Tag: "Bass guitar"

La Sera : Sees The Light
0 Comments. 735 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 9:21am.
Break-up albums are a dime a dozen, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a more lighthearted breakup album than La Sera’s Sees The Light. Opening song Love That’s Gone has all intentions of being an introverted, self-pitying song going by its title and musical style, but when Katy Goodman kicks things off with the lyric ‘I love my life without you’, it suggests something quite different. After this... Read More
Graham Coxon : Ooh, Yeh Yeh
0 Comments. 570 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 6:55pm.
  The second single from A+E has a churning Velvet Underground vibe, with Graham’s beloved guitar distortion married to a lazy but flowing vocal melody, a cruising sixties garage sound with a buried hook. Not mind-blowing, but quietly charming.     Read More
Lost & Found @ Revolver
0 Comments. 1,402 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 12:48pm.
  Revolver on Chapel St means different things to different people. Colonel Tan’s Thai menu attracts a trendy, mid-week crowd, keen on curries, retro decor and funky tracks from days gone by. Original Banksys dot the walls, dating back to when only ‘cool people’ knew of the antagonist and his emerging form of graffiti. Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obey images paste the hallways to where The... Read More
Ned Collette & Wirewalker : Il Futuro Fantastico
0 Comments. 591 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 1:47pm.
  A preview of the second album by Ned Collette & Wirewalker, called 2. The single is a heady mix of squirreling electric guitar played in an acoustic Spanish style, deadpan vocal delivery and muted drums; a collection of sounds all struggling mightily to seem blasé, the energy dampened by Ned’s now-customary hipster gothic style. I dunno. It’s incredibly interesting but also kind of... Read More
Angus Stone : Bird On The Buffalo
0 Comments. 1,201 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 1:28pm.
  A second single from the soon-to-be-released solo album. Bird On The Buffalo is a West Coast desert rambler, a hazy, peyote cowboy shuffle under endless blood orange skies. The rhythm slaps, the electric guitar spirals and Angus sings like Dylan, relaxed and reborn.     Read More
Eugene McGuinness : Shotgun
0 Comments. 963 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2012 @ 1:54pm.
  Eugene McGuinness failed to capitalise on the warm reception of his eponymous 2008 album, and this new single seems unlikely to reignite people’s interest in the arch Brit arch pop artist. Lifted from the forthcoming album The Invitation To The Voyage, Shotgun relies on a sample of the Blues Brothers’ theme (actually the Peter Gunn Theme) for its character. Aside from that most... Read More
The Cactus Channel
0 Comments. 1,453 Views. Posted 2 Apr 2012 @ 7:16am.
  Not all teenagers are slaves to the hit machine; there are a select few who are carving out their own musical paths that lead them to worship far more credible genres and idols. The Cactus Channel belong to this select few, displaying tastes and talent befitting for a far more mature musical outfit. The soul revival is alive and well in Melbourne and The Cactus Channel are its newest and... Read More
Band Of Skulls : Sweet Sour
1 Comments. 1,098 Views. Posted 29 Mar 2012 @ 6:32am.
  I feel as though Sweet Sour, the third album from English trio Band Of Skulls, has been released ten or so years too late. While the album would have had the perfect home in the early '00s wave of Elephant’s and Pawn Shoppe Heart’s, today Sweet Sour’s basic rock'n'roll and flirting-with-pop sound feels clichéd.    Opener is the title track Sweet Sour, sounding as though ripped... Read More
The Count With... Snakadaktal
0 Comments. 844 Views. Posted 9 Mar 2012 @ 2:19pm.
Name: Jarrah   Ten bands everyone should know about:The Whitest Boy Alive, Tame Impala, Youth Lagoon, Radiohead, Metronomy, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Chairlift, Beatles, Will Smith, Feist.   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:A great potato salad, various meats, fruit platter, spring rolls, big pot of pasta, wine, epic chocolate cake, lots of ice-cream.... Read More
Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
0 Comments. 1,184 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 9:46am.
  Arctic Monkeys sling one out there for the fans – an out of cycle single that doesn’t appear on their current album. R U Mine? is a power rocking orphan child, although it does bear some similarity to the grind and fuzz of Suck It And See, particularly because Alex’s vocals are elevated in the otherwise bass heavy tune. It’s heavy and dirty, but the lyrics are sharp, and after a few spins... Read More
