ROCK

“Race Into Hell” by The Crystal Bullets stomps straight through the gates with boots on fire and a smirk on its face. From the first pounding beat, this track pulls you into a world of hypnotic riffs and molten emotion. The drums march with a fierce urgency, setting a battlefield…

Col Gerrard’s latest single, “The Way I Feel,” lands like a gut-punch in slow motion, haunting, raw, and achingly beautiful. From the first shimmer of guitars to the steady thump of the drums, the moody atmosphere wraps around you like a fog, pulling you deep into the emotional current. Col’s…

“The Chronicles of Coogee Bay Road” by Coogee Bay Road Band instantly tells you who these guys are, sun-soaked, tongue-in-cheek, and deeply rooted in their beachside Sydney surroundings. Across its eight tracks, the album feels like a beer in hand on a warm afternoon, crackling with livewire guitars, cheeky lyrics,…

“Circle of Doubt” by Rosetta West sounds like a fever dream drifting through a smoky basement bar where mysticism meets blues rock and refuses to leave. The guitar kicks things off with this smug, looping riff that immediately pulls you into its haze, like the first step in some strange…

“Ten Little Indies” rewrites the entire script for PoST. After losing their original bassist Gigi Laurino, in 2014, it would’ve been easy for the band to fizzle or fall into repetition. Instead, they met Daniele Maresca, and something clicked. With his touch on piano and synths, the band found a…

“This Is Water” by Light and Shade is a sprawling, heartfelt ride through grief, love, memory, and survival, all wrapped in a genre-bending mix of rock, soul, and jazz-tinged instrumentals. Recorded in under six days in Memphis, the album pulses with raw energy and lived-in authenticity. The strong sense of…

Wild and Untamed by Millstöne is a barrelling, gruelling piece to throw your inhibitions out the window as you battle your desire for everything that’s wrong. From the first smug churn of the guitar, you know you’re in for a ride that’s gritty, loud, and unapologetically soaked in sex, sweat,…

“Linda Moo and Piggy Sue” by Steven Browley catches your ear with its quirky charm and keeps you around with a real message. Straight out of Leverkusen, Germany, Browley brings us a track that’s as playful as it is powerful. From the very first shimmer of the guitar strums, you…

Ho Jo Fro’s Timidly Free opens like a bright day after stormy weather with catchy beats, shining horns, and a grown-up and gleeful groove. “Timidly Free” was  pieced together with care and joy in Charlottesville’s Studio 607 by Paul R Johnson and a gang of seriously talented friends. The vocals,…

Greg Hoy’s “What, My People?” is a full-throttle garage-rock jolt. From the second that fuzzed-out guitar swagger fades in, you know you’re in for a wild, punchy ride. The drums burst in like a street fight in 4/4 time, the riffs snarl with grit, and Greg’s raspy, no-nonsense vocals charge…