Home
Home2021-03-15T09:32:21+00:00

Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

By |September 13th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Jagjaguwar, 2008 [8/10] The Austin boys in Okkervil River are back with another album and like always it's filled with surprising stories, dense lyrics and great tunes that stick with you. The Stand Ins sees

Comments Off on Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

Detektivbyrån – Copenhagen – 13 February 2009

By |March 14th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , |

Detektivbyrån Lille Vega, Copenhagen 13 February 2009 The other day a friend of mine came by and flicked through my records and asked "Don't you have any music that is not depressing?". I replied "I

Comments Off on Detektivbyrån – Copenhagen – 13 February 2009

TV on the Radio – Interview with Jaleel Bunton (Static, 2008)

By |November 4th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Having just released one of the stand-out (and Webcuts approved) albums of 2008 with the awe-inspiring brilliance of Dear Science, Static's Chris Berkley spoke to Jaleel Bunton, drummer of Brooklyn's roof-raising TV On The Radio as

Black Cab – Brisbane Interview (2010)

By |September 29th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , |

Sometimes the best music is just under your nose, as in literally right under your nose on your desk hiding in a spindle of CDs. That’s what happened with Melbourne's Black Cab as after receiving a promo of their third album Call Signs mid last year it was put on said spindle and largely forgotten about until the video for the first single, the chugging rock epic “Church of Berlin” was seen, which quickly made me hunt out the promo disc and give it my full, rapt attention. With Calls Signs recently being given an European release we talked to Andrew and Steve about their visit to the sunshine state, the sexiness of “Sexy Polizei”, the allure of Germany as a source for lyrics, covering alternative classics and new recordings.

Comments Off on Black Cab – Brisbane Interview (2010)