Category Archive: music

Interview: Crooked Colours get sweaty

Having recently released their debut EP, ‘In Your Bones’, Perth-based electro three-piece Crooked Colours are in the midst of a headline Australian tour. Damon Collum had a chat with them: Triple j Unearthed described you as… Read More

Patrick James live in Sydney

Sydney-based singer/songwriter Patrick James launched his new EP “Broken Lines” last night at Brighton Up Bar. We sent Damon Collum along with his camera and notepad:  There are a lot of great things about… Read More

Getting to Know Olympic Ayres

Kamaliza Salamba and Nathan Mifsud are founding members of Sydney band Olympic Ayres. We had a chat to them about their soon-to-be-released EP, ‘Leisureplex’ and football (’tis the season). Read on to find… Read More

Great Lost Albums of the 90s – Strangelove

Gary Page revisits a great lost album of the 1990s, “Time For The Rest Of Your Life”, from Bristol-based alternative-rock band Strangelove:   2014 has seen a raft of reissued albums celebrating the twentieth anniversary… Read More

Dream Lake – Let Us Stay In The Light

Ethereal, weightless and infinitely charming, Dream Lake’s latest single ‘Let Us Stay In The Light’ perfectly encapsulates my rose-tinted vision of Sweden. “We are the ones that will make it shine” Dream Lake… Read More

Promised Miracles, Trust – album review

The artist collective, Promised Miracles, has just dropped a mix of Australian music, which takes in experimental, ambient electro through to post punk grunge. Entitled ‘Trust’, the mix was carefully compiled by Adam Christou, the… Read More

The Holidays live in Brisbane

Sydney-based band, The Holidays, recently embarked on a tour of the East Coast of Australia to coincide with the release of ‘Tongue Talk’ – the third single from their acclaimed sophomore LP, “Real Feel”.… Read More

Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear – album review

Damon Collum approaches the latest longplayer from Australia’s Sia with high hopes:  People often appear to be on different wavelengths, and the trajectories their lives take them on are almost visible as colourful… Read More

Caitlin Park looks to the future

Somethingyousaid.com editor Bobby Townsend catches up with his old chum Caitlin Park to find out about her upcoming Australian tour: Hello Caitlin Park, you legend. Where does this interview find you, and how… Read More

Dark Mofo 2014: Encores and Apologies

We spent two extraordinary weeks at Tasmania-based festival, Dark Mofo: It’s been just over a week since the conclusion of Hobart’s second Dark Mofo festival. The music and arts festival runs for two weeks,… Read More

I Heart Sharks – Getting to Know

Following their self-made, fan-funded first album, I Heart Sharks have just unleashed their latest EP. It was recorded in a disused textile mill in Manchester and in the former GDR radio headquarters in Berlin, and features… Read More

Emily Grove goes in a dangerous direction

American singer/songwriter Emily Grove tells us about her album, her busy schedule and about performing live on television with David Gray: Hello Emily! Where are you at the moment? How is your day… Read More