60 Seconds With... Ben Wright Smith
0 Comments. 713 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 10:02am.
  So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? My names Ben Wright Smith and I play the guitar, the blues harp, and I sing. My Band consists of Daniel Spiers on the upright bass, Jesse Williams on the electric guitar, Even Lineham on the drums, and Esther Holt plays keyboard and sings too.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, who are your... Read More
60 Seconds With... Adam Eaton
0 Comments. 1,046 Views. Posted 28 Feb 2012 @ 12:09pm.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? As a solo project, Adam Eaton. But I am often joined by my Norwegian band mates.   What do you reckon people will say you sound like?People have said that the sound of the debut EP has a modern folk/alternative country feel to it.   What do you love about making music?I love a creative lifestyle. I guess there are... Read More
Pulled Apart By Horses : Tough Love
0 Comments. 999 Views. Posted 23 Feb 2012 @ 7:11am.
  Fusing together a myriad of styles can be an arduous task for a band, but often (and in this case) one worth attempting. Combining the energetic rock ‘n’ roll infused punk of the Bronx, the jagged guitar lines of Future Of The Left, the best bits of 90s Seattle rock, and even slotting in a pop harmony or two – Pulled Apart By Horses have explored quite the terrain on their sophomore... Read More
White Rabbits : Heavy Metal
0 Comments. 630 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 11:05am.
  This jarring, ominous excursion into synth pop minimalism is full of creepy character. Lifted from White Rabbit’s forthcoming album Milk Famous, the knits together a quiet, bouncing bassline, curt shivers of guitar and an airy, seductive vocal. Add some weird images of polygamy in the afterlife (see the video) and you’ve got yourself a disconcerting slice of art rock drama.   Read More
Lost Prophets : Bring Em Down
0 Comments. 955 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 10:32am.
  McLoudy Pants Welsh band the Lost Prophets are set to release their fifth studio album in April, entitled Weapons. Lead single Bring Em Down is sort of post-rock meets Bon Jovi, with lots of spitting and fist-pumping and electric guitar noodling and a stadium-sized melodic thrust. Not even a little bit do I get it.   Read More
Angus Stone : Broken Brights
0 Comments. 1,515 Views. Posted 8 Feb 2012 @ 9:40am.
  The first single from Angus Stone’s new solo album is yet another milky, seductive indie pop tune. Amidst a slow spatter of drums and rich strums of acoustic guitar, his voice creeps like honey, hypnotic and melancholy, like a latter day Elliot Smith.   Read More
Single Of The Week - Drake Feat. Rhianna : Take Care
0 Comments. 850 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2012 @ 3:45pm.
  A low key R&B track in the Usher mould, with booming bass and a watery, submerged synth line and not much else. This is a nice change of pace from the epic scale du jour of the Kanye-led commercial hip hop scene, and it features a really interesting break down – more minimalist drums and clever layers of vocal samples from an old blues singer. Rhianna’s performance is also muted and... Read More
Sol Nation : Every Reason
0 Comments. 981 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2012 @ 3:30pm.
Sol Nation are a Melbourne reggae collective with roots in East Timorese folk and Afro-Beat. They have a self-titled EP behind them and this new single ahead, to be launched at the NSC on February 3. It starts out pleasantly enough – a loping, electric guitar laced reggae tune with buttery vocals, but things get really interesting three minutes in. The tempo ramps up to a heart-starting Cuban... Read More
James Harcourt
0 Comments. 1,278 Views. Posted 18 Jan 2012 @ 8:53am.
  Just how significant is Beatport in the scheme of electronic music? Pretty life-changing, actually, according to DJ/producer James Harcourt, who’s experienced its impact first-hand. Reflecting back on the mass success of his 2008 Call And Response EP, which happened to be one of the biggest-selling releases on Beatport at the time, Harcourt claims the website has changed the game... Read More
The Mark of Cain: Barkhammer
0 Comments. 974 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 10:33am.
  Legendary South Australian hardcore act The Mark of Cain are back on the scene, with a new album due out early this year. Barkhammer is an electric single, with what is now an almost retro stadium metal sound, a thousand pound bass line, gunning lead guitar and heavy melodic chorus. It’s very good. Meanwhile, someone told me The Mark of Cain are a white supremist band the other day and I... Read More
