VIDEO: GIRLS go record shopping at Amoeba…
REVIEW: YOU AM I @ The Annandale, Sydney (14/11/09)
Reviewed for FasterLouder Playing three shows at the Annandale, this was almost the perfect place to see one of Australia’s iconic rock bands of the last 20 years. It was unclear whether they decided to play these shows to support The Annandale’s financial battles with council or merely that they wanted to get back to basics in a small and sweaty pub venue. Either way … Continue reading REVIEW: YOU AM I @ The Annandale, Sydney (14/11/09)
INTERVIEW: BUZZCOCKS
To coincide with their Australian tour where they are playing their classic first two albums Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites, Buzzcock’s Steve Diggle chats about how some of their classic songs came together, their influence on modern punk bands and breaks the news that there will be a new Buzzcocks album in 2010. You have some Irish dates coming up … Continue reading INTERVIEW: BUZZCOCKS
REVIEW: Them Crooked Vultures
1 2 3 4 5 Reviewed for FasterLouder Here we are entering the 2nd decade of the 21st century and surveying the musical landscape there is a noticeable absence of what we used to call ‘rock stars’ leading the way forward. The big names like U2 and Coldplay are stuck in a rut, Kings Of Leon have veered a little too close to becoming a … Continue reading REVIEW: Them Crooked Vultures
NEWS: SMAC AWARDS Winners…
The Sydney Music And Culture Award votes have been collated and the winners are in… Best Live Act – Seekae Best Music Event – All Tomorrow’s Parties Next Big Thing – Music – Sherlock’s Daughter Record Of The Year – Lost Valentinos – Cities Of Gold Best Sydney Song – Fergus Brown – John, She Was Never Only Dancing Best Collective – Red Rattler Best … Continue reading NEWS: SMAC AWARDS Winners…
GIG PICS: DIMMER @ The Annandale, Sydney (11/11/09)
On The Turntable Today…
Redd Kross – Phaseshifter Monolake – Silence Stroke – Songs For Chris Knox King Midas Sound – Waiting For You Russian Circles – Geneva Continue reading On The Turntable Today…
2009 Top 25 Albums
Another year, another shitload of great albums. As soon as you start thinking it is feeling like a quiet year they come tumbling out of the woodwork and the end of year culling process becomes as tricky as ever. Honorable mentions must go to two outstanding EPs: Bon Iver’s Blood Bank and Witch Hats’ Solarium Down The Causeway as well as the following reissues: Neil … Continue reading 2009 Top 25 Albums
ALBUM REVIEW: ODAWAS | The Blue Depths
1 2 3 4 5 Odawas have reduced to a duo on The Blue Depths, their third album, and in doing so they have also stripped back their sound to reveal a lush and austere collection of songs. On first listen it is hard to penetrate the shiny surface of the music as it drifts by, but on further listening a depth and beauty emerges … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: ODAWAS | The Blue Depths
VIDEO: DIRTY THREE (feat. Nick Cave) – Sea Above, Sky Below
On the eve of their Australian tour and shows featuring the Ocean Songs in their entirety, here is Dirty Three accompanied by Nick Cave on piano with an epic version of Sea Above, Sky Below from that album, recorded at ATP NY for Surveillance on Pitchfork TV. more about “Pitchfork: TV“, posted with vodpod Continue reading VIDEO: DIRTY THREE (feat. Nick Cave) – Sea Above, Sky Below
VIDEO: SIMON CARTER – Hard Rain
Simon Carter (ex The Cops) has his solo record The Black Book Of The Universe done and dusted and ready for release in 2010. Before then you can check out the first single Hard Rain with its video of lingering images… Carter and band (Rob Young, Nick Beswick, Rory Toomey, Paul Burrell and Todd Smith) will also be showcasing the songs live this month: 7pm, … Continue reading VIDEO: SIMON CARTER – Hard Rain
album review: russian circles – geneva
1 2 3 4 5 Russian Circles are proponents of the metallic side of post-rock where the peaks and roughs are the largest in the genre. They take up some of the same spaces as Mogwai, Tool, Isis and Najda but they never tend to ape or drift too close to any one of those progenitors. Geneva is 7 tracks of instrumental mood and impending … Continue reading album review: russian circles – geneva
Doubtful Sounds 