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LCD Soundsystem – Interview with James Murphy (Static, 2010)

LCD Soundsystem – Interview with James Murphy (Static, 2010)

During their recent visit to Australia for Splendour in the Grass we caught up with LCD Soundsystem's main man James Murphy who gave us reason to put away the hankies for LCD's much reported demise - "It’s not necessarily the last record. I would make another record. It’s more the end of this part – three records that go together, an arc. We became a bigger band than I ever expected. Something needs to stop, for me, for us all to be happy." He also waxes lyrical about making the record in the LA of his imagination, growing up and wanting kids, his Greenburg soundtrack experience and his many and varied future projects.

By Caleb Rudd|2021-01-03T03:04:23+00:00July 29th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2010, DFA Records, EMI, Interviews, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, Static, US|Comments Off

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|Comments Off

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|Comments Off

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|Comments Off

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

Jess Ducrou – Interview about Splendour in the Grass (2009)

Jess Ducrou – Interview about Splendour in the Grass (2009)

Second Splendour line up in full and interview with Splendour promoter Jess Ducrou about the tremendous success of the festival, the process for picking the line-up and this year's bands, future expansion of the site and the improvements in ticketing technology.

By Caleb Rudd|2021-02-07T01:37:26+00:00June 17th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Australia, Bloc Party, Decoder Ring, Dew Process, Doves, EMI, Festival, Flaming Lips, Friendly Fires, Inertia, Interview, MGMT, Sarah Blasko, Specials, Splendour in the Grass, The Happy Mondays, You Am I|Comments Off

Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

"Bitte Orca is an album for the background of a high concept coffee shop on your hipster street". I'm getting that Reality Bites feeling...

By Molly Dorfman|2021-01-02T10:27:42+00:00June 15th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Dave Longstreth, Dirty Projectors, Domino, EMI, Review, US|Comments Off

Joker’s Daughter – The Last Laugh

Joker’s Daughter – The Last Laugh

Producer Danger Mouse and vocalist Helena Costas come together as Joker's Daughter. It's a mixed deck by all accounts.

By Molly Dorfman|2021-01-22T01:08:31+00:00June 15th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Danger Mouse, Domino, EMI, Review, US|Comments Off

Animal Collective – Interview with David Portner (Static, 2009)

Animal Collective – Interview with David Portner (Static, 2009)

Having just released the second single "Summertime Clothes" from their acclaimed eighth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Chris Berkley from Static spoke to David Portner from Baltimore, Maryland's favourite sons, Animal Collective and asked, among other things, what lurked behind the eye-catching artwork and whether or not they had been invited to play the venue they

By Craig Smith|2021-02-07T01:09:16+00:00May 29th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Animal Collective, David Portner, Domino, EMI, Interview, Static, US|Comments Off

Okkervil River – Brisbane – 3 May 2009

Okkervil River – Brisbane – 3 May 2009

Okkervil River The Zoo, Brisbane 3rd May 2009 "No one wants to hear about your 97th tear" offers Will Sheff, he of red beard, bookish glasses and shaggy hair, during tonight's opening rhyme heavy "Plus Ones". Oh but we do. We want to hear ninety odd minutes of heartbreak and loss, songs about self

By Caleb Rudd|2021-03-08T23:48:01+00:00May 3rd, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2009, Brisbane, Charlyn, EMI, Handsome Tours, Live Review, Okkervil River, Spunk, US, Will Sheff, Zoo|Comments Off

King Creosote – Flick the Vs

King Creosote – Flick the Vs

The two fingered salute is vigorously given by Scottish anti-folk hero King Creosote on new album Flick the Vs.

By Garry Thomson|2021-01-11T00:23:51+00:00April 21st, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Domino, EMI, Kenny Anderson, King Creosote, Review|Comments Off

Doves – Kingdom of Rust

Doves – Kingdom of Rust

Fourth album in from these Mancunian maestros, offering a slight return to their electro/house days as Sub Sub.

