Artist Name (with link to website embedded in artist-name)
Title (album name) – review; rating from 5

10×Over
Imaginate – One of the earlier bands to have inspired me to contact them directly, they’re working on a full-on release. This one is quite Chili Peppers oriented and should come up OK on the album«««¾
Sonya’s Song – Think Tracy Chapman Fast Cars and you’d have this one all over ««¶
The Towel Song – Could also be called Rag Head… musically OK but should probably be re-written. Or did I miss the intention of the song completely? If not, I hope it is one of the off cuts, for everyone’s sake««
Ticket – Back in the vocal vein of Sonia but musically more rocky and should shine on the record. «««

1144
On My Back (self-titled) – Slower Heatmiseresque rock with a great hook««««

13 Stories
Lexi Sterling – The only song of this band’s that I downloaded, because I think it’s the only one they put up. L (I never had the use for an emoticon in a review before now, either). I’ll be seeking more of it out, for sure! Imagine a rockier Pearly Gatecrashers. My favourite track of those so far reviewed, and whilst they are sorted in alphabetical order, they were reviewed randomly«««««

13mm
Dark Circles – Industrial scream-rap ««
Minus Gift – And then some more, but it seemed better than the other one: less industrial, less scream… good! ««¶

180Junkgrab
Teen Idol – A band who seem to know where they’re going but lacking a few technical skills. Sure, they can write a pop-punk styled song and play it fairly well, but its lacking the polish that might earn them an extra star or so«««

2000 Mavericks
Listener – Very Muse. Very, very Muse. I like Muse. I like this… damn! Some more please? 4.999999 stars  

207
Take It from me – Daft Punk goes to the ghetto with a new-aged soul style ««««

21st Century Boy
Contrary Motion (Contrary Motion) – I have a feeling this is a solo project. Sounds like one anyway, but in this case there’s nothing wrong with it, save for the limitations one is imposed with when working this way ««¶

21st Century Ox
Drive by Feel – Some easy listening with a French lyric for that je ne sais quoi… great, following some of the louder and less starworthy tracks I’ve endured thus far. «««
Sweet Sweet Coffee – If you’ve ever had a big one and had to back it up again the next day, relate to this one. It swings, it rocks… and vocals not unlike Neil (Heatmiser) Gust ««««¶

22
For Love (& Squalor) – Mr Big / Extreme / Sugar Ray styled with clever Jazz chords before a big rock build-up… ««««
Hate: Must be Heavy – They dragged out the Rhodes for this one for some quasi-prog slow rock  ««««
Magic Kinetic – Stoner, with some heavy distortion-effects. Then the vocals kick in: It was really good ’til then, and musically it continued to be so, but those vocals… ««¶

67x
Fly – Annoyingly familiar… try Soundgarden or Bob Sledge styled stoner for a start 4.999999
NDNNIC – Again with the familiarity. This is cleanly and carefully produced with nice crisp semi-acoustic guitars and harmonies through the chorus. 4.9999
Sign of the Times – And again. This remains one of my favourite downloads. If anyone could tell me who those harmonies sound like, I will be most grateful 4.99999

7inches of Fun
Wide Open (self-titled) – This is your average everyday Scandinavian / Burning Heart Records punk, except that the vocalist can actually sing… great triple-kick drum work and dueling guitars««««¶

7 Wrench
Saturn’s Rings – Modern meets prog at the heavy rock show. Nice bass line carrying the tune, some Axl Rose styled vocals. Might almost be a Spinal Tapp song (Big Bottoms stands out in comparison) «««

7Tongues
Broken – A more commercial approach than your average everyday punk outfit««««⁷/₈
Hollow – More of the same but more angry and heavy, complete with the screamed-for-emphasis chorus«««« ¾
Spit It Out – This rocker would rate more highly than Broken. A pub-rocker like AKA Sick & Tired ««««¹⁵/₁₆

