April 2010

The Vasco Era - Lucille

Lucille is the end of a journey of two lovers, Lucille and Sam. With both characters recurring throughout, it's a concept album of sorts, but one which is thoroughly approachable, and without that all-too-common "look at me, I'm a concept album!" ...

Heath Cullen and The 45 - A Storm Was Coming But I Didn't Feel Nothing

Heath Cullen is a name that's certainly not new to the scene. His guitar work has been around for the past decade, and appeared on numerous independent records, including on Jackie Marshall's latest outing "Ladies' Luck". With the aide of his own ...

Splendour in the Grass preview video

If you're not familiar with the stunning Woodford site, the team behind Splendour in the Grass have unleashed a short preview video showcasing the festival's new surrounds as it makes the move from Byron Bay to the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Que...

Paul Simon and Harper Simon

Harper Simon's debut LP has just come out in Australia (you can read my review of it here). Harper is of course the son of Paul Simon. Despite releasing his debut album in his late 30s, recording has certainly been a big part of his whole lif...

NME's Greatest Lyricists Ever

Such is the brilliance of democracy, NME are currently running a Greatest Lyricists poll, where readers rate songwriters for their lyrical work and. The page lists the constantly-changing top twenty as decided by readers. Typi...

Gosteleradio - Great Deeds Against The Dead

Gosteleradio have created something unique in Great Deeds Against The Dead. Modern without being unsophisticated, layered without sounding excessive, calm without being subdued. It's indie pop without being a blatant attempt to find hooks. The hoo...

Sunday afternoon ska

Just thought I'd share with y'all some very early Wailers. I'm no reggae (or pre-reggae for that matter) expert, I'd guess early 1960s with Peter Tosh singing lead. I've wanted to get my hands on more music of this era after finding thi...