Continuing on today’s electronic tip that started with Thom Yorke’s new Atoms For Peace single, here is a great new track/video from Ross Fish with a killer mechanical shuffle and glitchy whirs and bleeps. The vocals work perfectly too, whether in their natural form or slowed stretched or pitched up. Fish is a musician/producer out of Savannah, GA in the United States and you can … Continue reading WATCH: Ross Fish | A349M
Sydney’s electro lothario Donny Benet returns with his second album Electric Love (out now via Rice is Nice) and if you thought his schtick wouldn’t last beyond one album then think again. We’ll have a review up soon but Electric Love is a real step up from the debut with tracks stretched into jams that sound like The Pointer Sisters jamming with Suicide. There is … Continue reading WATCH: Donny Benet | Gimme Your Heat [Video]
Calexico have just this week released their new album Algiers and here is the video for the first single from it, Splitter. Algiers is their 8th album including 2010’s soundtrack to the film Circo. The album title comes from the neighbourhood where they worked on the album in New Orleans. Their record label ANTI- has posted an insight into the making of the record on their … Continue reading WATCH: Calexico | Splitter [Video]
Taken from Piers Twomey’s 2012 album Strange Advice comes the gently shuffling The Mountain Song, a wonderfully breezy song that incorporates Sparklehorse/Grandaddy percussion and Twomey’s lilting folk voice that occupies similar territory to Grand Salvo’s Paddy Mann. It is a delightfully simple song with some clever shading and great textural variation. Live Dates Sept 9th – Annandale Hotel, Annandale, Sydney Oct 11th – Green Room Lounge, … Continue reading WATCH: Piers Twomey | The Mountain Song
Sydney band Charlie Horse recently released the excellent LP I Hope I’m Not A Monster which is still sitting pretty in our list of favourite releases in 2012. Now they’ve released a video clip for one of the album highlights Dead Roses. Charlie Horse are playing a show to officially celebrate their album at The Factory Theatre’s The Factory Floor on November 3rd supported by The … Continue reading WATCH: Charlie Horse | Dead Roses
Fans of left of centre hip hop, funk, soul and jazz will be excited about the return to Australia of Madlib this October. He will also be bringing along J Rocc (World Famous Beat Junkies) and Egon (Stones Throw/Now-Again) as part of his Madlib Medicine Show. 25th October – Coniston Lane – Brisbane – tix via Moshtix 26th October – The Metro Theatre – Sydney … Continue reading AUSTRALIA TOUR NEWS: Madlib Medicine Show to tour in October
AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF THEIR BRAND NEW ALBUM DEEP HEAT ON AUGUST 24TH, OH MERCY’S ALEXANDER GOW TOOK THE TIME TO GIVE US AN INSIGHT ON SOME OF THE ALBUMS THAT SHAPED HIM. The first album I bought… You Am I | Hourly Daily – I saved up all my pocket money and maybe nicked a few dollars from a pensioner . It’s a … Continue reading SONIC KICKS | Oh Mercy
by C. Familton Pennsylvania native Daughn Gibson is a new artist who has seemingly appeared fully formed out of nowhere. The most unique thing about his debut album is the way it morphs between different styles, often quite different realms such as country and soulful electronica but it somehow all hangs together wonderfully and as a result Gibson paints himself as a fascinating chameleon-like musician. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Daughn Gibson | All Hell
by C. Familton When Matthew Ward began to gather curious listeners and build his audience with his fourth album Transfiguration of Vincent in 2003 he felt like somewhat of a mysterious figure with that husky, otherworldly voice that conjured up images of dusty country roads, dimly-lit juke joints and back porch sunset strumming. As his profile has grown and he has ventured into side projects … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion
Here is the first official release from Tame Impala’s new album Lonerism, out on October 5th via Modular Recordings. This thing rocks like its lumbering namesake and casts a nod to Black Sabbath amid its bouncy glam riffing and tripped out middle sequence where the keyboards take centre stage. It is the perfect balance of calm and tripped out cosmic psych rock with kosmiche flourishes. … Continue reading LISTEN: Tame Impala | Elephant (single)
On October 1st Universal will be releasing a deluxe edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the album. The main point of note with this version over previous re-releases is the inclusion of the Scepter Studios acetate version of the record which has been fetching the insane amount of $155,401 on eBay. The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Verve/UMe, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
The Dig It Up! festival held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth earlier this year was a huge success both critically and in terms of the vibe and attendance. The festival was curated by Hoodoo Gurus to commemorate their 30th anniversary and featured the likes of The Sonics, The Fleshtones, Sunnyboys, Red Kross, Royal Headache and Died Pretty. Now you can relive or experience … Continue reading WATCH: Dig It Up! sets from Sunnyboys, Died Pretty, Red Kross and more…
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