99% Fat
Captain Manboob – Classic! 4.999999
Ode to my Mullet (Two Percent Brains) – Is it me, or are these sorts of things coming back into vogue? Not quite a classic, but still up there ««««¶
Sultans of Skank (Two Percent Brains) – Another classic skanker, this one with an eastern flavour. Probably why they gave it the Sultan thing… I was not-even-½-expecting a ska-ified Sultans of Swing from the title. Thank fkk it isn’t! ««««

A Beautiful Machine
Breathe In Space (Solar Winds, White Noise, Anti Gravity) – A nice instrumental for the background, with peaks and troughs to remind you that they’re still there ««««¼
Entwine (Solar Winds, White Noise, Anti Gravity) – More chill-out music, this one with a slight vocal track…««««¶
What’s On Your Mind (Home) – Pretty much more of the same (Entwine) «««

A Change of Face
Within the Grounds of Paradox – More quality punk a la Agent Felix / All Else Fails / An Empty Flight, but in need of some polish, with a great Ace Frehley lead break! ««««

A Darkness Within
Crashing Down – As the title and performing-name suggest, something from the darker side of music… dark, as in quasi-gothic… a little down mood-wise, but that’s where it was going anyway «««
Fade Away – More of the same, but louder and for a minute longer«««¶

A Greed Science
Ignorant Being (The Grizzlies) – Dark and deadly, grumbly vocals, chunky guitars, drums akimbo… must be Death Metal… well, Not-Feeling-Very-Well-Today-Metal maybe «¾
I Fall Away (The Grizzlies) – It took me ’til about 2:16 of this 3:41 track to glean the hint of a vocal track in this recording. Even then, it comes across as a seriously chunky Death durge, which would be served better with a more prominent vocalist recording«««

Abrasion
Anti Population – The Donnas have some competition… don’t worry girls… it’s only some competition, from what I heard… there were a few Hey Hey Hey’s in there (I suppose it worked for Skulker) but it ain’t metal… consider a move to punk, ladies ««

Abyssinal
Save Me – Another almost-Spinal Tapp one… this is the one that they have the small Stonehenge come down, with some death-growls repeated to emphasise the title / theme of the song ««

acalma:c
Configuration – Rockin the suburbs… not unlike Live, actually««««¼ 

Accolade
In the Palm of your Hand – Utilising a Stevie Wonder Superstition-styled keyboard to open proceedings, this song doesn’t go far from there through it’s 90s guitar-rock/pop life «««
Slow Down – Awww…that’s lovely. A nice REM styled ballad in the middle of all this noise, doom and gloom, complete with the Michael Stipesque voice ««««¼.

Acetone
Smile – A Regional-Pub rocker. Well written, well produced, well done! ««««¶

Acolyte Zippy
Things Still to Do (Live Recordings 2002) – From an album they’ve called ‘acoustic stuff’ this is quite reminiscent of an elderly Metallica, around the “Load” albums. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… but there’s nothing quite too remarkable about this one. It moves in, it moves around, it moves out… quite like a dry fuck, to be honest… you don’t know if it was any good or not but you’re definitely not going to turn it down if it’s offered again ««¶ 
Christina Ricci (Live Recordings 2002) – Not-quite-set to the Hammer’s Addams Family Values theme, it could be seen as a story of unrequited love… and let’s face it, between Casper and Opposite of Sex I’m sure many of us had the same feeling…«««

Acrobat
Jewels – Quite the commercial ditty with an almost surf-feel about it and a great vocalist up front  ««««¶
Offer – An Icecream Hands meets Jebediah alterna-ballad««««¶
Static – They’ve crossed Brian (Queen) May with Muse in his presentation of this one. I’d have to maintain the Icecream Hands slant as well, but just slightly ««««¶

Act of Defiance
Nothing Present – This is the sort of metal that many metal bands should aspire to. A gut-wrenching scream to open, chugga-chugga guitars with some nice swirly effects through the middle-8 and clean, clear vocals, although the clarity could probably be exchanged for a little more Dave Mustain / James Hetfield gravel. ««««

