Category: Pop

Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Scissors | In Loving Memory

written by Chris Familton Fans of Sydney’s The Paper Scissors have had to endure a four year wait for their second album to see the light of day. Thankfully their patience has been rewarded with a highly accomplished and wide ranging collection of songs that embrace both artful leanings and instantly gratifying pop music. In Loving Memory finds the band expanding their sound with electronic … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Scissors | In Loving Memory

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Album Reviews, Folk, Indie Rock, Pop, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Melodie Nelson | Meditations on the Sun

written by Chris Familton Melodie Nelson is the pseudonym of  Sydney’s Lia Tsamoglou and her latest project after spending time with Moonmilk and Rand and Holland. The name is presumably taken from the Serge Gainsbourg album  History de Melody Nelson and the mood of Meditations on the Sun is definitely an album rooted in past styles. Tsamoglou has concocted a shimmering sway of a record … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Melodie Nelson | Meditations on the Sun

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Indie Rock, New Release, News, Pop

NEWS: GIRLS announce new album details…

Following the critical success of their debut Album and last year’s Broken Dreams Club EP, Girls have announced that Father, Son, Holy Ghost will be released via Fantasytrashcan/Turnstile and Pod/Inertia in Australia on September 9th. According to the press release: On the third anniversary of the birth of Girls as a band Christopher Owens and Chet White found themselves entering the studio to begin recording their … Continue reading NEWS: GIRLS announce new album details…

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Audio Stream, Indie Rock, Pop, Psych

NEWS: Ty Segall – Download new song, listen to old one…

With Ty Segall’s new album Goodbye Bread about to hit the stores it sent me back to his 2008 self-titled record and this killer opening track Go Home (warning – volume is loud on this YouTube clip). Grab a copy of the new single You Make The Sun Fry below too… FREE DOWNLOAD: You Make The Sun Fry Segall is about to tour Australia… – … Continue reading NEWS: Ty Segall – Download new song, listen to old one…

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Electronica, Funk, Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Pop, Post-Rock / Instrumental

PHOTOS: Pajama Club / Glass Towers @ OAF (13/06/11)

Pajama Club / Glass Towers @ OAF (13/06/11), a set on Flickr. Neil Finn introduced his new band Pajama Party featuring wife Sharon, Sean Donnelly (SJD) and Alana Skyring (ex-The Grates) to Sydney with a set of songs filtered through funk, pop and post rock electronica landscapes… Continue reading PHOTOS: Pajama Club / Glass Towers @ OAF (13/06/11)

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Electronica, Experimental, Indie Rock, Interviews, Pop, Post-Punk

INTERVIEW: Wild Beasts

THEORY OF EVOLUTION Heading down under to play Splendour in the Grass Wild Beasts bring with them a new album Smother that is already garnering critical acclaim for its further refinement of their literate and nuanced art pop. Hayden Thorpe talks Chris Familton through the changes. The UK quartet from the Lakes District have upped the ante with each of their previous two albums, peeling … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Wild Beasts

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Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Punk, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Ladder | Hurtsville

written by Chris Familton It wasn’t long after Jack Ladder began touring his last album Love Is Gone that he began a transition to the sound that pervades his latest full length Hurtsville. That sound is one that embraces big open spaces with soaring effects-laden guitars and a sparse and more textural rhythmic approach. Ladder (Tim Rogers) has shorn his music of the bluesy soul … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Ladder | Hurtsville

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Album Reviews, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Punk, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: Chad VanGaalen | Diaper Island

written by Chris Familton Album number four finds Chad VanGaalen concocting his most complete full length set of songs and eschewing much of the willful disorientation and quirkiness that characterised some of his earlier releases. VanGaalen also moved into a professional studio to record these songs which has resulted in a lush aural embrace of sound to get lost in. Diaper Island still manages to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Chad VanGaalen | Diaper Island

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Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock, Pop, Post-Punk

LIVE REVIEW: Jebediah @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (27/05/11)

written by Chris Familton Perth’s Young Revelry have been gaining attention of late, particularly on the back of their stellar single You And I which was the strongest song of their short opening set. They inhabit a post punk space that allows for a caustic smears of guitar to flail over a watertight rhythm section. As a three piece they delivered a big sound to … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Jebediah @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (27/05/11)

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