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Stephen Malkmus – London – 9 December 2009

Stephen Malkmus – London – 9 December 2009

Stephen Malkmus has been ‘jicking’ for as long now as he was leading the charge in Pavement, releasing as many albums, yet never reaching the same heights. His solo career seemed to be in constant war of expectation over delivery. It's not Pavement. It's not a bunch of twenty-year-olds fighting their generation. But the louche stage prescence, that hazy cynical drawl, the greying hair framing the eyes in a semi-slacker curl, little has changed over the years.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-20T09:29:33+00:00March 13th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Domino, Live Review, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, UK|0 Comments

Rowland S. Howard – The Final Interview (Static, 2009)

Rowland S. Howard – The Final Interview (Static, 2009)

Forever known as Nick Cave's red right hand in the Birthday Party, Rowland was the purveyor of that skeletal, metallic guitar style that along with the bass growl of Tracey Pew, defined the sound of the band. Speaking to Static's Chris Berkley, only a few weeks before his passing, Rowland S. Howard recounts his extensive career and his brief return to music with Pop Crimes.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-19T08:45:36+00:00March 1st, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, HTRK, Interviews, Jonnine Standish, Rowland S. Howard, Static|0 Comments

Jay Reatard – London – 13 November 2009

Jay Reatard – London – 13 November 2009

Musicians die. Sometimes quite unexpectedly, most before their time, but not often enough for your brain to idle between song, between string changes or tunings to wonder “will this be the last time?”. You don’t, because you’re too busy enjoying the moment. Having witnessed Jay Reatard play what would be his last ever show in London, he was anything but the vision of a man kicking out the last of his jams.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-11T00:55:35+00:00February 15th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Jay Reatard, Live Reviews, London|0 Comments

Why? – Eskimo Snow

Why? – Eskimo Snow

The unlikely paring of hip-hop and indie rock actual make for compatible bedfellows with Californian band Why?'s fourth full length album.

By Nathan Goldman|2020-12-28T01:38:02+00:00February 14th, 2010|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Eskimo Snow, Why?|0 Comments

Girls – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

Girls – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

You've probably seen the x-rated video clip for "Lust for Life". The 'penis as microphone' image is something you really don't recall seeing in pop videos these days, either then or now (and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). As vague and internet-search challenging as calling your band Girls is, Christopher Owens and Chet "JR" White are both neither, and are, so to speak.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-06T07:42:48+00:00February 11th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Christopher Owens, Girls, Inertia, Interview, Static|0 Comments

Continuum Books 33 1/3 – Elliot Smith – XO, Big Star – Radio City

Continuum Books 33 1/3 – Elliot Smith – XO, Big Star – Radio City

A look into Continuum's must-read 33 1/3 series of books that investigate the history and stories behind some of the greatest albums ever made, including reviews of the most recent releases in the series -- Big Star's Radio City and Elliott Smith's XO.

By Craig Smith|2018-07-26T11:24:37+01:00January 24th, 2010|Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews|Tags: 2009, 33 1/3, Big Star, Book, Bruce Eaton, Continuum Books, Elliott Smith, Matthew LeMay|1 Comment

Dappled Cities – Interview with Dave Rennick (Static, 2009)

Dappled Cities – Interview with Dave Rennick (Static, 2009)

Sydney art-pop quintet Dappled Cities have steadily grown in status in the last ten years with 2006’s Granddance and their most recent psyche-pop opus Zounds. Last year, we spoke to Dave Rennick, guitarist and vocalist of Dappled Cities about birthing and touring the album.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-22T01:32:47+00:00January 24th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Dappled Cities, David Rennick, Inertia, Interviews, Static, Zounds|0 Comments

Volcano Choir – Unmap

Volcano Choir – Unmap

Bon meets the Bees in this post rock collaboration for Justin Vernon and Collections of Colonies of Bees which results in only a slight buzz.

