Review: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS – Carnage (Goliath) In which the Old Testament – its god of anger and violence; its human extremes; its permanent threat; its catalogue of fears only just tethered by the […]
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Review: Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – Hunter And The Dog Star
By Bernard Zuel. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – Hunter And The Dog Star (Thirty Tigers) It’s not just old man speak here when I say that longevity has its benefits. Not least, when […]
Glen Hansard – Live At Sydney Opera House (Dublin Vinyl)
By Bernard Zuel Some things are meant to loosen their grip. But they don’t. I was at this concert, in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House, and there was in theory nothing to […]
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Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense By Ronen Givony (Bloomsbury) A few years back, author Ronen Givony was commissioned to write a small book for Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 […]
Imogen Clark – The Making of Me EP
By Megan Gnad Recorded in LA, Imogen Clark’s new EP, The Making Of Me, showcases a range of new styles and influences from the Australian singer-songwriter, and features two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. The […]
Echo In The Canyon: Homage To The Music of L.A’s Legendary Laurel Canyon.
Echo In The Canyon (Greenwich Entertainment/Mirror Films) Available on: Amazon Prime/ Apple, PSN, Microsoft, Google and Fetch By Brian Wise. Laurel Canyon was not only responsible for some of the greatest pop and rock music to […]
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JOSEPH TAWADROS – LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (ABC Classic)
By Tony Hillier. Like each previous release, the new waxing from this prodigious and prolific performer is significantly different from the one that preceded it. While it could be considered a companion piece to 2012’s Concerto […]
The Shadow Knows What He Knows
After eight years Bob Dylan returns with his first double album of original songs since Blonde On Blonde and it’s an absolute masterpiece. By Michael Goldberg. Bob Dylan is 79 years old and he knows it. […]
Loretta Palmeiro and Mark Isaacs – All Who Travel With Us (Independent, Digital release)
By Des Cowley. As I write, we’ve been living under a cloud for some three months. The last gig I attended was on 15 March, a performance by Sydney bassist Joseph Franklin held at Jazzlab […]
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Mark Isaacs – Forgotten Fields
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Mark Isaacs – Forgotten Fields (Gracemusic/MGM, Digital release) Pablo Picasso once famously said: “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child”. It strikes […]