- The Melbourne favorites offer up venomous progressive on their debut EP.
- IN2STELLAR, the duo of Sarah Morgan & Georgia Bird, had a big 2022. Longtime fixtures of the Melbourne underground thanks to their Neurotiq Erotiq party, they toured the rest of Australia and New Zealand before embarking on a short European jaunt (including a mandatory turn in Berlin's most famous bathroom). Now they launch into 2023 with their debut EP. While the lead single, "Feels Bad" has all the trappings that we might expect to hear at a contemporary bush doof—wet, wobbling bassline, swirling vocals, an extended breakdown—the track is more heads-down than hands-in-the-air. It's a refreshing take on the sound du jour thanks to its tough-as-nails drums and a lead synth that is as friendly as trying to swap saliva with someone hiding razor blades in their mouth.