Album Reviews
Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
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 critica...2 September 2010
The Bank Holidays - Sail Becomes a Kite
'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 toda...2 September 2010
Passenger - Flight of the Crow
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 buskin...30 August 2010
6s & 7s - Choose the Sentinel Blooze
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 o...23 August 2010
Mama Kin - Beat and Holler
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 br...23 August 2010
Custom Kings - Great Escape
Custom Kings are back with Great Escape after an extended break that has been filled with critically acclaimed sideprojects. The second album from the Melbourne outfit sees the group reunite to for their finest release to date.19 August 2010
The Transatlantics
Formed in Adelaide in 2007, funk eight-piece The Transatlantics are only fresh to the scene, but well known amongst those with a penchant for soul and groove. Now, in 2010, the Transatlantics have released their long awaited debut album on the U...18 August 2010
Flying Scribble - We're A Chameleon
With instrumentation and vocals that hauntingly echo like a theremin, this quirky Abbottsford duo have released a bold and startlingly unique debut LP with We're A Chameleon. With little more than drums and keys (sometimes organ, sometimes synth, ...11 August 2010
The Indigo Girls - Staring Down the Brilliant Dream
The Indigo Girls’ latest release, Staring Down the Brilliant Dream is a 2-disc, 31-track CD of recordings of live performances by one of the best known, longest running contemporary women pop/folk duos. The album takes it’s...10 August 2010
The Eastern - Arrows
Last year this Soulshine Reviewer leapt across the ditch to Aotearoa full of musical optimism after a couple of WOMAD New Zealand festivals and hours of listening to the likes of Kora, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Don McGlashan and Crowded House&helli...27 July 2010
Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead
Former frontwoman of the Dresden Dolls and now consummate e-queen and twitter nut, Amanda Palmer has tucked her ukelele under one arm and dedicated an album to the hits of Radiohead. With seven tracks spanning Pablo Honey to Kid A, and as a ...27 July 2010
Crow - Arcane
Once hailed by Juice Magazine as the best Australian band since the Birthday Party, Sydney's 90's rock staples Crow have reformed to release Arcane, their first album in 12 years. With their original line-up headed by songwriter's Peter Fent...27 July 2010
Basement Birds album review
Supergroups have been one constant of the past forty years of popular music. Having past success with their own respective projects, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played their second ever gig to the million-odd filthy hippies at Woodstock and a...23 July 2010
Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All
Darren Hanlon's forth solo album sees the artist settle into a cosy, intimate sound. I Will Love You At All, recorded in Portland, Oregon with Adam Selzer (M. Ward, The Decemberists), is an acoustic journey that sees Hanlon hone his skills as an i...16 July 2010
Dan Kelly - Dan Kelly's Dream
Having achieved success with the Alpha Males' much loved albums 'Pirate Radio' and 'Drowning in the Fountain of Youth,' Dan Kelly, the Melbourne man with the falsetto, has released his second solo album, 'Dan Kelly's Dream.' With his characteristi...15 July 2010
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