Last Friday I was lucky enough to see two of my favourite up and coming Aussie bands at the one show, as Cloud Control and Leader Cheetah undertook their double-headline ‘East Coast Smackdown Tour’. Cloud Control were showcasing songs from their upcoming debut album, due early 2010 (writeup here), including newest single Gold Canary, while […]
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You Have To Hear: Vampire Weekend’s New Songs
See my review of the full album here. Vampire Weekend are back, and in the leadup to the 2010 release of their new LP ‘Contra’, they have revealed two new songs, Horchata and Cousins. They’re both catchy pop summer tunes; nothing truly special but worth checking out all the same. Since in the leadup to […]
Continue readingYou Have To Hear: Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales formed in Queens, New York in late 2008, and have already self-released their debut LP, ‘Weathervanes’. It is refreshing to see a band confident enough to jump straight into releasing their own full length debut, rather than messing around with several EPs and repetitive live shows, trying to find their sound. And it’s […]
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November 30, 2009 
