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
Category Archive: music
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
Kele, Odesza & Hayden James live in Sydney
Damon Collum headed to The Metro Theatre in Sydney to photograph/review Bloc Party frontman Kele, Seattle-based duo Odesza and the Barry White of EDM, Hayden James: Heading into a gig you plan to review,… Read More
The Antlers, Familiars – album review
The new longplayer from Brooklyn-based band, The Antlers is out. And its awesome. Familiars, their fifth studio album, sees the band further explore the emotionality and spirituality of love and humanity, with a palette of… Read More