Archive for the 'Australia' Category
Young And Restless probably have at least one claim to fame: they’re the only band I’ve ever heard of to come from Canberra. Okay, apparently they’ve buggered off to Melbourne, but I suppose that’s what you gotta do these days. Seems a shame, but then there seems to be a lack venus or support for [...]
Adelaide’s Wolf & Cub come on like the bastard sons of Kyuss, Mogwai and the almighty Zepp. The band’s got two drummers for crying out loud, so you know bombast is the order of the day. They’ve sealed their stoner rock credentials by traveling all the way to Glasgow to record and mix some of [...]
Grinderman is Nick Cave’s new project which is seperate from his work with the Bad Seeds. Considering their last album was a hugely ornate and grand double album, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus. That album was great, especially the tracks that included a choir that gave the songs a big vocal presence. Grinderman is almost [...]
Well, I’m in a bit of a quandary; basically I’ve been out of work for almost two months now and I’ve pretty much run out of cash. Which means that i can’t go out and buy new CDs, specifically so I can talk about them on the site. Bummer; that means no new albums from [...]
I’m heading off tomorrow morning to go to Sydney for a couple of days to see my parents whilst they’re in town. They’re on a cruise right now (quelle suprise) and it will dock just under the harbour bridge for a few days. Unfortunately due to a cock up in communication, the dates that everyone’s [...]
You may have noticed I’ve put in a new tag on this post, from now on anything I post that’s related to my new home down under, will have the “Australia” tag on it. Now all I need to do is go back and work out what albums I talked about were by Australian artists. [...]
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