The bassist, Paul 'Duncs' Duncan, is in fact my uncle (My mums brother).  He played bass for Smudge from 1991 - 1993 He was also nice enough to give me a great yellow, marbled vinyl of this compilation, which I will attach images of below The bass playing is great Paul ;) By Patrick Baker Genre/s - Rock, Indie Guitar Pop Other Albums/Compilations: Manilow (1994) You, Me, Carpark...Now! (1996) Mo' Poontang  (1997) Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra (1998) This Smudge is True (2010) Similar Artist/s - Nic Dalton, Godstar, The Plunderers, The Lemonheads OVERALL RATING 8/10 Sydney-based band,  Smudge  (original members   Tom Morgan, Alison Galloway and Paul 'Duncs" Duncan) was started in 1991, only to produce the track 'Tea, Toast and Turmoil' for the Half A Cow 7" compilation. They would go on to record the 7" single, 'Don't Wanna B e  Grant Mc L ennan', which made John Peel's (English...

By Patrick Baker Genre/s - Reggae Rock Similar Artists  - Sticky Fingers, Lime Cordiale, Skeggs _________________________________________________________________________ OVERALL RATING 4/10 ________________________________________________________________________ Formed in 2011, the widely popular 6-piece, independent, Australian reggae-rock heavyweights hailing from the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney,  Ocean Alley  (made up of Baden Donegal, Angus Goodwin, Lachlan Galbraith, Mitch Galbraith, Nic Blom and Tom O'Brien)   released their   third studio album,  Chiaroscuro  (a visual arts term meaning the effect of contrast between light and dark) in 2018. It is a basic, easily accessible, psych-infused reggae rock album, and their most critically acclaimed and commercially successful to date.  Chiaroscuro  reached #15 on the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Albums Chart, #2 on the Triple J H...

By Patrick Baker Genre/s - Alternative/Indie Other Albums/Compilations: 6 Feet Beneath The Moon (2013) A New Place 2 Drown (2015) The OOZ (2017) Similar Artists  - Mac DeMarco, The Microphones, Joe Strummer, Shane MacGowan _________________________________________________________________________ OVERALL RATING 8/10 _________________________________________________________________________ Man Alive!   is the fourth album released by the notoriously grim and enigmatic figure,  King Krule  (real name Archy Marshall), a London-based singer, songwriter, record producer and musician, known for his foggy, melancholic and avant-garde sounding tracks. Man Alive! builds on the already accomplished catalogue of King Krule, and provides a fresh, cohesive and polarising sound in the heavily saturated alternative/indie of today. It is an extremely personal album, which was most definitely impacted by his introduction to...