[MUSIC: Album Reviews] Damon Albarn – Dr Dee
DAMON ALBARN Dr Dee EMI Last year, Damon Albarn collaborated on the production of Dr Dee, a stately opera about an atypical Renaissance man named John Dee. In addition to being Queen Elizabeth’s...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] Lil’ Band O’ Gold
It’s hard to talk about music in Louisiana, or even rock’n’roll more generally, without mentioning Fats Domino. With most of their lineup hailing from his home state, swamp pop supergroup Lil’ Band O’...
View Article[ALBUM: Review] The Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made The Radio
It’s not as bad as it could be, it’s certainly a lot better than it should be, and despite Mike ‘don’t fuck with the formula’ Love’s fingerprints being regrettably smeared all over it, the first studio...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] Dirty Projectors
“Oh, forget about it. That’s proprietary information, dude.” Dave Longstreth is tired and irritable. It’s his eleventh straight hour of interviews, and he has no interest in hearing yet another...
View Article[ALBUM: Review] Angus Stone – Broken Brights
As one half of the duo Angus & Julia Stone – eternal triple j darlings and festival favourites nationwide – Angus, like his sister earlier this year, has stepped out from the family business and...
View Article[ALBUM: Review] King Cannons The Brightest Light
Our Russell Crowe, our Phar Lap, our Neil Finn – if it comes from across the ditch and we like it enough, it’s only a matter of time before Australia claims it. By moving to Melbourne before recording...
View Article[ALBUM: Review] Dent May – Do Things
Mississippi-based singer-songwriter Dent May is back with his second album Do Things, and quite honestly, it’s hard to take him seriously – which is exactly what he wants. (I’m like putty in his...
View Article[ALBUM: Review] Liars – WIXIW
I caught a Liars set last year in LA, at one of those urban-fashion-meets-street-art soirees. They delivered a set so fundamentally punk-rock that they left the designer-clad crowd shaking in their...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] The Go-Betweens
It’s just over six years since Robert Forster called time on The Go-Betweens, following the death of his friend and long-time creative foil Grant McLennan. McLennan’s passing put an abrupt end to one...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] Something For Kate
Holding out for a new Something For Kate record was a bit like waiting for news about the Arrested Development movie: we know it’s coming, so just give it to us already. The Melbourne trio’s latest...
View Article[MUSIC: Q&A] Funk D’Void
1. The First Record I Bought: It was Geno by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. I watched them on the British pop program Top Of The Pops. I loved their look (I think Luciano Vagabundo took their inspiration...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] The Ashton Shuffle
It’s been a pretty momentous year for Canberra electro duo The Aston Shuffle, what with the release of their debut album, Seventeen Past Midnight, and the launch of their regular Friday Night Shuffle...
View Article[MUSIC: Album Review] Something For Kate – Leave Your Soul To Science
Since their initial popularity in the late ’90s, Something For Kate are yet to find success beyond the usual expectations of an Australian indie band. Their records are consistently good, but they...
View Article[MUSIC: Interview] Ball Park Music
Music seems like a fairy tale career – travel, fans, fame, money (allegedly) – but as songwriter, singer and guitarist Sam Cromack and his ever-rising Ball Park Music have discovered, the reality is...
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Empire of the Sun : Ice On The Dune
Empire of the Sun have picked up exactly where they left off. Forget about your hipster tendencies towards the obscure and embrace the pomp and pop of Ice On The Dune – you’ll soon love it. Australian...
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Hamilton Leithauser: Black Hours
Hamilton Leithauser’s first release post-The Walkmen is his lightest foray. It’s not a collection of ballads; rather, there are plenty of tumbling rhythms and woodsy harmonies. Members of The Shins,...
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Owen Pallett: In Conflict
One of indie music’s premier arrangers, Owen Pallett returns with an impressive album filled with heavy lyrical imagery; his signature violin now matched with synth lines indebted toViolator-era...
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The Bohicas: The Bohicas EP
Announced a few weeks ago to play a two-date round of headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney, The Bohicas were relatively unknown. Since the announcement, airplay of ‘Swarm’ and ‘XXX’ has steadily...
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How To Dress Well: What Is This Heart?
The cover art for the past three How To Dress Well albums are strong indicators of their contents: 2010’sLove Remainsis packaged in a torch-lit shot of random roadside;Total Loss(2012) has the side...
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Daniel Johns
The building across the street from EMI Music’s Sydney headquarters is a thoughtful sight. You can see straight through the smashed windows and broken boards to the dilapidated interior; graffiti arcs...
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