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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. 

Features / Music
Immigration Songs
"'Up' and 'left' sound like directions, but also like a ‘Dear John’ letter... Later our friend Evan [Dando] also said it’s where your heart is – up and left.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jack Colwell And The Owls Goodgod
with Nick Cave-styled pelvic thrusts and floor-writhing
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Trust - Trst
For the most part Trust sound like the dark side of Pet Shop Boys or a psycho-sexual Erasure with only Alfons’ voice taking the music to a different and unsettling place.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Zola Jesus The Studio
She was nothing short of a revelation both in terms of her visual presentation and the power and passion she conjured up with that voice.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deep Sea Arcade The Standard 0612
They also blew some minds with their cover of The Chemical Brothers’ Let Forever Be
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Opossom - Electric Hawaii
Intensely creative, a ton of fun and quite a unique listening experience.
Features / Music
Dancing In The Dark
"I’m happy there is this dark wave going through the mainstream music at the moment and I think it was foreshadowed by vampires, horror movies."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Men - Open Your Heart
...the album feels well-paced and balanced with both fury and meditation and it is that dynamic range that makes The Men such a fascinating and rewarding band.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Light Asylum
An often confrontational listening experience amid the pseudo-industrial synth primitivism.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Julia Holter - Ekstasis
It is that elusive and ethereal quality that makes this album such a fascinating and immersive treat.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Wedding Present - Valentina
He still knows how to write those observant turns of phrase with the same eloquence as Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Charlie Horse - I Hope I'm Not A Monster
I Hope I’m Not A Monster is an impressive debut album of heroic, widescreen rock’n’roll that demands repeated listens.
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