Category: Post-Punk

Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Post-Punk

LIVE REVIEW: Sunnyboys @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (08/10/14)

Sunnyboys have been on a musical and emotional roller coaster over the last few years since they reformed for the Dig It Up Festival in 2012, the film on Jeremy Oxley and subsequent touring. Now they’ve scaled it back, eschewing extra musicians and venues like the Opera House for a show that focused firmly on the music. Carrie Phillis & The Downtown Three warmed up … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Sunnyboys @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (08/10/14)

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bearhug – So Gone

Sydney’s Bearhug have taken things into new sonic territory on So Gone, the follow-up to last year’s Over Easy EP. Gone are the clean, jangling and relatively unassuming songs. In their place are eleven tracks that buzz and fizz with layered, distorted guitars in the vein of Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and a lively The War On Drugs. Their breezy way with melody is still … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Bearhug – So Gone

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ALBUM REVIEW: Geoffrey O’Connor – Fan Fiction

On his second solo album O’Connor has again created a retro-futuristic album of constructed and knowingly-crafted songs. Musically he digs deeper into the well of primitive 80s electronic landscapes and soul-tinged new wave. It’s a pastiche of everything from Pet Shop Boys to New Order with one ear to contemporaries like Xx and Austra and an overall sonic vibe reminiscent of Underground Lovers’ ‘Cold Feelings’. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Geoffrey O’Connor – Fan Fiction

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ALBUM REVIEW: Die! Die! Die! | S W I M

Die! Die! Die! formed their sonic aesthetic early in their career, those waves of coruscating guitars, tumbling melodic bass-lines, pummelling drums and Andrew Wilson’s passionate punk yelp. S W I M (someone who isn’t me) hits all the same marks while also sounding wider and more worldly, no doubt informed by relentless touring. The fuzz and repetition of ‘Angel’, the hyper speed MBV sound of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Die! Die! Die! | S W I M

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ALBUM REVIEW: Minderbender | Emotions

Christchurch natives, now based in Wellington, Minderbender are a duo that clearly have a taste for post punk and electronic music in equal quantities. Emotions is their debut album and it successfully embraces both organic and synthetic musical sounds and revels in their primitive and direct application. The title of the album sums up its theme of twelve different human emotions from ‘Expectations’ through ‘Evasion’, … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Minderbender | Emotions

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NEW MUSIC: Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders | Come On Back This Way

It’s been three years since Jack Ladder released his acclaimed Hurtsville album. Now the followup Playmates has been announced with a release date of Nov 6th. Here’s the first single ‘Come On Back This Way’ featuring guest vocals from Sharon Van Etten and pedal steel from Jason Walker. That deep austere voice is still the central feature of Ladder’s music with more of an electronic pulse and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders | Come On Back This Way

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NEW MUSIC: Thurston Moore Band | Detonation (feat. MBV & SY members)

Thurston Moore has a new album called The Best Day ready for release later this year via Matador Records. Thurston Moore Band is notable as it also includes Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe and UK musician James Sedwards. Their first performance together is on August 19th at Ocii in Amsterdam. Here’s the first taste of the band with ‘Detonation’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Thurston Moore Band | Detonation (feat. MBV & SY members)

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NEW MUSIC: Die! Die! Die! | Crystal

Now into their second decade, New Zealand trio Die! Die! Die! will be releasing their fifth album S W I M on August 15th and the first taste of the new songs comes in the form of ‘Crystal’ with its damn fine rolling serrating verses. New Zealand Tour (presented by Undertheradar, 95bFM and Phantom) Friday 15th August, Neck Of The Woods, Auckland Saturday 16th August, The … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Die! Die! Die! | Crystal

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NEW MUSIC: Redspencer | Tell

Redspencer are two brothers (David and Aiden McMillan) from rural NSW, now based in Melbourne, who have formed a band around themselves and released this new single ‘Tell’ that is fairly bursting with jangly guitars, breezily melodic vocals and has an affinity with bands from the golden age of shoegaze. The band will have a debut EP out later this year.   Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Redspencer | Tell

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NEW MUSIC: Zola Jesus announces new album Taiga

After three excellent albums in Conatus, Stridulum II and The Spoils, Zola Jesus has announced her new album Taiga will be out on October 7th via Mute. Below you can stream the first single ‘Dangerous Days’. In regards to the album title, Nika explains, “Taiga is the Russian name for the boreal forest. For me it feels very alive… very expansive. It represents a feral, untapped world that could happily … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Zola Jesus announces new album Taiga

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NEW MUSIC: Step-Panther | Nowhere

They’ve been quiet on the live front for the last while but Step-Panther have been busy recording their new album with Big Scary’s Tom Iansek. The album Strange But Nice is due out in August via HUB/Inertia and here’s the video for its first single, ‘Nowhere’. Shades of Sonic Youth and 3Ds permeate the song before a hypnotic wave of tumbling guitar notes wash over the song and chugging distorted chords … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Step-Panther | Nowhere

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