Archive for August, 2013
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misty miller – taxicab
Getting some serious flashbacks to the Aha Shake Heartbreak days right now… I have to say, Misty’s ear for a good melody and that dusty ...
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speedy ortiz – no below
despite coming to these guys incredibly late in the game, s/o to patrick @ XL for putting me onto the Major Arcana LP, I’m compelled, ...
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gambles – so I cry out
Matthew Siskin is Gambles and he’s been frequently darting before my consciousness over the last year or so; be it his alt-lit heavy website or ...
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Street Gnar – Lift Up
This track from Street Gnar easily fits into the kind of post-UMO, funk-driven lo-fi, retro-sounding indie pop that I’ve loved from a while now; it’s ...
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white denim – pretty green
It’s hard to not like White Denim, so I’m obviously pretty jubilant to be hearing a new song from the Texan band right now. Seeing ...
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competition: win some philips headphones!!!
I’m off on holiday, but will be giving away a pair of the philips downtown denims (blue as pictured above) once I return and will ...
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parquet courts – you’ve got me wondering now
Seeing Parquet Courts at the Loft during Great Escape is still probably the single most live highlight of my year. The facts: they played roughly ...
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ides – chokehold
I’m not sure why we’ve not written about the music of Alanna McCardle before, ’cause her stuff as Ides is easily up there as some ...
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tiger tsunami – spanish nights
I feel as if this should be accompanied by a montage of people smiling. “Spanish Nights” has definitely got one of those “life’s great” vibes. ...
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saint yorda – DISCO
the lovingly melancholic Saint Yorda are from Cork in Ireland and I couldn’t more enamoured with this track, “DISCO”, that sounds like every and all ...
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product review: philips downtown denim headphones pt.1
So I got sent these headphones from Philips to review, or at least write about and share with YOU what I think. First up, how ...
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habibi – let me in
If listening to Habibi has taught me anything, it’s the fact that what their label, the ever-prolific Burger Records, ascribed them as, “KRAUTY GIRL-GROUP POST-PUNK ...
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diane coffee – hymn
With the surely Twin Peaks-referencing name, Shaun Fleming, part of the Foxygen-touring band, has revealed his own ’60s-indebted and ambitious project. Even after hearing of ...
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touching voids – untied
“Untied” provides probably the closest musical equivalent to my constant feeling of nigh-on-endless ambivalence, post-University. I mean, this has an edge of pretension, gilded with ...
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bitch perfect – bad decisions
Pavement fans are still plying their trade, most evident in the likes of the acclaimed Parquet Courts, recent Alcopop-signees Rad Stewart and here, with Melbourne ...