A second track from the new Afghan Whigs album has been released. The Lottery sounds like prime Whigs in its rhythm and groove and Greg Dulli’s soaring chorus. The first single was very good but didn’t excite as much as this one does. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the LP Do To The Beast which comes out on April 14th via Sub … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Afghan Whigs | The Lottery
Ben Frost is one of those unique composers working in the electronic realm who is able to harness the visceral nature of music. His tools are synthetic yet he always seems to build tangible, almost organic elements into his work. Live he does the some thing, bringing a physicality to his performance as he bends and turns dials and switches. He was spellbinding at ATP … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ben Frost | Venter
Amaya Laucirica (VIC) has a brand new record Sway ready to be released on April 14th and it features the great first single Prettier Than Sound which you can stream below. The song includes Adalita on backing vocals and JP Shilo on guitar and they conjure up a wonderful hazy, shimmering track with billowing harmonies and cascading textural guitars. Laucirica’s upcoming tour dates are also … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Amaya Laucirica | Prettier Than Sound
A new Spain album is always cause for celebration. Ever since the classic debut The Blue Moods Of Spain in 1995 they’ve continued to release beautiful albums that showcase their jazz-tinged slowcore songs. Sargent Place was produced by Gus Seyffert (The Black Keys, Beck, Norah Jones) and mixed by Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Atoms For Peace, Paul McCartney). It has just been released by Glitterhouse … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Spain release new LP Sargent Place
The Horrors have announced their new LP Luminous will be released on May 5th. Apparently they were determined to make an album that was brighter, more positive and more electronic and they’ve certainly achieved that based on I See You, the first taste of the new album. Tracklisting: Chasing Shadows First Day Of Spring So Now You Know In and Out Of Sight Jealous Sun … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Horrors | I See You
Neil Finn is an artist who is always searching for and experimenting with new ways to satisfy his muse. He’s a pan-genre musician capable of immersing himself in pop, art-rock, acoustic balladry and groove-based experimentalism and he masters most of them. On Dizzy Heights he applies a new psychedelic and fantastical pop-art filter to his songs with mixed results. Finn worked with producer Dave Fridmann … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Neil Finn | Dizzy Heights
Jamie Hutchings’ new band Infinity Broke is something of a return to the noisier exploratory guitar rock that he mastered so well with Bluebottle Kiss. As well as featuring Scott Hutchings and Rueben Wills the quartet also includes Jared Harrison (Bluebottle Kiss) on drums and as they enter the final stages of pressing up vinyl copies of their debut LP they’ve just released a clip for … Continue reading INFINITY BROKE | New video + new single
Here’s Boys in the Wood, the first taste of the new Black Lips LP Underneath The Rainbow coming out on February 18th on VICE Records. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Black Lips | Boys In the Wood
From their debut LP Seven Drummers (cos that’s how many they’ve had) due out in April here’s East Brunswick All Girls Choir’s recently released single Dirty Bird. A song that rips and roars like the demented offspring of The Drones and The Veils. The band are also running a Pozible campaign to raise funds to get their album (recorded with engineer Casey Rice (Dirty Three, Tortoise)) pressed … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: East Brunswick All Girls Choir | Dirty Bird
Tex Perkins sure knows how to draw a gang of musicians together for each new band and project he convenes. From Beasts of Bourbon to The Cruel Sea, Tex, Don and Charlie to TNT, Perkins has always surrounded by some of the best players on the Australian rock scene and here, as The Ape, he’s joined forces with Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt), Pat Bourke (Dallas … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Ape | The Ape
This is Cave and cohorts fourth live album, capturing them at in interesting junction in their career with Grinderman running its course, Push The Sky Away being the first album to not include founding member Mick Harvey and unlike some of its more varied predecessors it is for the most part considered and restrained in its delivery. Live from KCRW continues that mood, even when … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Live From KCRW
Mark Kozelek returns with a new LP Benji early next month after a busy year in 2013 where he released 3 albums – a solo covers LP and releases in collaboration with Desertshore and Jimmy La Valle respectively. Continue reading LISTEN: Sun Kil Moon | Richard Ramirez Died Of Natural Causes
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