Thursday, 20 December 2018

2018 : End of Year Top 5's (PART 3)

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

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