So many people are starting to base their listening on songs these days, such is the reduction in attention spans, the proliferation of YouTube browsing and the ease of compiling ones own playlists featuring the best stuff you want to hear. Separate to my Top 50 LPs of 2011 I’ve also put together a list of songs that caught my ears and became hard to … Continue reading Favourite Songs of 2011
written by Chris Familton After the success of their 2009 debut The Sunspot Letters, Leader Cheetah ran the risk of ‘going big’ by building up their recordings with excess guitars and grand themes. Similarly they could have gone down the Powderfinger avenue chasing mass appeal and in the process losing some of the subtle and special musical traits that they displayed on that first LP. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Leader Cheetah | Lotus Skies
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2009 – 1ST LINEUP Bloc Party (in their ONLY Australian show), The Flaming Lips, Jane’s Addiction, MGMT (also in their ONLY Australian show), Hilltop Hoods, Grinspoon, Midnight Juggernauts, The Specials, Sarah Blasko, Augie March, Josh Pyke, Friendly Fires, Little Birdy, Birds Of Tokyo, The Gutter Twins, Manchester Orchestra, Yuksek, Bob Evans, White Lies, Kram, Yves Klein Blue, Decoder Ring, Lost Valentinos, … Continue reading NEWS: 2009 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS lineup…
1 2 3 4 5 REVIEWED FOR WIRELESS BOLLINGER – please visit them for all things indie… Leader Cheetah’s The Sunspot Letters is an album that creeps up on you. There are no grand gestures, no great peaks of brilliance, just a certain sound and mood that washes over the record and leaves an impression. Hailing from Adelaide and rising from the ashes of his … Continue reading REVIEW: LEADER CHEETAH – The Sunspot Letters
Doubtful Sounds 