written by Chris Familton Brian Eno surprised many when it was announced that this album would be coming out on the Warp label with its focus on forward thinking electronica. Hearing it makes the move the perfect fit as this is an album of stern electronica with flashes of dissonance and a certain sci-fi film quality to many of the tracks. Eno, with collaborators Jon … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Eno | Small Craft On A Milk Sea
Great concept, great results… check out this free album of Motown songs stretched, chopped, looped and distressed. In the words of label Gigante Sound: The Motown Meltdown series is born from a special collection of discs called the Motown Master Recordings Karaoke by Singing Machine. Each of these extraordinary discs contains “8 classic hits by the original artists”. These are the ORIGINAL classic Motown recordings … Continue reading MP3: Motown Meltdown Vol. 2
That’s it then, 2010 done and dusted and although it wasn’t the best year ever for new music there were some damn fine records released. This year we’re seeing an even more eclectic mix of flavours coming through from witch house, minimal electronica, americana, experimental and the all encompassing indie tag. Have a look at what we loved through the year, click on the covers … Continue reading ds…twenty five – our favourite releases of 2010
Pretty damn excited to wake up on this friday morning to the news that Earth have a new record in the can and will be releasing it in February via Southern Lord. Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: I was produced and recorded at Avast Studios in Seattle,Washington by Stuart Hallerman (notable engineer behind Earth 2), featuring the following line-up. Adrienne Davies – trap kit and percussives … Continue reading NEWS: Earth have a new album coming…
….and the maggots dance, 1…2…3… Bruce Russell, who runs the Xpressway label also does a radio show on Volcano Radio in Lyttleton and he recently put together a playlist of tracks that were important moments in NZ music that didn’t appear on the Flying Nun label. Ironically the playlist was compiled at the request of FN to celebrate the release of the latest Dead C … Continue reading STREAM: 13 important NZ songs that weren’t on Flying Nun…
The Sydney Festival program was anounced today and we’ve gone straight to the musical line-up to see what they’ve got planned for 2011. Opening Night will be headlined in the Domain by Emmylou Harris while Arrested Development, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and others will perform across the city. The rest of the festival is packed as usual with great acts with Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, The … Continue reading NEWS: Sydney Festival 2011 program launched…
written by Chris Familton Tired Hands had the task of easing the punters back into their comfy high-backed armchairs at the intimate Raval, a venue that feels like you are in the lounge of a strangers house or at a wedding where you only know the groom. Tired Hands is a man, his guitar and a quavering, rich voice. Though the tempo of his songs … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Sophie Hutchings @ Raval, Sydney 28/10/10
written by Chris Familton As part of The Sydney Fringe Festival, The Wall hosted a visit from Japan’s Zeni Geva, the first in fourteen years for the progressive metal trio. The supporting bill was pretty diverse within the context of noise and volume and early on Dead Farmers brought their rough and ready garage punk to the stage to rattle the rafters. One moment they … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Zeni Geva @ The Wall, Sydney 26/09/10
Deerhunter have announced two sideshows while they are ot in Australia touring for the hipster nation… These will sellout for sure with al the salivating press over their latest Halcyon Digest – including our glowing review Tour Dates Tuesday, February 8th | Metro Theatre Sydney – All Ages – Tix via metrotheatre.com.au February 9th | Billboard Melbourne – Tix via moshtix.com.au TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 … Continue reading ON TOUR: Deerhunter announce Laneway sideshows…
written by Chris Familton Subscribing to the punk aesthetic of anyone can create music, Coolies emerged from South Auckland, New Zealand in the mid to late nineties with a rough and ready sound that combined splatter punk, deconstructed art rock and no-fi hip hop. They played shows, released a 7” and became underground heroes. Master collects a bunch of songs the trio recorded over the … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Coolies | Master
Many treated the first Grinderman LP as a dalliance, a middle-aged testosterone-fuelled anomaly that Nick Cave and cohorts had to get out of their system between Bad Seeds albums. In the intervening years both Cave and Warren Ellis have continued to strenuously assert that it is an ongoing project that runs parallel to their day job rather than being treated as a lesser child. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Grinderman – Grinderman 2
Many were taken by surprise to hear that Brian Eno was about to drop a new solo album and that it was coming out on Warp. “Hooray “said the electronic boffins but from the sound of this first track Eno definitely hasn’t left the more abrasive rock side of his music behind. Small Craft on a Milk Sea is out on 5th November on Warp/Inertia … Continue reading STREAM: Listen to the first track off Brian Eno’s new album…
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