An Interview with Neon Indian
Made from glistening, kool-aid synthesizers and crunchy guitar, Palomo’s first album sounded like it’d been inspired by the soundtrack to a late ’80s... read more...
An Interview with MEN
JD Samson, as much known for her moustache as her role in Kathleen Hanna’s Le Tigre, is taking the Riot Grrl politics of Second Wave Feminism out of... read more...
Taco Leg, 'Printed Gold' 7"
It’s odd (though maybe not) that a Perth band seems to have more supporters on the East Coast of the United States than they do in Australia. Such... read more...
An interview with Balam Acab
Last year’s ‘See Birds’ EP by Balam Acab, aka 20-year-old Alec Koone, got a little lost in all the talk about the witch house genre.... read more...
smRts, 'Have Friends and Visit Them At Night'
With two drummers and three guitarists, all focussed on a melodic rhythm resembling what wired street urchins doing wordless eastern-folk might sound... read more...
Calvin Keys, 'Shawn-Neeq'
So you say you’re not a fan of ‘jazz’. Listen to this album and I promise it will make your day better! Recorded in 1971 for the influential... read more...
Cow Parade Cow Interview
Together with local act Goodnight Tiger, CPC are the winners of Path To Laneway, which means they’ve got a coveted spot in the line up of this Saturday’s Perth... read more...
The Prom Mixtape
Bourgeois Bogan co-founder Petro Vouris (AKA Cluedo Pierres, Petrosex, Silkie Krusher, Elvis Penis) took a ride back in time in the DeLorean to make us... read more...
An interview with EMA
Erika M. Anderson is EMA. From the prairie town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota – pop. 153,888 – where the main industries are a meat packing... read more...
A mixtape by Total Control
Screw journalistic objectivity I’m just going to say it: Total Control are the best and most exciting band in Australia. Apologies to Royal Headache... read more...
An interview with Girls
If I could pen an anthology of great, modern American stories, the life of Girls front man Chris Owens would be at the top of the list. Reared in the bizarre... read more...
Analogue To Digital #7 - Claire Pannell interview
We speak to Claire Pannell, founder of the infamous noise nights Analogue To Digital, at Scitech read more...
Sarry/Drowning Horse, 'Live Split'
The clever chaps at ‘the garage’ recorded Sarry (Japan)’s Perth set and put it out on a CD, along with local purveyors of loud, slow, doom - Drowning... read more...
Sun Araw, 'Ancient Romans'
If architecture is frozen music, then Ancient Romans is a sonic testament to the inverse; that music is a process of slowly unfreezing architecture. ... read more...
Secret Circuit, 'Cosmic Vapors'
Artist and musician Eddie Ruschan (aka Secret Circuit) is pushing 40 and well within his rights when combining eras for his retro-futuristic techno release... read more...
Tako, 'Redlight Radio Mix'
Originally broadcast out of a shop in Amsterdam’s red light district, Tako’s mix is a 3.5 hour excursion in 70s boogie, 80s electro-funk, folk, psyche,... read more...
Pauline Manson, '999/Washed To Oblivion'
Pauline Manson, which carries on a lo-fi inclination towards primitive instrumentation and post-punk messthetics which masks a screwed up sense of humour: 999/Washed... read more...
Allbrook Avery, 'Big 'Art'
There was never any doubt that these two getting together would create something of mythic proportions. And so it is – the album Big ‘Art... read more...
Unity Floors, "Womens Golf" 7 inch
Their sound is of the stripped-back garage variety, which is another way of saying no bullshit or ‘production values’. 7” opener ‘Boil The Ocean’... read more...
The Reatards, 'Teenage Hate / F*ck Elvis'
Of Reatard’s staggering musical output, his 1998 debut LP Teenage Hate is still the best at capturing the punk spit and snarl as seen at the Fall... read more...
James Blake, 'Enough Thunder' EP
Boy genius of 2011 James Blake released his fourth EP Enough Thunder last week. This is not just a big moment in my tiny universe, but for overly sentimental,... read more...
'Batman Smells' - Dada Records' Xmas Compilation
Dada Records have captured the true spirit of Jesus’ birthday with the ‘Batman Smells’ compilation. read more...
Blank Realm, 'Falling Down The Stairs'
This is going to be the easiest review ever written. There’s not a single need to intellectualise Blank Realm’s latest 7” because it just sounds... read more...
The Bats, 'Free All The Monsters'
ASE, NASDAQ, NYSE, Deutsche Borche, Flying Nun. Stocks, fortunes, and people’s sanity are dealt, traded, and swapped within these entities; Flying Nun... read more...