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Album Review: Arcade Fire ‘The Suburbs’

July 26, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

I’ve come to realise that if I constantly compare Arcade Fire’s music to their debut album, I am only ever going to be disappointed by the new music of one of my favourite ever bands. For me personally, I don’t think anything they ever do will top that stunning debut record. Therefore, I’m going to […]

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Free Download: Ra Ra Riot ‘Boy’

July 21, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Finally, we get proper a taste of Ra Ra Riot’s upcoming sophomore album ‘The Orchard’ with Boy, released as a free download on the band website in exchange for your email address. It’s a quality track, even if it doesn’t quite capture the same magic as some of the finest moments of ‘The Rhumb Line’. […]

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Album Review: Steering By Stars ‘Cables’

July 20, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Adelaide quartet Steering By Stars are perhaps far too easily dismissed under the umbrella term of ‘post-rock’, a label which will immediately divide music fans before they have even heard the artist in question. Sure enough, fans of the genre and artists such as Explosions In The Sky and, closer to home, Decoder Ring, will […]

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Hey Marseilles

July 18, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Hey Marseilles is a band that hails from Seattle, and make simply stunning folk music. They have recently released a remastered version of their 2008 record ‘To Travels And Trunks’, and I’ve had it on heavy repeat for a while now. They have a really broad range of influences: from Beirut to The Mountain Goats […]

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Gig Review: The Jezabels @ The Toff, 15th July

July 17, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Thursday night saw The Jezabels play a rare and intimate headline show at The Toff in Melbourne. It was kind of good.

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Foals Free Secret Show

July 16, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Not much more you need to know. This is just phenomenal, a massive and awesome international act playing a free all ages show in Melbourne on July the 27th in the leadup to their appearance at Splendour in the Grass. This is a Myspace Secret Show, which means you have to sign up with your […]

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