ds recommends: Bad//Dreems
Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems are making moves of the dark, twisting, post pop and jangling nostalgic kind. They’ve hooked up with the sympathetic production ears of Johnny Mackay and Jack Farley (Twerps, Beaches, Love of Diagrams, Bitch Prefect, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding etc) for their debut single Chills which is due out March 1st. They’re also venturing interstate for … Read more
WATCH: Primal Scream collaborate with Mark Stewart…
Primal Scream have hooked up with Mark Stewart of legendary bands The Pop Group and Maffia to record the song Autonomia which will appear on Stewart’s The Politics of Envy LP set to drop March 27th. The album features a litany of guest known for stirring the pot, including Richard Hell, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Gina Birch of … Read more
WATCH: Eleanor Friedberger | Heaven [Video]
Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) played a fantastic solo show at The Famous Spiegeltent on the weekend and one of the highlights was Heaven from her debut solo record Last Summer. We’ll have a full review of the show up soon but in the meantime here’s the brand new video for Heaven…
WATCH: The War on Drugs | Brothers
The War on Drugs continue to deliver some brilliant post-Springsteen/Velvets jangle, drone folk on last year’s Slave Ambient album. Here’s the latest video to come from that LP – Brothers.
INTERVIEW: With the directors of Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
written by Chris Familton On the eve of the cinematic release of Autoluminescent, the new feature length documentary film about the life and music of Rowland S. Howard, FasterLouder chatted to directors Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn about the global process of creating the visual document, their memories of Howard and the emotional journey … Read more
NEWS: New Justin Townes Earle LP…
Justin Townes Earle’s new Memphis soul flavoured record, Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now, will be released on March 27th through Bloodshot Records. You can check out the trailer for the album below and download/stream the title track off the LP over HERE.
DS Recommends: Youri Blow | The Corridor
A nice random find tonight to soundtrack the electricity in the atmosphere over Sydney. Youri Blow is a French musician who conjures up some dark and raw psych blues from his guitar and ragged voice. he sounds like Tom Waits channeling the devil through multiple strands of indigenous world music. Blow released the LP The … Read more
NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue Australian Tour…
The Jim Jones Revue return to Australia for the Southbound and Falls Festivals as well as a couple of solo shows early in the new year. The English garage rock band have spent 2011 touring the hell out of their album Burning Your House Down so this will probably be the last time to catch … Read more
ALBUM REVIEW: Jane’s Addiction | The Great Escape Artist
written by Chris Familton Jane’s Addiction cemented their place in music history with their seminal albums Nothing’s Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual, both over 20 years ago. Since then they’ve made a few attempts to reignite the band and re-capture some of that magic with only limited success. 2003’s Strays had moments of brilliance … Read more
