Justin Vernon and pals have been doing the promo rounds this week on the back of the release of their 2nd and self-titled album Bon Iver. Check out Calgary and a bonus version of Skinny Love on The Colbert Report and Holocene on Jimmy Fallon… Continue reading WATCH: Bon Iver on Colbert and Jimmy Fallon…
I’m not sure about Bon Iver releasing music videos. For a sound so visual and emotive it would be hard for anything to match the imaginative and stellar qualities of their music. This one looks great in parts but doesn’t pull it off, Judge for yourself.. Continue reading VIDEO: Bon Iver | Calgary
written by Chris Familton Texans White Denim are onto their fifth album if you include the free LP they released last year and here they continue the endless cascading deluge of ideas, riffs and melodies that have become the hallmark of their eclectic sound. This album is significant in that it is their most cohesive album to date. Previously they would swing from dub to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: White Denim | D
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…
Back once again with a another eclectic mix including Seattle 60s funk, 80s Scottish post punk, Adelaide indie, crawling krautrock and americana with a disco undercurrent… stream it, download it, dig it, share it and comment on it. Continue reading MIXED FEELINGS 09 | A Doubtful Sounds Mixtape
For Emma, Forever Ago was a brilliant moment both musically and by the nature of its word of mouth evolution from a low key, introspective folk album to one that soundtracked bookstores and worldwide media acclaim. Justin Vernon followed it up with the Blood Bank EP featuring the mesmerising title track and some hints of where he might head with more contemporary sounds and a … Continue reading NEWS: Details of of Bon Iver’s new self-titled album…
written by Chris Familton Low return with a new album recorded in a 110 year old former cathedral in Duluth, Minnesota. It almost seems like a contradiction that a band known as one of the progenitors of the slowcore genre would utilise such a vast and cavernous space to capture their music but in actual fact it serves to impressively enhance the trademark intimacy of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Low | C’mon
Number 8 and another mixed bag of aural delights from garage rock to blissed out digi-dub, warm americana to stoner rock. Enjoy and share. You can stream the mix below or click on the right of the player to download… Continue reading MIXTAPE: Mixed Feelings 08
written by Chris Familton J Mascis solo versus J Mascis guitarist/singer of Dinosaur Jr isn’t the massive shift in rock that you would expect from someone who trades in extremes of texture, noise, sonics and melody with that band. He has dropped the drums, dialed back the bite and growl of his distortion pedals (for the most part) and brought his plaintive, aching voice to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: J Mascis | Several Shades Of Why
written by Chris Familton Recent visitors to these shores, Those Darlins impressed with their loose and rollicking live shows and they’ve followed it up with a great sophomore album in Screws Get Loose. This time round they’ve found a better balance between tongue in cheek lyrics, rocking guitars and their blend of garage rock and country music – barn rock? The album opens with two … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Those Darlins | Screws Get Loose
Mike Noga is back in the country after playing a string of dates supporting Band Of Horses in the US. To celebrate the release on April 1st (tomorrow!) of his new album The Balladeer Hunter he will be playing the following dates. I’ve been playing the new album a fair bit over the last week and it is shaping up as a great record… SATURDAY … Continue reading NEWS: New Mike Noga album and Australian Tour…
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