Tame Impala with Melody’s Echo Chamber

To say it’s been an enlightened year for Perth band, Tame Impala, would be an understatement. Musically, they’ve crossed an invisible line, managing to channel a sound which has but all been exhausted… Read More →

It’s true, The Polyphonic Spree are back

Joe Haddow reviews Yes, It’s True, the eagerly-anticipated longplayer from The Polyphonic Spree: It’s a nice feeling when a band you thought were dead suddenly surface with a new record. This exact feeling has just… Read More →

Shabazz Palaces, Swords and Pimps

Lifted from Shabazz Palaces’ incredible 2011 record, Black Up, is An Echo from the Hosts that Profess Infinitum. The sound of this group is so interesting and post-modern and I have been raving about them for… Read More →

Terminal Projekt is a disco tick

Sonia Clarke headed along to Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal for some sporadic garagey brilliance:  The last weekend of this year’s Vivid festival saw record crowds surge into Sydney’s Circular Quay, creating the unusual situation… Read More →

Hope, pride & harmony at Barunga

Barunga Festival: Gurrumul, John Butler and a big slice of real Indigenous Australia. How much should Australians know about their Indigenous people? About the clans, the languages, the Dreamtime, the rituals and the… Read More →

Ryan Davis and the criminal underground

27 is the cracking debut novel from Ryan Davis, a rock’n’roll crime thriller set in the dingy world of the criminal underground of Birmingham, in England’s West Midlands. Jim Vale, aka Jimmy Tyrant, is the… Read More →

All of Sarah Blasko Revealed

After much apprecaition (as always) for the incredibly talented Sarah Blasko post-release of her 2012 album ‘I Awake’, she continues to fuel the fire of love for us with her revealing new video… Read More →

Bloods at Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney

Oliver Heath encounters the dream hat-trick – delicious pizza, alcohol and awesome musical entertainment: Frankie’s Pizza is a Sydney rock’n’roll bar in the spirit of LA haunts like The Rainbow Room. You can… Read More →

SYS + David Ford + Jarrod Dickenson!

We’ve attended enough concerts over the course of the years to understand what constitutes a cracking musical experience. Basically, if you combine good music, a good atmosphere and bargain-priced tickets, you’ve got a… Read More →

Sweet new sounds from Ngaiire

Ngaiire’s Around fits within a similar vein of music to the likes of Little Dragon – it’s simplistic electronic musical accompaniment to smooth, soulful female vocals. Lyrically, the Sydney artist links troubled relationships… Read More →

Kirin J. Callinan at Walmart

Leading up to the release of his first long-player, Embracism, and a few Australian tour dates, somethingyousaid.com has a conversation with Kirin J Callinan about music, the world and on-stage looks.   So… Read More →

Joy Division. Play Loud Or Perish

THE BEST ALBUM NEVER MADE? – by g. william rex We all have “defining” moments of varying intensity in our lives. One of mine occurred thirty-three years ago. I had just finished law… Read More →