We only just launched, so we’re playing catch-up. Here are three EPs from the back half of 2025 that deserve a proper listen.
RubyHoo are a Perth indie rock band with pop instincts – songs that land fast and stick in your head.
Frontman Matt Preston leads with a gritty, push-to-the-edge vocal that sits nicely on top of up-tempo guitar, bass and drums. He can lean into the rougher rock bite vocally, then pull back into something softer and more melodic without losing the thread.
It fits the Australian summer BBQ season perfectly. Everyone’s arrived, they’ve found their way to the esky, and the energy needs lifting a notch.
Their debut EP Before It Was Now shows how much range they’ve got. It can bite, then turn around and go melodic without losing momentum.
Start with ‘That Girl’s a Criminal’ – our favourite on the EP, and somehow their least-played track on Spotify. It’s got that quintessential Aussie rock charge to it, built for loud speakers and louder mates. The guitar solo with its late-80s energy lands like a comma, allowing the song to build to a grand finale.
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If RubyHoo gives a room energy, OH! Daisy are for tearing the room’s walls down.
OH! Daisy ooze punk-rock energy.
They released their debut EP It’s Okay, I’m Ugly Too. It’s high energy across the board, and the bass sits heavy through the EP, particularly on ‘Adrenaline’.
It’s cathartic in the simplest way. The kind of EP you put on when you need the noise to go somewhere.
Our personal favourite is ‘What You Want’ – aggressive, immediate, no warm-up. Perfect for after a boss meeting, or after you’ve had to wear your ‘professional work face’ for way too long.
If you’ve been arguing with your partner, or you’re walking home still chewing on something someone said, this is the vibe.
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If we’re kicking the head-banging up a notch, let’s talk about Headwreck, a young Brisbane metalcore band with 2000s nu-metal visuals and swagger.
They recently made the roster at Thornhill’s Christmas Festival Extravaganza and they were a proper standout. Live, they can pick up a crowd hours before the main act – not ‘warming up’, actual room control.
Their sound is a blend of nu-metalcore, hip-hop, and electronic. Purists might hate it. That’s fine. That’s their footprint.
Start with ‘LOW BLOW!’ to get a sense of who they are, then go ‘Plan Z’ for the Plankton cameo and the beautiful mid-track switch-up.
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