Grouplove are back with Ways to Go
A couple of years back, I reviewed Grouplove’s concert in Sydney. I actually headed along as a favour to a magazine editor, who needed someone to cover the gig last-minute. Knowing little about the… Read More
Ode to the SüdWest Stadt
Isidore Tillers considers the aesthetic, the smells (and the doors) of Karlsruhe’s SüdWest Stadt: I’ve been living (on-and-off) in the South-Western German city of Karlsruhe for the best part of a year. Life as a… Read More
Vydamo is becoming human
Just last week Vydamo released his debut album entitled ‘Becoming Human’, and somethingyousaid.com got to sample snippets of it at the launch inside the Australian Museum, in Sydney. Accompanied by a live band,… Read More
London Grammar: Wasting My Young Years
Following their super successful debut number, Hey Now, British three-piece London Grammar are back with their smooth new tune, Wasting My Young Years. The song is beautiful; it has quiet drive musically that is lifted… 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
Film Review: The Way, Way Back
My memories of being, say, seventeen to thirty-something are like a beautiful, slightly hazy and abridged novella. Conversely, I remember being fourteen with crystal clarity. Awkward. Lazy. Insecure. At best, I would have… 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
Interview: Get to know Jessamine Kelley
Somethingyousaid.com recently met New York-based model Jessamine Kelley at a party. While all around her were smashing the free booze and dancing badly to that omnipresent Daft Punk song, she was sipping water… 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
Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction!
Fact-of-the-day: In New York City, the law allows toplessness by both men and women. This is good news for the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, who meet up to do their al… 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