Tag: "2009 albums"

60 Seconds With... Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers
0 Comments. 593 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 11:11am.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? We’re called Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers. I’m the bandleader, and I play trumpet and write music for the group.   What do you think people will say you sound like?We play really old-school big band jazz, the sort of stuff you would have heard in a Chicago speakeasy in the '20s or a Harlem ballroom in the '30s. We’ve... Read More
Clark : Iradelphic
0 Comments. 768 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 6:42pm.
  After prolifically turning out albums in his own quasi-retro style, Chris Clark returns with what appears to be his most accessible album in Iradelphic. Recorded over three years in six countries, Clark treads explores sounds which we’ve not come to expect from him, namely pastoral, down-tempo pop. With this new flavour, Clark entwines flourishes of texture, Kraut-rock and scarred... Read More
The Darkness Australian Tour 2012
1 Comments. 2,829 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 10:41am.
  Few in the 2000s rocked harder than The Darkness. Breaking through with the fucken awesome debut Permission To Land, the band endured many bust-ups, a revolving door member policy, and a terminal case of sophomore album syndrome before combusting in a veritable snowstorm. Now in 2012, the classic lineup is back, better than ever. Fuck. Yes. With follow-up LP One Way Ticket To Hell... Read More
Border Community Inhabits Brown Alley
0 Comments. 705 Views. Posted 30 Jan 2012 @ 7:49am.
Owned by James Holden and run with the intent of pushing into the mainstream the best of leftfield, experimental electronica, Border Community is a haven for those of us who appreciate forward-thinking sounds, seeking shelter from the cliched and boring.  Australians will finally have a chance to catch some of Border Community’s rising stars for a night, and the trio that have been... Read More
Delta Heavy Celebrate Twisted Audio's 2nd Birthday
0 Comments. 532 Views. Posted 16 Jan 2012 @ 12:11pm.
It's been almost two years since Twisted Audio first began bringing Melbournians the best in perverse, mind-bending dancefloor fodder, and to celebrate the many endless nights of debauchery comes their second birthday party, headed by none other than RAM Records' Delta Heavy. After forming over a mutual desire to avoid working in an office for the rest of their lives, the three years of effort... Read More
Julianna Barwick Announces Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,527 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:34am.
Following on from her announcement on the absolutely incredible 2012 Sugar Mountain Festival bill, beautifully affecting soundsmith Julianna Barwick has announced a peripheral Melbourne headline show. Julianna has been making waves with the release of her devastatingly exquisite debut LP The Magic Place earlier this year. Her live show is set to be as equally stunning, concocting a... Read More
Trentemøller
0 Comments. 1,161 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:15am.
"Genius" is a word that gets abused frequently, especially within the world of music, but considering the multifaceted kind of talent that Anders Trentemøller has demonstrated since the release of his debut albumThe Last Resort in 2006, it seems a fair label to apply to him. A prolific instrumentalist, live performer, remixer and producer who deftly navigates between genres from driving,... Read More
Alpine Announce Hands Across Australia Tour
0 Comments. 1,409 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 12:17pm.
After enjoying an extremely fruitful year in 2011, local pop collective Alpine are all set to wrap their hands around 2012 with the announcement of a massive national tour. The recent Beat TV interviewees have been one of the brightest shining stars to burst forth on the Australian scene this year, and the rise is set to continue with the release of new single Hands. The bouncy track... Read More
In Flagranti
0 Comments. 949 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 12:07pm.
Swiss duo In Flagranti have been front and centre of the recent disco revival with remixes for WhoMadeWho and Black Devil Disco Club thrusting them into the spotlight of the blog era circa 2006-2007. After cutting their teeth on the Internet they gained further accolades with their 2008 album Sounds Superb and thus solidifying their reputation as dirty disco princes. Following that,... Read More
