Archive | November, 2010

Philly Jays Save Our Town

November 5, 2010 by Lachy 1 Comment

The Philly Jays are gracing our shores again after relocating to the UK. I’m sad about missing their Corner Hotel show this weekend (which is sold out), but to celebrate, here’s a video clip for their newest single Save Our Town, featuring new drummer Susie Dreamboat, who has the hard job of replacing Calvin but […]

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New Freelance Whales

November 5, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

I have no idea how I missed this, but there’s a new song floating around from the excellent New York outfit Freelance Whales, whose debut album ‘Weathervanes’ I declared one of my ten favourite records of last year. It’s called Enzymes, and it is a significantly more streamlined and focused effort than much of the […]

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Control Yourself, Take Only What You Need From It

November 4, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

I just stumbled on this today, a cover of MGMT’s classic Kids by a bluegrass outfit called Dr Fox’s Old Timey String Band. This is all kinds of awesome.

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Golden Plains

November 4, 2010 by Lachy 4 Comments

The Golden Plains lineup for 2011 has been announced today: Os Mutantes The Hold Steady Joanna Newsom Best Coast Hawkwind Architecture In Helsinki Wavves The Clean Jamie Lidell Airbourne Pulled Apart By Horses The Middle East Mount Kimbie Boy & Bear Robert Forster The Besnard Lakes Cosmic Psychos Justin Townes Earle J-Wow Feat. McKalaf Wildbirds […]

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Remixed Conditions

November 2, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Today saw the release of a remix album version of The Temper Trap’s rather excellent debut ‘Conditions’, featuring remixes from the likes of Fool’s Gold, Three Trapped Tigers, and Alan Wilkis. While it is certainly not worthy of a full review, it provides a good fix of Temper Trap goodness while we wait for some […]

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Gig Review: The Basics @ The Northcote Social Club, 30th October

November 1, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Thanks to Keith Parsons for the photos. Last Saturday night Melbourne’s hardest working band, The Basics, played a wonderfully energetic, humorous, and fun show at the Northcote Social Club, very ably supported by Georgia Fair, who themselves seem destined for very big things.

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