -esque collides with pop-punk ska charm on ' Wishing Well ,' seeing the band looking to change bad habits. Before you get your bearings, a sub-heavy chugging breakdown comes

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Album Review: The Armed - 'Ultrapop'

culture has made music and art so easily accessible that it's all now "pop." That everything is commodified, no matter how genuine; an album whose perspective is "everything ... pearly white gates, it's with falling keys, noise-fuckery, power-electronics, amp feedback, sub-booming kicks, and intimate vocal crooning, all reverberating and layered over each other, announcing that

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A day in the life of Peach Tree Rascals, misfit collective turned 2021 break-outs

points to come. There's also how their work always incorporates unexplored sub-genres and musical energies that - because they keep everything in-house - is often revisited for flourishes later ... with a backing in jazzy R&B and hip-hop; touches of pop, electronica, indie, hip-hop, soul and beyond dancing amongst the members' respective influences, and how Peach

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Fifteen records at 15 years old: the class of 2006

explore a genuinely interesting mixture of EDM, new-wave, goth-rock, punk, and synth-pop with their most diverse record. Gifting us excellent sleeper hits like ' The Killing Lights ... that it oozes every step of the way. There isn't even a remotely sub-par song to be had here! That “difficult third album” was conquered with this, Taking

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Verzache, on making music from the moshpit of life

found something that stuck; something that sounded ‘fresh’ regardless of what genre or sub-genre it might’ve been. Growing up, he notes that the Farache household wasn’t exactly ... Head Is A Moshpit’s personality, decoding a relationship’s journey amongst a bedroom-pop blend of indie, electronica and pop. If Farache's head is a clusterfuck of ideas

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