Addiction 64
At A Cost (Corrupt and Immoral) – Face paced, brassy ska for all the family with twists and turns to keep your interest««««
Learn to Dance (Volvo) – Should have been called Learn to Skank, these guys know their ska! The subject-matter is pretty old-time rock-n-roll but if you can get over that, and this one will get you skankin’ with the best of them, then you’ll be… skankin with the best of them! ««««⁷/₈
No Nonsense (File Under Ska 2) – More of the same… big, brassy, and a lively bass-line. Actively seek these guys out if you’re into ska and if you’re not, they’ll definitely convert you! ««««¹⁵/₁₆

Admit One
Relive. Regret – Weezer with some Blink 182 thrown in for the pace of it, except when, out of the middle-8, the drummer seemed to stumble into the adlib-to-fade«««¾
Second In Line – …and again «««¶

Adrenaline Fist
Tehran: Battlefield – A very rough demo for which I would like to leave my judgment for the full release because, like with Airport and All Else Fails, I just couldn’t hear it beyond the screams and guitar-break

Adrian’s Wicked Stepchildren
I Want to be your Rave (self-titled) – Having worked with an Adrian, I would imagine these to be what his stepchildren would listen to, just to piss him off! It’s lightweight Nine Inch Nailsesque industrial-pop… «««¾
Affection from You – More of the above, but less anger-inspiring ««««

Advent Sleep
Look Away My Love (Egos & Eros) – Listed under the ‘unknown’ genre, they appear to have a dark approach to life. Slight chunks, deep vocals, light industrial, if you like… ««¾

Aeroplane Blonde
Blue Light – That guitar sound might be straight off Lindsey Buckingham’s solo hit Trouble… but then it kicks into full electrical mode for the bridge, chorus and adlib-to-fade to remind you that this is the Noughties now… «««¾

Aftanova
Monster Mash – I have recently become a fan of ‘clever covers’ and downloaded this one on that basis (it surely had to be a cover of the 50s/60s Novelty Hit). Well, I was right… it is a cover of that song, but it is only instrumental. Three chords, played in varying moods, in line with the song (I vaguely remember, anyway… I’ll have to scout around for it to be cer… nahh fkkt) and more annoying with each additional listen ¶

Aftashok
Anyway (Shok of the Year) – A Hip-hop labeled piece from a mainly-rock outfit: apparently the word “fuck,”any derivative thereof or not giving one is the basis of a hip-hop track nowadays. Not a bad track, with vocals ranging from almost-death-scowled to emotively-screamed and the appropriate chunka-chunk to match«««
Leave Her Alone (Shok of the Year) – With the beat of KISS’s I Love It Loud and the attitude of Shihad / Pacifier these guys have moved up in my estimation… but apparently they don’t give a fuck at all… just a guess…. «««¾
Everytime – Despite the ‘spooky’ intro, these guys get heavier and meaner with each subsequent track… they’ll be doing Death before long (please don’t, fellas!) Oh, and for the record: fuck! ««««
Elysian Lil Jezebel (Shok of the Year) – Slow, mostly-bass, with some colour in the chorus. Only some, mind… And is that dischordant harmony supposed to be there? It’s almost Heatmiser actually««⁷/₈

After Tomorrow
Every Day I Fall – Another Linkin Park-esque track, but this one is more Linkin Park than Animism (who were more RATM than Linkin Park). How many times can I say Linkin Park in a few short times «««¶

Against All Odds
Think of Yesterday – Where are the vocals? Ahh.. there they… no, they’ve been replaced by the dru… no… there they… what the… Again, a little muddy, and, well, thank God it only went for 2:20… I hope there’s more from them in the selection «¶
Give It A Try – Do you ever look at a song title and um & err about it, and eventually fall slightly in favour of it, only to have the doubts fulfilled? Give this a try… and maybe give someone else a try at singing… «¶

