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Gypsy & The Cat national tour dates
3 September 2010
After playing the main stage at Splendour in the Grass, plus supporting The Strokes and Foals on their Australian tours, Gypsy & The Cat will be back in Australia next month to play the national Parklife festivals plus their own shows on the ‘Time To Wander’ tour this September and October. Read on...
Powderfinger to release final ever show
2 September 2010
If you missed out on tickets to Powderfinger's Sunset tour, with 24 out of 35 shows now sold out, then fear not, as pre-orders can now be placed on iTunes for a live album of their final ever show taking place in Brisbane on November 13. Read on...
Mistletone proudly presents El Guincho
2 September 2010
Mistletone proudly presents El Guincho, direct from Barcelona and touring Australia for the third time: this time around, as a three piece led by one-man, space-age exotica party machine, Pablo Diaz-Reixa. Read on...
Mistletone presents The Field for the first time in Australia
2 September 2010
Mistletone presents The Field for the first time in Australia, featuring Stockholm native and blissed-out futurist Axel Willner with his live rhythm section. Read on...
Mirah's first Australian tour with guest the Smallgoods
2 September 2010
Mistletone proudly presents Mirah on her first ever Australian tour. A dearly treasured artist of indie folk devotees, Mirah will tour Australia as a trio, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Dave Depper (Norfolk & Western, Jolie Holland) and acclaimed Portland artist Rachel Blumberg, who has drummed for The Decemberists, Bright Eyes and M. Ward. Read on...
Fat Freddy's Drop return in November
2 September 2010
Fat Freddy’s Drop return to Sydney and Melbourne this November to launch their brand new live offering ‘Live At Roundhouse’. Conquering some new territories up North in Queensland this July, these shows will mark their return to Melbourne and Sydney since last year. Read on...
Album Reviews
The mellow acoustic folk sound that has dominated Ray Lamontagne's work for the past three albums has been well and truly tossed out the door with the opening track of God Willin & The Creek Don't Rise, the latest release from the critically acclaimed American performer. Read On...
'Sail Becomes a Kite' is the second album by WAMI award winning Perth quartet, The Bank Holidays. With soaring melodies across intricately layered atmospheres, The Bank Holidays have crafted a fantastic second effort with all the hallmarks of today's indie-pop kings as Max Easton writes. Read On...
Passenger is the brain child of Mike Rosenberg. A UK native, the 26-year-old showcases a heartfelt acoustic album that sees him collaborate with some of Australia's most popular musicians. Flight of the Crow seems to brilliantly capture the busking journey that saw Rosenberg cross paths with all ... Read On...
Hailing from Perth and led by local song-writing protege, Josh Fontaine, 6s & 7s have debuted with the ethereal 'Choose the Sentinel Blooze.' With comparisons to My Morning Jacket and Xiu Xiu following the band around, the record firms up as one that's dragging along a healthy amount of inter... Read On...
Mama Kin is the stage name of Australian singer-songwriter Danielle Caruana. And from her family of birth, to her current marriage to Roots musician John Butler, Caruana has always been fated to be part of a big, musical family. Her brother, Michael Caruana plays some great Havana-sty... Read On...
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Interviews and Editorials
The Custom Kings Interview
16 August 2010
Coming off the back of a successful debut in At Sea and a couple of side projects in Joe Neptune and Eagle and the Worm, the Custom Kings are set to release their second record, titled Great Escape. Days before it hit shelves, frontman Nick Vorrath called in for a chat with Soulshine’s Max Easton. Read on...
Interview with Ray LaMontagne
11 August 2010
Ahead of the release of his fourth album God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, Soulshine spoke with Ray LaMontagne about recording the album with his newly formed band The Pariah Dogs. Calling from his home in the woods of western Massachusetts a few days ahead of a comprehensive US tour with David Gray, the softly spoken LaMontagne opened up about self-producing his latest record. Read on...
SoundPlug
- Dan Kelly drops new vid
- Freshly Picked - Tin Sparrow
- Freshly Picked - Black Mountain
- Freshly Picked - Loon Lake
- Freshly Picked - Dan Mangan
- Some more James Brown for you
- Lunch Break James Brown Funktube
- Freshly Picked - Georgia Fair
- Freshly Picked - Willy Mason
- Living Vicariously #SITG
- More Entries...
Live Reviews
Darren Hanlon & Georgia Fair - The Factory (August 13th)
23 August 2010
On a distinctly unspooky Friday the 13th, Sydney folk duo Georgia Fair supported Darren Hanlon, Australia's favourite wordsmith at Enmore's Factory Theatre. With Georgia Fair starting their promising career and Hanlon at the peak of his, it proved to be a night of fine Australian songwriting as Max Easton writes. Read on...
Yeasayer @ The Prince of Wales, Thursday, July 29 2010
18 August 2010
Yeasayer, rather than let fans down due to the demand on their Splendour in the Grass sideshows have the enviable task of two shows within the space of 3 hours at the Prince Bandroom. Now you don’t see that very often! Read on...
