Review by Naomi Faye It’s no surprise Grey’s Anatomy featured The Paper Kites’ ‘Featherstone’ during their season 8 finale last year – The Melbourne folk band have developed a penchant for melodic and moody soundscapes perfectly suited for emotive scenes. […]
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Album Review: The Paper Kites – States
Sunday, September 15th, 2013Album Review: Royston Vasie – Tanah Merah
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Review by Chris Gardner I harbour a deep skepticism towards “slacker” music, partly because I was raised on Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden, but largely because I have seen one too many boring local gigs where a band steadily murders […]
Album Review: Codie Sundstrom – Darkest Shines
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Review by Chris Gardner It’s not really a music journalist’s place to dictate what musicians should and shouldn’t do. Ideally, all we should be is an entertaining commentary on what’s happening in the world of art. That said, the sheer […]
Album Review: Travis – Where You Stand
Monday, September 2nd, 2013
Review by Chris Gardner You might be surprised to hear that TRAVIS‘ career has been dutifully plugging along since ‘Why Does It Always Rain on Me?‘ And in the UK, they’re held in much higher esteem than their lack of […]
Album Review: Pyromesh – Biologic
Monday, August 19th, 2013
With the rise of extreme metal, bands shifted their focus towards unusual structures and tonalities, technical virtuosity and the never-ending search for even more extreeeeeme and brutal heaviness. It’s a shame, because many of the acts that inspired modern metal […]
Album Review: The Smith Street Band – Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Review by Chris Gardner. Bob Dylan may have been a great lyricist, but he couldn’t sing, could barely play guitar and his music doesn’t make me want to slam dance. Thank the great music spirits that Will Wagner and THE […]
