Category Archive: music

Interview: Brisbane band Salvadarlings

We caught up with songstress Ashley Goodall of dreamy, psychedelic Brisbane-based six-piece Salvadarlings for a quick but enlightening chat ahead of their debut Sydney performance this Thursday: Tell us about where and how you… Read More

Pierce Brothers, The Night Tree – Review

Pierce Brothers, Jack and Pat, are a charismatic duo hailing from Melbourne. Multi-instrumentalists, the brothers handle the guitar, didgeridoo and harmonica with ease. And it’s this melodic mastery they (quite rightly) show off… Read More

Slowdive Rising – A Sparkling Return

Canada-based music junkie, G. William Rex, headed to London and saw the remarkable rebirth of shoegazers, Slowdive: When bands break up (as most of them eventually do) there are two schools of thought. Some persons assert… Read More

Interview: Joan as Police Woman

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, Musical Blaze-Up – review

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

Temples live at The Metro Theatre, Sydney

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

Kishi Bashi, Lighght – Album review

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

La Dispute: Rooms of the house – Review

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

Gang of Youths live in Sydney – Photos

Fresh from supporting Manchester Orchestra on their headline tour across the United Kingdom and their critically-acclaimed turns at SXSW (as well as support slots for MSMR across the US), Gang of Youths returned to Australia… Read More

The Horrors, Luminous – Album review

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

Failr – Lark EP: Free Download

After Shazzaming a track I heard on the old radiobox, I was led to Martha Reeves’ Quicksand. Although this was very lovely and had me bopping nonetheless, I knew it wasn’t the song for which I was… Read More

The Great Escape 2014 – Live Review

Brighton’s Great Escape has long since been one of Europe’s leading festivals for showcasing hot new music. This year’s event offered over 400 of the world’s most exciting up and coming acts performing in venues all around… Read More