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Many people liked about this record in late 2011. I’ve only really had the chance to listen to it this week and I can definitely understand why people like so much. Real Estate are from New Jersey, and Days is their second record – the follow up to their 2009 self-titled debut. It’s extremely breezy, [...]
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The months of December and January breed lists. People love to bang on about what their favourite things of the year might be….and I’m no different. Being that I’m a sometimes music writer, it’s inevitable that I’d come to the party with a list of my favourite records from 2011. I may have missed the [...]
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Future of the Left are back in the country, touring around Australia and visiting the Merideth music festival. For those who’ve read any interviews featuring the band’s front man, Andy ‘Falco’ Falkous, you’ll know him as one of the most hilarious conversationalists in the music biz. I got the chance to talk to Falco for [...]
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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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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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