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

Austra – London – 18 January 2011

By |January 21st, 2011|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

There’s been a noticeable shift slash longing backward glance in music trends towards all things 80’s. It seems that the product of that era now want to know everything about where they came from and the music that was made. For synth pop acts like Summer Camp and Twin Shadow, the 80’s are a nostalgia/inspirational goldmine, but with the rise of Zola Jesus, Salem, oOoOO, etc, it was inevitable that Goth music and its mutated electro/dark wave offspring would get discovered by the black clad suburban misfits of today. Enter, Austra from Toronto, Canada.

Comments Off on Austra – London – 18 January 2011

Truck Festival – Steventon – 22-24 July 2011

By |July 28th, 2011|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Quietly, unassumingly, Truck Festival has become an annual celebration of all that is so very right about music. When the Bennett brothers witnessed the exploitative attitude of industrial sized events they didn’t just get mad they got even. Truck Festival was their baby and now in its fourteenth year it has blossomed into a rather lovely adolescent. Webcuts birthday boy Don Blandford was at Truck all weekend to report on the action, featuring appearances by: Graham Coxon, Lanterns On The Lake, Cashier No.9, Sarah Cracknell, Johnny Flynn, Edwyn Collins, Caitlin Rose, Mechanical Bride and Sea Of Bees.

Comments Off on Truck Festival – Steventon – 22-24 July 2011

The Veils – Interview with Finn Andrews about Sun Gangs (Static, 2009)

By |April 17th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Chris Berkley from Static talks to the rather talented Veiled one about the new album, the band's love for The Wire and possible antipodean tours.

Comments Off on The Veils – Interview with Finn Andrews about Sun Gangs (Static, 2009)

Who The Hell Is… Jonneine Zapata?

By |September 29th, 2010|Categories: Features, Who the Hell Are|Tags: , , , , , |

From the first syllables sung by Jonneine Zapata on her debut album Cast the Demons Out, on an intro which segues into the simmering let's-get-it-on pop of "Good Looking", the LA siren had us hooked. Before the record made its way into the world Zapata was best known as a concert draw, gaining rave reviews in the US and catching the attention of Mark Lanegan and Jack White who had Zapata and band support Soulsavers and The Raconteurs respectively. We attempted to get some background ahead of her first Australian tour. While that was accomplished we also learnt that apart from an amazing voice and song writing chops Zapata has a wicked sense of humour.