Category: Indie Rock

Indie Rock, New Release, News, Pop, Psych, Tour/Live, Video

NEWS: Opossom (ex-Mint Chicks) release single and visit Australia.

Kody Nielson has a new project of glorious psych pop called Opossom and he has released the first single Getaway Tonight ahead of a run of Australian dates. This will be the first chance for Australia to see the new trio which also features another Mint Chick Michael Logie and Bic Runga who also collaborated with Nielson on her recently released album. Opossom will release … Continue reading NEWS: Opossom (ex-Mint Chicks) release single and visit Australia.

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NEWS: New label, album and single for The Laurels

We’ve been hanging for this one for a while now but finally Sydney’s The Laurels have announced their album will be released via Rice Is Nice Records in the second half of 2012. Featuring Luke O’Farrell (vocals/guitar/loop sampler), Piers Cornelius (vocals/guitar), Conor Hannan (bass) and Kate Wilson (drums) they released to much acclaim the Wandering Star 7″ (2009) and the Mesozoic EP (2011) to much acclaim as well … Continue reading NEWS: New label, album and single for The Laurels

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Album Covers, Electronica, Experimental, Indie Rock, News, Pop, Post-Rock / Instrumental

NEWS: Talk Talk tribute album and book due in May

UK label Fierce Panda are set to release a double album celebrating the work of UK band Talk Talk this May. The compilation will be comprised of covers by a huge list of artists such as King Creosote, Alan Wilder, Jason Lytle, Zero 7, Crispin Hunt, Linton Kwesi Johnson, White Belt Yellow Tag, Electric Soft Parade, Joan As Policewoman, White Lies, Goldheart Assembly and many, many … Continue reading NEWS: Talk Talk tribute album and book due in May

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Album Reviews, Americana / Alt-Country, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Bambino Koresh | Up And Left

written by Chris Familton The pervasive winds of nostalgia are blowing stronger than ever across pop music and electronica yet they haven’t subjected guitar music to quite the same blatant level of shallow regeneration. Indie and rock music is always recycling and self-referencing itself of course but it takes a great band to be able to bottle the mood and atmosphere of another time. Sydney’s … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Bambino Koresh | Up And Left

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Electronica, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

written by Chris Familton Newcomers DCM (Wolfmother’s Chris Ross and Daniel Stricker of the Midnight Juggernauts) set up their keyboards and effect units on the dancefloor in front of the stage and opened the evening with some glorious kraut-tinged electronica that was the perfect sonic calm before the storm to come. They showed a nice balance between pseudo ambient washes of sounds and some harder … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

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Americana / Alt-Country, Folk, Indie Rock, Interviews

INTERVIEW: Tiny Ruins

HUMAN FRAILTY  SINCE HER LAST VISIT TO AUSTRALIA TINY RUINS’ HOLLIE FULLBROOK HAS BEEN PONDERING HER NEXT MUSICAL MOVE AND CRASHING SCOOTERS. SHE SHE FILLS CHRIS FAMILTON IN ON ALL THE DETAILS. Imagine traveling to a far flung part of the world like Zanzibar to visit someone close to you and with a head full of intrepid explorer ideas, hiring scooters and in the flash … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Tiny Ruins

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Album Reviews, Electronica, Experimental, Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Xiu Xiu | Always

written by Chris Familton Never one to shy from displaying his emotions, Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart returns with his eighth LP Always. The album title suitably sums up his continued obsessions with damaged emotions, the human body and oppression. He wraps it all up in what has become a trademark sound of dark electronica full of swoon and suffocating catharsis. The reference points of 80s … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Xiu Xiu | Always

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ALBUM REVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade | Outlands

written by Chris Familton Some bands arrive in a blaze of glory and media attention, still young and in their formative stage but with sparks flying and a need to get that initial brace of songs recorded and released. Others take their time to nurture the songs, tease them out and live within them until they feel and sound just right and have in a … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade | Outlands

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: My Best Fiend | In Ghostlike Fading

written by Chris Familton Warp Records continue their foray into non-electronic acts with this debut release from Brooklyn natives My Best Fiend. In Ghostlike Fading may be made by a bunch of Americans but it has a decidedly English sound and mood. The songs swell and churn, wander and slow-burn with winding narratives that make the album feel a lot longer than its 47 minutes. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: My Best Fiend | In Ghostlike Fading

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Folk, Indie Rock, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Sinead O’Connor | How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?

written by Chris Familton After the recent and strange happenings in the life of Sinead O’Connor (alleged suicide attempts, advertised marriage and subsequent divorce) one could be forgiven for expecting a new album to be a train wreck from an artist on the slide. Remarkably the opposite is true as How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? is as strong as anything she … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Sinead O’Connor | How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?

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Electronica, Experimental, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, News, Pop, Post-Punk, Tour/Live, Video

NEWS: 2012 Vivid LIVE Festival Program Announced…

This year the Sydney Opera House based festival Vivid LIVE has done away with a guest curator, in the past using Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno and others. From 2012 onward the festival will be overseen by the Sydney Opera House’s programming team, led by Head of Contemporary Music, Fergus Linehan as Festival Director. The full line-up for this year has been announced today … Continue reading NEWS: 2012 Vivid LIVE Festival Program Announced…

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Audio Stream, Funk, Indie Rock, MP3, New Release, Soul

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Dexys | Nowhere Is Home [New]

Dexys (without the Midnight Runners part of the name) are back with a new record called One Day I’m Going To Soar that will be out April 6th.  Check out the first single Nowhere Is Home below, download it and revel in the madcap singing and lyrics of Mr Kevin Rowland. The song is pitched somewhere between Curtis Mayfield and Tindersticks at an 80s soul … Continue reading LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Dexys | Nowhere Is Home [New]

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