Archive | February, 2010

News: Mumford And Sons On Letterman

February 19, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Mumford And Sons performed the ever-magnificent Little Lion Man on Letterman last night, with a commercial television twist to the chorus. The song just isn’t the fucking same with the boys singing “I really messed it up this time”. However I love their attempts at neat hairdos, and they are quite simply one of my […]

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You Have To Hear: Broken Bells

February 18, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Broken Bells is the name of the collaboration between The Shins frontman James Mercer and Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse. Even though the project was only announced late last year, the duo already have a debut album finished, which is due out next month. They make melodic music that flirts with experimentation but never really […]

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You Have To Hear: Yves Klein Blue Covering Lou Reed

February 17, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Last Friday, Pluck favourites Yves Klein Blue made the trip to the Triple J studios to perform the Like A Version segment. Lead singer Michael started by playing the band’s newest single, About The Future, live in the studio, and it was simply magnificent. It is one of the best live songs I’ve ever heard, […]

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Album Review: Beach House ‘Teen Dream’

February 16, 2010 by Lachy 1 Comment

It took me a while to prepare for writing this review. For one thing, Beach House’s ‘Teen Dream’, the American duo’s third album, is one that not only demands, but requires, several listens in order to fully grasp. It is also the hyped hipster album of the moment, so I wanted to do it justice […]

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News: Late Night Music Goodness

February 15, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

There have been some pretty awesome bands appearing on late night American talk shows recently. Pick of the bunch was probably Yeasayer on Jimmy Fallon, performing the brilliant Ambling Alp, complete with rather inspiring uniforms (I love the drummer’s hat). Also awesome was The Swell Season on David Letterman, reappearing after he ran out of […]

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Gig Review: Jonathan Boulet @ St Kilda Festival, 14th February

February 14, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Earlier today, Jonathan Boulet played a 45 minute set at the enormous St Kilda festival. This was my second time seeing him live this weekend, but he was very impressive the first time, and free live music is hard to resist, so I had no doubts about seeing him again.

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