Category Archive: music

Mayer Hawthorne Parties with Dogs

Haven’t heard of Mayer Hawthorne? Well, he’s an LA based singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, rapper and multi instrumentalist. Yeah, alright show off, way to make the rest of us look lazy and… Read More

It’s Something You Said’s 1st Birthday!

Exactly one year ago today, somethingyousaid.com hit the worldwideweb for the first time. With a dedicated, talented team of contributors based around the globe, our remit was to throw interesting stuff at your… Read More

Julia Stone sends us some birthday love

  Having met our Editor Bobby while he was reviewing Big Day Out in Sydney a few years ago, Australian singer/songwriter and all-round beautiful human-being, Julia Stone, has always been a great friend to Something… Read More

Photos: Haim and Alpine in Sydney

The “Three sisters and a mister” that constitute Haim might have been shaking Los Angeles to its very foundations for over four years, but this year they’ve gone totally mega-global. Glastonbury Festival was… Read More

Photos: Kirin J Callinan for 2ser Radio

Right, we’re prolly gonna have to change the name of our website from Something You Said to welovekirinjcallinan.com. Earlier this week, when we posted the Sydneysider’s latest video clip, we admitted that in… Read More

Summer songs to help you embrace the heat

 Remember how we interviewed New York-based model/actress Jessamine Kelley last week? Well, we were so impressed by her writing style and her music taste that we’ve invited her to join Team Something You… Read More

Twin Lakes’ Top 5 Winter Destinations

In their year together, Newcastle/Sydney band Twin Lakes have permeating the local music scene with layers of folk/rock. Their music has a pastoral resonance that nods to bands like The Dears, Doves, Silversun Pickups,… Read More

The Civil Wars – album review

Somethingyousaid.com’s Joe Haddow devotes some serious time to the second longplayer from The Civil Wars: There are few bands that I make time to sit down, with headphones, and listen to the whole… Read More

Music: a game of Truth or Dare

Ever found yourself reluctantly admitting to loving a band you just didn’t? Or praising the incredibly unique composition of your then-boyfriend’s all time favorite song? Or how’s about going so far as to… Read More

Midnight Juggernauts – Uncanny Valley

Science and technology revolutionise our lives but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schiesinger. Wow. Intense! That quote appears at the end of the Midnight Juggernauts latest filmclip for… Read More

Franz Ferdinand’s right action

New Franz Ferdinand? For realzies? Yowsers! We’ve been admirers of the Scottish four-piece since way back when we saw them in Brighton during the Take Me Out era. Then there was that time… Read More

Kite Club’s top five albums

Formed on a 50-acre citrus orchard, Kite Club is the brainchild of Melbourne-based romantic Nicholas Futcher. Kite Club has just released ‘Jupiter Smiling’- the first single off his upcoming debut record ‘Fresh Air For… Read More