By Molly Dorfman|2020-12-31T09:42:24+00:00April 7th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album, Doves, EMI, Review, UK|Comments Off

The Kills – Alison Mosshart talks Midnight Boom (2009)

The Kills – Alison Mosshart talks Midnight Boom (2009)

Arriving on the scene way back in 2002 with the gritty Black Rooster EP, The Kills took the garage rock aesthetic and beat it down, creating a skin and bones strut that stank of sex and cigarettes. In the following years, The Kills haven't strayed too far from their original lo-fi blues/rock blueprint, yet still

By Craig Smith|2018-08-16T10:13:39+01:00March 15th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2009, Alison Mosshart, Domino, EMI, Interview, Jamie Hince, Static, The Kills|Comments Off

M.Ward – Hold Time

M.Ward – Hold Time

As Conor Oberst once proclaimed, "M. Ward for President". As far-fetched as it sounds, Oberst may have a point.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-11T03:03:28+00:00February 28th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, 4AD, Album, EMI, M.Ward, Review, She & Him, US, Zooey Deschanel|1 Comment

Various Artists – futurePOP 2.0

Various Artists – futurePOP 2.0

It's the future of pop... or is it? Featuring The Cardigans, Faker, The Ting Tings, The Presets, Ladytron, MGMT et al.

By Garry Thomson|2021-01-11T00:28:19+00:00February 27th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Bloc Party, Cardigans, Compilation, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cut Copy, EMI, Faker, Grafton Primary, Lady GaGa, Ladytron, Lykke Li, MGMT, Miami Horror, PNAU, Presets, Review, Santogold, Ting Tings, Various, Zoot Woman|Comments Off

Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Many a rock band have experimented with electronica but can Scotland's most successful export since kilts and haggis pull it off?

By Caleb Rudd|2021-01-06T01:23:21+00:00February 14th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Alex Kapranos, Domino, EMI, Franz Ferdinand, Review, Tonight|Comments Off

Andrew Bird – Noble Beast

Andrew Bird – Noble Beast

Andrew Bird takes flight with his latest album Noble Beast. Thankfully it's nothing at all like a Flock of Seagulls.

By Guest|2021-01-02T01:00:02+00:00February 11th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album, Andrew Bird, EMI, Review, Spunk, US|Comments Off

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective shake the sand from their fur as they take Merriweather Post Pavillion down to the Beach, Boys.

By Guest|2021-01-02T10:38:22+00:00January 26th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Album, Animal Collective, Domino, EMI, Panda Bear, Review, US|Comments Off

The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love

The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love

EMI/Rough Trade, 2009 [7/10] Where once The Decemberists were a modest modern rock band, albeit outsiders with literate leanings that rarely leaned toward rock's excesses, they have gradually extended their artistic aspirations into the musical stratosphere with band leader Colin Meloy seemingly unable to find satisfaction as a storyteller within the 4 minute realm, thus

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T01:04:52+00:00January 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2009, Colin Meloy, EMI, News, The Decemberists, US|Comments Off

Pavement – Brighten The Corners (Nicene Creedence Edition)

Pavement – Brighten The Corners (Nicene Creedence Edition)

Expanded and remastered fourth album tour de force from Stockton, CA quintet. High-ho silver ride!

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T04:03:41+00:00January 19th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Brighten the Corners, Domino, EMI, Pavement, Spiral Stairs, Stephen Malkmus, US|Comments Off

You Am I – Dilettantes

You Am I – Dilettantes

Australian alternative legend's [strong]You Am I[/strong] make a glorious return to form with Dilettantes -- "You Am I have turned around their most impressive release in recent years that succeeds without having to rehash the same old moves. "

By Craig Smith|2021-01-16T00:20:59+00:00November 14th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Australia, EMI, Review, You Am I|Comments Off

Supergrass – Brisbane – 2 October 2008

Supergrass – Brisbane – 2 October 2008

"How you doin'? You alright?" asks an out of breath Gaz Coombes during their first Brisbane show in several years. The assembled punters shout back "yeah!", hoping that the next song will be the golden goose turned albatross hit "Alright". It isn't, but no one is really displeased when it turns out to be another

