Tyson Budd

On May 21, Melbourne witnessed one of those rare moments when emotions clashed with pandemonium as the Texas-based genre-bending giants Catch Your Breath launched their first Australian headlining tour at 170 Russell, where they played to a frenzied, excited audience ready to explode with anticipation. With two very impressive openers in Outloved and Heartline, it was clear that the evening would not only be memorable but would transcend the ordinary metalcore gig. Instead, it would become an...

Dune Rats launched while the room was still filling, people navigating around spills of drinks and avoiding stepping on each other’s feet. They didn’t make any kind of entrance, just their instruments and sound that caused everyone’s talking to basically stop dead in its tracks. Some songs were a little off, and a few of their newer ones dragged, but nobody cared. The pits formed sporadically, people laughing as they collided with each other, their heads banging, phones raised high in the...

Hardcore isn’t meant to be clean or polished and neither is this tour. Knocked Loose are finally coming back to Australia this December, and honestly, it’s about time. They’re jumping on the Good Things Festival lineup, but they’re also squeezing in a couple of proper sideshows, the kind of shows where the walls sweat and nobody leaves in one piece (in the best way possible). Their new album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To , is easily their most intense stuff yet somehow...