Melbourne’s Eagle And The Worm are playing this Friday’s Before Last Night thang with Sydney’s We Say Bamboulee and Brisbane’s Ball Park Music. It promises to be a tri-state indie pop love-fest so get on your boat shoes and slide on down to The Gaelic. Before you do that check out the chat we had with Eagle And The Worm’s Jarrad Brown – a man … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night | Eagle & The Worm
DOWNLOAD Here it is, the long overdue volume 7 in the Mixed Feelings mixtape series. This one swings from the dirty garage rock of Two Tears to a dub excursion by Prince Jammy, over to a recent soundtrack piece by The The and the latest single from The Strokes. Plenty more in between so check it out… Continue reading MIXTAPE: Mixed Feelings 07
They surprised everyone at the start of the week with the announcement of their new album The King Of Limbs, released it a day early and already have a video out for a few days. Busy times for the Oxford lads… Continue reading VIDEO: Radiohead | Lotus Flower
Purple Sneakers are currently running their weekly Last Night at The Gaelic and we’re taking the opportunity to hook up with one of the headliners each week for a quick chat. This week it is those Brisbane miscreants DZ Deathrays who will be performing alongside King Cannons, DJs from Red Riders, Jane Gazzo and of course the Purple Sneakers DJs… Do any of you have any … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night…
written by Chris Familton In the last six months The Naked And Famous have achieved a #1 album in their homeland of New Zealand, international radio-play and YouTube viewings reaching into the millions for their single Young Blood. After a quick visit to these shores late last year, the band secured a slot on the Big Day Out and threw in a few sideshows for … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: The Naked & Famous @ OAF, Sydney 02/02/11
They’ve sure sprung a surprise on us this time. With all members making vague references to recordings in progress and having no idea when it will be finished in recent interviews we suddenly get the announcement today that The King Of Limbs will be out this Saturday (19th February) with a special digital release of the album selling for £6.00 The band announced the new album – … Continue reading NEWS: New Radiohead album The King Of Limbs out this weekend!
written by Chris Familton As with last year’s Big Day Out the weather gods decided to test the endurance of the masses with another hot and sweaty day in the concrete sauna of the Sydney Showground. The event that is as much a rite of passage for teenagers as a music festival had this year gone with somewhat of a best-of lineup that glanced back … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Big Day Out 2011, Sydney Showground 26/01/11
written by Chris Familton CocoRosie have attracted a larger audience each time they visit Australia and so this time were rewarded with a gig in the iconic surrounds of the Opera House. Always a duo that combines music, theatre and creative mischief, they were much deserved of a different style of venue from the usual rock haunts. A last minute addition to the bill was … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: CocoRosie @ Sydney Opera House, 25/01/11
British wunderkid James Blake unleashes the video for The Wilhelm Scream, the visuals perfectly suiting Blake’s sparse, dislocated hyper-melodies… Continue reading VIDEO: James Blake | The Wilhelm Scream
The Very Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set includes: Replica 1991 Get Loaded Tour T-shirt, redesigned by Bobby Gillespie, recreated by ‘Worn By’ (size L). Screamadelica Re-mastered (on CD & Double heavyweight LP). Screamadelica Live In L.A 1991 (**Previously Unreleased!**). Re-mastered Mixes (7”& 12” edits PLUS original remixes from Andy Wetherall, Terry Farley, The Orb and many more). Re-mastered Dixy Narco EP. DVD featuring brand new … Continue reading NEWS: Primal Scream release Screamadelica Re-mastered (20th Anniversary)
A bit slow off the mark on this one as it came out a while back but it is a killer of a track, kind reminiscent of M83 or some lost New Order track if they had continued down the electronic route rather than getting all rockist and bland. Smith sounds deliriously forlorn on this cover of Platinum Blonde’s 1984 hit…. If you are in … Continue reading DS Recommends… Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith | Not In Love
Fancy some furtive art rock? Have a listen to Ghoul’s new track from the forthcoming EP Dunks (Speak n Spell – February). They remind me of a darker Wild Beasts – not afraid to tease and stretch out a great musical idea, playing around with the dynamics and mood… RECOMMENDED! Continue reading VIDEO: Ghoul | Dreambeat
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