By Nathan Goldman|2020-12-28T02:15:38+00:00January 14th, 2010|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Bon Iver, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Inertia, Jagjaguwar, Justin Vernon, Unmap, Volcano Choir|0 Comments

Luke Haines – 21st Century Man

Luke Haines – 21st Century Man

Luke Haines looks back at the 20th Century, and takes pop shots at the maligned and those who got left behind in typical Haines fashion.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:19:28+00:00December 20th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Fantastic Plastic, Luke Haines, Review, The Auteurs, UK|0 Comments

Atlas Sound – Logos

Atlas Sound – Logos

Bradford Cox of Deerhunter makes us seem like we're slavishly supportive of everything his hand touches, but we mean every word. Honest.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:17:33+00:00November 12th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Laetitia Sadier, Noah Lennox, Remote Control, Review, Stereolab, US|0 Comments

Magic Dirt – White Boy EP

Magic Dirt – White Boy EP

Standing tall in the face of tragedy, Magic Dirt compile a lucky dip of new, rare and unreleased tracks to coincide with their recent tour.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:13:49+00:00November 11th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Adalita Srsen, Australia, Dean Turner, Gareth Liddiard, Magic Dirt, Remote Control, Review, Rowland S. Howard|0 Comments

Pama International – Pama Outernational

Pama International – Pama Outernational

A fusion of dub reggae, ska and soul, the brilliance of Pama International comes to the fore with their seventh album Pama Outernational.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:10:56+00:00November 8th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Lynval Golding, Pama International, Review, Rockers Revolt, Sean Flowerdew, The Specials, UK|0 Comments

Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear

Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear

If New Order and Doves made a record, how would it sound? Something like this, we think...

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:08:18+00:00October 31st, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Bernard Sumner, Jake Evans, New Order, Review, Shock, Triple Echo, UK|1 Comment

The Gun Club – Miami / Death Party / The Las Vegas Story

The Gun Club – Miami / Death Party / The Las Vegas Story

Load the chamber and light a candle for Jeffrey Lee Pierce, it's rockabilly blues-a-go-go with The Gun Club.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-28T02:06:05+00:00October 30th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Cooking Vinyl, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Kid Congo Powers, Review, The Gun Club, US|0 Comments

Wild Beasts – London – 8 October 2009

Wild Beasts – London – 8 October 2009

Having given us one of the most lurid and arresting albums all year in Two Dancers, the Leeds-based Wild Beasts are let loose on London and give us such a performance that we (as they say) still got the taste dancin' on our tongues.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-25T23:49:30+00:00October 27th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Domino, Live Review, London, Tom Fleming, Wild Beasts|0 Comments

The Heavy – The House That Dirt Built

The Heavy – The House That Dirt Built

UK retro-funk n' soul act The Heavy roll out the grooves and ask the question "How you like me now?". Our answer awaits.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-28T02:31:06+00:00October 26th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Inertia, Review, The Heavy, UK|0 Comments

Windmill – Epcot Starfields

Windmill – Epcot Starfields

Windmill embark on a musical trip through the Epcot Space Center to give us the futuristic feel of Epcot Starfields.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-28T02:29:39+00:00October 26th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Inertia, Matthew Thomas Dillion, Review, UK, Windmill|0 Comments

The Scare – On Tour With The Scare in Australia (2009)

The Scare – On Tour With The Scare in Australia (2009)

A first (and probably last) for Webcuts as we jump in the back of a tour van and hit the road with ex-Brisbane trouble makers, now Sydney's problem, The Scare, as they attempt to corrupt the people of Melbourne with their new 'voodoo, and nothing, not even the death of Michael Jackson, was going to get in their way.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-23T08:43:54+00:00October 15th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Brock Fitzgerald, EMI, Liam O'Brien, Live Reviews, Samuel Pearton, The Scare, Wade Keighran|0 Comments

Castanets – Texas Rose Thaw & The Beasts

Castanets – Texas Rose Thaw & The Beasts

Every rose has a thorn and so too does the fifth album by Raymond Raposa's folk-beat one man band Castanets.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-28T02:24:08+00:00October 12th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Bob Dylan, Castanets, Inertia, Raymond Raposa, Review, Townes Van Zandt, US|0 Comments

Idlewild – Post Electric Blues

Idlewild – Post Electric Blues

Idlewild return with their fan-funded sixth album, offering much talk of Warnings (and Promises). But do they deliver?

