Tom Maddocks (Last Ride Records, Ill Natured, The Hard Word, Mood Swing)
Top 5 Demo’s :
1. Ekulu – Ekulu
2. World Of Love – What Does It Mean To Be Free? b/w Eat The World
3. The Chain – Stepping Stone/Out Of My Head
4. Stigmatism – Demo
5. Bored – Demo 2018
Top 5 EP’s :
1. Mil-Spec – Changes
2. Illusion – Magic With A Smile
3. Bloom Parade – Sunblushed
4. Line Of Sight – Dissent
5. Motor City Madness – Hardcore Madness
Top 5 LP’s :
1. Candy – Good To Feel
2. Fiddlehead – Springtime And Blind
3. Basement – Beside Myself
4. Snail Mail – Lush
5. Drug Church - Cheer
Top 5 Movies of the year
I didn’t really watch a hell of a lot of movies this year, so I’m going to use everyone else’s answers for this one to fill in some blanks and catch up. A few I enjoyed, in no particular order:
The Week Of
Like Father
First Reformed
Blockers
BlacKkKlansman
Favourite live performances of 2018
1. Ill Natured LP launch w/ Imprisoned, Primitive Blast, Nerve Damage and Stone Age at The Cambridge in Newcastle.
2. Born Free/Primitive Blast/Nerve Damage at Boney in Melbourne.
3. Resist 20 year anniversary show at The Factory in Sydney.
Favourite record/s you discovered this year that wasn’t released in 2018
Sugar – Copper Blue, Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps, and the two Fearing 12”s.
Predictions for 2019
The records I said I was looking forward to hearing/releasing in 2018 might actually get released in 2019. The Knights will make the top 8.
Nathan Garland (Born Free, Broken)
Top 5 Demo’s :
Never Ending Game
Bored
Ekulu
Warheads
Dominant Force
Top 5 EP’s :
Mil-Spec
Diztort
Take Offense
Spiritual Cramp
Dana Dentata
Top 5 LP’s :
Turnstile
Genocide Pact
Regulate
Spiritual Cramp
King Nine
Top 5 Movies of the year
Bohemian Rhapsody
You Were Never Really Here
Breath
Isle Of Dogs
The Incredibles 2
Favourite live performances of 2018
Primitive Blast at Brick & Mortar
Favourite record/s you discovered this year that wasn’t released in 2018
Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream
Descendants - Everything Sucks
Predictions for 2019
Nerve Damage
Thomas Sweetman (The Chain)
Top 5 EP’s :
Arms Race - The Beast
Warfare - Declaration
Big Bite - S/T
Warthog S/T
Top 5 LP’s :
Fiddlehead - Springtime & Blind
Ill Natured - Twisted Visions
Candy - Good To Feel
Culture Abuse - Bay Dream
Hank Wood & The Hammerheads - S/T
Top Movies :
I think the only new movie I watched this year was Deadpool 2, which was alright. I pretty much just watch the same shit Jesse from World View watches - classic gangster / mob movies
Favourite live performances of 2018 :
The MA show at the end of the year hasn't happened yet, but that will be the top show of the year hands down
Power Trip @ Amplifier
Ill Natured @ Amplifier
Endless Heights @ The Sewing Room
The Chain / Engage @ STX / HAL / Pleasures pop up was a good time
Photo by Liam Allomes
Favourite record/s you discovered this year that wasn’t released in 2018 :
Didn't discover them this year, but I listened to a lot of Think I Care (as did everyone else it appears). I also listened to a lot of Totalitar.
Predictions for 2019 :
Jellys on the come up!
Joel Padley (Facile)
Top 5 Demos :
Charade - Demo
The Chain - Stepping Stone / Out of my Head
Wiki - In the Park
Men I Trust - Show Me How
Fall In Line - S/T
Top 5 EP’s :
Yumi Zouma - EP III
Munya - Delmano
Mil - Spec - Changes
Diztort - Hell Is..
Engage - Sincerity
Top 5 LP's :
Tony Molina - Kill the Lights
King Nine - Death Rattle
Big Bite - S/T
Fiddlehead - Springtime & Blind
Now, Now - Saved
Top Movie's :
Spiderman : Into the Spider-Verse Wildlife
The Old Man and the Gun
First Reformed
Mission Impossible - Fallout
Favourite live performance of 2018 :
Endless Heights @ The Sewing Room
Engage @ The Pop Up
Favourite record/s you discovered this year that wasn’t released in 2018 :
Ryuchi Sakamoto - Async
Predictions for 2019 :
Perth HC makes a comeback