By Caleb Rudd|2021-02-01T00:15:01+00:00October 5th, 2008|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2008, EMI, Live Review, Supergrass, UK|Comments Off

Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

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 the band explore the issue of stardom and fame from different perspectives including those of groupies, porn stars, ex-boyfriends and

By Lisa Hallquist|2021-01-02T03:51:08+00:00September 13th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, EMI, Jagjaguwar, Okkervil River, Review, Spunk, US, Will Sheff|Comments Off

Lightspeed Champion – Interview with Dev Hynes (Static, 2008)

Lightspeed Champion – Interview with Dev Hynes (Static, 2008)

Dev Hynes was once a teenage Test Icicle but now goes it alone under the name Lightspeed Champion. This year's Falling off the Lavender Bridge surprised many, especially Test Icicles fans, as its charming mix of Britpop, folk and alt.country was a significant departure from the indie meets hardcore of his former band. Static's Chris

By Lisa Hallquist|2021-01-24T08:11:40+00:00August 4th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2008, Domino, EMI, Interview, Lightspeed Champion|Comments Off

M83 – Saturdays = Youth

M83 – Saturdays = Youth

Virgin, 2008 [7/10] I have a very vivid memory of M83's previous album Before the Dawn Heals Us being played at a thunderous volume while sleeping at a friend's house early one morning, and it shook through the drunken spillover of the night before as if the ceiling inside my head was about to cave

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T03:48:00+00:00July 24th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Anthony Gonzalez, EMI, France, M83, Review, Virgin|Comments Off

Liquid Liquid – Slip In and Out of the Phenomenon

Liquid Liquid – Slip In and Out of the Phenomenon

Domino Records, 2008 [6/10] Post punk, new funk, even if its old junk, it's still rock and roll to me. Call it what you want, but history shows that Manhattan's Liquid Liquid were essentially a dub/groove-based band that while in their short lifespan became incredibly influential on the New York music scene both then and

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T03:16:34+00:00July 4th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Compilation, Domino, EMI, Liquid Liquid, Review, US|Comments Off

My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

Rough Trade, 2008 [7.5/10] Never has a record so wrong-footed me like Evil Urges has. Louisville's My Morning Jacket were always a band with broad influences in their sound. 2005's Z was the strongest indication that their fret-tapping southern rock roots had run their course. Playing a solo show in London to promote the album,

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T03:14:49+00:00June 20th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, EMI, Evil Urges, Jim James, My Morning Jacket, Review, Rough Trade, Spunk, US|Comments Off

Spoon – Atlanta – 14 April 2008

Spoon – Atlanta – 14 April 2008

Spoon Centre Stage, Atlanta, GA 14th April 2008 It's Britt Daniel's birthday but you wouldn't know it. There's no cake and candles, no rambunctious behaviour or jokes. You'd be expecting the band to be soused and swaying, playing covers and celebrating the occasion, using the opportunity to cut loose. In fact Daniel looks embarrassed as

By Craig Smith|2021-01-31T23:40:37+00:00June 4th, 2008|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: 2008, Atlanta, EMI, Live Review, Merge, Spoon, Spunk, US|Comments Off

Robert Forster – The Evangelist

Robert Forster – The Evangelist

EMI, 2008 [8/10] Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were two months into writing the next Go-Betweens album when on May 6th 2006, Grant McLennan died suddenly of a heart attack at age 48. An indescribable blow to Australian music, McLennan's death was felt worldwide, and while we mourned his loss, attention turned to Forster in

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T03:04:12+00:00May 23rd, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Australia, EMI, Go-Betweens, Review, Robert Forster|Comments Off

Explosions in the Sky – Australian Interview (Static, 2008)

Explosions in the Sky – Australian Interview (Static, 2008)

Austin post-rockers Explosions in the Sky have been weaving their instrumental magic for almost ten years now, releasing four revered albums and one soundtrack over that time. During their recent Australian tour Static's Chris Berkley talked to Chris Hrasky drummer with the band about creating their last disc, All of a Sudden I miss Everyone,