AGaugeFor
Exchanger (Reproach) – Live meets… no, not Linkin Park… but I’m tempted. No… a heavy version of Live. I imagine Live could probably rock it up with the big boys but as I am not a big fan of Ed and the boys I’d have to take your word for it… Basically, if Live could rock it up, they’d do it like this AGaugeFor ««««
Plea Bargain (self-titled) – A chunky KISS / Metallica tempo that has always been a favourite of mine… just close your eyes and bang your head… chuggudda-charg chuggudda-charg… Love it!! 4.999999 stars (I don’t know how to make smaller than 4^ths as fractions-of-stars yet…)
Zenith (self-titled) – A complete change of pace. This one still rocks along but more at a regular Live pace with Counting Crows and Live vocals and a little chunk (small bite-sized pieces) during the middle-8 ««««
Lie Forensic (Reproach) – Put Ed (Live) Kowalcyk out front of Queens of the Stoneage 4.99999

Agent Felix
Baby Got Back – Fans of Shrek will appreciate this one (well, this fan does). Yes, it’s a cover of the Sir Mixalot song with the chunky punk promised by the band’s description of themselves. A little muddy and bottom-end with the EQ turned off but, well, a big bottom end is what they like, apparently «««
Behind Me – Is there a theme happening here? Back… Behind… maybe it’s just me. Very Pennywise / Bodyjar / Bad Religion… could be cleaner though «««¼

Agent Pecan
Double Thump (Sterile High Art) – Well, I heard the thump; I heard the guitars; I think there was someone singing… a good melody though… great mosh fodder!««
Maxiboy (Sterile High Art) – Some more mosh fodder with a Tumbleweed approach to life… my speakers won’t live to forgive you!!««¶

Ahead
You’ll Never Change Me – 90s New Order / Depeche Mode with guitars… admittedly I almost cringed when hearing it for the second time because I thought it was going to be something else from All Access… gads, no!!««««

Ahkmed
Miyagi Method – Obviously fans of The Karate Kid movies, but not of high production values. I suppose ‘punk’ sticks its finger up at the establishment, even when it comes to producing decent recordings. A good melody and hook, though««

AIDS
Elderlise The Youth – What a Pile of SHIT! 1:12 of speed-core with yabba-yabba vocals. I actually enjoy some forms of music with so-called yabba-yabba vocals… clever stuff over thrash metal sometimes, but fair dinkum: who the fuck buys this crap, let alone listens to it for fun!? I can’t believe I still have this on my hard drive! Let alone that I helped their chart position in the process!! And that I have wasted all this on them… I only hope these few words will warn the next unsuspecting punter! 0 stars…
Morally Retarded – There were a couple of tracks I downloaded from these guys, and each one I heard made me regret doing so… I even deleted a couple, I think. On this one, there are a couple of samples either side of 30sec of the aforementioned yabba-yabba-yaaaaaaaaaaaa, but this time there was backing vocals: one collective grunt. My comment exactly: grunt…0 stars…

AimHi
Kansas Storms – An acoustic, almost country piece with a Wizard of Oz basis. Some good finger-pickin’ and well-placed / performed harmonies… makes me think of those dreadful all-too-frequent dark and threatening skylines of the Mid West, not that I’ve ever been there, Toto!««««¶

 Airport
Everything Will Be Alright – High energy pop but low-volume production / mastering… a pity. Hopefully everything will be alright for the actual release ««¾

AKA
Fe-mail – Some quality and punk with lyrics you can actually understand, about something topical. You might get a laugh, too… «««⁷/₈
Kwijibo (The Good Life) – More of the same… but I missed the lyrics. Nice “ooo”s and scratching... Well, it worked for Sugar Ray… ««««
Painted Room – Another hauntingly familiar track, this one being the obligatory ballad, albeit a power-ballad. ««« ¾  
Sick & Tired (The Good Life) – Some Aus Pub Rock… think The Poor, The Casanovas, Kickstart…Rockin’ fkkn’ Roll!! ««««

Alamantra
The Old Trickster’s Last Stand (Stem and Stone) – ahhh… more Stoner… think Hendrix Hey Joe; any of the bluesy Zeppelin… Does anyone remember Adelaide’s Musick Express from about 1972? Their hit single is almost like this one 4.99999

