Music

Okay, so this song is absolutely beautiful and without a doubt my ‘personal find’ of the week. The composition is impressive, the lyrics are inspired and I feel that given Band of Horses are in the country at the moment, you folks will like this sort of thing. The London based band are called Dry…

While on tour with CSS, JD Samson and her latest project MAN hit up the Culture Collide festival in Los Angeles. Backstage at the festival, I caught up with the member of Le Tigre to discuss the tour, MAN’s latest record and “coming out” as a poor musician on The Huffington Post. So how is…

Being fashionably late is no longer fashionable. I find this out when I arrive as soon as the 3rd or 4th song from The Letter String Quartet and the venue is nearly full already. As soon as I walked through the door, this collection of strings had me captured. The tones which the four players…

Another installment of Brisbane’s newest boutique music event – Track & Field – is looming just around the corner, set to fill the rooms of local venue The Arena on Friday, November 25th. Following the success of the its first chapter at The Old Museum in May 2011, Track & Field is set to reignite…

Released on Friday was the highly anticipated new live album and film from Iceland’s Sigur Ros, entitled Inni. We have the FULL album stream (first disc only) here for your listening pleasure. But go and pick yourself up a proper copy – it has two discs and a DVD with a concert film directed by…

A great short clip here looking back at the Official 2011 Parklife Afterparty at Fakeclub in Sydney, featuring Diplo, Nero, Simian Mobile Disco and more… This video was put together by the good fellas at Negative Films.

One of our favourite records of the year is The Jezabels’ enormous, ARIA #2 debut record, Prisoner. “Trycolour” is the second single from the album (following “Endless Summer”) and the impressive music video has just been released. Check it out here! On the track, Samuel Lockwood had this to say: “‘Trycolour is our 90’s song….

Last night Vodafone hosted the “Summer Beats Party” at Beach Haus in Sydney to launch the new HTC XL & XE smartphones in partnership with Beats by Dr. Dre (“the headphones for music’s A-List”). We headed along and got to play with the new phones (what massive screens they have!), and listen in on the…

While at the Aussie BBQ at CMJ last month, Larry Heath caught up with Sydney outfit The Trip to talk about the ups and downs of their CMJ experience, the long recording process for the debut record, their “infamous frisbee skills”, plans for 2017 and much more… How has New York been treating you? My…

Every once in a while, there comes along an album that has the ability to shape and influence the way you perceive the world and the people in it. However you look at it, the re-issue of an album simply means that its success had the ability to resonate with the targeted listeners, which is…

My final day of CMJ was spent admiring the music of Australia from afar. Though I was at The Delancey for the entirety of The Aussie BBQ, I once again enjoyed little-to-no music as I undertook a pile of interviews on the roof. You, however, will be enjoying those soon. That said, I did catch…

From the streets of New York to LA, it’s cops, secos and a whole lot of bums as Set Sail makes their way from coast to coast. Follow them as they start their journey across America!

While we were in Los Angeles last month for the annual Filter Magazine Culture Collide Festival we sat down with Sydney born, UK based artist Alex Burnett aka Sparkadia to talk about playing America for the first time, upcoming plans in Australia (where he just played Fat as Butter) and much more…

The late Amy Winehouse, who died in July this year, aged 27, is following a long line of musicians to have their material released to the public after their death. Plans have already been made for an album to be released on December 5 titled Lioness: Hidden Treasures and feature 12 tracks that are yet…

Sydney natives Winter People play a pleasant mix of folk, pop and post-rock that for me was an instantly forgettable affair. Their stage presence was only so-so and while they write pretty melodies they just weren’t doing it for me, with the band lacking the intensity and energy to elevate their performance from being an…

Just after they’d recorded some tracks at the world renowned recording studio Stratosphere Sound in New York City (partly owned by James Iha, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins), we caught up with Nic and Josh of Pittsburgh based band 1,2,3. AH: Hey guys how are you both? Nick & Josh: Good! You guys have a…

A group of young talents from the other East Coast capitals took over The Standard in Sydney last night, officially celebrating the debut LP of Ball Park Music, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs, released in September. Fellow Brisbanites The Jungle Giants opened up proceedings, one of the latest additions to the indie pop regiment coming out…

It all started in June 1984. Although I could barely function independently as a five-month-old child around the same time, Australian electro-pop group Pseudo Echo were breaking their way into the top of the charts during the release of their debut album, Autumnal Park, in a successful bid to make their presence well known in…

The third day of CMJ proceedings was primarily occupied by a slew of interviews I had to undertake (you’ll be seeing them online soon) and the CMJ College Day and College Radio Awards, which saw college radio personalities and stations recognised for their talents and hard work. Sounds Australia were behind the day itself, putting…

In my fourth day of CMJ, I made tracks to catch up with 1,2,3, a band from Pittsburgh who were heading into James Iha’s recording studio (complete with Smashing Pumpkins memorabilia), Stratosphere Sound, to lay down a few live tracks as part of the Fred Perry Artists Lounge sessions. They were quite the tight band……

So, you may be asking yourselves: what the hell is CMJ? Well it’s probably a fair question. And much like SXSW in Austin, Texas, it’s the sort of event that needs to be experienced to be fully understood – but let’s see what I can describe to you here. CMJ (or “College Music Journal”) is…

Warming the stage for the hometown leg of Big Scary‘s album launch tour were five piece Buckley Ward, who have recently signed to Shock Records. Buckley Ward make pretty, sweeping indie rock and really seemed to be enjoying their time in the spotlight. Their live presence was only so-so, which was probably due more to…

Rat vs Possum may be the support for tonight’s Melbourne Festival show at the Toff in Town, but their party-time set doesn’t waste time, even with people who just want to stick to the walls of the venue. Their live shows in more recent times have moved away from their tribal, thunderous vibe to a…

American psych rockers Prince Rama will be hitting our shores in January to partake in the MONA FOMA and Sugar Mountain Music Festivals. Kat Mahina caught up with Taraka Larson from the band to discuss the music, cosmic portals and ritual sacrifice ahead of their impending trip down under. Hi Taraka, how are you, whereabouts…

This night was a night for the clock. Considering I ordered dinner at 8:00pm, it was a bit of a disaster to not see anything at my table after half an hour waiting. And I waited some more. In the end, I would like to thank the East Brunswick Club kitchen for making me miss…

White-boy rap is something I’ve always struggled to take seriously, and was not what I was expecting to be subjected to, as I arrived at the Buffalo Club for my weekly dose of art wank. Locals Brothers Hand Mirror put on an interesting show, with a comical set that was highly entertaining. Oscar Vincente-Slorach Thorn…

A tiny crowd gathered early to catch supporting act Wolfy & The Bat Cubs strutting their stuff on stage, which was a shame as their set was highly enjoyable. The five-piece play old school psych-rock with a passion, and they do their thing properly, with era appropriate outfits and a staunch devotion to their sound….

Geelong natives The Frowning Clouds got the party started with their breezy surf infused tunes. The five piece are a tight live act who play music that was made for the beery good times. Their set was a lot of fun and they got the crowd up and moving with their incredibly catchy rock. They…