Category: Album Reviews

NORA band shot

CBR’s NORA deliver absorbing, electrifying emo rock thrills on debut EP ‘Black Wattle’

NORA EP review by Vince Leigh The Midwest emo band from the Mideast of Australia, NORA, has released its debut ...
Highland Light

Canberra’s HIGHLAND LIGHT morph into a solid rock entity with debut EP 300 K’s

Highland Light EP review by Vince Leigh The debut EP from Highland Light, the post-hardcore band from Greenaway ACT, features ...
Taliesin

TALIESIN’s ‘Faceless’ – a killer of a concept album

Taliesin album review by Vince Leigh The five-piece progressive metal band from Canberra, Taliesin, has released the album Faceless. Originally ...
Newly formed prog CBR 3-piece THE ABSENTEE show strong voice on debut instrumental LP

Newly formed prog CBR 3-piece THE ABSENTEE show strong voice on debut instrumental LP

The Absentee album review by Vince Leigh Between Words is the debut album for Canberra three-piece The Absentee. Whilst a ...
Chain Tombstone & The Dead Men

CHAIN TOMBSTONE & THE DEAD MEN offer a fast ride into hyper-metal on LP ‘Realm of Pain’

Chain Tombstone & The Dead Men album review by Vince Leigh Ben and Rheece formed Canberra’s Chain Tombstone & The ...
Grant Stevens

GRANT STEVENS unleashes a roaring blend of blues and rock on LP ‘Devil’s Machinery’

Grant Stevens album review by Vince Leigh Now, this is a curious record. A roaring blend of blues and rock ...
Kim Yang

KIM YANG mines the personal for raw and beautiful EP ‘Brave’

Kim Yang Brave EP review by Vince Leigh Singer-songwriter Kim Yang has released her second EP, Brave, a project partially ...
CJ Shaw

CJ SHAW teaches us much on his folk-cornucopia LP

CJ Shaw All Sorts album review by Vince Leigh All Sorts is the new album for ARIA-nominated educator and musician ...
Bec Taylor and the Lyre Birds - folk-pop

BEC TAYLOR & the LYRE BIRDS fly on folk-pop pearl “Adrift”

Bec Taylor and the Lyre Birds Adrift [Buttercup Records] review by Vince Leigh // Photo by Dan Cusack Canberra multi-instrumentalist ...
Canberra's NINA LEO astounds on pulsing EP FAKE IT

Canberra’s NINA LEO astounds on pulsing EP FAKE IT

Nina Leo review by Vince Leigh Nina Leo’s first two singles, Recover and Break the Renegade, revealed her musical armoury’s ...