By Molly Dorfman|2020-12-28T02:22:37+00:00October 11th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album, Cooking Vinyl, Idlewild, Review, Roddy Woomble|0 Comments

The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come

The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come

Well versed in the Bible John Darnielle's Mountain Goats new album doesn't actually require a religious bone in your body to enjoy.

By Nathan Goldman|2020-12-28T02:21:11+00:00October 9th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, 4AD, John Darnielle, Remote Control, Review, The Mountain Goats, US|0 Comments

fun. – Aim and Ignite

fun. – Aim and Ignite

We take aim at the confusingly labelled American trio fun.'s first offering and find it's a fun album, period.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T10:30:27+00:00October 5th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, fun, Nate Ruess, Nightmare of You, Panic at the Disco, Queen, Review, Shock, US|0 Comments

We Were Promised Jetpacks – Q&A with Darren Lackie (2009)

We Were Promised Jetpacks – Q&A with Darren Lackie (2009)

...And we got them. Darren Lackie drummer from Glasgow's anthem driven rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks does the honours - "We've learnt from our mistakes recording the first album though so who knows with the next one (please let us have a next one, I don't want a job)"

By Jonathan Langer|2021-02-07T01:15:36+00:00October 4th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Inertia, Interview, Passion Pit, Scotland, These Four Walls, We Were Promised Jetpacks|0 Comments

The Antlers – Hospice

The Antlers – Hospice

Despite the grim subject matter the second album from the Brooklyn trio The Antlers, Hospice is hot stuff.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T10:29:03+00:00October 2nd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Frenchkiss, Inertia, Review, The Antlers, US|1 Comment

Dappled Cities – Zounds

Dappled Cities – Zounds

The new album from Sydney art-pop five piece Dappled Cities reached forty eight on the Australian chart. Gold Zoundz indeed.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T02:10:18+00:00September 30th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Dappled Cities, Inertia, Review|0 Comments

Vivian Girls – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

Vivian Girls – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

Cassie, Katy and Ali aka Vivian Girls are back again with their sophomore album Everything Goes Wrong and we caught up with them in a place where nothing ever goes wrong, unless you have a show scheduled at the Hopetoun Hotel this week (fyi girls - it's closed).

By Craig Smith|2021-01-06T07:31:46+00:00September 29th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Ali Koehler, Cassie Ramone, In the Red, Inertia, Interviews, Kickball Katy, Static, US, Vivian Girls|0 Comments

Vivian Girls – Everything Goes Wrong

Vivian Girls – Everything Goes Wrong

The title may be Everything Goes Wrong, but to our ears, everything goes right for the Vivian Girls on their sophomore release.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-30T10:24:56+00:00September 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Cassie Ramone, In the Red, Review, US, Vivian Girls|0 Comments

The Clean – Mister Pop

The Clean – Mister Pop

New Zealand indie legends The Clean are still going, well maybe strong is too kind a word, for their new release Mister Flop, er Pop.

By Nathan Goldman|2020-12-30T10:32:44+00:00September 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Matador, New Zealand, Remote Control, Review, The Clean, Yo La Tengo|0 Comments

The Big Pink – Interview with Robbie Furze (Static, 2009)

The Big Pink – Interview with Robbie Furze (Static, 2009)

Recently setting the stereo at Webcuts HQ on fire with their debut release A Brief History of Love, we speak to Robbie Furze of The Big Pink as he explains the power of love and offers us a brief history of this incredible electronic/shoegaze duo.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-23T07:41:39+00:00September 22nd, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, 4AD, Interview, Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze, Static, The Big Pink, UK|0 Comments

Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs

Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs

More Pop(ular) Songs from New Jersey's finest. No condo screwing around here, just Yo La Tengo's consistent quality.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T10:34:29+00:00September 20th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Apples in Stereo, Condo Fucks, Matador, Review, Yo La Tengo|0 Comments

Times New Viking – Born Again Revisited

Times New Viking – Born Again Revisited

Born Again Revisited or bad idea revisited? Public opinion be damned. Is this the worst album we've heard all year?

