Tag: "sophomore album"

The Jed Rowe Band : Waiting By Your Side
0 Comments. 899 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
Fleet Foxes Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,762 Views. Posted 4 Oct 2011 @ 10:18am.
As the sideshows for Falls slowly begin to trickle in, one that many have been holding their breath for, Fleet Foxes, has finally been announced. Returning to Australia on the back of their sophomore album, Helplessness Blues, the Foxes have reinforced their status as one of contemporary indie-rock's most revered acts. It's with great pleasure that Beat present their meticulous blend  of... Read More
Digitalism : I Love You, Dude
0 Comments. 1,711 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2011 @ 1:12pm.
It's been four years in the making but, finally, Digitalism are back with their sophomore album, I Love You, Dude. Who said electro was dead?! As the follow-up record to 2007's Idealism, the German duo's brand new LP brings forward some of the old with the new.   The song Stratosphere fittingly opens the record - sending the listeners into the Digitalism stratosphere, allowing them to... Read More
Calling All Cars : No Sleep
0 Comments. 2,146 Views. Posted 26 Jul 2011 @ 11:26am.
Calling All Cars fall into the pocket between Nirvana and Foo Fighters with this heavy melodic single, which heralds the release of their sophomore album. The drums slap ferociously and the boys deliver some powerful three-part harmonies over the angular chug of power chords.Familiar but effective. Read More
Kins : Dancing Back And Forth, Covered In Whipped Cream
0 Comments. 2,406 Views. Posted 21 Jul 2011 @ 10:00am.
Alexander Gow and Thomas Savage are both talented but palpably distinct singer-songwriters. It was no surprise, then, that this would underpin Savage's decision to depart Oh Mercy for his own creation, Kins. Whereas Gow writes with an unabashedly romantic, personal and candid fervour, Savage's style is more metaphorical/abstract, observational and inquisitive (Savage wrote Met A Wizard on Oh... Read More
We Are The Ocean
0 Comments. 1,482 Views. Posted 30 May 2011 @ 10:45am.
British act We Are The Ocean are distinguishable from the post-hardcore pile thanks to the vocal finesse of clean singer and guitarist Liam Cromby. His sailing, soaring and technical voice is unique; however, Cromby is only one of two vocalists in the five-piece. After trading in hoarse screams for a gravely, melodic rock sound, frontman Dan Brown also shines on the band's forthcoming release Go... Read More
Tyler, The Creator : Yonkers
0 Comments. 938 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2011 @ 11:01am.
Simone's Single Of The Week Tyler, The Creator is due the release his sophomore album in the coming weeks. Goblin is the follow up to his critically-acclaimed 2009 record Bastard, and Yonkers is the lead single.This is the first I've heard of Tyler and his awkwardly named OFWGKTA crew (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) but he certainly makes an impression. This post-... Read More
Glasvegas : Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\
0 Comments. 1,235 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2011 @ 10:15am.
Glasvegas have always been ambitious in terms of resonance and emotional aptitude. After all, the three mammoth hits from the Glaswegian quartet’s 2008 self-titled debut album were Daddy’s Gone, Geraldine and Flowers & Football Tops – songs that dealt with the solemn subject matters of absent fathers, the life-changing impact of a social worker and the murder of Scottish teenager Kriss Donald... Read More
Sparkadia
0 Comments. 2,192 Views. Posted 16 Mar 2011 @ 9:35am.
When devastation strikes on a personal level, our strongest inclination is to escape or to isolate ourselves. It's a path that's as liable to torment as it is to enlighten, but such an unpredictable journey will often proffer reverential discovery. Alexander Burnett found himself in this predicament when each of his band mates departed Sparkadia, following the quartet's 18 month tour... Read More
Foals : The Palace Theatre
0 Comments. 2,083 Views. Posted 3 Mar 2011 @ 11:45pm.
Brisbane indie quartet Last Dinosaurs play shimmering guitar-pop that's all exuberance and playful charm. They garner smiles and invoke blissful dancing, but summon as little emotion as naive youths who can hold their own on a dance-floor but crumble in the event of solemnity. At this point, their music could be the soundtrack to some breezy, youthful romance and not much else.  ... Read More
Amaya Laucirica Promotes New Single With Tour
0 Comments. 1,199 Views. Posted 21 Feb 2011 @ 2:47pm.
Continuing the momentum gained on her recent supports of Blonde Redhead and Holly Miranda, Amaya Laucirica hits the road in support of her latest double A-Side single, Sleeping In Your Shadow/Anywhere She Went.   Laucirica released her sophomore album, Early Summer, in late 2010. The album was well received and was selected as "Album Of The Week" on Triple J in November. Early... Read More
Big Day Out By Christine Lan
0 Comments. 2,195 Views. Posted 9 Feb 2011 @ 12:48pm.
As the morning sun cast its merciless gaze upon brave early attendees, The Vines tore through a solid set in front of an impressively large gathering. In a set that oscillated between vigorous and anthemic, The Vines were focused and in form - unleashing all their fan favourites, Highly Evolved, Outtathaway, Don't Listen To The Radio, He's A Rocker and Winning Days, as well as new songs,... Read More
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