Category Archive: music

New Music: Jamie xx – Sleep Sound

Our jealousness levels escalated incredibly rapidly when we discovered that The xx are currently in the process of playing twenty-five intimate shows to just forty people per show in New York. It’d be… Read More

Luca Brasi, By a Thread – album review

With the release of their new album, By A Thread, Luca Brasi sound like The Hard Ons’ optimistic nephew. Melodic punk bands like these guys have been a-dime-a-dozen for the last decade-or-so, with only… Read More

Interview: Ella Hooper keeps it human

Ella Hooper is a busy woman. She’s a team captain on the recently relaunched, acclaimed television show Spicks & Specks, a host on 2Day FM’s weekly Australian Top 20 and is currently touring to… Read More

New Music Video: Kelis, Rumble

The world’s most famous Milkshake-bringer is back! That’s right, American singer-songwriter and (get this, fact fans) certified cordon bleu chef Kelis returns with her brand new cut “Rumble”. The song is the lead-single from the… Read More

The Love Junkies, Flight Test – Review

Earlier this year I listened to the catchy new EP-teaser single ‘Chemical Motivation’ from Perth-based band The Love Junkies. I have found myself eagerly awaiting the release of new material. This track has… Read More

MAGIC HANDS, Tone – Music Video

Lucy Roleff, the fantastic solo singer/illustrator extraordinaire that you may remember from our interview a wee while ago, is back, now operating with a pal as electro duo, MAGIC HANDS. The sway-worthy number, Tone,… Read More

Ásgeir, Into The Silence – album review

When I heard about this mind-blowing new talent from Iceland I was the biggest of naysayers. Being a massive Sigur Ros fan and a moderate Bjork worshiper it irritated me greatly that Ásgeir’s… Read More

The Cairos: Photos we shouldn’t share!

Following on from their critically-acclaimed EP Colours Like Features in 2012, The Cairos are finally set to unleash their debut longplayer, Dream of Reason, in May this year through Island Records. Never a… Read More

Music: Southern, Where The Wild Are

Belfast-born, Liverpool-based brother and sister band Southern are set to unleash their new EP, ‘Where The Wild Are’ this April. Following their previous, eponymous release, this offering is another collection of songs that… Read More

Lyla Foy album review, Mirrors In The Sky

You may have heard of London songwriter/producer Lyla Foy under the WALL moniker. Well, now she’s unleashed her debut longplayer and it’s well worth a listen, as Joe Haddow explains:  If the haunting style… Read More

The Growlers – Live Review & Interview

Before playing the last show of their Australian tour, The Growlers’ Überchiller/bass player Anthony Braun Perry talked to James Booker about how two broken knees and the fondest of brotherly love is the source of his… Read More

Caitlin Park interview – A call to battle

Sydney-based singer/songwriter and megababe, Caitlin Park, is set to release her hugely-anticipated second album in May. Jess O’Callaghan catches up with her for a chat about the need for a section of snare… Read More