By Craig Smith|2020-12-30T10:38:18+00:00September 16th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Matador, Review, Times New Viking, US|4 Comments

Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring

Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring

No moby dick here, just a sensational second album from Twickenham's lush indie-folk providers.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T10:41:02+00:00September 14th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Noah and the Whale, Review, Shock, UK|0 Comments

The Raveonettes – London – 7 September 2009

The Raveonettes – London – 7 September 2009

Pretty in black and pretty and back, The Raveonettes rolled into London this week to play a one-off gig showcasing their forthcoming album In and Out of Control. It wasn't all rape, guns, suicide and stealing cars, but it was near enough.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-09T09:17:27+00:00September 11th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Fierce Panda, Live Reviews, Sharin Foo, Sune Rose Wagner, The Raveonettes|0 Comments

Pastels/Tenniscoats – Two Sunsets

Pastels/Tenniscoats – Two Sunsets

East meets West in a twee wonderland as Glasgow's The Pastels collaborate with Japan's Tenniscoats on Two Sunsets.

By Guest|2020-12-30T10:42:51+00:00September 10th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Domino, Review, Saya Ueno, Stephen Pastel, Takashi Ueno, Tenniscoats, The Pastels, UK|0 Comments

Love of Diagrams – Nowhere Forever

Love of Diagrams – Nowhere Forever

Our love for Love of Diagrams knows no bounds especially for the Melbourne noise merchants freshly minted third album.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-30T10:48:06+00:00September 9th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Black Mountain, Les Savy Fav, Love of Diagrams, Pixies, Remote Control, Review, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth|0 Comments

The Scare – Oozevoodoo

The Scare – Oozevoodoo

If you've been with The Scare lately, you'll be lucky if it's only voodoo you're oozing, otherwise you better see a doctor.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-30T10:49:40+00:00September 7th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Brock Fitzgerald, EMI, Liam O'Brien, Review, Samuel Pearton, The Scare, Wade Keighran|0 Comments

The Beasts of Bourbon – Box Set

The Beasts of Bourbon – Box Set

Crucial re-release of the first three albums by these hard rocking legends. From The Axeman's Jazz to Black Milk, the gang's all here.

By Craig Smith|2020-12-31T00:12:46+00:00September 6th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album Review, Australia, Box Set, Inertia, Kim Salmon, Spencer P. Jones, Tex Perkins, The Beasts of Bourbon|0 Comments

Taken By Trees – East of Eden

Taken By Trees – East of Eden

Ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman heads to Pakistan to seek inspiration for her second album as Taken By Trees.

By Lisa Hallquist|2020-12-31T00:10:47+00:00September 5th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album, Rough Trade, Sweden, Taken by Trees, Victoria Bergsman|0 Comments

Arctic Monkeys – Humbug

Arctic Monkeys – Humbug

Bah, it's the third Artic Monkeys album Humbug - which actually doesn't turn out to be half bad.

By Jonathan Langer|2020-12-31T00:08:56+00:00September 4th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album Review, Alex Turner, Artic Monkeys, Domino, EMI, Last of the Shadow Puppets|0 Comments

Paul Dempsey – Everything Is True

Paul Dempsey – Everything Is True

First there was Something for Kate now singer Paul Dempsey has gone it alone and produced something for everyone.

