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Drop Tank – ‘Vice’

01Jun11

Seldom is it that a new band instigates a behavioural change, or alters one’s physicality in any perceivable way. An encounter with Drop Tank however, and the difference is apparent; brows raise, eyes widen, hairs stand on-end, backs straighten. This is rousing stuff. Drop Tank formed in Sydney in late 2008, fronted by guitarist and […]


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Drop Tank – Self Titled EP

04May10

I’ve always been an unashamed head-banger at heart, so my frustrated inner-rocker was supremely appeased by the emergence of Sydney’s Drop Tank, and more specifically their debut self-titled EP. Vocalist Phillipa hand-picked the line up, while close ties with Marrickville’s inner-west warehouse scene lead the band to set up camp in a space of their […]


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Final Clearance – Naive Child

27Feb09

Final Clearance are a Milton Keynes five-piece who I happened to stumble across at a gig at London’s ‘The Fly‘. I was instantly grabbed by their Radiohead / Smashing Pumpkins / Counting Crows sound which borrows elements of all three and forces them together in a fusion of string laden, soft keyboard driven indie/rock. Naive […]


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