November 2011
7 posts
Review from Terminal Boredom
Low Life “Sydney Darbs” 7
I tried to talk the Low Life cassette up as much as I could - fantastic animosity from Australia, it was super-aggro even by Oz standards. Apparently NGL liked it a bunch too, which leads us to the ‘Sydney Darbs’ 7”, that just gets right down to business with “Atomised”. Sheer aural assault, fleshpeeling guitar, hatred-spewing...
Agit Reader : Primitive Futures Review
Low Life, Sydney Darbs EP (Negative Guest List)
It would be remiss to exclude the downer nihilism of Flipper when referring to what is so energizing about this mass movement of Australian half-speed hardcore repossession. Low Life is the perfect representation of what makes junk-punk such a gnarly revelation. The Sydney trio displays such a classic tone on their debut that it’s like discovering...
ANOTHER REVIEW OF SYDNEY DARBS 7" taken from...
Low Life Sydney Darbs 7″ (Negative Guest List) Anyone to recently complete their Riot City and Erl discographies and in need of a new obsession will find lots to dig in Low Life’s Sydney Darbs EP. Low Life have this horribly washed-out guitar sound, straight out of the late ’80s (like later Dr. Know, or maybe a dollar-bin SST record) and approach their songs like Fang, probably closer to Fang than...