First Aid Kit : The Lion's Roar
0 Comments. 2,239 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 11:02am.
The Swedish sisters who made their name by posting a Fleet Foxes cover on YouTube are set to release a sophomore album. The title track of this forthcoming LP is another grand exercise in mythic country folk, twanging and beautiful. Like those most influential boys from Seattle, First Aid Kit write personal lyrics laced with nostalgic, pastoral symbolism, evoking long-lost worlds were salt-of-... Read More
Jimmy Hawk and The Endless Party
0 Comments. 794 Views. Posted 28 Oct 2011 @ 8:24am.
If Jimmy Hawk's debut album Echo Park was the "breakup album," then his sophomore with new band The Endless Party is the "make-out album," as the Melbourne singer/songwriter jokingly puts it. Inspired by a period of a lot of partying and healing of old wounds, the self-titled follow-up is a step in quite a different direction from the lo-fi folk of his debut. "It's a very percussive... Read More
Hatchet Dawn
0 Comments. 1,086 Views. Posted 17 Oct 2011 @ 8:42am.
After hitting the scene some four years ago, Melbourne based gothic metal five piece Hatchet Dawn released a very well received EP, entitled Faith in Chaos , and were selected to support Marilyn Manson across Australia in 2009, and now unleash their debut album Rebirth upon an unsuspecting world. This is a band who are going about things just a little differently than most... Read More
Crazy Stupid Love
0 Comments. 1,471 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 5:38pm.
Life is often messy, and the new romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid Love reflects the darker side of life and the complex nature of relationships. Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa agree. “We always wanted to bring the audience in thinking it was a romantic comedy and then take it some place unexpected. We just wanted to show love in all its different manifestations. You have to laugh, and humour... Read More
Fly My Pretties
0 Comments. 1,507 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 9:22am.
To say that New Zealand collaborative outfit Fly My Pretties is a mere “collective” would have to be the understatement of the year. Made up of a revolving cast of musicians, Fly My Pretties was originally founded in 2004 by Mike Fabulous and Barnaby Weir, from wildly popular Wellington reggae band The Black Seeds. For their fourth visual/performing arts extravaganza, Melbourne fans should take... Read More
The Walkmen
0 Comments. 1,417 Views. Posted 27 Sep 2011 @ 12:23pm.
They certainly haven't attracted the same amount of mainstream media attention as some of their contemporaries, but a good deal of those in the know consider The Walkmen to be quite possibly the best band to emerge from New York's independent music scene in the past decade. And when you consider that's the same music scene that produced acts such as The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Clap Your... Read More
Arctic Monkeys Tour
0 Comments. 2,488 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2011 @ 10:26am.
After being the first act announced through the agonizing drip-feeding of the Falls Festival line up, the Arctic Monkeys have added a slew of sideshow dates which will see them finally return to Melbourne.  It's been a big year for the Monkeys, which has seen them release their fourth studio album Suck It And See to vast critical acclaim. They've also recently only just taken back to... Read More
Warpaint : Billie Holiday
0 Comments. 1,546 Views. Posted 14 Jul 2011 @ 6:14pm.
Babe-riddled LA quartet Warpaint have a new single, released ahead of their upcoming Australian tour. Taken from their 2009 EP Exquisite Corpse, Billie Holiday is even dreamier than their breakthrough single Undertow, draped in layer after layer of lush, snowy sounds. The song is a cover of sorts, using the lyrics and the very bare bones of the melody from Mary Wells’ My Guy. The chorus, in a... Read More
Poison City Records
0 Comments. 1,888 Views. Posted 7 Jul 2011 @ 10:12am.
This should get you sweating amidst the winter months: Poison City Records is putting together one tough showcase consisting three of its biggest bands. With Melbourne's sonic-rock foursome A Death In The Family, local folk-punk up-and-comers Smith Street Band, and U.K. whiskey-rockers Former Cells Mates sharing the stage you can safely assume it's gonna be trouble. As it happens it's also... Read More
