American violinist, guitarist and singer/songwriter Joan Wasser – aka Joan As Police Woman – talks to Courtney Dabb about her latest album and her upcoming tour of Australia: Hi Joan. Thanks for taking the time… Read More
Wild Rumpus is a musical meeting-of-minds between Gary Lucus (legendary guitarist from Captain Beefheart) and Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, aka DJ Collen, and their first full album release ‘Musical Blaze-Up’ is different to say… Read More
British-based Temples made their Australian debut recently. We sent Carol Bowditch and Joel Anderson along to the Sydney show: I have so much respect for this band. Even though they produce music that… Read More
Liana Gow-Killingbeck checks out Kishi Bashi’s latest longplayer: Kishi Bashi’s debut album, 151a, was one of my favourite, most played albums of 2012. Upon first hearing it, I remember being so startled by its… Read More
Somethingyousaid.com’s Lisa Says describes the latest La Dispute longplayer using words and pictures: LISTEN! And read the lyrics. The problem with La Dispute might be that there has been too much said. It might… Read More
After three albums of chameleon-like reinvention, The Horrors’ fourth outing sees them in somewhat of a holding pattern. Their previous effort, Skying, saw them integrate shoegaze and new wave into the kraut-ish psychedelica… Read More
It’s been five years since the first annual music and arts festival MONA FOMA started happening in Tasmania. Curated by Brian Ritchie (bass player for the Violent Femmes), the festival has been pretty… Read More