Tag: 2012

Album Reviews, Americana / Alt-Country, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Bambino Koresh | Up And Left

written by Chris Familton The pervasive winds of nostalgia are blowing stronger than ever across pop music and electronica yet they haven’t subjected guitar music to quite the same blatant level of shallow regeneration. Indie and rock music is always recycling and self-referencing itself of course but it takes a great band to be able to bottle the mood and atmosphere of another time. Sydney’s … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Bambino Koresh | Up And Left

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Electronica, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

written by Chris Familton Newcomers DCM (Wolfmother’s Chris Ross and Daniel Stricker of the Midnight Juggernauts) set up their keyboards and effect units on the dancefloor in front of the stage and opened the evening with some glorious kraut-tinged electronica that was the perfect sonic calm before the storm to come. They showed a nice balance between pseudo ambient washes of sounds and some harder … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

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Funk, Live Reviews, Soul

LIVE REVIEW: Charles Bradley @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (16/03/12)

written by Chris Familton Warming up the arriving punters was ten piece band The Cactus Channel, fresh out of Princes High School in Melbourne. Even before I knew their history their young appearance and demeanor felt like that of a school band but as soon as they started playing any notion of a curriculum music project went out the window. All were great players, especially … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Charles Bradley @ Factory Theatre, Sydney (16/03/12)

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Electronica, Experimental, Live Reviews, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: Michael Rother @ OAF, Sydney (17/03/12)

  written by Chris Familton Melbourne’s Baptism of Uzi opened the night with their heavily krautrock influenced take on instrumental rock. With busy and propulsive drumming and wonderfully swirling psych synths they took the music into a decidedly human realm rather than the robotic nature of much of the music of that genre. Guitarist Bojan Stojanov kept the sound riding high and melodic with his … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Michael Rother @ OAF, Sydney (17/03/12)

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Electronica, Experimental, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, News, Pop, Post-Punk, Tour/Live, Video

NEWS: 2012 Vivid LIVE Festival Program Announced…

This year the Sydney Opera House based festival Vivid LIVE has done away with a guest curator, in the past using Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno and others. From 2012 onward the festival will be overseen by the Sydney Opera House’s programming team, led by Head of Contemporary Music, Fergus Linehan as Festival Director. The full line-up for this year has been announced today … Continue reading NEWS: 2012 Vivid LIVE Festival Program Announced…

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Indie Rock, News

NEWS: The Jezabels Win the 2012 Australian Music Prize

This year’s The AMP has had a whiff of controversy around it with the withdrawal of judge and Group Managing Editor of Street Press Australia Andrew Mast who said that he would not partake in the judging process this year as the shortlist did not reflect the breadth or quality of Australian music released in 2011. There was also plenty of online discussion and debate surrounding creative, bold and … Continue reading NEWS: The Jezabels Win the 2012 Australian Music Prize

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NEWS: New Zealand’s Taite Music Prize 2012 Finalists Announced…

The Taite Music Prize is the equivalent of the UK’s Mercury Prize or the Australian Music Prize and recognises outstanding creativity for an album release. The award is $10,000 in cash to be used however the artist wants. This year’s finalists are: Andrew Keoghan – Arctic Tales Divide (Brave Beluga Records) Beastwars – Beastwars (Destroy Records) David Dallas – The Rose Tint (Dirty Records) She’s … Continue reading NEWS: New Zealand’s Taite Music Prize 2012 Finalists Announced…

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Electronica, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Tour/Live

NEWS: Radiohead return to Australia & New Zealand in November…

Radiohead have today announced a series of Australian shows this November plus one show in Auckland in New Zealand. The band last played NZ in 1998 and Australia in 2004. TOUR DATES Tuesday 6 November – Vector Arena, Auckland Friday 9 November – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Monday 12 November – Sydney Entertainment Centre Tuesday 13 November – Sydney Entertainment Centre Friday 16 November – Rod … Continue reading NEWS: Radiohead return to Australia & New Zealand in November…

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Guitar Rock, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: Soundgarden @ Sydney Entertainment Centre (25/01/12)

written by Chris Familton Arriving at the soulless Entertainment Centre felt like a Delorean trip back to the early 90s with Sydney’s alternative/grunge/rock/metal community out in full force. Faded flannel shirts were scattered through the gathering hordes while the black t-shirt seemed to be the default dress code for the evening. Inside as the melodic hardcore of The Bronx (who had to hightail it up … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Soundgarden @ Sydney Entertainment Centre (25/01/12)

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Americana / Alt-Country, Folk, News, Tour/Live

TOUR NEWS: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE ANNOUNCES NZ DATES…

On the back of his Australian tour JTE has also announced a run of dates through New Zealand. He’ll have his fresh new record Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now under his debonair arm. NZ Tour Dates Thurs 19th April – Dux live, Christchurch Fri 20th April – Bar Bodega, Wellington Sat 21st April- Kings Arms, Auckland Sun 22nd April – Leigh … Continue reading TOUR NEWS: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE ANNOUNCES NZ DATES…

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Electronica, Funk, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Pop, Soul

LIVE REVIEW: CANT @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney 14/01/12

written by Chris Familton Chris Taylor is a seasoned Sydney Festival performer with appearances as a member of Grizzly Bear. This though was the first of his Sydney shows in his solo guise CANT. With so many shows selling out at The Famous Spiegeltent it was a bit worrying when the venue was only half full just ahead of show time. A few more punters … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: CANT @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney 14/01/12

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Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Tour/Live, Video

NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue Australian Tour…

The Jim Jones Revue return to Australia for the Southbound and Falls Festivals as well as a couple of solo shows early in the new year. The English garage rock band have spent 2011 touring the hell out of their album Burning Your House Down so this will probably be the last time to catch them down here before the bunker down and start working … Continue reading NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue Australian Tour…

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