Sticky Fingers – Yours To Keep
By Matt Rocke Coming Unstuck Sticky Fingers fourth album, Yours To Keep, is a bridge over troubled waters. The licence granted to rock stars in the seventies to behave as they liked was revoked by […]
CD Reviews
John Butler – Home
By Samuel J. Fell. John Butler Trio – Home (Jarrah Records / MGM) There was a time when John Butler was an innovator. Dreadlocked and artistically carefree, off the street corners of Fremantle armed with little […]
Take Me To Town – An Australian Alternative Country Compilation
By Denise Hylands. Take Me To Town – An Australian Alternative Country Compilation (Stanley Records) Alternative country is a term that was popularised in the early 90’s. Although many will argue that what we describe […]
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‘Idiot Wind’ Still Blowing – Dylan’s More Blood On The Tracks!
By Michael Goldberg. Nearly 43 years after its release, Blood On The Tracks, stands the test of time. I remember we were in the living room of the three-bedroom apartment on Sacramento Street. That was […]
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
By Matt Rocke. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In (Matador/Remote Control) America is great again? No thanks to Capital Hill. But Kurt Vile’s new record, ‘Bottle it In’ could just be an antidote to the […]
CD: DELINE BRISCOE – WAWU
Review by Chris Lambie DELINE BRISCOE – WAWU (MGM / Acoustic Fusion) Deline Briscoe‘s sublime backing vocals have accompanied iconic Australian artists. A few less feet from stardom, she’s graced ensembles including Black Arm Band, […]
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CD: Paul Weller – True Meanings
Review by Iain Patience Paul Weller – True Meanings (Warner Records) The second release in as many years from the former super-Mod, punkish-rocker, Weller, finds him again on top form, with 14 tracks that bear […]
CD: Tash Sultana – Flow State
By Matt Rocke Tash Sultana – Flow State Tash Sultana hails from another dimension. A nine-month period of healing and rehabilitation in her late teens following psychedelic drug use, her assiduous pursuit of perfection and her […]
Review: Toby Walker – From The Ground Up
Buggy Pie Records CD/Blues The latest offering from New Jersey, US, acoustic picker, Toby Walker, is nothing short of a complete, masterful tour de force of blues-picking at its very best. Walker is a guy […]
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CD Review: Jeffrey Halford & the Healers – Lo-Fi Dreams
Shoeless Records Blues/Americana Whatever else might be said about Jeffrey Halford one thing is certainly true, the guy is a natural-born story-teller, a guy with a quirky eye on the world as it passes or […]