Category Archive: music

Getting to Know Wild Smiles

Winchester-based Wild Smiles tell us about their future prospects, about not appearing on Celebrity Big Brother and about living with their parents:  Wild Smiles started out recording in my shed. I put a couple… Read More →

Help Fanny Lumsden make her album

When we spoke to Fanny Lumsden & the Thrillseekers a while back, they described themselves as a folk-a-hillbilly outfit that’ll give you a toe-tapping, gun-slinging live show both as sweet as homemade jam and raucous as… Read More →

The Jezabels in Melbourne, Live Review

Reviewer Amy Wright and photographer Guilhem Vu checked out The Jezabels: While peering across St Kilda beach, the Palais Theatre shone from the horizon as the grandiose 1920’s structure it is, with high ceilings and… Read More →

SOHN, Tremors – album review

SOHN is a British producer from South London who moved to Vienna in 2010 to focus on crafting his “electronic soul” sound. Probs a good move given the city’s predisposition for electronic music.… Read More →

Getting to Know Kat Vinter

Berlin-based Kat Vinter has just unleashed her latest single. We asked her to tell us about herself: I am a solo Australian songwriter/artist living in Berlin. Wish I could add ‘multi-linguist,’ to the description but German… Read More →

Great Escape 2014: Aussie Sound Gallery

Arriving in Brighton on Thursday morning, it was easy to understand why England has a well-earned reputation for being eternally grey/wet/windswept, as disgusting horizontal rain greeted revellers stepping off the train for The… Read More →

Premiere: Busy Kingdom, Stranger Than Fiction

Here’s another video premiere for your delectation. Australia-based melodic rock group Busy Kingdom have just unleashed the clip for their new single ‘Stranger Than Fiction’. Check it out above, exclusive to Something You Said.… Read More →

Saskwatch, Nose Dive – Album review

With a collection of songs that sound like they could be performed on Sesame Street, Melbourne-based band Saskwatch have gotten a whole lot cuter with their latest full-length release. The album’s first single, Born… Read More →

Listen: Kimbra makes 90’s Music

I’ve been championing sartorially magnificent, lung-busting, Australia-based New Zealander Kimbra since I first laid ears upon her debut album, Vows. Since then I’ve played that record to death. So it’s exciting that she’s back with some… Read More →

Jim Bob talks Carter USM and Frank Derrick

Jim Bob tells Bobby Townsend about his new novel, The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, and Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s farewell gigs: Hi Jim. So, earlier this year, you announced Carter USM’s final ever… Read More →

Giant Drag, Band Car EP review

The Giant Drag story grows ever more curious. Their acclaimed debut LP “Hearts & Unicorns” came out nine years ago. Since then, the American duo became a one piece in the form of Annie Hardy, who also found herself… Read More →

Catacombe, Quidam – album review

Amy Wright reviews the latest offering from Portuguese fourpiece, Catacombe: When hearing music that’s powerful and masterfully constructed – yet completely absent of lyrics – it is only natural to search through all… Read More →