'David Neil: The Wilderness Years', Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi
The Wilderness Years is a new album featuring Ricky Maymi from BJM and Steve Kilbey from The Church, supposedly covering songs by a former rock star, David... read more...
School of Radiant Living 7″
School of Radiant Living, or ‘Radders’ as they are affectionately known, are a whirling dervish of folky mysticism, suede moccasins, dusty denim... read more...
An Interview with Timothy Nelson
I have never met Timothy Nelson before, to me he is just that guy with the flaming red hair I see at people’s house parties sometimes. His publicist... read more...
Bon Iver, 'Bon Iver'
So I’m standing in a cafe, getting takeaway coffee, and they’re playing Bon Iver’s debut. “Great song,” I say to the girl... read more...
Usurper of Modern Medicine, 'Acid Chess'
One can only imagine that Acid Chess is the more colourful, mischievous cousin of the straight-up game. It’s kind of a fitting title, then, for Usurper... read more...
Battles, 'Gloss Drop'
Cinematic in its scope, rhythmically precise, and more daring than its predecessor; Battles have chipped away and broken through the ice cavern that is... read more...
Avant Gardeners, 'Mine Errant Vangarden'
Let’s talk about former and current members of Hit the Jackpot, FKN Tutts, The Moonies, and about a dozen seminal Adelaide bands besides. Let’s... read more...
About Group, 'Start And Complete'
Viva musical evolution! Alexis Taylor has temporarily strayed from Hot Chip’s electronic antics to take on vocal duties with improvisatory foursome... read more...
planningtorock, 'W'
What do Berlin’s planningtorock, Lady Gaga and menopause have in common? They all make us wonder what it really means to be a woman. While some mums... read more...
Thurston Moore, 'Demolished Thoughts'
Could you imagine someone with as loaded a musical history as Thurston Moore making a delicate album? I certainly didn’t until I listened to his... read more...
Friendly Fires, 'Pala'
Being almost entirely unmusical (played piano for two years, in exchange for pocket money), the lexicon required for musical description is beyond me.... read more...
An interview with Bat For Lashes
Look at this lady. Singing and wobbling about on an old bike with a gang of BMX guys in rabbit masks like a total legend. That’s Bat For Lashes!... read more...
Gang Gang Dance, 'Eye Contact'
“I can hear everything. It’s everything time.” So starts Gang Gang Dance’s fifth album Eye Contact and its epic opener ‘Glass... read more...
Tyler, The Creator, 'Goblin'
The last time I can remember some kids generating this much anticipation it was 2001 and the Strokes were about to release Is This It. Then, as with Odd... read more...
Of Montreal, 'thecontrollersphere'
Of Montreal’s recent output has been largely categorised by their dazzling, schizoid onslaughts of MIDI ridden baroque-pop breakdowns and indie-funk... 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...
Stina, 'Summers in Mariana'
Summers I’m familiar with – sun-glinted beer bottles and heated stickiness – but Mariana, what is that? I’m all a puzzle because... 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...
Golden Staph, 'Golden Staph'
If Punk is an infectious disease then now defunct local dudes and dudettes Golden Staph have concocted their own virulent strain of the aforementioned... 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...
Sonny and The Sunsets, 'Tomorrow is Alright'
Take it slow. In fact, take it real slow with San Francisco-based Sonny and the Sunsets. Offering laid back, stoned West Coast ballads this band has the... read more...
Snowman, 'Absence'
Before you cry your eyes out over the fact that Perth-born, London-dead Snowman are no more, take solace in Absence. Absence ends a trilogy of albums that... 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...