Syndicate
0 Comments. 1,787 Views. Posted 6 Jul 2011 @ 11:04am.
Greg Agar feels like he's been talking about his band's upcoming self-titled album "forever." While the wait for Syndicate's debut full-length has been a while coming, it's been well worth it, according to the frontman who claims that touring is the ultimate pay-off. With 21 shows packed into just 25 days, Agar is equally excited and anxious about Syndicate's most intense headliner yet, not to... Read More
Vents : Marked For Death
0 Comments. 2,446 Views. Posted 27 Jun 2011 @ 2:41pm.
As more time passes Vents Uno becomes more agitated with society and all the bullshit that it has to offer. A few years on from his brilliant debut the follow up has a lot of pressure to succeed from a loyal fan base and I’m sure from the artist himself. This release slams from start to end and should see Vents elevate himself to one of the bigger names in Australian music, perhaps not Hoods... Read More
Helmet
0 Comments. 2,425 Views. Posted 16 Jun 2011 @ 11:51am.
It may be a little difficult to believe, but Page Hamilton, main man and only original member of New York alternative heavy band Helmet, turned 50 years old last year. But listening to the brand new album , Seeing Eye Dog , from his ever-engaging band, one can definitely be assured that the man himself certainly isn't slowing down. It's a blistering and dynamic slab of industrial-tinged... Read More
Teeth & Tongue
0 Comments. 2,402 Views. Posted 18 May 2011 @ 10:49am.
On a deary Sunday afternoon, cars struggle with Smith Street traffic – there are at least four near-crashes in an hour – the pedestrians are rugged up and the begging is as over-confident as usual (Have I got two dollars? Really? C’mon friends – I’m clearly not one of those poor ‘average family’ bastards who ‘only’ make 150k a year – if anything, I should be asking 'you' for money). Among it all... Read More
Matt Walters
0 Comments. 4,282 Views. Posted 13 May 2011 @ 10:39am.
The process of self-discovery doesn’t have to be hard, according to Melbourne singer-songwriter Matt Walters – just chuck yourself into the deep end and see what happens. "I'm 25 now so I'm extremely comfortable in my own skin," states Walters. "I think if you wanted to learn about yourself you should make a record and play in front of huge amounts of people! It sounds crazy for someone who was... Read More
Boy & Bear : Feeding Line
0 Comments. 3,464 Views. Posted 11 May 2011 @ 2:34pm.
Boy & Bear’s new single comes just ahead of three sold out shows at The Corner (and a good long while before their debut album). Feeding Line is a tight, energetic indie rock tune that moves decisively away from seventies folk harmonies towards a more complex, muscular sound. It’s a better representation of what makes Boy & Bear such an electrifying live band than the tracks on the With... Read More
An Horse
0 Comments. 926 Views. Posted 4 May 2011 @ 10:58am.
When An Horse’s Kate Cooper went to a Rolling Stones concert as a teen, she was sold. “I wanna do that, that looks like fun,” she said to her Dad. He replied, saying ‘No’. So, she did it anyway. Along the track she got a job at a Brisbane record store, where she met Damon Cox, who she started playing music with out of sheer boredom, and so An Horse were born. And no, that's not a grammatical... Read More
Iron & Wine: Tree By The River
0 Comments. 954 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2011 @ 10:00am.
I am so unbelievably torn over the new Iron & Wine album. Sometimes it sounds like genius, other times I'm disturbed by the wild-eyed soft rock abandon. Tree By The River really epitomises the problem. This sunny, honey tune is full of swelling harmonies, twinkling notes and gently loving lyrics. It's twee and terribly easy listening, but then it's also kind of beautiful, perfectly... Read More
DEJA Release LP Preview
0 Comments. 1,388 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2011 @ 2:09pm.
Three years getting their hands dirty in the fastidious pursuit of finely crafted pop music, DEJA have just released their LP preview, a glimpse of what is to come in 2011.    Playing live shows relentlessly, releasing an EP and numerous remixes, DJing anywhere that will have them - even working with other bands in the studio, the next twelve months will see DEJA finish their debut LP... Read More
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