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In The News
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Getting Curiouser & Curiouser yet? We're back!
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Competitions
| A Pyramid of Rock 'n' Roll Dreams |
Friday, 10 October 2008
Imagine yourself; a beer in one hand and the fresh sea breeze tickling your face, rocking out the remaining minutes of 2008 to the Black Keys, with hot freaks bouncing and belly-flopping all around you? Earlier that day you laughed until your abs hurt with mates in the sun and the sea with the soundtrack to: 'bloody-good-music-mixed-up-with-thousands-of-cool-kats-up-for-anything-that-equates-to-utter-fun-and-pure-magic" blissfully blowing up your ear drums. That's what rock festival dreams are made of, right? |
Album Reviews
| Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini |
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
| I will admit I approached listening to this CD with a certain amount of apprehension. Considering my unbridled passion for Torrini’s 2005 release Fisherman’s Woman, I was frightened my expectations would be too high. Basically, sequels and follow ups to masterpieces scare me and I still have recurring nightmares about ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”. But with Me and Armini, Torrini has managed to deliver satisfaction and top-notch quality indie-pop all the way.
Now of course there are some changes here and there. But they are changes one would expect when a songstress has obtained the ‘underground popularity’ many would give their right arm for. This album is polished, with high production values, and an overall very smooth sound indeed. This is particularly evident on folky-pop tracks such as ‘Big Jumps’, which is an I-pod commercial in the making, and ‘Hold Heart’; the sexiest piece of melancholy you are ever likely to find. Also worth special mention is ‘Beggar’s Prayer’; a return to the simple strings and the voice that makes Torrini so irresistible. I only hope that this integrity lasts, and that the jingle of the music exec’s purse continues to be ignored. |
Recent Articles
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Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
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Wallbangers - Kick the Drugs EP
Sunday, 16 November 2008
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Mick Turner & Jeffrey Wegner- Hopetoun Hotel
Sunday, 16 November 2008
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Will Stoker and The Embers - Five Beds For Bitsy
Thursday, 13 November 2008
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The Boat People - Chandeliers
Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Will Stoker and the Embers should be a blip on your radar at the very least! On their EP Five Beds for Bitsy
When I was at school I never wrote on the first page of my notebook. I still don't. I don't like the idea that once I've written something there, it's permanent. I can't go back and update it. That's how I feel about reviewing The Boaties new album. It is absolutely, for serious, brilliant. But each time I listen to it I hear something