by Chris Familton A night of celebratory rock was kicked off by locals The Upskirts and though at first coming across as fairly generic alt rock they soon revealed a real mixture of influences. They swung from Arctic Monkeys guitar pop to a a great dirgy track sung by drummer Thomas Kell that sounded like The Cure. They approach basic rock songs with an inventive … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Shihad @ Metro Theatre, Sydney 07/09/12
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has released the first track from his Atoms For Peace project with Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco. Default is available now on iTunes with a vinyl 12″ to follow in October and a full length album in 2013. Continue reading LISTEN: Atoms For Peace | Default
by C. Familton Narrow Lands were the first of the four guitar-heavy bands to grace the stage and they impressed with their aggressive, controlled playing that inhabits the dark and heavy end of post-rock. The bass-led Waste of Weekend in particular balanced groove and dissonance to great effect. Lyyar also deal in grand guitar dynamics but theirs was a much more nuanced and textured … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Iowa @ Fbi Social, Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney (16/08/12)
Daughn Gibson’s All Hell is one of our favourite albums of 2012. You can read our review HERE. The good news is he has just signed to Sub Pop and has also released a brand new song Reach Into The Fire which includes samples from An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum by Shabazz Palaces and Life on Earth and Slow Motion by Tiny Vipers, two … Continue reading NEWS: Daughn Gibson signs to Sub Pop, releases new song
Fans of left of centre hip hop, funk, soul and jazz will be excited about the return to Australia of Madlib this October. He will also be bringing along J Rocc (World Famous Beat Junkies) and Egon (Stones Throw/Now-Again) as part of his Madlib Medicine Show. 25th October – Coniston Lane – Brisbane – tix via Moshtix 26th October – The Metro Theatre – Sydney … Continue reading AUSTRALIA TOUR NEWS: Madlib Medicine Show to tour in October
The first list of acts performing at this year’s Meredith Music Festival in Victoria has been announced and as usual it looks to be a great mix of electronic, psychedelia, rock and hip hop. Check out our Rdio playlist featuring bands appearing at the event that takes place from December 7-9th. There is a ballot happening so if you want to increase your chance of … Continue reading NEWS: The line-up for Meredith Music Festival 2012
by C. Familton Touring as backing band for Mark Gardener has its benefits when you can also open the show with your own set as did Los Angeles’ Sky Parade. Their set didn’t start well with a bad mix and a sparse early crowd but as the sound improved and the room filled they found their way with some dark psychedelic guitar rock in the … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Mark Gardener, Underground Lovers, Sky Parade @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (04/08/12)
by C. Familton Fresh from a weekend of Splendour, both of tonight’s bands were in town to play sideshows and build on the justified hype of their debut albums. The Cast of Cheers were in support yet they showed no signs of just being there to warm up the sold out audience. From the get-go they played fast, enthusiastically and with an endearing sense of … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Django Django, The Cast of Cheers @ OAF, Sydney (01/08/12)
Bob Mould (ex Husker Du / Sugar) releases his new LP Silver Age on September 4th via Merge Records and here is the first taste of it – the sonic surge of The Descent that sounds like Mould is in fine noisy form. Preorder Silver Age Continue reading LISTEN: Bob Mould | The Descent – from the new LP Silver Age
Ahead of its release date of August 17th you can stream the new Bailterspace album Strobosphere in full over at the NZ Herald website. There are also pre-order options available from the band’s label Arch Hill Recordings. The album is also out internationally on Fire Records on August 20th. STREAM: Bailterspace | Strobosphere Continue reading LISTEN: Stream the new Bailterspace album Strobosphere
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