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
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Brighton Fashion Week – SUSTAIN
Immediately after a 30-something hour journey from Sydney to England I was really looking forward to Brighton Fashion Week’s day two show. The show was aptly named Sustain. I drank my bodyweight in… Read More
Jagwar Ma’s Howlin’ makes you move
The first longplayer from Jagwar Ma has been much anticipated. From popular previous releases The Throw, Man I Need and especially 2011’s Come And Save Me, Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield had a… Read More
Smith Westerns, enjoyable or meh?
Following-up the explosive “Dye It Blonde” was never going to be easy for Chicago’s Smith Westerns. Their sophomore album had the power to bring them to the forefront of indie consciousness. It set… Read More
Neon Neon at Village Underground
Neon Neon is made up of Gruff Rhys of somethingyousaid.com favourites Super Furry Animals and Bryon Hollon (aka Boom Bip). Their first longplayer, Stainless Steel, was a concept album about the life of… Read More
Optimus Primavera Sound makes us pee
Destination Porto. Portugal’s second largest city which, if your not familiar, is famous for port wine and a fucked-up beer-cheese deep-fried sandwich called Franceschina, which has enough different kinds of meat and, consequently,… Read More
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
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
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
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
Loene Carmen’s Peach State… again!
The eagle eyed amongst you will certainly notice that we have reviewed Australian Songstress Loene Carmen’s newest release, The Peach State, already, but Lloyd Bradford Syke has something he’d like to add: This review… Read More