In what can only be described as an empty gesture, Groovin’ The Moo management have apologised to festival goes such as myself who were stuck lining up for three hours just to get into the festival last Saturday.
Continue readingGroovin’ The Moo Review
Last Saturday saw thousands of people congregate in Bendigo for the Groovin’ The Moo festival. Accomoodation had booked out a long time ago, all the bottle shops were sold out of mini Smirnoffs, and the roads from Melbourne to Bendigo were full with P-Platers. Everything was ready to go.
Continue readingAlbum Review: The National ‘High Violet’
The National proclaimed ‘High Violet’ would be their happy pop record. It’s not. Many people thought that this record would be a massive disappointment after the huge success of ‘Boxer’. It’s not. What it is, is a masterpiece.
Continue readingAlbum Review: Jónsi ‘Go’
I find I’m having less and less time for album reviews lately unfortunately. I’m very busy at the moment and album reviews are definitely the most time consuming posts I write on Pluck– I only feel comfortable writing a review after repeated listens of the album, and even then it can be hard to accurately […]
Continue readingAlbum Review: MGMT ‘Congratulations’
‘Congratulations’ is a disappointing record, but then it was always going to be.
Continue readingAlbum Review: John Butler Trio ‘April Uprising’
‘April Uprising’, due for release tomorrow, is John Butler’s fifth album, and the first with his new lineup of bassist Byron Luiters and drummer Nicky Bomba. It is also John’s most satisfying, complete, and diverse work to date.
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May 4, 2010 
