Milwaukee’s Trent Fox & The Tenants have a 5 track 7″ out this week on Kind Turkey Records. If you like authentic pop-fuelled, garage rock rave-ups then check these guys out on the stream of Mess Around and the promo vid they’ve done… MESS AROUND Continue reading ds recommends… Trent Fox & The Tenants
written by Chris Familton Holy Balm eased the arriving crowd into the vibe of the evening with an impressive set that showcased their organic psychedelic take on electronic music. The constant tempo of their songs had the earlybirds settling into a shuffling head nod while the trio plugged away at their primitive, droning dance music. The cool thing was that they primarily create music from … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti @ Manning Bar, Sydney (09/02/11)
written by Chris Familton Tiger Choir seemed to have most indie bases covered with a set that swung from Animal Collective electronic tribal yelps to super-melodic buzzed out guitar pop. A trio hailing from Tasmania, they initially came across like copyists of whatever is buzzing out the kids these days but as their set evolved there were some really nice moments of spiraling guitar melodies … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Deerhunter @ Metro, Sydney (08/02/11)
Hits the stores March 11th 2011 via Sony… Continue reading ARTWORK: The Strokes | Angles
The seminal 60s garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington have been back together for a few years now and recently released a new 8 track EP called ‘8‘. Produced by Jack Endino in Seattle the EP features four new originals plus four live performances captured at various venues while touring Europe. Check out the band playing their classic Strychnine live at KEXP late in 2010… Continue reading VIDEO: The Sonics | Strychnine (Live on KEXP)
Great gig last night from all three bands, review will be up soon but in the meantime here are a couple of shots from the evening. Check out more over at FLICKR. Continue reading LIVE PHOTOS: Deep Sea Arcade/Surf City/Step Panther @ OAF, Sydney 11/02/11
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
The Kills have a new album Blood Pressures ready to drop on 4th April. To tide you over here is a stream of the first single Satellite… Tracklisting 01. Future Starts Slow 02. Satellite 03. Heart Is A Beating Drum 04. Nail In My Coffin 05. Wild Charms 06. DNA 07. Baby Says 08. The Last Goodbye 09. Damned If She Do 10. You Don’t … Continue reading NEWS: Stream the first single from the new Kills album…
The White Stripes have announced today that they will not record or tour… The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings of perform live. The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling … Continue reading NEWS: The White Stripes officially split…
Patrick Daughters who directed the very cool Depeche Mode video for Wrong has given No Age’s new single Fever Dreaming a similarly warped and kinda disturbing treatment… Continue reading VIDEO: No Age | Fever Dreaming
I only managed to get the little old point and shoot into the festival but here are a few of the highlights… Continue reading PHOTOS: Sydney Big Day Out 2011
written by Chris Familton A virtually empty Annandale greeted Melbourne’s Puta Madre Brothers meaning the latecomers missed out on a pretty interesting and unique trio. All seated, all playing kick drums and cymbals and all playing guitars – the three military uniform clad musicians cut a striking image on stage and their music was a mad mix of rock n roll, mariachi and country stomp. … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Those Darlins @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney 16/12/10
Doubtful Sounds 