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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: Shihad, The Snowdroppers, The Upskirts
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Donny Benét - Electric Love
Benét proves there is still life left in his exploration of the naive technology of the 1980s and, by wisely allowing the focus to shift from his persona to the instruments, has produced a surprisingly infectious and endearing album of electro-pop music.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Edward Deer - About Monsters
The most rewarding aspect of About Monsters is the compositional quality of the songs and the way Deer complements his acoustic strumming with loops, strings, percussive quirks and electronic backdrops.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Iowa, Sounds Like Sunset, Lyyar, Narrow Lands
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Mark Gardener, Underground Lovers, Sky Parade
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Django Django, The Cast Of Cheers
Features / Music
Blank Generation
"Much more important to me than monetary richness is a spiritual-type richness which I felt when I travelled in India for six months. Who knows about the afterlife, so I want to feel like I’m doing what I want to be doing with my time as much as possible."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Lumineers - The Lumineers
This is a confident and impressive debut album in a genre that threatens to become a caricature of itself with bands dressing in period costume to boost their backwoods authenticity.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Mess Hall, Regular John, Kill City Creeps
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Daughn Gibson - All Hell
As far as debut albums go this is up there with the best and though distinctly different it feels like an introduction to a impressive new talent, in much the same way Bon Iver appeared with his debut.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Lawrence Arabia - The Sparrow
Milne shows he is right at the top of his game in terms of his writing and the ability to capture his songs in the studio.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lawrence Arabia - Green Room Lounge
Milne’s backing band are his not so secret weapon, such is their ability to allow space and poise in the songs.
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