Monster Magnet – 6th September @ Metro Theatre Songs – 10th September @ Hopetoun Hotel Shihad – 18th September @ Annandale Hotel Peaches – 18th September @ Home Shapeshifter – 19th September @ The Forum Wolfmother – 19th September @ Enmore Theatre Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – 23rd September @ Metro Theatre Devoted Few/Sherlocks Daughter – 24th/25th September @ Hopetoun Hotel Vivian Girls – … Continue reading SYDNEY GIG GUIDE
New Order’s Bernard Sumner has sorted himself out with a new band featuring fellow New Order/Joy Division drummer Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham (guitar) and Jake Evans (guitar and vocals). Their debut album Never Cry Another Tear is set for release on 12th October 2009 on Triple Echo Records and features the breezy pop sensibilities that Sumner has been creating over the last 30 years. Together, … Continue reading NEWS: BAD LIEUTENANT debut first song…
Great to come across the news that Vic Chesnutt has a new album due for release on Sept 21. At The Cut is the follow up to North Star Deserter from a few years ago and it is again a collaboration with Silver Mt Zion and Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto. That last record was a dark and intense set of songs so expect more of the … Continue reading NEWS: VIC CHESNUTT new album…
Country folk troubadour Justin Townes Earle is truly an amazing live experience. Coming to Australia shortly, you can check out his live performance on the fabulous Internet Archive site from his spot at the Bloodshot Records BBQ. Check out the show HERE and make sure you have a look around the site, there are some grat live gigs posted up there. Continue reading NEWS: Download JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE live show…
The Auckland Museum in New Zealand has launched a great new addition to their collections called Sonic Museum. They have comissioned various musicians from a range of styles and disciplines to create their own soundtrack to parts of the museum such as natural history, war, nature and design. Artists include Don McLashan, Tiki, Nathan Haines and Rosy Parlane (pictured above) who has created a beautiful … Continue reading NEWS: AUCKLAND MUSEUM goes sonic…
Sydney band (3/4 of them kiwis) Songs have had a busy year of live shows with the likes of Deerhunter, Ruby Suns and most recently The Bats. Now they can add an album to their CV with the imminent release of their debut on Popfrenzy later this year. Before then the group releases the radio single ‘Different Light’ and will play a string of shows … Continue reading NEWS: SONGS prep album, release single and tour dates…
ARCTIC MONKEYS – Humbug (not as desert rock as you’d expect…) GIRLS – Girls (album) (Elvis Costello-esque vox with some nice lo-fi indie dark pop) CIRCLESQUARE – Songs About Dancing & Drugs (Interpol meets Junior Boys in a quiet back alley in Manchester) PISSED JEANS – King Of Jeans (lurching, belligerent and intelligent) JAPANDROIDS – Post Nothing (One of the better exponents of the new … Continue reading LISTENING TO…
Sydney trio Philadelphia Grand Jury have had a massive 2009 and to top it off they are set to release their debut album Hope Is For Hopers on Sept 25th. The Phiily Jays, as they are affectionately known, have spent the last six months touring the country constantly – completing back-to-back national tours with Bluejuice, Yves Klein Blue and Manchester Orchestra (USA), and are currently … Continue reading NEWS: PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY free MP3 download…
Them Crooked Vultures continue to tease and drip feed gig information via Twitter and Facebook and the use of Google Earth. Pukkelpop is the latest show announced and is the first of what many are suspecting to be a run of appearances at festivals. In a fan video on YouTube Homme confirms the band will also play Lowlands Festival in Holland. Continue reading NEWS: THEM CROOKED VULTURES to play Pukkelpop festival…
At DS we are starting a new section called Future Legend where we will be profiling new and emerging bands. Drop us a line and let us know if you would like to be interviewed and featured, have a gig reviewed (Sydney only at this stage) or a demo reviewed. Self promotion… its in your hands… Continue reading NEWS: Are you a FUTURE LEGEND?
Yep, I also write and record my solo stuff under the name Doubtful Sounds and you can now stream and/or download it at the great new bandcamp site… go on, you know you want to… Continue reading NEWS: DOUBTFUL SOUNDS – The Ghosthouse EP on bandcamp…
Get Color is the new album from those multimedia monsters HEALTH and it is due to hit the stores on September 12th (via popfrenzy here in Australia). From all the indications it is going to be a hazy summer staple with the band’s electro indie hypnotic tunes. The first single is Die Slow which surges with a static intensity like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and … Continue reading NEWS: HEALTH Die Slow before they Get Color…
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