Category Archive: music

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

Sarah Blasko’s charity ebay store

Australian songbird and somethingyousaid.com favourite, Sarah Blasko, is teaming up with eBay in support of charity organisation Bowel Cancer Australia – a cause very close to her heart. “I lost my mother Ellie… Read More

Germany’s SIZARR blend genres

SIZARR are a group of childhood buddies that hail from a little German town called Landau. Sound-wise, SIZARR are an indie/electronic band with strong leading vocals, they could be likened to the more… Read More

Sigur Ros – Kveikur review

Somethingyousaid.com’s Tammy Potakh wraps her ears around the latest longplayer from Sigur Ros: My friend introduced me to these guys two years ago and my first reaction was laughter. Not because I thought… Read More

Boys Noize’s Summer Roller Disco

Synchronized dancing on rollerskates is probably something that I will never achieve, so I will just have to watch Boys Noize’s video for Starwin and live vicariously through these guys HAVING A TOTALLY… Read More

The Snowdroppers are committed

I recently took some photos of The Snowdroppers’ performance at Frankie’s Pizza in Sydney. After I posted them I couldn’t help but feel like I had culled some of the most profound images.… Read More

Ride Into the Sun in shoegaze heaven

For all of you psych-heads out there, here’s another group to add to your ever-growing musical radar. Ride Into The Sun’s newest mini self-titled record was produced by Brett Orrison and Alex Mass… Read More