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Album Review: Yeasayer ‘Odd Blood’

February 5, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Next up in my long list of albums to review is Yeasayer’s second LP ‘Odd Blood’, due February 9th. I did enjoy the  band’s debut, ‘All Hour Cymbals’, but at times found it a bit too inaccessible and experimental, so I was looking for something a bit different in its followup.

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Album Review: Shearwater ‘The Golden Archipelago’

February 4, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

‘The Golden Archipelago’, Texan outfit Shearwater’s sixth full-length effort, due February 23rd, is a difficult album to review. It opens with a choir of islanders singing the national anthem of Bikini Atoll, and straight away you know you’re not in for a normal record.

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Melbourne Laneway Review

February 1, 2010 by Lachy 3 Comments

Yesterday, the indie crowd of Melbourne congregated at Footscray Community Arts Center for one of Australia’s favourite music festivals, Laneway. Having relocated this year to allow for stages that the crowd can actually see, and boasting a lineup that read like a who’s who of ‘it’ bands, this was certainly a festival to savour.

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Melbourne Big Day Out Review

January 28, 2010 by Lachy 5 Comments

One of the biggest days for music in Victoria each year is always the Big Day Out, and with a phenomenal (albeit predictable) lineup of local and international acts, and with tickets having sold out in a matter of minutes, 2010 looked to be no different. Having never really been a fan of the all-ages […]

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Album Review: The Magnetic Fields ‘Realism’

January 25, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

‘Realism’, due to be released tomorrow, is the tenth LP from Stephin Merritt’s The Magnetic Fields.

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Gig Review: Dent May @ Pure Pop Records, 17th January

January 19, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

On Sunday, quirky American musician Dent May played an intimate set to about fifty fans in the small courtyard of Pure Pop Records in St Kilda, Melbourne.

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