Jack Colwell
Jack Colwell’s sound is similar to Patrick Wolf’s but more organic and thankfully less dramatic. With Glee songs playing in shops and whatnot all the time I really need a little less drama in my songs lately. Colwell has been classically trained and his control over the music makes it a rewarding listen! Colwell was … Read more
Masters of the House
After years of deejaying (live and on radio), remixing, making mixes and releasing a debut album, THE ASTON SHUFFLE have timed their recent independent status well. With a strong following and a solid reputation it makes sense that the local duo would experience a surge of motivation to write. This is perhaps why, only months … Read more
Planting Seeds
Unless you are Canadian many of you may not have heard HEY ROSETTA! before, yet they have been receiving high acclaim in their part of the world, winning awards and being short-listed recently for the prestigious Polaris award (alongside heavyweights like Arcade Fire and Austra). Much like The Jezabels (whom Hey Rosetta! will be supporting … Read more
Weekend Wind Down
What a difference a warm day makes in Canberra. I emerged yesterday to find people walking all over Canberra, happily chirping away to each other as they waited outside for their coffee (usually in winter waiting outside means angry faces). People are undeterred by the explosive fire that happened on Friday in the industrialised suburb Mitchell, … Read more
Anomie the Anomaly
With a voice like Julia Stone, sass like Goldfrapp and a slow beat like Morcheeba, what sets Anomie Belle apart from the rest is the seemless ease with which she writes compelling melodies and wraps them in evocative illustrious tones. It seems she’s gained some attention from her cover of Bill Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine … Read more
Oliver Tank
Oliver Tank has been getting a bit of Triple J airplay lately and man, is he deserving of the attention! Surfacing via the industrious Unearthed project Tank’s a cut above the majority; he smoothly combines warped James Blake-like vocals, strings and electronic sounds. His sound is demonstrated well with a rendition of Snoop Dogg’s Beautiful … Read more
Extraordinary: League
League comprises of two guys who are both Los Angeles and London based. Lucky them! They are college school drop-outs who had been studying architecture and journalism… Again: jealousy. They lived in a tent for a while to feel inspired… WHATEVER. I don’t know what it takes anymore to write good music. If living without … Read more
Big Boi + Theophilus London Tour Oz
Hurrah! Big Boi of Outkast fame, who also worked with Janelle Monae last year, is gracing Australia with Theophilus London and Fundamentals. Most of you will know Big Boi’s song Shutterbug (which has recently been doing the Triple J rounds). But this guy has a pretty interesting depth to his sound. It’s all pretty sublime. … Read more
Digital Dudes
Ismail “Isi” Tüfekçi of established electro Hamburgers, Digitalism, doesn’t mind if you don’t like their new album, I Love You Dude. “You know, what I think we did is, we took our songs a little bit further,” Isi starts, in his winsome German accent. “And it’s really good that people have different opinions. First of … Read more
Part of Every Party
I don’t go out as often lately but the last time I hit up Rev it was grrreat! My friend was djing and she even played some Benny Benassi and Chris Brown, to which she commented “he beat up Rihanna but we won’t think about that” because it’s a pretty great song. We danced on … Read more
