Music Reviews
The Birds of Satan - The Birds of Satan
28/05/2014
The life of a Foo Fighter must be a fantastic one: millions of adoring fans across the globe, millions of dollars coming in with every release, and millions of reasons as to why they are arguably one of the greatest rock bands to emerge on the scene in quite some time. However,...
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Northeast Party House - Any Given Weekend
27/05/2014
With the debut album, it’s often difficult for a band to project itself, consciously or otherwise, towards something that is bigger than the band. For example, Brooke Candy as a collective represents all the women and gay communities that wish to rise against oppression by doing whatever...
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Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
27/05/2014
Sam Smith. You may know him from featuring on Disclosure’s smash Latch, Naughty Boy’s hit La La La or from tracks of his own right like Money on my Mind or Stay With Me. Given, the man is talented. He deserves the fame and recognition he’s receiving. However, interesting anecdote, I read...
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tUnE yArDs - Nikki Nack
27/05/2014
“When I see you changing, I believe that I can change too.” When Merrill Garbus, or tUnE-yArDs, says this in her third studio album Nikki Nack’s opening track Find A New Way, was she talking to Arcade Fire? For their 2013 album Reflektor, the Canadian indie giants sought to Haiti...
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Remi - Raw X Infinity
27/05/2014
“We need to change the Australian rap game,” spits Remi Kolawole, or simply Remi, young Melbournian rapper who has had a hectic past 12 months. He won Triple J’s Unearthed Artist of the Year, about to embark on a headlining national tour, and is just days away from dropping his...
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Kim Churchill - Silence/Win
27/05/2013
My first experience of Kim Churchill was back in October of last year. He was supporting local (Newcastle) greats Benjalu, but frankly toed on the border of outshining the band. He was a one man band in a club setting; playing more instruments simultaneously than I thought was...
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Lily Allen - Sheezus
2/5/2014
“Give me that crown bitch, I wanna be Sheezus,” Lily demands on her long awaited follow up to 2009’s smash It’s Not Me, It’s You. In the space of five years, Allen quit music, got into fashion design and had two children, and now returns with Sheezus: a hard-hitting, sardonic,...
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Thundamentals - So We Can Remember
26/04/2014
The 3-piece hip-hop group known as ‘Thundamentals’ have become one of the few Australian groups that have an unquestionably respectable reputation. The Blue Mountain boys consisting of DJ Morgs, MC Jeswon and MC Tuka, are known for being somewhat revolutionary, and trying to break...
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Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
26/04/2014
“No money, no family, sixteen in the middle of Miami” Mullumbimby-born rapper Iggy Azalea repeats in lead single Work, talking of the struggles she was subjected to in the lead up to the release of this debut album The New Classic. One thing Iggy has nailed is the perfect...
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Saskwatch - Nose Dive
26/04/2014
If we’ve learned anything from bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, it’s that the more members you have in your band the more potential you possess to create unlimited styles of music. If we’ve learned anything from bands like Foster the People, it’s that the dreaded...
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