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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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Studying the intricacies of love through art with Prequel, on his debut LP Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak)

stupid answer, but I think it was as much conscious as it was sub-conscious. I knew what I wanted to do and where I wanted ... certainly wanted to put in all three of the video clips. My name “ Prequel ” pops up, there’s a very slight cut where it appears again - I don’t know

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Here's everything happening in Perth for WA Music Week 2021, kicking off NOW!

with the aim of breathing more life into the WA music space post-COVID. Pop-punk rising stars Lakesider are launching their latest single at Lucy ... about some of the biggest things in music. On the Friday, you can hear Sub Pop Records Founder Bruce Pavitt talk, release chats from Dew Process, IOHYOU, Remote Control

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Meet your first round of WAMCon speakers, including reps for Sub Pop, Spotify + more

year, there will be keynote speeches by the co-founder of the legendary Sub Pop Records Bruce Pavitt, Berklee College of Music Professor and casual multi-platinum producer ... First Speaker Announce below: WAMCon 2021 First Speaker Announce: Bruce Pavitt (Co-Founder Sub Pop Records, Co-Founder & Creative Director 8Stem interactive music) US Susan Rogers (Professor Music

WAMCon Unveils New Format & First Speakers For 2021 Event

Here’s who features on the WAMCon first speaker announcement: Bruce Pavitt (Co-Founder Sub Pop Records, Co-Founder & Creative Director 8Stem interactive music) US Susan Rogers (Professor Music

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Album Review: Architects - 'For Those That Wish To Exist'

moments, piano runs, emotive strings, and lots of electronics. Some may label this their "pop" album, but it's more accurately their "opera" record. That album cover alone almost embodies ... next evolution from ‘ An Open Letter To Myself ,’ just with way more electro-percussion, subs, and synth pads. It’s the poppiest, most different song, and as I hinted

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Fifteen records at 15: the class of 2005

fully indicative of what was coming out in the sub-genre in the middle of the naughties - a highly consistent if admittedly singular experience - but it's executed near-perfectly ... Crimson ' was a more "adult" version of Alkaline Trio ; them being more rock than pop-punk, outside of ' Back To Hell ,' if we're going to split hairs about

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RIP SOPHIE: Reflecting on a visionary, trailblazer and icon gone way too soon

whatever you like. She made it cool to be unashamedly yourself, to love unabashed pop hits just as much as the unknown bedroom producer you just found on Soundcloud ... still unfolding, with her influence sure to emanate and permeate mainstream music and sub cultures for decades to come. It's also a reminder to continue to "cherish the pioneers

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