In no particular order here are some our favourite albums we’ve heard so far in 2011… J. Mascis | Several Shades of Why Bon Iver | Bon Iver Yuck | Yuck John Maus | We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves Robag Wruhme | Thora Vukk Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer Gillian Welch | The Harrow & The Harvest Pure X | Pleasure The Horrors … Continue reading DS… BEST OF 2011 SO FAR
written by Chris Familton Guerre set the scene for night that was high on artful ventures into electronica, pop and indie music. His approach consisted of electronic samples and backing tracks and some astounding vocals all woven together with a healthy dose of reverb and delay. Guerre didn’t seem phased by a sparse early crowd, instead he seemed to be reveling in the performance. He … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: The Paper Scissors/Pluto Jonze/Guerre @ OAF 17/06/11
Radiohead have recorded Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement for Nigel Godrich’s TV series which is set to air July 1st via BBC Worldwide. The 55 minute set will also include behind the scenes material. In the meantime the band have uploaded a track which features two drummers to whet our appetites… Continue reading WATCH: Radiohead | Staircase (Live from The Basement)
Pajama Club / Glass Towers @ OAF (13/06/11), a set on Flickr. Neil Finn introduced his new band Pajama Party featuring wife Sharon, Sean Donnelly (SJD) and Alana Skyring (ex-The Grates) to Sydney with a set of songs filtered through funk, pop and post rock electronica landscapes… Continue reading PHOTOS: Pajama Club / Glass Towers @ OAF (13/06/11)
THEORY OF EVOLUTION Heading down under to play Splendour in the Grass Wild Beasts bring with them a new album Smother that is already garnering critical acclaim for its further refinement of their literate and nuanced art pop. Hayden Thorpe talks Chris Familton through the changes. The UK quartet from the Lakes District have upped the ante with each of their previous two albums, peeling … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Wild Beasts
written by Chris Familton Fink inhabit a musical netherworld where straightforward categorisation of their sound is a hard thing to nail down. Fin Greenall draws equally on folk, blues, electronic and dub forms and can blend them into a singular sound seemingly effortlessly. Perfect Darkness digs a little deeper into Greenall’s repertoire but the recipe stays much the same as its predecessor Sort Of Revolution. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Fink | Perfect Darkness
Now that this year’s Splendour is all but sold out the promoters have given the go ahead for the release of the sideshow details so that those of us who can’t or choose not to attend the event can get along to their fave act’s own headline gigs – normally the best way to experience them if you are a real fan. Some of our … Continue reading NEWS: Splendour Sideshows Announced…
written by Chris Familton We’ve seen a steady influx of strong, theatrical voiced female singers emerging in electronic pop music over the last few years with the likes of Florence & The Machine, The Knife and Zola Jesus rising to prominence. Now you can add the rather plainly named Austra to that list. Austra is primarily the vehicle for the songs of Katie Stelmanis, a … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Austra | Feel It Break
13 & God are the collaboration between German electronicists The Notwist and Oakland rap collective Themselves. Their first self-titled album was a brilliant mix of intelligent rhymes and some tripped out glitches and beats. Their new album, Own Your Ghost is set for release on May 17th via Anticon. Check the first single/video… HERE Continue reading NEWS: 13 & God return with a new album…
Battles are back with a new album Gloss Drop and a first single Ice Cream. Check out the mental ice cold overload video for the song below… Continue reading VIDEO: Battles | Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo)
Melbourne’s tropical filmic electro popsters Butcher Blades are headlining this week’s Last Night event down at The Gaelic in Sydney. A kaleidoscopic evening is bound to occur – of which you can audibly sample on their MySpace page linked below. We threw some question marks at them and these were their colourful responses… INTERVIEW Do any of you have any pre-gig rituals? Quoting every one of … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night | Butcher Blades
Doubtful Sounds 