Ali Motu
Stained – Alternative with a punk attitude, with a mood-change or two to keep you guessing. Quite Portland (Oregon) in it’s overall approach «««

Alias
Sunday (Empty Promises) – There is something “rawk” in the reverb behind the vocals on this one… it’s almost prog-rock but there’s something quasi-stoner about it… a head-scratcher «««
Low (Empty Promises) – Swirly guitars, mixed well-down vocals… it’s now more 90s indie than prog / stoner rock… not that there’s anything wrong with that…«««¼
Take the Blame (Empty Promises) – The stoner returns. Think Bob Sledge, Thumlock, the new Adelaide breed; maybe even Rudy Morabito (now there’s a review I’ll have to dig up): a smidge over «««
Reunion – Still more stoner… make an old man’s ears bleed: a fraction over «««¼ 

Alien Dave
Johnson Jr (In Touch with the Obvious)– Are they talking about ex-US Presidents or small penises? It rocks like a Foo Fighters’ track but the guy, this time, sounds like Rachel (Doradus) Rose… «««¾

Alisse
One Night Girl – One of those solo artists who stood out as something different. I mean, how many women in music know how to rock to the same level of maybe Lita Ford, Joan Jett or The Donnas… That’s what drew me to Alisse… but I was slightly disappointed. Looking hopefully forward to the other selections ««
Everything’s Yours – Here’s a cross between Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond and The Cure A Forest… Dark and foreboding… but could someone please mix the vocals up a touch? Thanks…«««¾

All Access
I’ve Got a One Track Mind – OMFG! I thought they threw those synthesizers and drum-machines out when Madonna and all those break-dance movies over-used them twenty years ago… It’s Kajagoogoo, Michael Sembello… how many crap-80s-artist names do I need to list? Listed under the ‘other’ genre, you’re really taking a punt when you take a selection from there… Move up to the Noughties, people! PLEASE!!! …0 stars
Don’t Keep Me In The Dark – OMFG (again, but this is a good OMFG)! After the travesty that was One Track Mind, this one turns out to be one of the better tracks to date. Is this the same All Access? There’s a familiar beat and sound to it that is difficult to pinpoint, but works very well… hey hang on a sec… where’s the music… what? The song actually ends at 3:53 but the thing says it goes for 5:41! What the…? OK – only «««« (you were going to get more but then this happened… still waiting… nope… no surprise…)

All Else Fails
After the Day – I think there’s a good track happening under that guitar… and those drums all the way back there… and vocals… I hear vocals… I sense a Bodyjar / Pennywise styled tune happening, but would have to be John Edward to know for sure…«¶ for lack-of-production / volume.
Art of Intimidation – Same production problems… a quicker track, from what I could hear… «¶

An Empty Flight
The Dead Robots (Art vs Commerce) – More high-quality punk, but listed as just straight-out rock. More Bodyjar than Pennywise… maybe even Bad Religion… a great track ««««¼ 
Equations (Art vs Commerce) – Definitely Bodyjar… no mistake about it… OK, it could be Pearl Jam too but it’s definitely Bodyjar!««««¼ 

Anaphase
Freestylin’ – This is the sort of music you’d expect to hear emanating from garages around the suburbs on a Sunday afternoon, hopeful of a move to the venues closer to home so they can get their mums to take them to the gig, only the quality is a tad higher… just a tad, mind… ««««

Anatone
Revolvar (Straight Up and Out of Control) – Listed under the ‘unknown’ genre, this is more girl-punk (Pink Rock maybe… sorry – it was a typo I thought should be kept in) with an almost Cure-esque or, again, Skulker or even a tuned-up SPDFGH approach… a little muddy ««¾
Shine (Lightspeed) – Ahh, the jingle jangle of early 90s indie-Newtown-pop (Swirl, Glide, Bainmaries, Evermore, etc)… snif… thems was the days… but back then the fi was generally higher… ««««
Higher (Gold / Higher) – More of the same, but the fi-situation has been addressed… and a distorted middle-8 added… a short ‘rhapsody,’ if you like««««

