Get Your Vinyl Dog Trumpet Now!
By Bernard Zuel. THEY’RE PUTTING US ON VINYLl! Top of the world, Ma, top of the world. In some ways it’s old news for Peter O’Doherty and Reg “my mother called me Chris O’Doherty” Mombassa, […]
CD Reviews
Cahill Kelly – Classical & Cool Jazz
CAHILL KELLY – CLASSICAL AND COOL JAZZ (Cheersquad Records) Review by Chris Lambie. Neither Classical nor Jazz You never know what potential simmers within a band line-up. Fortunately, Melbourne-based artist Cahill Kelly has made the move […]
Stella Delmenico – All This in Mind EP
All This in Mind EP – Stella Delmenico Review by James Gaunt A four track EP of ghostly folk music from Melbourne. Singing along with her guitar on opener ‘The Drop’, Stella’s voice mixes with […]
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Marissa Nadler – The Path of The Clouds
The Path Of The Clouds (Bella Union/PIAS) By Bernard Zuel It’s a Pink Floyd day today. At least the Floyd of drifting cumulus, uncertain thoughts and slowly unspooling guitars rather than the crushed spirit, missing […]
Charm of Finches’ Wonderful Oblivion
By Bernard Zuel. Charm of Finches – Wonderful Oblivion (AntiFragile Music) On their third LP Melbourne-based siblings – Ivy and Mabel Windred-Wornes – beg to differ with L.P. Hartley. For them, the past isn’t a […]
Sarah McQuaid – The St Buryan Sessions
By Bernard Zuel Sarah McQuaid today is sitting in front of a large and impressive wall of CDs, its styles varied, its nationalities widely spread, its depth vast. As it should be, given she was […]
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Daptone Super Soul Revue – It’s Soultastic!
THE DAPTONE SOUL REVUE – LIVE! AT THE APOLLO (Daptone/Planet) By Trevor J.Leeden Downtown Brooklyn NYC 2001, and bassist Gabriel Roth (aka Bosco Mann) and tenor saxophonist Neal Sugarman saw a need for a record […]
Hayley Mary – The Drip
Review by Bernard Zuel. Hayley Mary – The Drip (I Oh You) Weirdly enough, it was only a couple of weeks ago I was thinking about how going big – dramatic escalations, bold flourishes, emotions […]
Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny Haha
FAYE WEBSTER – I Know I’m Funny Haha (Secretly Canadian) Review by Bernard Zuel. Breakups don’t just hurt, they can kick you in the guts, smack you about the head when you tip over, smear […]
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Van Morrison: Latest Record Project – Vol.1
By Brian Wise. VAN MORRISON – LATEST RECORD PROJECT VOL.1 (EXILE/BMG) On his Australian tour of 2000, Lou Reed insisted on playing only recent songs. You can imagine how well this went over with the […]