Moriarty
0 Comments. 942 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 9:29am.
  Taking their name from the lead character of Jack Kerouac’s absolutely brilliant classic work On The Road, Moriarty, a six-piece theatrical old world musical troupe (with country underpinnings!), first formed in 1995 in France. Consisting of members born mostly to American parents, their music is nearly impossible to describe. Equal parts French pop, Irish folk, country and western, soul... Read More
Simone's Top Ten Local Singles of 2011
1 Comments. 2,778 Views. Posted 21 Dec 2011 @ 1:57pm.
  Clear eyes! Full hearts! Merry Christmas.  1. GOTYE FEAT. KIMBRASomebody That I Used To KnowCreepy, lamenting pop genius.   2. MOUNTAIN STATICWarning SongSimon Gibbs of Tic Tac Tokyo juxtaposes voice and rhythm to create a stirring, evocative track where angular punk meets a kind of wailing world folk aesthetic. Ah-mazing. 3. LIAM FINNCold FeetAn impossibly likeable... Read More
The Morning Night : Calm Me Down
0 Comments. 1,120 Views. Posted 8 Dec 2011 @ 3:57pm.
  Fremantle sextet The Morning Night lace their new single with a teasingly familiar guitar riff, which sounds awfully like the iconic rolling chords of Golden Brown by The Stranglers. Their understated but hypnotic single strikes a lovely balance between ‘70s folk and psychedelia, and the soft strumming electric guitar I associate with an Automatic For The People era REM. Nice. Read More
Jack On Fire, Friday December 2 - Phoenix Public House
0 Comments. 1,758 Views. Posted 6 Dec 2011 @ 12:31pm.
On paper this bill had real promise, and I do so love when promises are kept. I came for a night of boisterous balladry, twang and talent, and was not disappointed, receiving all that and more in big fat spades. Despite an ultimately numerous, vocal and active crowd, I don't expect to be able to move around so freely at a Jack On Fire show in the future. This is good news. Opening three-piece... Read More
Slipknot Sidewave
0 Comments. 2,190 Views. Posted 30 Nov 2011 @ 11:39am.
Following the sidewave announcement of fellow Soundwave headliners System Of A Down, Slipknot have added a Melbourne stadium show. The Iowa heavy metal outfit were last in the country in 2008, which saw a whirlwind tour including pyrotechnics, hydraulic drums and of course those fucking terrifying masks. With the recent death of bassist Paul Gray, this promises to be a much awaited reunion... Read More
The Demon Parade : All The Cool Kids
0 Comments. 1,382 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 10:38am.
All The Cool Kids has a simple but hugely effective hook. Local psych rockers The Demon Parade have hit the perfect storm of swirling guitar distortion and laconic disaffection here, and tied it all together with one of those inexplicably awesome lines that is totally inane but/and so is the pure distilled essence of rock and roll: “All the cool kids will be at the show.” Single launch is at the... Read More
Monster Truck Ft. George Pettit : Sworded Beest
0 Comments. 1,158 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 10:01am.
Sworded Beest is the work of four mangy Canadians. Their stoner rock has a healthy dose of metal running through it, with rasping screams, all-in shouting and heart starting riffage by George Pettit of Alexisonfire. Not enough funk for my taste, but energetic as fuck. Read More
Sharon Jones : Soul Time!
0 Comments. 1,621 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 10:02am.
She's a pocket-rocket, a dynamo, ex-prison warden to boot, and at 55 years of age she's still competing with the best of them (and wiping the floor) when it comes to playing live. Commanding the stage with her powerful voice and 'don't mess with me' attitude, Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings have been dominating the world stage as the leading soul/funk outfit over the last couple of years. Their... Read More
Real Estate : Days
0 Comments. 1,656 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 12:05pm.
Days is the second album release for New Jersey trio Real Estate. Full of dreamy pop songs and simple light-hearted stories, Days, though beige in moments, is a comforting and unchallenging listen. Compared to guitarist Matthew Mondanile’s other project Ducktails, and bassist Alex Bleeker’s Freaks, Real Estate is far more polished, with a display of the three musicians’ ability to create simple... Read More
Madre Monte
0 Comments. 1,656 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 8:41am.
Some musical combinations just make sense. Jazz and rock. Classical and metal. Korn and dubstep. Others fare not so well (*cough*Loutallica). Melbourne nine-piece band Madre Monte have hit upon a particularly effective one: an amalgam of Afro-Colombian rhythms, Cumbia and deep, funky-arse reggae grooves, tied together via lyrics which dwell on mythological themes and recurring characters. The... Read More
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