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New Boy And Bear Single ‘Feeding Line’

May 9, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

Boy And Bear debuted a brand new single on Triple J this morning, and it is now available to buy from iTunes. Of course it’s brilliant, don’t even pretend there was any doubt.

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New Jinja Safari Single

May 8, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

The always excellent Jinja Safari have made their new single ‘Hiccups’ available to download for free. It’s a breezy and adventurous tune, as we have come to expect from Jinja Safari, and is suitably difficult to stop listening to. Good stuff.

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Splendour Spotlight

May 6, 2011 by Lachy 3 Comments

So we all know that Splenour In The Grass has some huge names in the lineup this year. But to me, the real strength of the festival lies in the quality of the smaller bands, both Australian and international. So whether you’re after acts to see earlier in the day, or want to avoid the enormous crowds that will inevitably flock to the bigger bands, here’s a bit of information on five Splendour bands you may not have heard of.

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Splendour Ticketing Update

May 5, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

This has been a day of high drama for punters keen to secure tickets to Australia’s premier music festival Splendour In The Grass, and the organisers have just released this statement in response to some of the difficulties facing prospective Splendour-goers.

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Album Review: Okkervil River ‘I Am Very Far’

April 26, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff is a former music critic, and it therefore comes as no surprise that his band has become somewhat of a critical darling. Okkervil River’s sixth album, ‘I Am Very Far’, is the first record that perhaps threatens this reputation. That isn’t to say it’s a bad album- quite the opposite is true in fact- but rather that it is less accessible, more raw, and less polished than pretty much anything else the Texan outfit have released to date.

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