Tag: "Song"

Song
0 Comments. 337 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2013 @ 10:18pm.
Collaborations usually begin with mutual respect and a desire to work together. That can be the easy bit; harder is working out “what should we do?” Artistic Director of Ranters Theatre Adriano Cortese and James Tyson, a theatre and dance curator in Cardiff, already had a previous working relationship. “He’s presented our work a number of times and he just happens to also write music,” explains... Read More
La Sera : Sees The Light
0 Comments. 755 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
San Cisco
0 Comments. 773 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2012 @ 10:02am.
  Call them “awkward” as much as you like, but the simple truth is that San Cisco know how to work their magic – and they’ve proven that. Entering triple j’s Unearthed Competition because “it’s just something that you do now”, the Fremantle foursome have gone from strength to strength since uploading their song on the program. Speaking to the band’s drummer, and only female member, Scarlett... Read More
Loki
0 Comments. 652 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2012 @ 4:04pm.
  When Jonathon O’Neill, vocalist of Melbourne four-piece Loki answers the phone on a Friday night, he’s in the middle of reading a good book. While many through the city are gearing up to spend their hard-earned dollars on possible liver damage, O’Neill opts for My Heart Wanders by Pia Jane Bijkerk.   “It’s about a lady who’s traveled around and made homes around the world.... Read More
The Medics
0 Comments. 1,473 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2012 @ 10:06am.
  Between appearances at some of Australia’s most reputable festivals, it was a big summer for The Medics. Though they originated from the far north of Queensland, the band has slowly established themselves as mainstays in the Brisbane scene. And after a summer spent gigging at Big Day Out, Laneway and Festival of the Sun, the band is ready to use the experiences they had over the summer for... Read More
Krystle Warren @ The Toff In Town
0 Comments. 1,103 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 8:27am.
  With zero exposure to any of Krystle Warren’s music, I had no idea what to expect when I arrived at The Toff Tuesday evening. After taking a seat, my friend and I both noticed how diverse the crowd was, which interested us. With a colourful mix bag audience, I began creating high expectations about the universality of her music.   Up first, however, was supporting act Piers Twomey. I... Read More
The Magnetic Fields : Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
0 Comments. 814 Views. Posted 15 Mar 2012 @ 9:22am.
  Love At the Bottom Of the Sea is a return to the Domino label for The Magnetic Fields after a trio of synthesizer-free albums, but it’s a few good songs short of a return to form. Love is the theme once again and all the gang are back, ensuring there are snatches of 69 Love Songs’ greatness.   The best songs pitch neurotic, staid lyrics and vocals against popping, fizzing electro to... Read More
Lambchop : Mr M
0 Comments. 829 Views. Posted 13 Mar 2012 @ 1:20pm.
  Four years has been the biggest gap between Lambchop albums, but when Kurt Wagner’s gruff, gentle vocal cuts in with the lyric ‘Don't know what the fuck they talk about’ on the new album’s opening song If Not I’ll Just Die, it’s as if they’d never been away. And just like that particular lyric, Wagner hasn’t paid any mind to what has been happening outside his bubble and dishes up some... Read More
The Vendettas : Burn
0 Comments. 1,468 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2012 @ 1:16pm.
With their debut Burn, Melburnians The Vendettas have released a ten -song all-guns-blazing barroom-brawl of an album. Beer-soaked and sweaty, the whole thing reeks of a good time. High octane alcohol fuelled riffs, addictively catchy melodies and fist pumping rhythms combine to create a solid and exciting effort that will have any fans of countrymen AC/DC and Airbourne or Swedes The... Read More
Black Lips
0 Comments. 1,200 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 8:55am.
It might seem like a funny pairing to some, but award-winning producer Mark Ronson “swooped in at the last minute and saved the day” according to vocalist/bassist Jared Swilley from lo-fi garage kings Black Lips. Ronson may be known for polishing songs to a shimmering and slick finish but in the case of Black Lips, he hasn't messed too much with a good thing. Thrown a suit jacket on them perhaps... Read More
