Features Features Alesa Lajana: Frontier Lullaby ★★★★ Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjoist Alesa Lajana has delved into Australia’s history post-colonisation to create this diligently researched and heartfelt collection. The CD is...
Features Features Above & Beyond: Acoustic II ★★★☆ Above & Beyond’sAcoustic IIis a bit of a paradox. While the album features some of the trance legends’ most well-known tunes, these acoustic reimaginings...
Features Features Emma Louise: Supercry ★★★★ The past is a good topic to write about. For most artists it can be a form of therapy, reliving the experience outside yourself....
Features Features GL: Touch ★★★★ Former Bamboos buddies Graham Pogson (G) and Ella Thompson (L) are a band on a mission. The sound of their debut album lies somewhere...
Features Features Cane Hill: Smile ★★★ Let’s put on the Captain Obvious cape for a second and confirm that, yes, the hallmarks of Cane Hill’s sound are an awful lot...
Features Features Trust Punks: Double Bind ★★★★ Trust Punks hail from New Zealand, though their sound has more in common with the post-punk sounds from Britain in the late ’70s than...
Features Features Stonefield: As Above, So Below ★★★★ OK, before I begin, let me say this: our very existence is on a knife-edge and everyone dies alone. In a world of uncertainty,...
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More More Five Things with Lachlan Russell from Bears With Guns 1.Growing Up One of my earliest musical memories is of my parents bringing home a $50 drum kit from a garage sale. They put it...
More More Out & About: Meet Newtown’s Answer To Tegan And Sara For lesbians, there is a certain pull to the music of Tegan And Sara. Their songs seem to cut through all the bullshit and hit...
