The Sweet Revenge - Creatures Of Routine (2010): Sounds like: A perfect crossover of Billy Talent and Alkaline Trio 4/5
Light the Fuse and Run - All Your Base Are Belong To Us (2002): noisy and punky screamo. This band summarises my current musical tastes perfectly. 4/5
Letlive - Fake History (2011): It's like Finch. Before they broke up the first time. Of course I love it. 4.5/5
Pour Habit - Got Your Back (2011): A fast and fun punk album. 4/5
ArpLine - Travel Book (2010): Sounds like: Animal Collective, with a lot less weird-ass noises 4/5
Ironhide - Create/Collapse/Repeat (2011): Such good technical metal from an awesome bunch of Brisbane dudes. Amazing production too. 4/5
Dredg - Chuckles and Mr Squeezy (2011): The band name makes me think of msludge etal, but it's cliche soft alternative rock. 2.5/5
Young Widows - In And Out Of Youth And Lightness (2011): Dark post-punk which, to me, seems to channel a hell of a lot of Nick Cave 3.5/5
Raein - Ah, As If (2011): Italian screamo. They do it even better than the French apparently. I still have no idea what they are singing 4/5
Thursday - No Devolucion (2011): it's a more ambient sound, but there's a few songs that channel the heavierside band United Nations 4/5
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP (2011): 3 songs, 30 minutes of crazy and epic metal, including gypsy circus music. 4/5
Fires of Waco - Old Ghosts Never Sleep (2011): Local band I've seen many times, after hearing this album I finally get the At the Drive-In comparison. 4/5
Deftones - Covers (2011):Recorded over their career, this is surprising as they are beautifully crafted, not heavy covers I was expecting 3.5/5
Incubus - If Not Now, When? (2011): Softer, more like a Brandon Boyd solo album. Some songs have a 1960s Pink Floyd or Neil Young feel. 2.5/5
Jebediah - Kosciuszko (2011): For a 10 year break, these Aussie indie rockers sound like they've barelyskipped a beat. 4/5
Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2010): This Norwegian black metal/hardcore cross over almost reminds me of Refused if they sang in Norwegian. 4.5/5
TV On the Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011): The first TOTR album where the lead singer's wavering voice doesn't annoy me. Nice indie. 3.5/5
Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder (2011): Less punk and more... My Chemical Romance-esque? But not in a bad way. It's more rounded overall 3/5
Vivian Girls - Share the Joy (2011): Female indie pop, which feels as if it has just fallen into my CD player and my heart direct from 1960. 4/5
Unwritten Law - Swan (2011): It sounds like the Unwritten Law of old, but that's not a good thing. It's like a greatest hits with no hits. 2/5
Title Fight - Shed (2011): Punk with emo cross over, that I sometimes hate, but mostly just love. Feels very gritty. 4/5
Man the Change - Weather the Storm (2011): fun melodic hardcore punk. I like it, and bonus points for it being a free album. 4/5
Smoking Popes - This Is Only A Test (2011): Old/slow punk, but some great song writing. 3.5/5
Panic at the Disco - Vices & Virtue (2011): Fills a weird place between the first 2 albums. Poppy, but not the beatles sound of #2. 3.5/5
Pour Habit was one of my favourite bands of the last few years. They are one of those bands that just combine partying, skating and punk into a great fun package. And Smoke or Fire are just a good all around punk bands I've been enjoying for a long time. They will be playing two shows around our area, in very small venues. You'd be an idiot to miss this great punk show.
