Features FeaturesClairy Browne: Pool ★★½ The former frontwoman of The Bangin’ Rackettes, Clairy Browne, is branching out on her own. And with her first solo album, Pool, comes an...
Features FeaturesYeasayer: Amen & Goodbye ★★★★☆ While it’s timid in comparison to their previous works,Amen & Goodbyemaintains Yeasayer’s track record of producing blissful, angular electropop. Working through an identity crisis...
Features FeaturesBombino: Azel ★★★★★ Nigerien artist Bombino has a knack for combining the evocative desert blues/rock of the Tuareg tradition with his incredible skill as both musician and...
More MoreOff The Record Ooooh yes please: next month we’ll be seeing a visit from the deep house and techno donAnthony Parasole. A pillar of the New York scene,...
More MoreThe Davidson Brothers The Davidson Brothers, Hamish and Lachlan, have been at the forefront of Australian bluegrass for over 20 years now. They have witnessed first-hand the peaks...
More MoreThe Proclaimers Ever since The Proclaimers first toured Australia in 1989, their local following has remained loyal, resulting in half a dozen subsequent visits. This month they’ll...
More MoreDeradoorian At first I feel pretty bad chatting with Angel Deradoorian. Conducting her last interview for the day, she’d no doubt be itching to get back...
More MoreThe Murlocs Midway through my discussion with Ambrose Kenny-Smith – lead singer, harmonica player and songwriter with The Murlocs – the conversation veers into a discussion of...
More MoreHay Fever I first caught Josh McConville several years ago in what turned out to be, hands down, the funniest theatrical show I’ve ever seen. It was...
More MoreJenny Broke The Window From humble beginnings in Wollongong, Jenny Broke The Window now claim that they are first and foremost a Sydney-based band. Any effort made with keys...
More MoreAndrew Bird Necessity is the mother of reinvention, it would seem, and 20 years into his career, wordplay wunderkind Andrew Bird is doing an about-face and showing...
More MoreThe Beards Some 11 years ago the lead singer of The Beards, Johann Beardraven, played his first gig, a support spot for rising talent Joel McMillan. So...
