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We ask our favourite journalists to write about our favourite music

Notes on Citizen Kay's 'So, Where are we now?'
Sosefina FuamoliJul 23, 2025
Notes on Citizen Kay's 'So, Where are we now?'

"The face and sound of hip hop in Australia has undergone multiple makeovers and periods of rejuvenation in the last decade.The genre is no longer moving forward with a predictable, homogenous ...

radio free alice sends postcards from their uk tour
Radio Free AliceJul 23, 2025
radio free alice sends postcards from their uk tour

"We saw them play one song, turned to their manger and shook his hand. We hadn’t formally announced Impressed to the world, but we’ll press their record, we said. No questions about it."

Notes on Wednesday's 'LIVE AT THE FACTORY FOR IMPRESSED'
Tim BakerJul 8, 2025
Notes on Wednesday's 'LIVE AT THE FACTORY FOR IMPRESSED'

"Immediately I thought back to that horse in the bar. I could almost picture the horse giving me the nod of approval, as I put on the all access wristband and began snapping. I  didn’t have a lo...

Visual Essay on Cam Muncey's 'Self-Titled'
Bertie BlackmanJul 4, 2025
Visual Essay on Cam Muncey's 'Self-Titled'

Iconic Australian musician Bertie Blackman takes Impressed on an exclusive look behind the scenes of the filming of JET guitarist Cam Muncey's first single from his first solo album. 

Notes on Cub Sport's 'Bats'
BRENDAN HANCOCKJun 30, 2025
Notes on Cub Sport's 'Bats'

"BATS is queer. It’s unrequited love. It’s pining in a sapphic way. The Aussie equivalent to Call Me By Your Name in lyrical form. It exists in the liminal space of falling in love (Crush), confess...

Notes on Cxloe's 'Shiny New Thing'
Bridget HustwaiteDec 16, 2024
Notes on Cxloe's 'Shiny New Thing'

"This perception is one that artists like CXLOE have had to navigate, constantly questioning where they fit within the landscape, but continuing to push forward despite the resistance. At the heart...

Notes On Sycco's 'Zorb'
Nic KellyAug 25, 2024
Notes On Sycco's 'Zorb'

"Sonically, it is about as unabashed as you would expect, actually. Elements of the mad world crafted by Remi Wolf and her ‘layer then layer again’ collaborator Solomonophonic surround ‘Swarm’, whi...

notes on elsy wameyo's 'saint sinner'
Sosefina FuamoliAug 6, 2024
notes on elsy wameyo's 'saint sinner'

"There is power in knowing when to take yourself out of situations that no longer serve you; to prioritise your mental and physical peace when darkness threatens to creep in. SAINT SINNER explores ...

Notes on Surf Trash's 'The Only Place I Know'
Tyler JenkeAug 6, 2024
Notes on Surf Trash's 'The Only Place I Know'

"But how can a group maintain that youthful energy and attitude while maintaining a progressive approach to their craft and allowing evolution to affect their music? Well, therein lies the beauty o...

Notes on DICE's 'Midnight Zoo'
Rachel BrodskyAug 1, 2024
Notes on DICE's 'Midnight Zoo'

"What does great chemistry sound like? Bands the world over have been trying to catch that ineffable star power for decades... that lightning in a bottle just crashes down and demolishes everyone a...

notes on Phoebe Go's 'Marmalade'
Bridget HustwaiteJun 26, 2024
notes on Phoebe Go's 'Marmalade'

"Phoebe's storytelling carries a deep intimacy and introspection, delivered with such warmth and rawness that I feel like I'm sitting on her bedroom floor, where she's just handed me pages ripped f...

Notes on Fink's 'Beauty In Your Wake'
Lilli BoisseletJun 26, 2024
Notes on Fink's 'Beauty In Your Wake'

"I take it all quite seriously….before recording this record I would, for example, get up at dawn and go and swim in the sea – in October – in Cornwall – to strengthen my will power and give myself...