2020 Breakdown

2020 Breakdown

Thank you to all artists featured on this list for being the soundtrack to my 2020. Thank you as well to all local loves who were apart of my work during this year. Any pieces reviewed will be linked below, as well as some pieces I reviewed over at TheMusic, so if you're interested, they've [...]

Hands Like Houses – Hands Like Houses

Hands Like Houses – Hands Like Houses

Continuing to churn out content during lockdown with epic live-streamed shows, Canberra's Hands Like Houses have released their short but fulfilling, punchy self-titled EP. The EP maintains the band's gritty tonality with heavy guitars and crisp drum beats while diving into some personal and exhaustive topics. 'The Water' narrates a longing of returning to familiarity [...]

Hands Like Houses w/ Sputnik Sweetheart + AYA YVES *livestream*

Hands Like Houses w/ Sputnik Sweetheart + AYA YVES *livestream*

God bless the wonders of the internet, allowing us to watch our favourite bands from the comfort of our own homes; no sticky floors, there's never a line for the bathroom, and the drinks are dirt cheap. I think I'm getting a little too comfortable here. On Saturday night, Canberra's Hands Like Houses treated us [...]

Hands Like Houses – The Water + EP announcement

Hands Like Houses – The Water + EP announcement

Canberra's Hands Like Houses have always had a knack for abstract concepts woven into deeply relatable lyricism, take 2013's 'A Tale of Outer Suburbia' for example (a personal favourite) that narrates the perspective of a bear waking up from hibernation to see the destruction of his land, yet lyrically can also relate to the doom [...]