Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Moonface - Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped album review

Spencer Krug has been described as “arguably the most talented songwriter of this generation”. As with any prematurely over-enthusiastic comment, this is up for debate. There is no doubt that some of Krug’s musical projects have yielded impressive results, most notably Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. The key word, however, is some.

Krug plays piano, guitar and a bunch of other instruments you’ve never heard of. Since 2003, he has been involved with six different bands and has released 20 records. There is no doubt that he is a talented guy, but man, talk about spreading yourself thin...

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Rip It Up Moonface Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped album review

Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines album review

Bare with me while I play the role of music analyst. Michael Lerner, the man behind Seattle-based Telekinesis, has called his second full-length release 12 Desperate Straight Lines. It’s a fitting title considering all of the 12 songs on the album proceed in a linear fashion, sounding familiar without ripping off any other artist directly. The album is desperate because, despite the bubbly power pop sound, Lerner’s heart-on-his-sleeve lyrics cover the well-worn bases of unrequited love and great expectations...

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Rip It Up Telekinesis 12 Desperate Straight Lines album review

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Aves live @ Jive 17/09/2011


I have only been a resident of Adelaide for about a year now.  When the assignment to cover the Panic EP launch of local band The Aves rolled through my inbox, I had no idea who The Aves were, nor did I know how to correctly pronounce their name (long a? Short a?). Never one to say no to free passes to a show, I made my way to Jive Saturday night.

Another local band, The Honey Pies, opened the show.  They possessed a playful exuberance that had the stilettoed groupies bouncing jauntily from one fake-tanned calf muscle to the other.  Despite possessing the energy of a seven-year-old on a Fizz Whizz binge, the music of The Honey Pies shifted genres so much that they ultimately sounded like karaoke night at some hipster dive bar in Brooklyn.  Not exactly whetting my appetite for The Aves brand of lo-fi garage rock...

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*special thanks to Spoz for the above video...see what he's ranting and raving about today at Spoz's Rant

Grow Up by theavesmusic

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Batrider - Piles Of Lies album review

A few years back I read an article that postulated what would have happened to Kurt Cobain had he not committed suicide, kicked his drug habit and adjusted to his life as a music superstar. It proposed that Cobain would have put Nirvana on an indefinite hiatus to dabble in painting and release a solo album to mixed indifference. He would also divorce and eventually remarry Courtney Love.

The new album, Piles Of Lies, by Adelaide (by way of New Zealand) band, Batrider, sounds like a Love/Cobain side project. With the distortion pedal firmly squashed to the floor and despondent lyrics that ooze with heartache, the album reeks of early ‘90s Seattle...

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Rip It Up Batrider Piles Of Lies album review

Batrider - Piles of Lies by Mess+Noise

JEFF The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions album review

Nashville, Tennessee duo Jeff The Brotherhood consists of two brothers. Neither of them is named Jeff. Jake and Jamin Orrall describe themselves as “not garage rock”. Fair enough. I can see how the untrained ear may jump to that conclusion. Labels and genres aside, the fact of the matter is that Jeff The Brotherhood make a hell of a lot of noise...

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Rip It Up JEFF The Brotherhood We Are The Champions album review


JEFF the Brotherhood by rocksteddie