NEWS: The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound new album…
San Francisco’s The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound have a new record due to drop in Australia on Tee Pee Records via Inertia on April 25th. It is called When Sweet Sleep Returned and it was engineered by Tim Green, who manned the controls for masterpieces from Howlin’ Rain, Comets on Fire, Six Organs of Admittance, and Earthless, as well as Assemble Head’s 2007 release … Continue reading NEWS: The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound new album…
INTERVIEW: Elvis Perkins
“I sometimes wish that being a musician was like being a painter where you make the thing and then it sits where it is instead of piling yourself and so much heavy matter into a vessel and dragging it across the globe.” Elvis Perkins is discussing the recording of his new album Elvis Perkins In Dearland on the eve of a sold-out show at New … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Elvis Perkins
INTERVIEW: ODAWAS
“With each song we are definitely trying to paint some kind of picture, trying to convey the imagery that we have in our head,” says Isaac Edwards, one half of the American group Odawas. The duo has recently caught the attention of many music listeners who relish the band’s fusion of synthetic and organic elements that combine to produce a widescreen and cinematic sound on … Continue reading INTERVIEW: ODAWAS
REVIEW: KORA live @ Selinas
REVIEWED FOR LIVEGUIDE – please visit them for all your gig news and reviews… New Zealand’s Kora returned to Sydney on Saturday night for yet another performance to their faithful masses. Playing in Coogee will always guarantee a venue full of fellow Kiwis, and even Easter Friday and an early start time didn’t deter a healthy and enthusiastic crowd from turning up en masse. Budspells … Continue reading REVIEW: KORA live @ Selinas
REVIEW: LEADER CHEETAH – The Sunspot Letters
1 2 3 4 5 REVIEWED FOR WIRELESS BOLLINGER – please visit them for all things indie… Leader Cheetah’s The Sunspot Letters is an album that creeps up on you. There are no grand gestures, no great peaks of brilliance, just a certain sound and mood that washes over the record and leaves an impression. Hailing from Adelaide and rising from the ashes of his … Continue reading REVIEW: LEADER CHEETAH – The Sunspot Letters
INTERVIEW: EAGLES OF DEATH METAL…
INTERVIEWED FOR LIVEGUIDE… One is always mindful of a band that creates an almost cartoon image of themselves, steeped in self myth-making posturing and innuendo. The Eagles Of Death Metal -primarily Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes and Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) – are two childhood friends who ended up forming a band to live out their rock n roll fantasies of girls and … Continue reading INTERVIEW: EAGLES OF DEATH METAL…
VIDEO: CALIFONE – Spiders House
The often overlooked Califone with a gem from their last album Roots & Crowns… more about “VIDEO: CALIFONE – Spiders House“, posted with vodpod Continue reading VIDEO: CALIFONE – Spiders House
VIDEO: JAY REATARD – DOA
Jay Reatard continues to churn out the singles and this black + white vid sums up his sound perfectly… more about “VIDEO: JAY REATARD – DOA“, posted with vodpod Continue reading VIDEO: JAY REATARD – DOA
NEWS: THE ENTRANCE BAND
Cut to the chase, these guys fucking rock in a psych, blues, punk, drone kinda way… totally awesome… The Entrance Band feature: GUY BLAKESLEE: SINGER/GUITAR PLAYER/LYRICIST/ARRANGEMENTS PAZ LENCHANTIN (Zwan, A Perfect Circle): BASS PLAYER/STRINGS/ARRANGEMENTS DEREK JAMES: DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST/ARRANGEMENTS You can check out a great mix by Derek James over at Dublab – featuring a ton of great 60’s tunes… SPRING MIX Check their mindblowing live version … Continue reading NEWS: THE ENTRANCE BAND
LIVE REVIEW: Evan Dando @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney 05/04/09
written by Chris Familton Australia holds a special place in the heart of Evan Dando with our warm weather, surfing lifestyle and the fact that Australians Tom Morgan and Nic Dalton have both been members of The Lemonheads. It seems the feeling is mutual as he can still sell out the Annandale on a sunday afternoon, primarily playing solo and acoustic. Support came from locals … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Evan Dando @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney 05/04/09
VIDEO: ODAWAS – Harmless Lovers Discourse
Odawas have released The Blue Depths and you can read the review I did over at Wireless Bollinger HERE. To accompany the release a video has also been produced for the song ‘Harmless Lovers Discourse’ which has shades of M83 and The Field about it… Continue reading VIDEO: ODAWAS – Harmless Lovers Discourse
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