And Academy
Hua Xing (Hua Xing) – Now correct me if I’m wrong, but is this about a Chinese swimmer or weightlifter? Diver? It has a quasi Eastern feel to it but I couldn’t make the lyrics out… frankly it doesn’t lure one to find out either ««¾
10 Reasons, Christina – Think 90s indie-Newtown-pop (Swirl, Glide, Bainmaries, etc) without the Rickenbackers «««⁷/₈

Andrea Gore
Danica’s Song (I’m Here) – Another artist not fond of finding out what people think: no e-mail, no website… I am reminded of Stevie Wonder’s Lately from the late-80s; of gilli moon’s quieter moments on her last two records; of Neil Finn sending a message to his girl with the first ENZSO; and would like very much to know why Andrea is being all shy and retiring about her work!!««««¾

Anet
Flowers in the Concrete (Flowers in the Concrete) – The pop and attitude of Doradus from the mid 90s combined with your femme-fatale rock (Etheridge, Morisset, Sheryl Crow, etc) and additional Ricken-jingle ««««
Tortured (Flowers in the Concrete)– How’d these guys get Garbage to record this track under their name? ««««

Angry Beans
Baraonda Town – Sounds like one of those reggae songs about a place they come from, or have been to. Nothing out of the box, to be honest ««
Tango – Aha! This is the sort of ska I’ve been experiencing elsewhere on mp3.com.au… nice and horny and not too quick but a little lacking in the tuning department, otherwise a 4-star performance«««

Animation
Tell Me Why – Is this the same band I reviewed? I seriously doubt it, due to the fresh presentation & production values… almost Matchbox 20. ««««
Night Surfing – Opening with a sinister almost-Jaws Eastern / Egyptian riff, this moody track is not as pop and commercially viable as Tell Me Why… which isn’t a bad thing ««¾

Animism
Mindset – Another RATM band, with Linkin Park tilts… but then, isn’t Linkin Park just a teenage RATM? This is quite good, actually… better if it was cleaner… actually… I’m even going to ignore the lack-of-polish: 4.99999 stars (still gotta get those star-fractions working)
60/40 – As above, but include a change that made me look back to see if the track had finished «««¾

Anny
Purple God When uploading a track onto the site, it’s a really good idea to include all your details, because later when people listen to your songs, and like them, they like to know who they need to contact to find out more. I suppose it’s probably not a bad idea to write these things down, in case something like this happens too…touché… A swirly Steinmanesque production featuring a cross between Amanda Easton and Fiona (Def FX) Horne on vocals… nice! ««««¶
White Lipstick Girl (Strange & Beautiful) - Another by this artist of intrigue. Jim was given a miss this time, but the Easton pop-approach was heavily endorsed… ««««¾
“Gonna Get Mine” – A big Phil Spectre-production sound from an artist who doesn’t like to leave all details of the song… grrr… With all those slide guitars, big tubular-bell peals, lots of vocal overdubs, you can just see that wall of sound! ««««¼ 

Anon
Can I Give You Cheese? – Get this for a lyric: “I hate you. I want you. I need you” (with apologies for copying the lyrics without permission). There is some brass for an almost ska mood but that’s it. You wouldn’t know those lyrics were there unless they were printed on the screen for you. 

