The second single from Wrongtom’s Rongorongo label is another off-the-wall selection of crooked-pop featuring transatlantic couple Ed and Varrick Zed aka The Casual Sexists. Inspired by a mix of synthpop, dancehall, sex-funk and… Read More
Festival+Brighton+Super Furry Animals = YES PLEASE. Ruth Hodge explains why you need to get yourself down to good old Sussex by the sea in September: There’s probably nothing better than a little summer seaside… Read More
In Colour, the surreal debut from Jamie xx, is simply incandescent to the ears. It is animalistic. Rhythmic. Perhaps a kaleidoscopic representation of modern British dance. But most importantly, it establishes Jamie Smith… Read More
Somethingyousaid.com pulls the Australian music icons far from the Milky Way, as Chloe Mayne picks the imagination of The Church guitarist, Ian Haug: Hey Ian! Thanks for taking this window of time to… Read More
The final day at The Great Escape 2015 came around all-too quickly. Harriet Cheney was there once more for somethingyousaid.com: Day three began with the Aussie BBQ – an afternoon showcasing Australian artists… Read More
Incoming sensation Max Gowan makes the most of his 18 years of experience on this Earth with his debut longplayer, Big People. His songs shine at the seams with an inexpressible youthfulness, and… Read More
This June, Australian songwriter Patrick James will be playing in Sydney and Melbourne to preview songs from his upcoming debut album, including launching brand new single “California Song”. Ruth Hodge had a chat with him: I… Read More
Toronto-based artist Tamara Lindeman’s third longplayer has just landed. Melissa Barrass checks it out: ‘Loyalty’ kept putting me in and out of sleep. This is not a bad thing at all. It wasn’t from… Read More
With Day One safely navigated, somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney made her way back for a second helping: My second day of at The Great Escape began at 1pm so I could pack in as much… Read More
Annastasia Robertson got her groove well-and-truly on at The Metro Theatre last Saturday: The venue was packed to the rafters for the final Sydney leg of the Hot Dub Time Machine tour. I wasn’t sure what… Read More
Having already turned heads across the Australian music scene, Melbourne-based cousins Simon Lam and Chloe Kaul have since generated considerable buzz worldwide and are in the midst of a triumphant European Tour. The duo, known… Read More
Florida’s Surfer Blood rode to our shores with debut Astro Coast in 2010, praised for their Weezer-meets-Morrissey indie-pop. Signed by a major label to release 2013’s Pythons, only for each party to dump… Read More