#Poison City

[dustedmagazine]

Chimers — Through Today (12XU/Poison City)

Chimers erupt with a furious roar, guitar and drums flailing wildly in full-speed, full-body motion. The single “3AM” from the second full-length, clangs, pummels, and dreams, the vocals going dim and droney above the tumult. A guitar-and-drum duo, the Australian band, churns up a wake of turbulence soothed over by psychedelic bliss. It’s like the Japandroids crossed with Salad Boys, like Kinski towed at 70 m.p.h. on waterskis, like FACS, but faster, thumpier and less artfully complicated.

The band came together during pandemic isolation in 2020, the general loneliness amplified by the band’s remote Wollongong location. Padraic Skehan and his partner Binx were both drummers—perhaps a hint at how Chimers’ driving, propulsive sound evolved—but Skehan switched to guitar and voice. A self-titled album emerged in 2021, and as the COVID receded, Chimers took its body-pulping assault to the public, earning something like cult status. Henry Rollins is a fan. Junkee.com called their debut "One of the strongest Australian rock records of the year.”

Now, the follow-up comes on 12XU in America (and Poison City in Australia), a bold, rapturously noisy onslaught of head-battering percussion, razor-sharp strumming and singing like a smoke mirage disappearing in your hands. Ten songs in half an hour, no breaks, no divergences, no filler.

“Generator” blares a sort of sweetness, its massive guitar sounds lurching in tuneful directions while drum fills go off like firecrackers on a string. It’s this one, with its yearning, dissolving lyrics embedded in blistering guitar tone, which makes the Hüsker Dü comparisons seem right. “Gossip” ramps up a lyrical spray of electric guitar into serrated, stop-start menace, while “Glossary” flirts with post-rock introspection before putting the hammer down.

“An Echo” seems, at first, like a restful interlude. All lucid guitar clarity and a pulse like drum, it takes on the oceanic pull of the Dirty 3. A violin (Jordan Ireland) moves in and about Binx’s airy croon. And yet, even at slower speeds with less frenetic drumming, Chimers play with intensity. A wild caterwaul scrawls across limpid surfaces, quiet but still unruly.

Jennifer Kelly

[dougwallen]

Screensaver review for NME Australia

[tornbluefoamcouch]

Artista: OFF! Álbum: First Four EPs Ano: 2010 Faixas/Tempo: 18/20min Estilo: Punk Rock/Hardcore Punk/Skate Punk Data de Execução: 31/08/2023 Nota: 7,0 Melhor Música: Poison City

[spideysirens]

Scott Pilgrim + Gotham City Sirens

[snow-bees]

I thought we were going to Gotham.. why are we in gag city

[jamjoob]

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[incorrectbatfam]

Robin!Dick: I feel like you’re judging me.

Ivy: I am not judging you. I am HEAVILY judging your mentor.

[f3v3rdreams]

Toxic yuri

[dailydccomics]

Gotham City Sirens by Stjepan Šejić

[eyesfullofscars]

How did i not know Stjepan Sejic had a short story featured in Harley quinn's 30 year anniversary issue.. released last year...!?

So just wanted to share for those who might also have missed it

[wolverinies]

Gotham City Sirens #3 (cleaned and edited)

[dommnics]

Here's a Poison Ivy commission I recently drew, which I really liked!

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[smashpages]

Gotham City Sirens #4 (DC, August 2024) variant cover by Tirso

[snow-bees]

First attempts at drawing the rogues from last year

[jamjoob]

Maybe they're trying to kiss

[incorrectbatfam]

[Robin!Dick era]

Bruce: Dick has three aunts. He calls them Aunt Cupcake, Aunt Flower, and Aunt Kate.

Bruce: Time to step up your game, Kate.