We’re already half away through 2012, crazy huh? It felt like it was a slow start to the year in terms of standout album releases but slowly things have picked up pace and some (in our ears) essential purchases have emerged. Here, in no particular order are twenty LPs that have captured our attention over the last six months. LAMBCHOP | MR. M This … Continue reading 2012 | Twenty First Half Favourites
J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph have announced that a new Dinosaur jr. album called I Bet On Sky will be released on September 18th in the USA via Jagjaguwar, and September 17th in the UK and Europe via PIAS. Tracklisting 1 Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know 2 Watch the Corners 3 Almost Fare 4 Stick a Toe In 5 Rude 6 I Know It Oh So Well … Continue reading NEWS: Dinosaur jr. Announce New Album Details
by Chris Familton The Men are a quartet out of Brooklyn that have quickly caught the attention of many with their no frills take on post punk and the fuzzed out end of indie rock. Open Your Heart is their second album in as many years and sees them both refining and expanding their sound with excellent results. From the outset The Men hit like … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Men | Open Your Heart
Neil Young & Crazy Horse have released the fourth video from their new LP Americana which is due to be released June 5th. God Save The Queen casts the English national anthem in a new light with backing choir and that iconic stomping Crazy Horse rhythm section. Though not as good as the first songs we’ve heard (Clementine, Oh Susannah and Jesus’ Chariot) it is still a damn sight better than the usual … Continue reading WATCH: Neil Young & Crazy Horse | God Save The Queen
* Every week we’ll be posting our favourite song of the week. This won’t necessarily be a new release but rather a song we’ve heard that has stuck in our head and refused to leave. Hopefully you’ll like it too and check out more of the artist’s music on the links we’ll include. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | Footscray Station Adelaide native Craig Dermody formed … Continue reading SONG OF THE WEEK: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | Footscray Station
We are always on the lookout for new bands who can put a new or refreshing twist on noisy rock n roll guitar music. Among the mass of standard copyists the good ones always stand out and locally here in Australia acts like Iowa, Money For Rope, Charlie Horse and others are flying the flag. This morning I came across these guys out of Melbourne … Continue reading WATCH: The Peep Tempel | Mister Lester Moore
Royal Headache are about to head back to the USA for some shows (after they sort out some visa issues) so in the meantime you can get your fix with the video of all 1:35 of the track Girls. Continue reading WATCH: Royal Headache | Girls [Video]
by Chris Familton The boom in popularity of psych rock from Tame Impala to Wooden Shjips has well and truly filtered down to the emergence of new local acts like The Laurels and Melbourne’s Iowa. For a genre so firmly rooted in guitars and hypnotic rhythm sections there are surprisingly few bands who can take that simplistic template and create something unique and impressive from … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Iowa | Never Saw It Coming
by Chris Familton Artist curated events like this have been extremely popular overseas in recent years, primarily due to the success of All Tomorrow’s Parties. Unfortunately here in Australia similar festivals have been few and far between with the most notable being the 2009 ATP shows in the hands of Nick Cave. The Hoodoo Gurus have sought to rectify the situation with Dig It Up! … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Dig It Up!: The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational @ Enmore, Sydney (22/04/12)
Street Chant toured the hell out of their debut LP Means, in NZ, Australia and the USA and after spending the better part of the last year writing and recording its follow-up they have today released a double A-side single featuring the songs Frail Girls and Salad Daze. Both will feature on the new forthcoming LP which is due for release via Arch Hill Recordings … Continue reading NEWS: Street Chant return with two new singles
Here it is, the first single from the brand new Neil Young & Crazy Horse LP Americana. The album is the band’s first since Greendale in 2003 and and their first with the full Crazy Horse line-up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro since the underwhelming Broken Arrow in 1996. The band sounds fresh and breathing new life into the classic folk song. You … Continue reading WATCH: Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Oh Susannah [NEW]
by Chris Familton My Morning Jacket did the early attendees a great service in bringing Dawes down to Australia with them and it was a real shame more people weren’t there to get a taste of their straightforward Americana that caught the ear with its plentiful use of space and some nice power pop dynamics. Fronted by Taylor Goldsmith, the band is definitely more than … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: My Morning Jacket @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney (03/04/12)
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