Puta Madre Brothers
0 Comments. 1,416 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 9:07am.
  At one stage of Puta Madre Brothers’ European sojourn last year, the band’s cross-cultural mutated cross-pollination almost got out of hand. “There was one night when we were playing in an African club in Switzerland, and we were Australians playing Mexican music. It was snowing outside, and we’re in an Ethiopian club – we just stopped and looked around, and thought ‘this is really weird... Read More
The Dead Leaves
0 Comments. 1,355 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 9:02am.
  It might be a peaking summer day outside, but in the air-conditioned confines of a label office, half of Melbourne’s The Dead Leaves are looking, as always, extremely dapper. “We heard you were coming, so we dressed up” jokes guitarist Andy Pollock, bedecked in a neat pressed shirt framed by a waistcoast and full Windsor-knotted tie. He is flanked by frontman Matt Joe Gow, he of the cool... Read More
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy : Wolfroy Goes To Town
0 Comments. 1,067 Views. Posted 10 Jan 2012 @ 1:00pm.
Alt country's other other darling, Will Oldham, returns with new album Wolfroy Goes To Town - his eleventh under the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy moniker. Perhaps because of the familiarity of the players, the production has a laid back and easy played-on-the-porch feel, with Oldham's wavering croak front and centre. Sometimes, like on There Will Be Spring, he is accompanied by nothing... Read More
Waverley
0 Comments. 1,148 Views. Posted 18 Dec 2011 @ 2:07pm.
It's been a long time coming for Waverley, one of Melbourne's up and coming power punk acts, but the band is finally ready to release their debut full-length in February of 2012. Lead singer and guitarist Daniel Papak speaks about the record with a sense of enthusiasm, admitting that, "It's an album that we feel like we've been working on for so long now. So many rehearsals, and we just can't... Read More
The Modern Age
0 Comments. 1,583 Views. Posted 7 Dec 2011 @ 8:06am.
Having met at work, Alexa Nania and Maddie Acosta were both aware of each other's musical talents yet it wasn't until they were coerced into playing together at a wedding that The Modern Age was born. From there the two young musicians began writing songs and playing shows wherever they could, eventually adding two more members along the way and expanding into the band they are today. Their... Read More
Deerhoof
0 Comments. 1,535 Views. Posted 30 Nov 2011 @ 10:10am.
Greg Saunier could talk all day and you'd be rewarded for giving him your undivided attention. He speaks with a genuine enthusiasm that immediately separates him from the narcissistic hipster and insecure conformist. Few musicians are more captivating live and even fewer communicate more passionately than the Deerhoof drummer/musical genius. It's this deep-seated fervour that may explain why US... Read More
Snakadaktal : Snakadaktal
0 Comments. 2,643 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:15am.
As winners of the 2011 triple j Unearthed High competition, Snakadaktal's self-titled debut EP comes fraught with expectation. The good news is that it lives up to the hype. Despite listing Metronomy as a major influence, Snakadaktal's mellow tones have more in common with The XX and Foals. What they do share with Metronomy however, is serious skill with a synthesiser and a complexity in... Read More
Prince Rama
0 Comments. 1,064 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:15am.
Change is a funny thing. Sometimes change occurs without design and happens gradually. Yet sometimes, a change occurs that's so drastic, it can only be the result of one contributing factor. For Taraka Larson, art school provided the inspiration for the radical alteration not only in the style of music she wrote, but also her outlook on life. Before attending art school Larson didn't the... Read More
Rat Vs Possum
0 Comments. 1,118 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 8:16am.
In that sea of naked bodies you find on Rat Vs Possum's new album artwork, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Matt Kulesza claims it's his legs that stand out the most. "They're pretty hairy!" he laughs, "and we're all covered in baby oil…" And if the mixture of friends and band members depicted in their birthday suits on the cover of Let Music & Bodies Unite weren't comfortable with... Read More
Husky
0 Comments. 1,977 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:43am.
You could forgive Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss for being nervous. Their self-produced debut full-length, Forever So , is just days away from release. Yet in the late afternoon sunshine at Southbank, vocalist/guitarist Gawenda and keyboardist Preiss sound remarkably self-assured and mature, all things considered. Over a few ginger beers and chips, half of Husky don't look like a young... Read More