By Nathan Goldman|2020-12-31T00:06:51+00:00September 1st, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, EMI, Paul Dempsey, Review, Something for Kate, Spoon|1 Comment

Decoder Ring, Bridezilla – Brisbane – 22 August 2009

Two of Sydney's finest epic rock bands; one (Bridezilla) favouring a dark brand of folk and the other (Decoder Ring) post-rock electronica, strut their wares in Brisbane.

By Garry Thomson|2009-08-31T16:41:23+01:00August 31st, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Australia, Bridezilla, Brisbane, Decoder Ring, Live Review, Zoo|1 Comment

Alela Diane – Interview about To Be Still (2009)

Alela Diane – Interview about To Be Still (2009)

Folk songstress Alela Diane having crafted one of the most delicate and beautiful albums of the year with To Be Still takes time out of a North American and European tour schedule to answer Webcuts' questions about the Newsom connection, the move from Cali to Portland and Saturday Night Live.

By Jonathan Langer|2021-01-23T09:02:10+00:00August 31st, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Alela Diane, Inertia, Interview, US|0 Comments

The Cave Singers – Welcome Joy

The Cave Singers – Welcome Joy

No, not Nick Cave's new backing band, Seattle's The Cave Singers have crafted a rich and rewarding second album.

By Jonathan Langer|2021-01-10T09:25:01+00:00August 31st, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Cave Singers, Gram Parsons, Kings of Convenience, Matador, Neil Young, Remote Control, Review, US|0 Comments

William Fitzsimmons – The Sparrow and the Crow

William Fitzsimmons – The Sparrow and the Crow

William Fitzsimmons goes through the gamut of emotions on his new album - forgiveness, loss, optimism - but it still cannot save the effort from a terminal dullness.

By Jonathan Langer|2021-01-06T02:01:16+00:00August 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Inertia, Review, US, William Fitzsimmons|0 Comments

Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall

Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall

The ever-prolific Jay Reatard is back with his most potent pop record to date. Watch Me Fall trades sharp licks with cheap tricks.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-10T09:17:55+00:00August 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Jay Reatard, Matador, Review, US|0 Comments

Way Out West – Gothenburg – 15 August 2009

The third day of Sweden's 2009 Way Out West is a quieter affair but we still manage to squeeze in Patrick Wolf, Jenny Wilson, Vampire Weekend, Wolfmother, Lily Allen, My Bloody Valentine and Deerhunter.

By Lisa Hallquist|2015-08-10T05:01:20+01:00August 23rd, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Deerhunter, Festival, Gothenburg, Jenny Wilson, Lily Allen, Live Reviews, My Bloody Valentine, Patrick Wolf, Sweden, Vampire Weekend, Way Out West, Wolfmother|4 Comments

The Boxer Rebellion – Union

The Boxer Rebellion – Union

When the dark forces are everywhere who are you gonna call? England's staunchly independent epic rock band The Boxer Rebellion? Maybe not after this disappointing second effort.

By Nathan Goldman|2021-01-10T09:35:05+00:00August 17th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Boxer Rebellion, Coldplay, Inertia, Radiohead, Review, U2, UK, Union|2 Comments

Helado Negro – Awe Owe

Helado Negro – Awe Owe

Will you be in awe of Helado Negro's Latin American infused mix of folk and sampled beats? It's very tasty.

By Jonathan Langer|2021-01-10T09:31:17+00:00August 11th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Asthmatic Kitty, Awe Owe, Helado Negro, Inertia, Review|0 Comments

Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band

Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band

Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats sink their teeth in a third album of sweet pop with The Ruminant Band.

By Jonathan Langer|2021-01-10T09:27:24+00:00August 10th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Fruit Bats, Review, Ruminant Band, Sub Pop, US|0 Comments

Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper

Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper

Paul Banks discovers that the best path to seduction lies in reduction on his first solo outing as the mysterious Julian Plenti.

By Caleb Rudd|2021-01-06T02:10:59+00:00August 8th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Interpol, Julian Plenti, Matador, Paul Banks, Review, US|0 Comments