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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 / Live
Lost Ragas. Pic by Rohan Anderson.
Live Review: Lost Ragas, Raised By Eagles, Jep & Dep
For those in attendance it felt like a wonderful and intimate musical treat.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Pokey LaFarge, Mustered Courage
We guarantee we’ll be back to see him again soon.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Simone Felice - Strangers
This is his best yet.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Alice In Chains, Down, Walking Papers
After 80 minutes they left the sweat-drenched and deafened Enmore audience with Would?, possibly their finest song and the best possible way to round out a diverse and exceptional night of hard-rock music.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Sunshine Brothers
It was a strange and deflating end to what had been an invigorating and entertaining show.
Features / Music
Looking To The Past
“For me it’s really about finding music that is tasteful, has melody, is rich in tone and music that demands an adept musician to play it."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Neko Case
From a dodgy start the show blossomed into a wonderful display of song, musicianship and above all the beauty of Neko Case’s singing.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Little Bastard, Oxblvd, Ranger Spacey
It was a premature and disappointing end to a fun night but as the crowd exited with chemicals in their throats they still had smiles on their faces.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wild Beasts - Present Tense
This is the most measured and confident release from Wild Beasts, an absorbing hymn to modern life.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dave Favours - Wet Suburban Sunday
"Ex-The Delivery guitarist Dave Favours has stepped out with an assured and accomplished debut album that pays respect to some of his influences amid well-crafted originals."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Robert Ellis - The Lights From The Chemical Plant
A bold musical statement from a multi-talented musician matching ambition with results.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights
The songs and lyrical imagery may be too considered at times but this is still Finn pushing forward and continuing his brave exploration of music.
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