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ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Scissors | In Loving Memory

written by Chris Familton Fans of Sydney’s The Paper Scissors have had to endure a four year wait for their second album to see the light of day. Thankfully their patience has been rewarded with a highly accomplished and wide ranging collection of songs that embrace both artful leanings and instantly gratifying pop music. In Loving Memory finds the band expanding their sound with electronic … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Paper Scissors | In Loving Memory

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Album Reviews, Folk, Indie Rock, Pop, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Melodie Nelson | Meditations on the Sun

written by Chris Familton Melodie Nelson is the pseudonym of  Sydney’s Lia Tsamoglou and her latest project after spending time with Moonmilk and Rand and Holland. The name is presumably taken from the Serge Gainsbourg album  History de Melody Nelson and the mood of Meditations on the Sun is definitely an album rooted in past styles. Tsamoglou has concocted a shimmering sway of a record … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Melodie Nelson | Meditations on the Sun

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Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Punk, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Ladder | Hurtsville

written by Chris Familton It wasn’t long after Jack Ladder began touring his last album Love Is Gone that he began a transition to the sound that pervades his latest full length Hurtsville. That sound is one that embraces big open spaces with soaring effects-laden guitars and a sparse and more textural rhythmic approach. Ladder (Tim Rogers) has shorn his music of the bluesy soul … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Ladder | Hurtsville

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Album Reviews, Electronica, Folk, Indie Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Fink | Perfect Darkness

written by Chris Familton Fink inhabit a musical netherworld where straightforward categorisation of their sound is a hard thing to nail down. Fin Greenall draws equally on folk, blues, electronic and dub forms and can blend them into a singular sound seemingly effortlessly. Perfect Darkness digs a little deeper into Greenall’s repertoire but the recipe stays much the same as its predecessor Sort Of Revolution. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Fink | Perfect Darkness

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Album Reviews, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Punk, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: Chad VanGaalen | Diaper Island

written by Chris Familton Album number four finds Chad VanGaalen concocting his most complete full length set of songs and eschewing much of the willful disorientation and quirkiness that characterised some of his earlier releases. VanGaalen also moved into a professional studio to record these songs which has resulted in a lush aural embrace of sound to get lost in. Diaper Island still manages to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Chad VanGaalen | Diaper Island

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

ALBUM REVIEW: White Denim | D

written by Chris Familton Texans White Denim are onto their fifth album if you include the free LP they released last year and here they continue the endless cascading deluge of ideas, riffs and melodies that have become the hallmark of their eclectic sound. This album is significant in that it is their most cohesive album to date. Previously they would swing from dub to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: White Denim | D

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Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Mona | Mona

written by Chris Familton It seems this quartet are being pushed blinking into the spotlight by both their major label and the music ‘tastemakers’ in the UK, such is the feeling of organised marketing that surrounds Mona’s debut release. Their story tells of three of the band having strict church upbringings in America’s southern states before their souls were rescued by rock n roll. To … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Mona | Mona

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Album Reviews, Electronica, Indie Rock, Pop

ALBUM REVIEW: Austra | Feel It Break

written by Chris Familton We’ve seen a steady influx of strong, theatrical voiced female singers emerging in electronic pop music over the last few years with the likes of Florence & The Machine, The Knife and Zola Jesus rising to prominence. Now you can add the rather plainly named Austra to that list. Austra is primarily the vehicle for the songs of Katie Stelmanis, a … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Austra | Feel It Break

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Album Reviews, Funk, Indie Rock, Pop, Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Destroyer | Kaputt

written by Chris Familton Wistful reminisces abound on the new Destroyer album Kaputt. It is Dan Bejar’s ninth album under the Destroyer moniker it feels like a wave over the shoulder or a long lazy sunday spent poring over old VHS cassettes. Bejar went about creating a holistic 80s sound for the record, complete with dreamy washes of chorus guitar, horn solos one degree removed … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Destroyer | Kaputt

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Album Reviews, Indie Rock

ALBUM REVIEW: Myles Mayo | Myles Mayo

written by Chris Familton On the surface this debut solo album from Myles Mayo looks totally unappealing with it’s artwork looking like it would be more suited to an 80s Pink Floyd album or something by Robert Miles. Take the time to dig a little deeper and actually listen to the music within and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. The Special Patrol frontman has a decidedly … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Myles Mayo | Myles Mayo

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Low | C’mon

written by Chris Familton Low return with a new album recorded in a 110 year old former cathedral in Duluth, Minnesota. It almost seems like a contradiction that a band known as one of the progenitors of the slowcore genre would utilise such a vast and cavernous space to capture their music but in actual fact it serves to impressively enhance the trademark intimacy of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Low | C’mon

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