Purple Sneakers put on another great Last Night with Parades and Little Scout. Check out a couple of photos below and head over to DOUBTFUL SOUNDS FLICKR for heaps more… Continue reading PHOTOS: Parades/Little Scout @ The Gaelic 08/04/11
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
This week it is the sparkling sounds of Parades that head up Purple Sneakers’ Last Night down at The Gaelic. They’ll be launching their new single Water Stories and alongside them you can catch the usual indie DJs plus Little Scout down the highway from Brissy. Parades are doing big things and garnering a bunch of good press for their forward thinking indie sound. We … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night | Parades
Wow, this one came out of nowhere but damn it is a great track. Featuring the combined talents of Jon Toogood (Shihad), Shayne Carter (Dimmer, Straitjacket Fits), Gary Sullivan (JPSE, Dimmer) and Ladi 6 the song is like some futuristic sci-fi soul track with some heavy rhythmic mood and a mind altering guitar riff courtesy of Carter that gives it some real bite. The track … Continue reading VIDEO: The Adults | Nothing To Lose
Here are a few of the shots from the great Die! Die! Die! / Bleeding Knees Club gig down at Last Night on Friday. Review will be up soon… For more shots see our Flickr page. Continue reading PHOTOS: Die! Die! Die!/Bleeding Knees Club @ The Gaelic (01/04/11)
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…
Here’s the new video for the best track off Mascis’ new solo album. The track features vocals from Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses), Kurt Vile and Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) and the video is the work of Chad VanGaalen – a great songwriter in his own right. I’ll post something of his shortly. Continue reading VIDEO: J Mascis | Not Enough
Choice new vid from Surf City… Continue reading VIDEO: Surf City | See How The Sun
Die! Die! Die! grace/destroy the stage at the Gaelic this friday night as the headliners of this week’s Purple Sneakers Presents: Last Night shindig. The band has been touring non-stop since the release of their last album Form and are set to head straight to the USA after Sydney shows this week. Catch them if at all possible as they are an insanely great live … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night | Die! Die! Die!
written by Chris Familton With recent tours from The Bats and The Verlaines, the prominence of 80s NZ bands has never been higher but the act many have been waiting for is of course The Clean – that seminal Velvets/krautrock/psych trio that pretty much kickstarted the NZ scene in the late 70s. San Francisco’s Sonny & The Sunsets opened proceedings with a fun and artful … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: The Clean @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (09/03/11)
written by Chris Familton Ahead of the release of their new album ‘Belong’ we revisit the interview I did with frontman Kip Berman late 2009… The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are a band that don’t hide from their influences. From the angst ridden moniker to their jangly 80s indie pop songs they appear as a band from another time. This of course is … Continue reading INTERVIEW: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
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