Anonymous
Won’t Stop ‘til we get Home (Dreams of Beauty & Pain) – Boston More Than A Feeling without the loud guitar bits but with a slight Classical Gas / Until It Sleeps hook as the middle-8 «««
Today (Dreams of Beauty & Pain) – Quieter and more acoustic, this is reminiscent of John Farnham’s version of Help as sung by a more refined cross between Ken (Urban Guerillas) Stewart and John (Redgum) Schumann ««⁷/₈
Better Day (Dreams of Beauty & Pain) – The Sunny Boys are still alive and well in this track: three jangly chords and the truth «««⁷/₈ 

Ant Farm
Super Heavy Duty Man – When I saw Nikki (The Truth) Bomba was involved in this, I fully expected a funk-rock style. Well, how wrong was that! There’s nothing funk about this! There’s the RATM hook, a gentle acoustic middle-8, and back into it again for the adlib-to-fade… good work, Ant Farm««««
Like a Song – Nothing like SHDM… quieter, keyboard / (Hammond) organ influenced… I got to thinking of a specific Hall & Oates hit-single that I still can’t name but it went the other way entirely… not much to it, unfortunately «««⁷/₈

Anthemic Pop Wonder
When the Castle Falls – With a sound like a cross between Ward “C” and Circle of Willis, this is but a demo of APW’s abilities… waiting now for the full production coz some additional production qualities would add to an already catchy pop tune «««
Party Tarts – This is more your pre-Rickenbacker jingly-jangly pop rock that their name suggests, with more of a country than a pop bent. In the same vein as Her Majesty’s Finest but with Strats instead ««««¼

Anti Ant
Rebel (self-titled) – Imagine a speed / punk version of Chicago’s 25 or 6 to 4 and you’d have this one, chord-progression wise… The chorus, though, is quite different! Heheh.. I bet they didn’t even know that!! «««
Our Streets (self-titled) – Born to be Wild with the punk chop and some angry 59 Times the Pain / Raised Fist semi-shouted unsung vocals for the chorus ««¾

Anti Fish
Crossing Over – 1:17 of almost-death-metal but more punk. Not very inspiring ««
Let’s Go OUT! – An obvious home recording. Try Mid Youth Crisis meets 59TTP in a suburban garage with a 4-track, and this time for only 1:16!««¹/₈

Antibody
Rest (Dim Reflections) – Think Birthday Party, really mellow Bad Seeds and you’d have Antibody Rest… maybe even your latter-day Midnight Swim… music to which to either chill out or slash your wrists «««
Only When it Rains (Dim Reflections) – This one is more lo-fi, like Stephen Robinson but with a little hi-fi production«««

Anti-Everything
What It’s Like (self-titled) – Ahh yes, the basis of the punk movement, set to word and song with some almost Peter Garrett vocals and an attempted chorus / harmony««¶

Antipop
Headlight Shadow – Dark, mysterious, gothic… vocals varying from whispered from all the way out the back to barely audible, all over the buzz of a sitar and a single chord throughout ««¼

Antique
One Last Thought (Book One) – Growl… build-up, some orchestral strings… hmmm, is this going anywhere? Scan ahead… nope… I held out sooo much hope, too…¶
Elysium Cascades (Book One) – An instrumental that is the opposite of One Last Thought which I have enjoyed as a backing track to doing other work ««««

Anti-Roger
Teenage Lobotmy – Brilliant. Also known as “Ramones Cover” this is everything the Ramones aspired to… wonder if the guitarist also insisted on only playing a down-stroke… 4.99999
You Got to Die for your Government – Area 7 meets The Living End with a Raised Fist / 59TTP styled chorus… ««¾
The Best Friend I Never Had – They’ve inserted an Angus Young one-handed guitar solo… and the singer has adopted a Chris (Frenzal Rhomb) Walley style for his vocals «««

Antiskeptic
Change my Ways (Change my Ways single) – Where FiniScad were going ««««
Jimmy was Always Thinking – Punk-pop… Bodyjar / Pennywise with choppy chords and progressions ««««³/₈

Anubis Spire
So Be It (Old Lions [in the world of snarling sheep]) – some early-70s prog-rock crossing ever so slightly into 80s cock-rock… Storytime did this so well in the early 90s. You hang on for most of the song expecting a Bruce Dickenson styled vocal to cut in, but no. Make it so…««««

