ALBUM REVIEW: Money For Rope – Picture Us
Back in 2012, Money For Rope came out of the gates with a real buzz about their live shows and their debut, self-titled album. They hit the road and apparently kept touring across Europe and the US. Thankfully they eventually got back in the studio and documented those years on the new album Picture Us. As with that debut, the band again mix and … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Money For Rope – Picture Us
LIVE REVIEW: Infinity Broke, The Tall Grass, Mark Moldre 13.07.18
Infinity Broke, The Tall Grass, Mark Moldre @ Factory Floor, Sydney July 13th 2018 Tonight’s gig was a warm up and testing of the waters ahead of all three acts heading off on tour to France. The heavy lifting was firmly in the hands of Jamie Hutchings, drummer/guitarist Scott Hutchings and bassist Reuben Wills who played in all three bands, and though there was a degree of … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Infinity Broke, The Tall Grass, Mark Moldre 13.07.18
LIVE REVIEW: Cash Savage & The Last Drinks @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Blake Scott, Roadhouses @ The Lansdowne, Sydney – 23rd June, 2018 With a new album Good Citizens on the horizon and a fresh new single out in the world, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks hit Sydney with a fine pair of opening acts in tow. Roadhouses also have new music freshly imparted to the universe and they played a typically … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Cash Savage & The Last Drinks @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
LIVE REVIEW: Augie March @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Augie March, Ro @ The Lansdowne, Sydney 26th May 2018 Augie March’s recently released Bootikins album has found the group in fine form, balancing the art and the emotion of their music to resounding effect. It shows on stage too a band in union and musical communion, relaxed and confident and bathing in the warm glow of fandom from the Lansdowne audience. Earlier in the evening, Sydney … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Augie March @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
ALBUM REVIEW: East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Teddywaddy
There’s something undeniably visceral and raw about everything that East Brunswick All Girls Choir do. Exaltation and exorcism are part of their musical modus operandi, such is their commitment to making music that embraces emotion with an unflinching directness. Teddywaddy, the followup to the acclaimed Seven Drummers, charts a course through coruscating punk-laden peaks and drifting, desolate valleys where the songs are stripped and stretched, … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Teddywaddy
30 Favourite Albums Of 2018 So Far
In no particular order, here are the 30 albums that we’ve heard and been greatly impressed by in the first six months of 2018. It’s a good range too we think, both geographically and stylistically, from post-punk, electronica and Americana to ambient and psych rock from around the world. Hit the album titles to listen on Spotify. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! Marlon Williams – Make Way For … Continue reading 30 Favourite Albums Of 2018 So Far
INTERVIEW: Kyle Craft
THE SURREAL WORLD OF KYLE CRAFT Like some kind of backcombed bird nest hairdo glam rocker from the surrealist netherworld of a bygone era, Kyle Craft burst onto the scene with his debut album Dolls Of Highland on the Sub Pop label in 2016. With a voice that resembled an over-emotive Bob Dylan or Jeff Buckley if he was raised in a carnival, Craft sounded … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Kyle Craft
ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Marr – Call The Comet
Johnny Marr has proven himself time and time again. Whether it’s the legacy of The Smiths, his collaborative work with Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse and countless other projects, a fascinating autobiography or just his commitment to always moving forward. He’s now three albums deep into his solo career and Call The Comet finds him settling into his most natural and cohesive sound to date, … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Marr – Call The Comet
ALBUM REVIEW: Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia
For Stuart Staples, he of the silken croon out front of UK moodists Tindersticks, it’s been 13 years since his last solo album, Leaving Songs. That record was comfortably in the same musical orbit as Tindersticks – baroque, jazz-informed and dramatic songs placed somewhere between latter day Talk Talk, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. In the intervening years he’s continued to work on film soundtracks which … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia
NEW MUSIC: Low Share Three New Songs from ‘Double Negative’.
Low have a new album called Double Negative coming out via Sub Pop Records on September 14th and today the label has shared a clip featuring videos for three of its songs – ‘Quorum’, ‘Dancing And Blood’ and ‘Fly’. Working again with producer B.J. Burton, Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk and bassist Steve Garrington returned once again to Justin Vernon’s April Base studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Low Share Three New Songs from ‘Double Negative’.
NEWS: The Babe Rainbow Announce New LP ‘Double Rainbow’
The Babe Rainbow, those cats behind last year’s superb single ‘Johnny Says Stay Cool’ and self-titled album are back with a brand new record, Double Rainbow, and its first single and video, ‘Supermoon’. It’s a moorish slice of languid, pastoral psychedelia. Double Rainbow is released July 13th, 2018 via Flightless Records. Continue reading NEWS: The Babe Rainbow Announce New LP ‘Double Rainbow’
NEWS: Interpol Announce New Album ‘Marauder’
Interpol are back with their first album in four years. Marauder is set for release on August 24th on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. “Marauder is a facet of myself. That’s the guy that fucks up friendships and does crazy shit. He taught me a lot, but it’s representative of a persona that’s best left in song. In a way, this album is like … Continue reading NEWS: Interpol Announce New Album ‘Marauder’
Doubtful Sounds 