Mongo Fight

Already a well-versed song-writer and performer,  Jasper Jolley  ( Tiny Giants ,  Bones & Jones ) has foregone both of the aforementioned bands and locked himself away to conjure up a solo release. Mongo Fight is happy to share with you the first single from this release,  Fool Of Myself .  Jasper spent his youth on the Geelong surfcoast busking and playing in local bands, so the fact that he's pursuing a third musical endeavour shouldn't come as a shock. The entire Geelong music scene is full of repeat offenders, musicians dipping their toes in multiple pools. None do it with the effortless charm of Jolley though. He makes it seem easy to track a 6 song EP in your bedroom on your own, as I said - effortless charm. The EP harnesses the influence of  The Beatles  &  The Kinks  as well as a slew of 60's/70's folk & blues artists and turns it into something as playful as it is vulnerable. In  Fool Of Myself , Jolley explains he doesn't want to make a fo

Lymes aren't particularly new to the punk scene around Vic, but they've still managed to fly under the scanner a little bit. Maybe because they're from Ballarat but don't hold that against them. You might have seen them play under the name  Lime Lagoons  or even  LLGoons , considering they've played with some great bands ( Ausmuteants ,  NOTS ,  Terry ,  The Living Eyes ). These guys have just put out a 5 track tape and it just fucking rips. Taking cues from  Coneheads ,  Uranium Club  and  Liquids  who are all killing it in the US right now. Honestly this isn't even really a review, I just think anyone who reads this should be listening to these guys.  But if you must have a few words, try these: It's pure bliss hearing the bass roll in at the beginning of  Breaking is a Memory , it kicks off a fairly non-stop 10 minutes of slamming drums & slicing guitars. The production on this is great, it's cleaner than the aforementioned  Liquids

The best rock music in the world is coming out of Melbourne right now, the city has had a stronghold on the genre ever since Eddy Current tore through around 10 years ago. International taste-makers have been skimming the top of Melbourne's punk scene for the next band to share on their blogs and for their community radio show playlists. The beauty of the scene in Melbourne is that it runs MUCH deeper than that. There are great bands doing great things everywhere. Take  CIVIC  for example, comprised of members from a multitude of excellent bands, they are on plenty of radars around the world right now and for good reason I should add. New Vietnam  is a flagpole planted defiantly in the dirt by  Civic . They are here and there's no chance of stopping them anytime soon. The record's opener, Nuclear Son, hits hard and it hits fast. The bone crunching drum work is un-relenting in the greatest way. The EP is ablaze with huge riff-age and Jim McCullough's ( Leather Licke