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OF all the smartphones I’ve reviewed last year, I must have used the realme 8 Pro as my daily driver the longest. It was a pretty good all-around phone with a nice display, one of the best cameras (for its price), and that “Dare to Leap” branding emblazoned across the…

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Gordon Koang Trust Gordon Koang to lift our spirits. The Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist has blessed us with the cheekiest middle finger to COVID-19, a rallying cry of hope that’s as cathartic as it is catchy. Sporting his trademark Nuer rhythms – expertly accompanied with the musical talents of his regular collaborator and cousin Paul Biel, ‘Coronavirus’ is another surefire, surprisingly danceable hit; a perfect encapsulation of everything we wish we could say to the despicable ...

Cool Sounds and Pop Filter are visiting one of their very favourite regional Victorian pubs to play songs off their new albums. Joined by Ballarats own Ooh La La! (James Donovan / Skivvy) Having played The Eastern on many occasions (Pop Filter are made up of members of The Ocean Party), theyre excited to be back. Venue details

Beat’s best of Bandcamp, featuring Cool Sounds, Ruby Gill, Dannika and more Ruby Gill - image by Michael Ridley Words by Tom Walters Spotlighting some of our favourite new releases on Bandcamp right now. Hello and welcome to Beat’s best of Bandcamp, a fortnightly roundup of the best new Melbourne/Naarm bands and artists making waves on the internet’s most indispensable music platform.  Bandcamp has been incredibly supportive of artists during the COVID-19 ...

The 30 best albums to come out of Melbourne in 2020, part one Blake Scott (image by Mia Mala McDonald) and Sweet Whirl (image by Annie Llewellyn) Words by Tom Parker We spotlight the first 15 albums of the two-part feature, ranked in no particular order. Well that’s a wrap – 2020 is finished, finito, done, dun, gone, seeya, bye, catchya, fuck off… Where am I going with this? We’re all relieved to say goodbye to the worst year of our lives, and while the g...

All the weeks Australian music news in one place, for the last time this year. 11 December 2020 11 December 2020 Keeping up with any kind of news this year can be tough. Even music news is getting stranger and harder to track. With streaming services and their inscrutable algorithms becoming the default tastemakers for many, it can be hard to get any perspective on the endless stream of developments in the music industry in Australia – a place where there is far more PR than music journalists...