By Lisa Hallquist|2021-01-20T00:58:32+00:00April 22nd, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2008, EMI, Explosions in the Sky, Interview, Spunk, Static, US|1 Comment

M83 – Interview with Anthony Gonzalez (Static, 2008)

M83 – Interview with Anthony Gonzalez (Static, 2008)

Anthony Gonzalez is the driving force behind French band M83. Since 2001 M83 have released several albums of hypnotic electronica combined with effects laden guitars, and softly sung vocals. Static's Chris Berkley managed to track down Anthony on his first Australian tour and discussed airline mishaps, growing up on the French Rivera, the new M83 album Saturdays=Youth

By Caleb Rudd|2021-01-05T01:22:33+00:00March 28th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2008, EMI, France, Interview, M83, Static|Comments Off

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Mute/EMI, 2008 [rating:8/10] The passing of time has done nothing to dampen Nick Cave's spirit or soften his tongue. In the preceding decade spent mostly strapped to the piano like a bible-addicted lothario, it gave the impression that this is where the story ends: in ebony and ivory theology. Those Leonard Cohen years that gave

By Craig Smith|2020-12-31T00:18:52+00:00March 18th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, Australia, EMI, Grinderman, Mute, Nick Cave, Review, The Bad Seeds|Comments Off

Interpol – Our Love to Admire (Ltd Edition)

Interpol – Our Love to Admire (Ltd Edition)

Capitol/EMI, 2008 [rating:7.5/10] Our Love to Admire was one of Webcuts' favourite albums of 2007. In fact we considered the third album by Brooklyn's Interpol as their most consistent and fully realised work to date. Keyboards, once mere adornments, were now fully integrated into the band's epic songs adding atmosphere and depth. The repetitive yet

By Caleb Rudd|2020-12-30T10:46:50+00:00February 29th, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2008, Album, DVD, EMI, Interpol, US|Comments Off

Faker – Be the Twilight

Faker – Be the Twilight

Capitol/EMI, 2007 [9/10] There is a litany of bands that make the decision to pack their bags and move to Los Angeles to try and catch a spark of what makes the town such a magnet for the achiever and under-achiever alike. It carries a certain charm and superiority, to tell your friends that "you're

By Craig Smith|2021-01-02T01:28:46+00:00February 1st, 2008|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2007, Album, Australia, EMI, Faker|Comments Off

The Scare – Interview (2007)

The Scare – Interview (2007)

Craig Smith takes us on a journey from Brisbane to Birmingham with Wade Keighran bass player for punk rockers The Scare. Taking in emotional break downs and playing the UK festivals, to the booze soaked recording of Chivalry and being wide eyed in L.A. -- this is the definitive account of The Scare's rags to musical riches tale.

By Craig Smith|2021-01-03T10:15:31+00:00January 8th, 2008|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 2007, Australia, Below Par, EMI, Interview, Liam O'Brien, Scare, Wade Keighran|Comments Off

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Merge, 2007 [rating:9.5/10] It's almost an established fact that once a band hits album number 4 or 5 they're practically running on empty. Creative juices have all but dried up, different directions are attempted, band friction comes to the fore and as the years go by each new release just isn't a patch on former

By Craig Smith|2021-01-01T07:22:35+00:00November 18th, 2007|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: 2007, Album, Brit Daniel, EMI, Merge, Review, Spoon, Spunk, US|Comments Off

Mansun – Interview with Dominic Chad (1997)

Mansun – Interview with Dominic Chad (1997)

A decade ago, at the tail end of Britpop, art-rockers Mansun were one of the biggest bands in the UK, seemingly ready to take on the rest of the world. Six years later the band imploded in the wake of backlash towards their third record Little Kix. Webcuts chooses to remember them at their peak with this 1997 interview.

By Caleb Rudd|2021-02-01T00:24:59+00:00April 16th, 1997|Categories: Interviews|Tags: 1997, Chad, EMI, Interview, Mansun, UK|1 Comment