Tag: 2016

Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Tour/Live

LIVE REVIEW: Eleanor Friedberger, Noire, Georgia Mulligan @ NSC, Sydney 16/06/16

Almost until the moment the headliner stepped on-stage this threatened to be one of those gigs where punters just don’t turn up – for an artist with a relatively established fanbase and on her first solo tour with a band. Thankfully Eleanor Friedberger’s fans crept out of the woodwork at the last minute and, though the venue was only half full, they were a warm … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Eleanor Friedberger, Noire, Georgia Mulligan @ NSC, Sydney 16/06/16

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Experimental, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: M. Craft – Blood Moon

Martin Craft has created a holistic and moving third album. Born from time spent on the edge of the Mojave desert, these piano-based meditations on time, space and nature feel both intimate and expansive with hushed, dreamy vocals that blossom into much larger orchestrated sections. There are all manner of ambient environmental sounds in the mix, lurking below the surface of the recordings and adding … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: M. Craft – Blood Moon

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Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Psych, Video

NEW MUSIC: Ghost Wave – All U Do Is Kill

  New Zealand psych pop explorers Ghost Wave have a new LP called Radio Norfolk ready for release on July 9th via Flying Nun Records. It follows their excellent 2013 album Ages and going on this first single, All U Do Is Kill they’ve headed further out into the sonic wilderness. Pre-order Radio Norfolk Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ghost Wave – All U Do Is Kill

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Experimental, Folk, shoegaze, Video

NEW MUSIC: M. Craft – Chemical Trails (Video)

M. Craft has a new album out called Blood Moon (Spunk Records) and it’s a mesmerising, and moving collection of songs created on the fringe of the Mojave Desert. We’ll have our review of the album up shortly but here’s the new clip to the song Chemical Trails… “Chemical Trails emerge from the desert haze with rich melodies, choruses and verses like Mercury Rev in a sad and beautiful … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: M. Craft – Chemical Trails (Video)

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Guitar Rock, Live Reviews

LIVE REVIEW: Radio Birdman @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney (03/06/16)

The On & Ons (including ex-members of Hoodoo Gurus and The Stems) set the scene for a night of riffs and power chords with a muscular power pop sound that brought to mind Big Star and Red Kross. They know how to mix strong melodies with rock n roll dynamics but their stage presence fell flat. Melbourne’s Magic Bones took things up a notch with … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Radio Birdman @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney (03/06/16)

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Experimental, New Release, Soul, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Marcus Whale – Inland Sea

Marcus Whale (Collarbones) has made an impressive artistic statement with his debut solo album. Released digitally, with an accompanying physical book, Inland Sea explores queer and colonial Australian history through a dark and oblique gauze of minimal electronica. It veers between militant tech-heavy drums and glitchy whirs of atmospheric sounds that can draw a timeline back through artists such as Bjork and Photek. There’s an … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Marcus Whale – Inland Sea

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Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, News, Tour/Live, Video

TOUR NEWS: The Sonics Return To Australia

Seminal garage rock band The Sonics return to Australia this September. Last time they were here they ripped it up at the Dig It Up! festival, showing the young punks how it is done. In 2015 band released their first studio album in nearly 50 years with This Is The Sonics. Led by saxophonist Rob Lind and featuring one time Kingsmen bassist Freddie Dennis and drummer … Continue reading TOUR NEWS: The Sonics Return To Australia

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Garage Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Video

NEW MUSIC: Witch Hats – Deliverance

Melbourne band Witch Hats are back with their third album Deliverance. It’s a damn good encapsulation of the evolution they’ve shown across their records to date. Plenty of dark lurching rock ‘n’ roll with howling dirges and claustrophobic angst. The bass on Deliverance is deep and heavy, anchoring the songs as they stagger off into Stooges proto-punk, and nihilistic post-punk. The key is the melodies that … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Witch Hats – Deliverance

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Americana / Alt-Country, Guitar Rock, New Release, Psych, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines

At the forefront of the loose scene of guitar adventurists that include Cian Nugent, Ryley Walker and Chris Forsyth, Steve Gunn is another who has figured out how to expand his sound to a full band and incorporate his lazy psych-rock vocals. The touchstones of Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine (Television) are obvious in the sparkling, spiralling guitar phrasings while on tracks such as Nature … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, News, Soul, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Dexys – Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul

Kevin Rowland has been bandying around the idea of an album of Irish songs for 30 years. Now he’s finally done it, in the process expanding out the remit to include non-Irish songs such as To Love Somebody (Bee Gees) and You Wear It Well (Rod Stewart) among others. They’ve applied a sparse and clean soul treatment to the songs, reinterpreting tracks made famous by … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Dexys – Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul

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Experimental, New Music, Post-Punk, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Swans – When Will I Return

Swans have a new album called The Glowing Man, their last in this iteration, coming out on  June 17th via Mute & Create/Control. Here’s the first track to be released from it, When Will I Return – a haunting ands ominous 5 minutes featuring the vocals of frontman Michael Gira’s wife Jennifer Gira. The song was written by her husband specifically for her to sing, as a “tribute to her strength, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Swans – When Will I Return

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