APRIL Die Die Die! – 15th April @ Annandale Bob Brozman – 15th & 16th April @ Vanguard Vascoe Era & Simon Carter – 16th April @ Cambridge Hotel (Newcastle) Vascoe Era & Simon Carter – 17th April @ Oxford Art Factory Perry Keyes – 17th April @ Notes The Bats – 23rd April @ Oxford Art Factory MAY Wilco – 1st May @ State … Continue reading UPCOMING SYDNEY GIGS…
The back story of Brightblack Morning Light involves the band living in New Mexico, off the national power grid and living and recording via solar panels. On record their music evokes that same area of the world with desert desolation and wide open spaces. How that would translate to a club environment was always going to be interesting as the band isn’t your straight up … Continue reading REVIEW: Brightblack Morning Light @ OAF, Sydney 07/04/10
Strut Records will release the 2nd volume of Next Stop… Soweto (Soul Funk & Organ Grooves From The Townships 1969-1976) in May. We’ve got a pre-release copy and it’s great! Take a look at the trailer (when did they start doing trailers for albums??) below to whet your appetite… Continue reading NEWS: STRUT release 2nd volume of Next Stop… Soweto
The ever wonderful Shoot The Player did a session with Frightened Rabbit when they were out here in Australia recently for the Laneway Festival. Here is the first song they recorded down at Bondi one sunny afternoon… Scots melting in the sun. Continue reading VIDEO: FRIGHTENED RABBIT – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
Hard to Google though they may be, Sydney four-piece Songs has proven a name worth getting acquainted with. The band’s self-titled debut ranks as one of our favourite albums of the year, delivering on the promise of their ever-evolving live show. We get a moment with Jeff Burch and Steve Uren. The album has been receiving some rave reviews, were you expecting that kind of … Continue reading INTERVIEW: SONGS
1 2 3 4 5 Written by Chris Familton, reviewed for FasterLouder Over their five albums Liars seem to firmly believe in Neil Young’s famous quote about mainstream success, “Traveling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch.” Their debut firmly placed them in the post punk recycling camp of scratchy funk and dance punk stylings. Their desire to create something more … Continue reading REVIEW: LIARS – Sisterworld
Punk puppet-master Malcolm MacLaren passed away yesterday at the age of 64 from a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma (visit mesotheliomahelp.org for more details). McLaren’s reputatation for manipulation of the bands he managed is part of modern musical folklore but the irrrefutable fact is that he played a key role in the development, style and sensationalism of 1970s punk. With Vivienne Westwood he created … Continue reading NEWS: The Death of Malcolm McLaren
The Besnard Lakes latest album The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night has been slowly drawing us in with its swirling psych-rock sound. Its guitar hooks are raw and strong like Crazy Horse with soaring vocals akin to My Morning Jacket.. We recommend you check it out, starting with the track And This is What We Call Progress that they played recently on Late Night … Continue reading VIDEO: THE BESNARD LAKES live on Fallon…
Brooklyn duo (now based in LA) High Places release their new record High Places vs Mankind this week and Thrill Jockey are giving away a free download of the single I Was Born. You can also check out cool videos for the I Was Born and The Longest Shadows below… DOWNLOAD Continue reading NEWS: HIGH PLACES free MP3 and new videos…
1 2 3 4 5 Folk music often gets written off as being uncool or irrelevant, such is the media frenzy to discover new bands and new genres. The truth of the matter is that without folk and all of its historical touchstones many of today’s musicians wouldn’t exist or at least would be playing a very different tune. Sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank are … Continue reading REVIEW: THE UNTHANKS – Here’s The Tender Coming
Here’s a sneak peak at the new act featuring Craig Jackson (Gersey) and actress/musician Camilla Jackson. The Sirens Of Venice are a collective of 8 members and we can expect an album, recorded by Vince Giarrusso (Underground Lovers) and Jed Palmer, to be out in June via Speak N Spell (Dappled Cities, Midlake). Melodic indie pop is the order of the day with Do You … Continue reading MP3: THE SIRENS OF VENICE – Do You Believe
We’ve been obsessing over Ariel Pink and his lo-fi hypnagogic nostalgipop round these parts lately so it is great news that Los Angeles’ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti have confirmed that their debut album for 4AD – Before Today will be released worldwide on June 8th 2010 on CD, LP and digital formats. Before Today was recorded in Encino with Sunny Levine (Quincy Jones’ grandson) and … Continue reading NEWS: ARIEL PINK album due 8th June…
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