The Living End : For Another Day
0 Comments. 926 Views. Posted 16 Nov 2011 @ 12:53pm.
For Another Day sounds oddly like Snow Patrol, all hearty, emotional and stadium-rocking in scope. The lyrics, though kind of vague, are full of bolshy platitudes about lively deeply and bravely: "We will win the fight, step into the light, only fail when we don't try…If we only have our rights for another day, if we only have our hearts for another day, then we will have our time again." No... Read More
Geoffrey O'Connor - Friday November 4, Northcote Social Club
0 Comments. 1,138 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 2:09pm.
The Northcote Social Club band room is hard to fill at the best of times, but the kids are out in full force tonight to support Crayon Fields frontman turned electro lothario - Geoffrey O'Connor. Launching his debut full length Vanity is Forever, O' Connor has built up quite a reputation over the years, his popularity evident by the substantial crowd that has gathered this Friday evening to see... Read More
Madre Monte
0 Comments. 1,696 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
The Jed Rowe Band : Waiting By Your Side
0 Comments. 910 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 3:19pm.
Melbourne's Jed Rowe Band has a sophomore album on the way, with this plodding song of devotion functioning as the lead single. Produced by Jeff Lang, it has a stoic country sound, twanging and quavering but phenomenally dull. The lyrics, written while Jed's wife was pregnant and unwell, are overwrought and metaphor-heavy, but they seem sincere. Read More
The National
0 Comments. 1,888 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 8:11am.
“Sorry, just give me 30 seconds, I’m just going to go and fill my wine glass and then we can go from there.” From the very start of our conversation, The National’s frontman is the picture of pure class, offering his wry apology in a gentle cadence – one which sits a register or two higher than the celebrated baritone of his singing voice. Matt Berninger has plenty of reasons to raise a toast to... Read More
Tom Milek
0 Comments. 1,335 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 10:12am.
A session in this year's Face the Music program encourages musicians to consider the 'angle' to promote in any interview. In these days of orchestrated media image, having a clear message is, apparently, very important. Towards the end of my interview with local musician and songwriter Tom Milek, I put the offer to him: is there a cheap and memorable phrase that succinctly captures his music? "I'... Read More
M. Jack Bee : Sound of Love
0 Comments. 1,653 Views. Posted 19 Oct 2011 @ 3:09pm.
Byron Bay's M. Jack Bee has a beautiful voice, a low timbre with smooth edges and a wry undertone that climbs into a strained alto every now and then. His publicist compares him to Neil Diamond and Jack Ladder and that's about right - he's a youthful indie pop crooner with a polished, slightly husky charm. His voice takes centre stage in this song, accompanied by slim piano notes, steady tom... Read More
Okkervil River - Friday October 14, The Forum Theatre
4 Comments. 2,934 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2011 @ 12:24pm.
I once caught a flight with Okkervil River. While waiting at a stopover in Auckland, what struck me most was the palpable distance between frontman Will Sheff and the rest of the band.  As the band joked around, poking each other in the ribs and giggling over a magazine, Will sat alone, morose, and in the corner, huddled over a laptop with giant headphones on. Perhaps he was preoccupied... Read More
Jeff Lang
0 Comments. 1,307 Views. Posted 14 Oct 2011 @ 8:23am.
Jeff Lang's latest, Carried In Mind, is a perfect microcosm of everything that makes him so cool. Plaintive vocals, moody acoustic instrumentation, supercharged amplified slide guitar, and of course lyrical depth. Together the songs seem to approach the topic of life-changing events/feelings from different angles, from anxiety-ridden, stomping numbers like Running By The Rock to... Read More
Battles
0 Comments. 1,756 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 9:26am.
The last time renowned New York experimentalist collective Battles visited Australia holds a weight of significance in the band’s relatively brief narrative. The then four-piece performed a stunning recital of tracks from the debut full-length as part of the inaugural Vivid Sydney event in 2009, taking to the Sydney Opera House for two incredible performances. The Battles who performed at those... Read More
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