Spoon are back with a brand new album called They Want My Soul. The Dave Fridmann produced record is out in Australia via Spunk on August 1st in a variety of formats including a limited vinyl version. Here’s the opening track ‘Rent I Pay’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Hear the first track off the new Spoon album
The demonically great stoner/sludge metal band Beastwars (NZ) have released an excellent new black & white clip for the track ‘Riverman’. Taken from last year’s Blood Becomes Fire they are giving away that and their debut album for free this week to celebrate the vinyl release of both records. Continue reading VIDEO: Beastwars | Riverman
Jimmy Junk Heart made the trip up from Melbourne and they were tasked with loosening up the atmosphere of the slowly filling record shop that would be full to capacity within the hour. They played an admirable set and there was potential behind their tentative performance. From ‘fresh outta the practice room’ garage rock to a strong Tame Impala influence they still seem to be … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Bad//Dreems @ Black Wire Records, Sydney (23/05/14)
Interpol have released details of their new album titled El Pintor which will be out on September 8th via Matador. Below is a trailer video on the making of the album, their fifth and first in four years. El Pintor: 01 All the Rage Back Home 02 My Desire 03 Anywhere 04 Same Town, New Story 05 My Blue Supreme 06 Everything Is Wrong 07 … Continue reading NEWS: Interpol announce new album
Melbourne duo Dark Fair (guitarist Ramona Moore + drummer Ellie Dunn) have been getting better and better with each new song we hear and ‘Poison’ is their best to date. It’s a slow building slice of shadowy pop music that relies on guitar, drums and a great vocal melody and delivery. Adalita (Magic Dirt) also makes an appearance on bass guitar. ‘Poison’ comes from their … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Dark Fair | Poison
Geoffrey O’Connor has a new single out via Chapter Music and continues his immersion into 80s dream pop stylings reminiscent of Chris Rea, and the more synth leaning Double. ‘Her Name On Every Tongue’ is the first taste of O’Connor’s new album Fan Fiction which will be out on August 8th. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Geoffrey O’Connor | Her Name On Every Tongue
As the title suggests, this is album number ten for the Maryland trio and as far as marking that milestone the record is something of a summation of their musical magpie tendencies. Across eleven tracks Trans Am swing from metallic post-rock to tranced-out kosmiche and krautrock grooves, some wispy folk and strange robotic 80s post punk diversions. Most bands tend to blur and blend their … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Trans Am | Volume X
Boris, those dark overlords of Japanese psych, metal, drone and sometimes pop music have a new album out mid June called Noise (via Sargent House). It’s their 19th studio album and from the sound of the first two tastes of the record it will indeed live up to its title. Here’s the video for the track ‘Vanilla’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Boris | Vanilla (video)
They are both heavyweights of soul, jazz, funk and blues-rooted American music but it was still a surprise to see Dr. John open a show on which he was billed the headliner. He kicked things off with one of his signature songs in Iko Iko, a New Orleans classic, before giving the audience a trip through his back catalogue. Looking somewhat more frail than the … Continue reading Dr. John, Aaron Neville @ State Theatre, Sydney (24/04/14)
Trixie Whitley’s musical journey to-date has taken some interesting and different directions, from the soulful dub excursions of Black Dub with Daniel Lanois and others, to forging her own solo career and its rich melting pot of soul, jazz, funk and blues. She treated the Basement audience to all of that and more, particularly with her newer songs. Playing two sets, Whitely set about showcasing … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Trixie Whitley @ The Basement, Sydney (19/04/14)
The Horrors were a band that first appeared on the music scene in 2007 like a gothic cartoon brought to life. Ridiculed in some quarters for their solemn appearance and Bauhaus/Birthday Party’isms they seemed consigned to the shadowy perimeters of popular culture, flavour of the month at best. Somehow though they clawed their way onwards and upwards through Primary Colours and Skying, bursting through the … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Horrors | Luminous
Many thought that it was well and truly the end of the line when Greg Dulli, John Curley, Rick McCollum and drummer Steve Earle went their separate ways in 2001. Their dark and mysterious chemistry felt like it had probably run its natural course yet they went out on the back of their three finest albums. It was therefore a surprise to many when The … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Afghan Whigs | Do To The Beast
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