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Chris Familton, Journalist

Chris Familton

I'm a music journalist, publicist and musician. I’ve been writing professionally about music for the last 15 years, with my music blogs Doubtful Sounds and Post To Wire (alt-country/folk) and as a freelancer with The Music (Drum Media) since 2009, Rhythms magazine, FasterLouder and more.

I've been playing bass guitar in bands since the early ‘90s in New Zealand (Thorazine Shuffle) and Australia (The Finalists, Charlie Horse). I currently also work as a music publicist, with artists including Bluebottle Kiss, Halfway, Restless Leg, Alannah Russack. 

Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Holy Soul - Fortean Times
"The versatility and restless experimentation on show here ensures their status as one of Australia's most inventive rock bands."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bob Dylan - The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 The Bootleg Series Vol. 12
"Each alternate take could easily have become those immortalised on these albums."
Features / Music
Anything Can Be Psychedelic
"The idea of psychedelia is to open up doors and possibilities and not put boundaries on things or box anything in."
Features / Music
For Lucinda Williams, Nothing Is Ever Too Personal
"My mother had just died and I wanted all those songs to come out at the same time but they didn't want to do that for business reasons."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Neil Young - Bluenote Cafe
"One for the curious and the completists."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Terrible Truths - Terrible Truths
"Terrible Truths excel at creating an idea, reducing it to its essence and playing it enough to burn a hole in the listener's headphones."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: CW Stoneking, Peter Bibby
"Stoneking’s voice is a unique instrument, seemingly cobbled from Waits, Armstrong and early 20th century bluesmen."
Features / Music
How To Avoid The "Watering Down" Of Music In The Mainstream Scene
"I do spend time in both scenes and there's a lot of good music coming out of both but I do get more excited about the Americana scene."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sam Outlaw, Jonny Fritz, Shelly Colvin
"An entertaining night of exemplary playing and Americana music."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: You Beauty - Illywhacka
"You Beauty meld fictional stories and compelling character portraits to their surrealistic post-punk music."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Here We Go Magic - Be Small
"Here We Go Magic have lost some of their, well, magic."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Fall, Gold Class, Orion
"Smith gurned and barked his cut and paste lyrics, wandering the stage messing with amp settings and knocking over mic stands like an annoying kid."
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