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Features FeaturesYon Yonson: It’s Natural INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK Yon Yonson are clever guys. Like, scary clever. There are so many ideas bursting through this album, both musically and...
Features FeaturesCold Snap: World War 3 If you took Korn, Lamb Of God, DevilDriver and a pinch of Meshuggah and put them into some sort of German-made metaphorical music blender, then...
Features FeaturesFences: Lesser Oceans After four years,Lesser Oceansmarks the return of Seattle band Fences, the project of frontman Christopher Mansfield. While their self-titled debut album had some cute indie/alt-country...
Features FeaturesPanda Bear: Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Eight years after he redefined a genre withPerson Pitch, Panda Bear has releasedPanda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, an album that shows that in eight...
Features FeaturesThe Grates: Dream Team The Grates have accomplished a lot in their three-year musical absence. A marriage, a pregnancy and a cafe opening later, the band has come back...
Features Features1200 Techniques: Time Has Come In 2001, 1200 Techniques were at the forefront of the burgeoning Australian hip hop scene. Specialising in funky guitar riffs and live drum beats, their...
Features FeaturesBelle And Sebastian: Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance ALBUM OF THE WEEK Belle and Sebastian’s career can be split into two eras – lo-fi twee and hi-fi twee. The second era now has...
More MoreOff The Record Carmelo Bianchetti, known to many as DJ HMC, is in this column’s opinion the greatest electronic artist Australia has ever produced.From humble beginnings in Adelaide...
More More2014 The Year That Was Whichever way you look at it, 2014 was an eventful year. The memories from music and pop culture will last a lifetime – although we’ve...
