NEW MUSIC: Jo Meares – The Dirty Game Of Art

Synthesised terrains of psychedelic melancholia delivered in a weathered tone, halfway between a whisper and a growl. Following the release of A Handful Of Smoke (2009) and One More Time (2010) with The Honeyriders, his acclaimed solo albums King Of The Crystal Mountain(2014), Back To The World (2018) and last year’s singles ‘The Dream Hotel‘ and ‘Fields Of Yesterday‘, Australian songwriter Jo Meares recently began a new and creatively fertile collaboration with Melbourne musician Anth Dymke (Pony Face). Premiered on UK website Backseat … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Jo Meares – The Dirty Game Of Art

LIVE REVIEW: Lee Ranaldo @ OAF, Sydney (20/10/12)

by Chris Familton Melbourne’s Pony Face opened the evening and proved to be just as enigmatic and hard to pin down as they sound on record. The trio operate in the realm of dark atmospheric rock and showed they have a great handle on space and dynamics with songs that worked up often gentle and sometimes frantic moods. Their bassist was fascinating to watch as … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Lee Ranaldo @ OAF, Sydney (20/10/12)