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 Caspar Jacobs

Martha – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart (Fortuna POP!)

Martha – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart (Fortuna POP!)

I fell in love with Martha because she had sunburned shoulders, just like my girlfriend. Their downbeat admission that “the autumn forecast’s looking dismal again” somehow proved irresistible. And when ‘Ice Cream and Sunscreen’ suddenly sped up, my heart did the same, singing along to all band members of Martha bursting out in unison: “I […]

 Lee Adcock

LISTEN: The High Violets – Heroes and Halos (Saint Marie)

LISTEN: The High Violets – Heroes and Halos (Saint Marie)

Through my job, I’ve seen more gourmet cakes in six months than in my 25 years of admiring cakes. The real luxury in these confections usually isn’t the cake itself, but the two-inch glove of gummy fondant frosting, often curled into pink ribbons atop the solid white base. Now, most guests just can’t handle that […]

 Matthew Chin-Quee

Chairlift – Moth (Columbia)

Chairlift – Moth (Columbia)

For Chairlift’s third studio album Moth (2016), Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly build on the retro-pop sound they established on Something (2012). There is definitely a familiar quality to this album from the onset, yet new are ideas are quickly established that serve to give the tracks a more theatrical and sometimes jazzy quality. “Polymorphing” […]

 Lee Adcock

CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye (Liberator / Goodbye)

CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye (Liberator / Goodbye)

Answer me this. As a woman (!!!) writing about music in 2015, am I supposed to approve of all pop music now and its “pure” form of expression? Would I be a hypocrite to take any other stance? I mean, I don’t like Ryan Adams anymore than you do (fuck, I’d never even heard of […]

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After the Dole Rush: Beef Jerk and Modern Australia

After the Dole Rush: Beef Jerk and Modern Australia

By Mitchell Judge Early last year a handful of Australia’s greatest music critics published individual thinkpieces on the most recent dominant genre of local independent music: dolewave. Beginning with Sean Prescott’s review of the School of Radiant Living album on Crawlspace, this collection marked the first time that dolewave had been legitimised as a movement. […]

 Lee Adcock

Beat Spacek – Modern Streets (Ninja Tune)

Beat Spacek – Modern Streets  (Ninja Tune)

OK. Time to go underground. Time I confess my secret affair. Y’know, listening to a radio show can be a bit like sitting at a bar full of men that wanna catch your eye. Or, at least, I suspect it feels that way, cos I’ve never had anyone try and hit on me at a […]

 Lee Adcock

Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)

Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)

You know that kick-in-the-head moment? You know, when you hear this modern song, and it reminds you of something dear, but you can’t put your finger on it? And then you spend a morning with an old musical chum, for a breather from the newness, and when you plunge back in to the new stuff, […]

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Evans The Death – Expect Delays (Fortuna POP!)

Evans The Death – Expect Delays (Fortuna POP!)

By Trev Odd Box Evans The Death return with their second LP ‘Expect Delays’. The record constantly shifts focus from sprightly jangle pop to something much darker – often jumping between the two at a moment’s notice. The song writing is now shared between Moss brothers Dan and Olly and this makes the record less […]

 Lee Adcock

Ex Hex – Rips (Merge)

Ex Hex – Rips (Merge)

Oh, yes. Hell yes. These gals are talkin’ my language. Two minute tunes, beefy riffs, catchy tunes, handclaps. A local critic penned the quip “Thin Lizzy all up in yr grill” and I concur. To an extent. Can ya feel it? The heart and soul and power [pop] of rock and roll at its diamond […]

 Everett True

Album reviews | The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends (Bella Union)

Album reviews | The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends (Bella Union)

Why?

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