Category Archive: album

Sigur Ros – Kveikur review

Somethingyousaid.com’s Tammy Potakh wraps her ears around the latest longplayer from Sigur Ros: My friend introduced me to these guys two years ago and my first reaction was laughter. Not because I thought… Read More

Jagwar Ma’s Howlin’ makes you move

The first longplayer from Jagwar Ma has been much anticipated. From popular previous releases The Throw, Man I Need and especially 2011’s Come And Save Me, Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield had a… Read More

Smith Westerns, enjoyable or meh?

Following-up the explosive “Dye It Blonde” was never going to be easy for Chicago’s Smith Westerns. Their sophomore album had the power to bring them to the forefront of indie consciousness. It set… Read More

It’s true, The Polyphonic Spree are back

Joe Haddow reviews Yes, It’s True, the eagerly-anticipated longplayer from The Polyphonic Spree: It’s a nice feeling when a band you thought were dead suddenly surface with a new record. This exact feeling has just… Read More

Joy Division. Play Loud Or Perish

THE BEST ALBUM NEVER MADE? – by g. william rex We all have “defining” moments of varying intensity in our lives. One of mine occurred thirty-three years ago. I had just finished law… Read More

Loene Carmen’s Peach State… again!

The eagle eyed amongst you will certainly notice that we have reviewed Australian Songstress Loene Carmen’s newest release, The Peach State, already, but Lloyd Bradford Syke has something he’d like to add: This review… Read More

Revisiting: Rings Around The World

Had Welsh weirdos Super Furry Animals towed the line a little, not bolted seven-minute techno freakouts onto the end of gentle guitar-led ballads, not released a Christmas single furnished with a gazillion swearwords… Read More

Kirin J Callinan – Embracism review

Somethingyousaid.com’s Sara Potter tries to avoid brain explosions when reviewing Kirin J Callinan’s debut longplayer: WARNING: What you are about to hear is one of the most exciting albums to come out of… Read More

New Record, Re-invented Sound

Following the success of their debut record Crooks & Lovers, Mount Kimbie release a new long player to the excitement of Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch.  When I first heard Crooks & Lovers, it was… Read More

Review: Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Mosquito

Warning: When it comes to The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Bianca Cornale’s bias knows no bounds. I could speak glowingly of the New York triad forevermore and still not have said enough. They were… Read More

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard go west

Elfy Scott gives King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s  new narrative laden, spaghetti-western themed concept album, Eyes Like the Sky, a spin.  King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s 2013 release, Eyes Like the… Read More

Olly goes to a David Bowie listening party

Oliver Heath attends a listening session in Sydney to review the eagerly-anticipated long-player from the legendary David Bowie, his first in a decade:  I’m on my way to a Bowie listening ‘party’. I find the… Read More