Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Borderline Music Festival
Weird Creatures From The Musical Underground
This Easter weekend in Auckland there’s only one place to catch good live music. That place is Auckland’s best dual band venues, Whammy and The Wine Cellar. The four-night Boarderline Music Festival is back again for its second year and with an extended liquor license over the Easter period […]
6 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
The Ice Cream Floats
Hannah Takes The Stairs
For a while now I’ve been trying to imagine what the musical equivalent of mumblecore movies would sound like. Now I think I’ve found it! The Ice Cream Floats, containing mumblecore movie director Joe Swanberg as well as Tipper Newton and Kent Osborne, is a cute, lo-fi pop band exhibiting […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, March 30th, 2009
The Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces- Remember…
1/10
Not even Fiery Furnaces fans will like this collection of D-grade live recordings, supposedly put together to showcase the band’s live career between 2005 and 2007. The double-disc, 51 song collection is rubbish! So many of the tracks are of such poor quality that they distort and bleed from your speakers, sounding […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Album, Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career
8/10
Rising from the doldrums that saw their previous album Let’s Get Out Of This Country fall into a dark black hole, Camera Obscura returns with their fourth studio album which is a much more chirpy affair. Lead singer Tracyanne Campbell’s voice is delightful, styled somewhere between a young Mama Cass or […]
No Comments » - Posted in Album, Reviews by Nick Fulton
Monday, March 30th, 2009
The Dead Weather
Modern Killers
Some people (or one youtube commenter on The Dead Weather’s video in particular) think that Filter or Chris Cornell exemplify quality modern classics these days, but Jack White’s latest project The Dead Weather proves the real winner in my opinion. With Alison Mosshart (The Kills) on vocals, Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) on bass, Dean […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A, UK by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Lawrence Arabia live photos
Lawrence Arabia with Dictophone Blues and Teacups
Friday, March 27, 2009
Cassette #9, Auckland
More Live Photos
Review of Lawrence Arabia’s Chant Darling
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
The Bemsha Swing
Underground Heroes
In an age where electronic artists are garnering a bit of flack The Bemsha Swing is a breath of fresh air. The jazz and indie-influenced post punk band’s original drummer, Matt Scheurich, left the band early on in its career, but they have since made do with a drum machine. This has only added […]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Bang! Bang! Eche! at SXSW
Smash Your Face
Bang! Bang! Eche!’s manager Mary Elizabeth promised to send us photos from SXSW, instead we got these videos. God damn it, why couldn’t we all have been shipped to SXSW!
The band has also announced some shows in the UK in May and will be embarking on their first tour of Australia throughout June. […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
A Dead Forest Index
A Dead Forest Index – Empty and Dark I Shall Raise My Lantern (EP)
9/10
Adam Sherry composes harrowing and goosebump-inducing music under the name A Dead Forest Index and plays this live with his equally talented artist brother Sam. Reverb-heavy drums and gently droning guitar wash throughout the EP. With heart-wrenched vocals outpouring poetic lyrics in […]
No Comments » - Posted in Album, Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Rhian Sheehan
Rhian Sheehan – Standing In Silence
4/10
It is problematic when listening to a CD through a computer when you can hear the computer’s fan better than the music, even when the volume is turned way up. Sheehan’s album reminds of a time when everything took a long time; scribbling words on a page, making music, getting […]
