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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
Live Review: Thurston Moore, Marco Fusinato
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Metz - Metz
METZ is a brutally endearing listen that knocks you about but never outstays its welcome.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hinterlandt - Cartography
The overriding impressions of Cartography are its range, sense of playful adventure and lack of concern for fitting in with any sound or scene.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lee Ranaldo Band, Pony Face
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Xiu Xiu, Absolute Boys, Rites Wild
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Two Gallants - The Bloom And The Blight
In terms of Americana music, Two Gallants sit in strange place.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Regular John, Songs, Glitter Canyon
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Gary Clark Jr - Blak And Blu
There is much to admire in his wide creative palette, but it feels like he has overplayed the diversity card when the real rewards come from the fresh air he breathes into the existing framework of the blues.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Moon Duo - Circles
In a musical space bound by drone and repetition Circles continues the impeccable quality control and songwriting of Ripley Johnson.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gary Clark Jr., Jackson Firebird, Doc Holliday Takes The Shotgun
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Shovels & Rope - O’ Be Joyful
O’ Be Joyful stands out as a strong candidate for the best Americana album of 2012.
Features / Music
Sol Journey
"We may go and live in the States next year, even for six months or a year... At this stage it is hard to tell if we will do that yet."
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