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I’ve been listening to a review copy of Witch Hat’s second record Pleasure Syndrome all week. It’s an astoundedly good record, one that could be one of the defining Australian releases of this decade. My review is probably going to appear in Rave Magazine next week, so I’ll post it here when it’s out. In [...]
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I reviewed Husky’s debut record a few weeks back for Rave Magazine. Quick recap: it’s OK! HUSKY – Forever So Tuesday, 25 October 2011 (Liberation) > Don’t eat the yellow snow It’s a familiar story – men with beards playing vintage instruments and writing folk songs in isolated ‘rustic’ locations. It’s almost an initiation rite [...]
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Originally appeared in Rave Magazine on 19 September 2011. One of my favourites of 2011 so far. KITCHEN’S FLOOR – Look Forward to Nothing (Bedroom Suck/Stiltbreeze) Locals Kitchen’s Floor write music that’s been chewed up, spat out, and then jammed into your ears; their songs drawn from bilge water poisoned with listlessness. Tipping their hat [...]
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I got to this band via Everett at Collapse Board. Alabama Shakes is their name and they’re from Alabama, I believe. Tweet
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I haven’t done one of these in a long, long time, but I happen to be doing a bit of coding for a friend, and wanted to make a subreport control on an Access report invisible should it have no data. Of course, since I’ve been mostly out of the Access game for a while [...]
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French Horn Rebellion are from New York and they’re about two years too late with their sound. I know I’m sick of MGTM/Passion Pit like bands, even if I think This Moment and Last Summer are quite an enjoyable tunes. Here’s what I said about their recent record (via Rave Magazine): FRENCH HORN REBELLION – [...]
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