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Review: Research Records once again hooks up with Melbourne's Big Yawn who return with fourth full-length NGBE. Known for their intricate rhythm sections, catchy basslines and playful sampling, the quartet delivers their most sophisticated work to date here on a record named after their cherished but lost warehouse space, the National Gallery of Brunswick East, where much of the album was recorded. It finds them exploring a diverse range of soundscapes with mutated drum 'n' bass, subtle grime, rap, and dub influences all enhanced with rich FX. The nine tracks also hint at a subtle evolution both in the studio and on stage as best highlighted by the collaboration '2Stroke' with Melbourne's Teether.

Review: Second time around for Mildlife's brilliant debut full-length, Phase, which here appears on red vinyl following a highly limited original pressing earlier in the year. The Melbourne four-piece has been picking up plaudits left, right and centre since the album first dropped, and it's easy to see why. Put simply, the six tracks offer a deliciously glassy-eyed, colourful fusion of vintage sounds and styles, with the band brilliantly mixing and matching elements of cosmic rock, kaleidoscopic 1960s dream pop, jazz-funk, blue-eyed soul, epic space round soundscapes and sun-kissed West Coast grooves. A wonderfully evocative and imaginative album.

Review: Narrowing down Melbourne band Mildlife's style into a genre is almost impossible, as they bond over the desire to push musical boundaries. No strangers to the local band scene, these four longtime friends have been drawing crowds through an epic journey at intimate venues and festivals for the best part of four years. Developing a dynamic live show centered around wild improvisation, they have left punters itching for their first full length studio album. Their debut entitled Phase captures the spirit of their performances, with six tracks that are a kaleidoscope of jams is the interplanetary path between jazz, funk and disco, The perfect amalgamation of cosmic electronics and soulful acoustic instrumentation.