Archive | October, 2011

Gig Review: Will Sheff @ The Toff, 16th October

Last night Will Sheff played an enthralling and fiercely intimate show at the Toff In Town that served as both the perfect companion gig to Friday night’s Okkervil River show as well as a fantastic night of live music in its own right.

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Gig Review: Okkervil River @ The Forum, 14th October

Last night Okkervil River played one of the most powerful, intense, and captivating gigs I have ever witnessed to an enthralled sold-out crowd at Melbourne’s idyllic Forum venue. Quite simply, it’s hard to imagine a show much better.

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Givers Do Daytrotter

Givers, who have just been announced as a part of the Laneway lineup, recently recorded a Daytrotter session. Although they didn’t play their biggest songs, their upbeat and energetic sound still transferred really well to the Daytrotter studio.

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Sufjan Stevens And Raymond Raposa ‘Beyond This Place’

Any chance to hear Sufjan Stevens sing a new song is to be cherished. Especially when that song features a banjo.

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Grouplove Returns

Despite gracing our shores only a few months ago, Grouplove have announced that they will be touring Australia over the new year, playing at the Falls Festival and a string of headline dates. I caught both a headline show and their set at Splendour In The Grass when they were last here, and not only are the a fantastic live band but they’re also the nicest people you could hope to meet. I cannot recommend strongly enough that you get along to one of these dates if you haven’t seen them live already.

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Los Campesinos! ‘Hello Sadness’

We’ve received another taste of the upcoming album ‘Hello Sadness’ from Los Campesinos!, this time in the form of the title track and first proper single ‘Hello Sadness’. It’s a Los Campesinos! song, so it is brilliant, frantic, and inspired.

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