I Probably Hate Your Band

Song: “Hollow” Band: Double Lined Minority Location: Gold Coast, Australia Date of Release: 04/05/2015 Genre: Pop Rock Reviewer: Thrillhouse For Fans Of: Blink-182, (Poppy) Billy Talent, The Offspring, Alkaline Trio Why They Aren’t Famous: They damn well should be There comes a time in everybody’s life, where your core beliefs will be shaken to the…

Song: “Faces Fade, Feelings Stay” Band: Small Talk Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Date of Release: 13/2/2015 Genre: Emo/Spoken Word/Twinkly Whiney Music Reviewer: JSpeakEngland [Trial] For Fans Of: Hotel Books, ‘A Triumph For Man’ era Mew. Why They Aren’t Famous: It’s too late to cash in on Twilight’s popularity. Remember in the mid to late…

by Erised The other day when I was taking one of my frequent trips down nostalgia lane, I happened to notice the release date of one of my favourite albums of all time. You can cringe all you want, but Bullet For My Valentine’s “The Poison” is still to this day an enjoyable listen for…

Album: Blue Isla Band/Artist: Young Lions Location: Brisbane Date of Release: 27th January, 2015 Genre: Dreamy alt-rock Reviewer: DomiNathan [Trial] For Fans Of: Musical journeys, ambient tunes with muscle. Why They Aren’t Famous: Only a matter of time. When I was 14, I was into pop punk. When I was 15, I got way into…

Why Your Favourite Label And Band Is Killing Your Band Not long ago, I was faced with a question from a kid at a show: “I’m wanting to get my band heard to as many people as possible, so we’re just going to chuck up the music for free on Bandcamp, etc. Is that a…

Song: Dead Eyes, Gray Skies Band/Artist: Strength of Arcadia Location: Jonesboro AR Date of Release: 11/18/2014 Genre: “Melodic” Metalcore Reviewer: CockShelfer For Fans Of: Musically? Parkway drive and Phinehas. Vocals? Screaming into a toilet. Why They Aren’t Famous: Drop B parkwaycore stopped being relevant 4 years ago at least. You know how there’s those videos…

Song: Sidelines Band/Artist: This Fiasco Location: Melbourne, Victoria Twitter: @thisfiascoband Date of Release: 4th April, 2015 Genre: Post-Hardcore Reviewer: Johnny Truant For Fans Of: Paramore, Tonight Alive, Flyleaf, A Day To Remember Why they aren’t famous: Trog refuses to return my calls just because I would say I loved him when we were doing it…

Song: “Don’t You Wanna Fall” Band/Artist: Pseudoname Location: Cincinnati Date of Release: 2/7/2015 Genre: Cincinnati Reviewer: DeadParrot For Fans Of: Wooing bitches and singing poorly Why They Aren’t Famous: Wait, 72 likes on facebook isn’t famous? There is nothing more cringing for me than an obvious attempt at making bitches wet. This song sounds like…

Show: The Stratagem w/ Absolution, Allay The Sea, To The Grave and The Name Of A Ghost Location: The Lab, Woolloongabba Date of Show: 18th April, 2015 Genre: Deathcore/Metalcore Reviewer: Erised (abuse me on twitter @Giaccattack) Good evening all, and welcome to the latest episode of “Erised Janks His Way Around Brisbane By The Skin…

CHEAP AND FREE THINGS TO DO IN MELBOURNE: OUROBORIS’ GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S MOST LIVEABLE CITY. Today, I was scrolling through Facebook on my phone, as I want to do when I’m sick (or healthy for that matter), and came across an article called “26 Ways Not To Be A Dickhead In Melbourne”. Evidently, Melbourne…

Song: “Corpse Flower” Band: Countdown to Armageddon Twitter: @C2Aband Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia Date of Release: 22/04/2015 Genre: Metalcore Reviewer: Thrillhouse For Fans Of: Well written, unique sounding, modern Metalcore Why They Aren’t Famous: It’s only a matter of time… So as a lot of you (read: none) may have noticed, it’s been about…

Song: “The Better Way” Band/Artist: Windwaker Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Date of Release: 30/01/2015 Genre: Maroon 5-Core Reviewer: Dead Set Dave For Fans Of: Miley Cyrus, BMTH and anal bleaching Why They Aren’t Famous: Because the amount of shits people have to give about Zelda are limited, at best. Wagga Wagga, I didn’t think they…

Album: Alive Band/Artist: Take Us To Vegas Location: Brisbane/Sunshine Coast Twitter: @TakeUsToVegas Spotify: HERE Date of Release: 6th March, 2015 Genre: Post-Hardcore/Metalcore Reviewer: Erised (abuse me on twitter @Giaccattack) For Fans Of: A Day To Remember, The Amity Affliction, Risecore Why they aren’t famous: Well, they are certainly getting there… You know, the biggest gripe…

Song: “Missing” Band: Model & Maker Location: Adelaide South Australia Date of Release: 12/02/15 Genre: Awfulternative Why Aren’t They Famous?: Because they’re trying to sell themselves to the wrong market. If they were smart they’d send this snoredie pop to an easy listening station. Reviewer: Ouroboris There used to be a joke back in the ancient…

EP: “Ghosts” Band: The Comfort Location: Brisbane QLD Date of Release: 14/02/2015 Genre: Classic Emo/Post-Hardcore Reviewer: Ouroboris Brisbane’s “The Comfort” have an interesting description of themselves on their bandcamp… “We are four young adults from Brisbane trying create something unique, honest and emotive. We want to be your band. We don’t do this for any other reason besides…

Album: Entropy EP Band: The Final Chapter Location: The Midlands, United Kingdom Date of Release: 10 April 2015 Genre: Metal Reviewer: The Astr0naut For Fans Of: In Fear & Faith, Sonata Arctica, Periphery Why They Aren’t Famous: They’re from the UK The Final Chapter will be releasing Entropy on April 10th, 2015! IPHYB was given…

Song: “Verdancy Blues” Band/Artist: Eater Of The Sky Location: Bendigo, Australia Date of Release: 15/07/14 Genre: Progressive Rock Reviewer: Lvlsofnostalgia [Trial] Eater of the Sky is a band out of Bendigo, Victoria; and even though there are only 3 members, it’s shown within the recording of their song “Verdancy Blues” that each member is very…