
Oh my god, September was huge!
I hope everyone reading this had a fantastic month, and has an even better October. I don’t really have much to report on my end (we’re still in lockdown, but it’s looking more and more likely that we’ll actually get out of it next month), so here’s everything I got up to around the Internet throughout September.
I think my favourite album this month was Sleigh Bells’ Texis, which feels like the definitive distillation of their warbly, off-kilter pop and rock ebullience – dare I call it hyper-rock? – into an ultra-bright eruption of fun and fucked-up production perfectly suited for the rollercoaster ride that has been 2021. Here I’ve tacked on my favourite track from the record, ‘Tennessee Tips’.
UNFD: THE OFFICIAL PODCAST
Episode 6: Stray From The Path (Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
NME
BLUNT
AViVA: Finding the light within emo’s darkness
WAAX: On the cusp of a new age
Amyl And The Sniffers: A warm hug of raw punk
Spiritbox: An eternity in the making
Parkway Drive: A royal return to the stage
Justice For The Damned: The infinite potential of power
Polaris: Life after The Death Of Me
Ruby Fields: Life in the fast lane
Vox Pop: How do full-time touring artists keep themselves sane on the road?
5 songs that helped The Sleepyheads get through 2020
The Weekly Riff: August 28th – September 3rd, 2021
The Weekly Riff: September 4th-10th, 2021
The Weekly Riff: September 11th-17th, 2021
Premiere: A Swift Farewell tug at our heartstrings with their latest pop-punk crooner, ‘Sunburn’
Premiere: Agapanther stick it to their dickhead “mates” with the ripping new single ‘Pseudo’
Premiere: Drastic Park admit they suck ass with god-awful new single ‘Snakes And Ladders’
Premiere: Wildheart prepare to dominate hardcore with vicious new single and debut album
Premiere: Mosh-pop supergroup Dead Mall roar to life with debut single ‘Cough It Up’
Premiere: Afterthought revel in their “heartbreak memories” with punchy new jam ‘Homebound’
EN GARDE – thy full lineup for Knight & Day 2021 hath landed!
The Used have dropped their enormous deluxe edition of ‘Heartwork’
AUSTRALIAN GUITAR (via GUITAR WORLD)
The Superjesus’ Jason Slack: “I had no real plan from the start, I just wanted to make a guitar”
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: All Our Exes Live In Texas
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Tex Perkins
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: The Living End
Australian Guitar x Bluesfest 2022: Hiatus Kaiyote
Spotlight: Alex Lees of Four In The Morning
Spotlight: Ella Williams, a.k.a. Squirrel Flower
Spotlight: Sam Sheumack of Fangz
Spotlight: Kyle Balkin of Leisure Sport