Archive | January, 2010

Album Review: Delphic ‘Acolyte’

Delphic, one of the buzz bands of 2009, have produced an album which, more than living up to the hype, is the first great album of 2010.

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News: Download ‘Blood’ For Free

My favourite song of 2009, and the song which inspires this blog’s title, Blood by The Middle East, can now be downloaded for free via the band’s official website. Obviously I am madly in love with this song, so if you don’t already own it then I highly suggest grabbing the free download and having […]

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News: Cloud Control’s Video For ‘Cold Canary’

So this actually was released a while ago, but I saw it whilst browsing their Myspace recently and it was news to me, so damned if I’m not going to post it on Pluck as news anyway. One of my favourite current Aussie bands, Cloud Control, have released a video for their single, Gold Canary. […]

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You Have To Hear: Last Dinosaurs

Last Dinosaurs are a band from Brisbane who have been making a splash in the Australian indie music scene. The band have received extensive airplay on Triple J and been nominated for the stations Hottest 100 songs of 2009. They have also toured around the country supporting an impressive list of Australian acts.

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Gig Review: White Rabbits @ Corner Hotel, 6th January

Last night, Brooklyn indie rockers White Rabbits played a gig at the Corner Hotel which confirmed that they are one of the best live bands I have ever seen.

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You Have To Hear: Kid Sam

Kid Sam are a local band from Melbourne, and I am seeing them tonight supporting White Rabbits at the Corner Hotel. I will also be seeing them again at the Laneway festival later in the year. They have toured around the country supporting bands that read like a who’s who of Australian music, and, having […]

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