Category Archive: music

The Black Ryder – ‘The Door Behind The Door’

Dreamy psychedelic duo The Black Ryder have re-emerged with their much-anticipated second offering The Door Behind The Door. Chloe Mayne checks it out: It’s been a solid window of time since The Black… Read More

Review: Purity Ring – Another Eternity

Lullabies from a futuristic high fantasy. The childlike beauty of Megan James’ voice. The soundscaping wizardry of Corin Roddick. Canadian duo, Purity Ring, have just released their second album, Another Eternity. As I… Read More

Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

What do you usually see outside a gig? Middle-aged, dodgy-as-fuck geezers in white Reeboks perpetually looking to “buy or sell tickets”? It’s not the most pleasing aesthetic. The Twilight at Taronga shows differ somewhat,… Read More

Get ready for Primavera Sound 2015

With summer approaching the frozen shores of Europe, Australian adventurers start to plan to their booze-fuelled Euro trips. And what better way to start the planning than getting psyched to join the hordes… Read More

Hollow Everdaze get out there and do it

Somethingyousaid.com’s Courtney Dabb chats with Hollow Everdaze’s Jackson Kay, ahead of the band’s upcoming tour of Victoria and New South Wales: Hi Jackson, Thanks for taking the time out to speak with us at… Read More

Review: Dorsal Fins – Mind Renovations

Expect nothing normal from the release of the debut album from Melbourne-based Dorsal Fins, a quirky and vibrant 10-piece, on the periphery of tentative indie-pop. Oozing with innovation, Mind Renovations embodies some interesting… Read More

Angus & Julia Stone go to The Chapel

After a three-year hiatus, Samsung Electronics Australia are resurrecting the legendary music program Live at the Chapel, to celebrate the launch of their new digital radio streaming service, Milk Music. Excitingly, they’re doing so with the… Read More

Conor Oberst Taronga ticket giveaway!

The somethingyousaid.com team never needs much of an excuse to venture to the zoo. So when we discovered that not one, but TWO of our favourite acts of ALL-TIME are performing at Taronga… Read More

Music Interview: Adalita is in residency

Adalita has been on the Australian music scene since 1991, with the formation of the highly-acclaimed Magic Dirt. As well as playing in the seminal Australian band, she launched a successful solo career… Read More

Review: José Gonzáles – Vestiges & Claws

Swedish indie-folk singer/songwriter José Gonzáles is back with a new longplayer, entitled Vestiges & Claws. Felix Englund Örn checks it out: “Idle as a wave, moving out at sea Cruising without sound, moulding what’s to… Read More

Secret Garden Party announces line-up

If the seemingly interminable British winter is enveloping you in melancholy, then why not start preparing for the annual two-weeks of summertime that you can look forward to at the end of July.… Read More

Interview: DZ Deathrays let loose

Matt Lengren caught up with Simon Ridley, one-half of Brisbane-based DZ Deathrays (and one-twelfth of the band he and DZs bandmate Shane Parsons founded, Velociraptor) – to see what he was up to… Read More