Category Archive: music

Bluesfest 2014, live review

Liana Gow-Killingbeck checked out legendary festival, Bluesfest: Bluesfest 2014, what a delicious way to spend Easter! I was lucky enough to trot down to Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm (just a smidge north of Byron… Read More →

Music interview: Temples are free-flowing

The trajectory of Kettering’s psychedelic pop sweethearts Temples is surely set cloudward. Having recently played a fine set at Coachella, they’ve also landed opening slots with all manner of heavyweights, from The Rolling Stones… Read More →

British India ticket giveaway

If the idea of wrapping your ears around free live music while wrapping your lips around free booze doesn’t sound double-amazing, then you probably need to re-evaluate your lifestyle choices. If, however, it does whet… Read More →

Yellow Ostrich, Cosmos – album review

Hatched from the 2009 home recordings of 21-year-old Alex Shaaf, New York band Yellow Ostrich have taken huge sonic leaps throughout their six EPs and three studio albums – now landing themselves on… Read More →

Sui Zhen, Female Basic – EP review

Melbourne-based musician Sui Zhen returns with something of a direction-change in the form of her new EP, Female Basic. While the core foundations of a Sui Zhen record – sweet vocals floating above elegantly crafted songs –… Read More →

Eleanor Dunlop in Sydney – Gig Review

Carol Bowditch headed to Brighton Up Bar to see New Brutalists supporting ex-Cameras vocalist/keyboardist Eleanor Dunlop: The gig began with Nic Cassey singing songs that were conceived in the wildest of places, from the… Read More →

Getting to Know Jimmy Tait

Melbourne band Jimmy Tait are currently touring their latest album ‘Golden’ around Australia. We grabbed a few minutes with frontwoman Sara Retallick: Jimmy Tait is… probably a really confusing name for what Jimmy Tait… Read More →

The Vickers, Ghosts – album review

Italy’s new psych-poppers, The Vickers, have released their first longplayer. Titled Ghosts, it’s a winding and colourful record that weaves together a sugarsweet musical tapestry. There’s plenty of sixties love bubbles floating by… Read More →

Hunx and His Punx live in Sydney, review

Entering a venue when you’re already late, with a mass of people flowing out in the opposite direction always an unnerving situation. Thinking that the set-times for the double-headliner of Shannon and the… Read More →

The Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast review

The Whigs were among my favourite bands of the 90s. Though part of the grunge explosion, their brand of muscular, masculine and misanthropic alt.rock had an altogether different feel to it. The influence… Read More →

It’s Record Store Day this Saturday!

Music geeks and vinyl junkies rejoice, for this Saturday (19th April) is Record Store Day. Better than Christmas, Easter, Passover, Chinese New Year, Thanksgiving, Ramadan and even Groundhog Day, RSD is a celebration… Read More →

Kelis, Food – new album review

Grammy nominee, milkshake bringer and, interestingly, certified cordon bleu chef, Kelis makes her comeback with a new record, appropriately titled ‘Food’. But just how tasty is it? Laura Ghafoor finds out: The new album from… Read More →