Oscar + Martin, 'For You'
When my housemate dropped my mail off yesterday, I ran the whole four metres from desk to bedroom door to rip open with a healthy fervour what I had been... read more...
Boomgates / Super Wild Horses self-released split 7"
Since the Soviet Union went mental, shat its pants and staggered off into the forest the world has been sadly bereft of another Superpower. Not to diss... read more...
An interview with The Drums
So I totally chickened out on asking The Drums if any of them are in serious relationships (#fangirl), nor did I ask them if they’d like to become... read more...
UV Race, 'HOMO'
Following up the drug-addled Acid Trip / Speed Freak 7″, UV Race’s HOMO (their second LP and sixth studio release) is for the most part a surprisingly... read more...
Yuck, 'Yuck'
The perfect introduction to the fuzzed out slacker glory of Yuck is sitting in a Collingwood backyard on a Friday night, watching people roll joints while... read more...
Destroyer, 'Kaputt'
Like a rebel without a cause, Dan Bejar (aka Destroyer) seemed to be a writer in search of a sound. Without a doubt, the man’s always had songwriting... read more...
A mixtape by Aa (BIG A little a)
Thurston Moore said Aa‘s first album was the ‘kindsa sounds that young people should be making and enjoying in bistros from here to Kalamazoo.’... read more...
Eat Skull, 'Jerusalem Mall' 7"
It’s odd listening to a Christmas jingle (albeit a ramshackle garage version) in mid April but with Portland’s Eat Skull on our shores right... read more...
Slug Guts, 'Howlin' Gang'
Slug Guts hate Brisbane so much so that they thought recording this in a railway carriage in Ipswich would be better than staying in their home town. They... read more...
Chain And The Gang, 'Music's Not For Everyone'
Most rock is presented via a delicate act of duplicity. Bands act all, “(yawn) yeah, I just rolled outta bed in this oufit. Those lyrics? They came... read more...
Divorced, 'Separation Anxiety'
Recorded live in a one-day session and funded by a week-long medical experiment, Divorced have well and truly nailed a primitive if not Cronenberg-esque... read more...
The Weeknd, 'House of Balloons'
Good swearing should be emphatic, not just a tool to fill airy gaps between syllables. When I heard The Weeknd come out with “And that’s my... read more...
Gunslinger, 'Early Volumes 1'
Los Angeles’ Gunslinger is a little bit dreamy, a mastery in production and an education in letting loose. Joining the increasingly hip Last Gang... read more...
Seekae, '+Dome'
According to official word nerds who get paid a lot more than I do, hyperbole is “exaggeration used for effect”. So it’s NOT hyperbole... read more...
Golden Plains 2011 Tops and Bottoms
TOPS Pulled Apart by Horses. Top show finished by directionless crowd surf off into the distance. The singer is still being carried through paddocks near... read more...
Minks, 'By The Hedge'
My emo pre-dates “emo”. I know I’m not alone. Hundreds of us were standing in our respective corners, weeping in our individual lagers... read more...
Frank Ocean, 'Nostalgia, Ultra.'
In the last fortnight, Tyler the Creator chucked a huge bomb into a shallow pool. Just blew the mess up. As a result, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All... read more...
An interview with Lykke Li
On the surface it would appear that Lykke Li leads a blessed pop life. Her first album Youth Novels was a record that slowly crept up on music fans with... read more...
An interview with Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Percussionist Andreas Werliin and vocalist Mariam Wallentin are Swedish husband-and-wife duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums. They recorded their latest album,... read more...
An interview with Os Mutantes
Which band formed in the late ’60s in a political environment dominated by instability and military coups? And then proceeded to kickstart Brazil’s... read more...
Toro Y Moi, 'Underneath The Pine'
Shoegaze was such a distinct, timely sound, within a few years, almost every original band moved on. Slowdive went minimal, Ride got retro, and Drop Nineteens... read more...
Javier Frisco, 'Opiate Southern Gardens of Orchids C-45'
It’s not every day you come across music that’s truly terrifying. A lot of stuff that would love to be dark and unsettling just ends up, uh,... read more...
The Books interview
Nobody knows what genre to put New York musician duo The Books in. How to describe the music they make. They come up with combinations of sounds so insanely... read more...
Ghoul, 'Dunks'
The first thing that jumped out at me upon my first listen to Ghoul’s Dunks was Ivan Vitzintin’s voice purring through my speakers and making... read more...