And Pluck Your Strings

Jinja Safari Interview

August 12, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

It’s been an eventful year for Sydney band Jinja Safari so far. Not only have they steadily released tracks from their second EP for free online, but they’ve also sold out shows on a national headline tour, played at the Big Day Out in Sydney, and graced the main stage of Splendour In The Grass. I had a brief chat with one of the band’s two ‘harmonizing frontmen and multi-instrumentalists’, Marcus.

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Interviews

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You Can Keep Your Hipster Flings

February 13, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

I’ll hopefully be seeing Sydney singer/songwriter Fergus Brown opening for Tunng at The East Brunswick Club in a couple of weeks (if I can actually find someone to go with), and I couldn’t think of a more worthy person to support the UK experimental folk outfit.

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Second Sydney Big Day Out Review

January 30, 2011 by Lachy 3 Comments

“It almost feels like home.”

I wasn’t planning on going to the Big Day Out this year when I first saw the lineup. And I certainly could have never predicted that I would end up going to the Big Day Out in Sydney. However the stars aligned and the circumstances arose where I simply had to.

And I had a great time. In fact, I had a much better time than I was expecting. A sweltering day caused a lot of discomfort, and I maintain that the lineup was far from great, but ultimately all that matters is that it was a whole lot of fun.

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Gig Reviews

The National Falls Festival Sideshows

September 29, 2010 by Lachy 11 Comments

Update: Everything is confirmed now. The dates were right, but the Melbourne venue is actually the Palais. Tickets will be available for $75 Monday morning from here, however there is a MyTicketMaster presale from midday tomorrow. Here’s a poster that was up in the Melbourne CBD advertising that The National will be playing a Falls […]

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Gig Guides, News

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The Holidays Debut Album And Tour

September 13, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Sydney foursome The Holidays have been around the Australian music scene for a while now. I saw them open for Bluejuice earlier this year, and then again for Hungry Kids Of Hungary recently. Both times they were really enjoyable, playing a great blend of pop hooks, rhythm, and plenty tropical influences. More than a year […]

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News

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Alps

July 12, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

Alps is an indie band hailing from Sydney, consisting of Niall White , Charlie Godwin , Dave Smith, and Fergus Wilson. They are easily confused with the better known (and also great) shoegaze outfit consisting of Chris Hearn also called Alps, and also from NSW. Inconspicuous name aside (according to their Facebook page they are actually […]

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