Reviews

Story-wise, it’s all a bit slight and predictable, really, but it’s presented and performed with such gusto and good humour that it’s easy to forgive a few shortcomings.

The influence of the last 20-or-so years of dance music echoes in his tracks, but he moved beyond imitating the past to create something that is distinctly his own.

We got the chance to sit down with Canadian bass producer JACKAL and get the lowdown on some of his fav tracks of the moment in our latest SOUNDCLOUD WRAP.

Miller-Heidke has found a healthy blend of the quirky elements of 2008’s Curiouser and more serious nature of 2012’s Nightflight.

Kiss Me Once is the kind of important album that anyone forced to live in the closet can cling to as they wait for the day they can burst out and sing, “When I got my back up against the wall/Don’t need no one to rescue me”.

The new kids are definitely picking up what Illy’s putting down.

Yo La Tengo close with a mammoth take on I Heard You Looking, the song’s phenomenally evocative riff highlighting the strongest and laziest traits of this most obdurate of bands.

After witnessing Phoenix’s faultless stage show, plus that extra personal touch, we’re really the ones who should be thanking them.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett felt right at home in front of crowd who, for the most part, probably weren’t looking for another act to add to their collection.