Anxiety Whispers
Senseless – Another band that doesn’t believe in putting all the details in all the fields of their mp3s… What we have here is, essentially, the chord progression of Pete Shelley’s Homosapien, but heavier and a tad slower with another middle-8 altogether… good mosh fodder «««
Genesis – Another from the Manson Zombie family but not as brutal, or punk for that matter… Marilyn and Rob kept this one, but fed him the same thing (see Apocalypse.com Severed), with side-orders of Reznor … «««
Saturation – The use of the guitar-strings between the nut and machine-heads is the main feature of this one… the anger seems hidden somewhere ««¾

Any Farther
Alone with You [Beta version] – An interesting beat-loop of a crunch effect coupled with female deep-breathing… there doesn’t seem to me much to it apart from the guitar… hopefully the production version will have a vocal track ««
Smile – Speaking of Hall & Oates, this one followed on the heels of the Ant Farm track that suffered the same comparison… this is a little more technical ««¾
Janet (from Another Planet) – This girl could be any stall holder at Glebe or Rozelle Markets. Not real keen on the falsetto chorus, the radio-mic effect conveys a feeling of hopelessness ««³/₈

APEisAPE
“DIZZY” – a great ska number with limited production qualities by a band who didn’t put all their details in… I thought it was Apocalypse.com but man, was that worse that wrong!! ««¾

Apocalypse.com
Severed (These Ties are Severed) – Brutal Death Punk with commercial / melodic elements… Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie’s love child, brought up by Trent Reznor on a diet of Cannibal Corpse and Sepultura. Believe it or not, it’s not painful! (OK – not that painful) «««

Appleseed
Slipstream (Blinding Me for Sight) – Unfortunately I experienced a few technical difficulties whilst downloading these inner-Sydney pop-gems. Having experienced Appleseed from the Damien Gerards Fore compilation, I knew I had to get some more… the difficulties were well worth it ««««¾
Now & Zen (Blinding Me for Sight)– Funny that they recorded at Gerard’s, who I consider to be the main competition for Zen… sorry… it had to be said… picture Fischer Z in Newtown in the early 90s and you’d have this track. A great contrast to the track that was on previously (Apocalypse.com Severed) ««««¶
Goodbye Good Thing (Blinding Me for Sight) – An almost Zoot Suit Riot ska number… these guys just get better with each subsequent track…««««⁷/₈
Casualty Me (Blinding Me for Sight) – The obligatory ballad, this time in the style of Oasis or Her Majesty’s Service… awww, that’s lovely «««
Ignite (Blinding Me for Sight) – A surprise… not to the quality that we’ve come to expect. Still Oasisesque with the U2 Zoo Station non-snare snare «««³/₈

Aqualung
Brilliant Sun (self-titled) – This is a difficult one to write about… that’s not a bad thing. There’s a lot happening, but it’s very staid… familiar but new…«««
Old Man (self-titled) – In the tradition of Cat Stephens and Nilsson with some amplified power-chords in the chorus ««¾

Aquanox
Tomorrow – These guys initially had three songs uploaded onto the site but when I got to them this was the only one left. If the Radio Edit is 5:26 how fkkn long is the album version!? Essences of early Bowie in the guitar effects and vocals «««¾

Arcade
Irreverence –

Arcane
Calling for Me (Arcane is Calling) –
The Wait (Arcane is Calling) –

Archive Activists
Shit Happens –
Everything’s Free –
Wage Slaves –

Ardent
Farthers Come & Go –
Kettle –

Aris
No One Else –
The Light –

Arlene
Smile No More – 

Asha’s Tribe
I’m Sorry –
Leave –

As Hope Fades
Scream for Change –

Ashtray
Conscription –
Uncle Sam (In One Ear & Out the Other) –
Stories (In One Ear & Out the Other) –

Ash Wednesday
Full Circle (Code Red) –
Pandora’s Box (Code Red) –
Song X (Code Red) –
Heroes (Code Red) –
Karma (Code Red) –
Pinhole in a Space Suit (Code Red) –

Asphalt
Lay Me Down (self-titled) –

Astroboi
Inside Your Head (Dragon Fist) –