Posts Tagged ‘Australian’

JULIA JACKLIN – ” Leadlight “

Posted: November 12, 2016 in MUSIC
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The Aussie from the Blue Mountains is supporting the ace country-soul seven-piece Whitney on tour this autumn and her singles to date suggest her debut album will be just as perfectly formed as theirs. Not an album many would expect to see on an end-of-year list but it is there for a good reason. In a sea of solo artists laying down their songs and trying to impress – few make such a mark as Julia Jacklin. The Australian newcomer wrote the album in response to those around her growing-up and developing in life. Whether buying a home or moving abroad: Jacklin felt grounded and rootless by comparison. The songs address the need to make changes and the issue of age. The catchy single Coming of Age finds Jacklin tackling premature middle-age (Jacklin is twenty-five) and the necessity of making the most of time. The rest of Don’t Let the Kids Win is complex and diverse. The compositions are constantly agile, rich and unexpected – not what you’d expect from a debut album from someone entering the Indie-Rock milieu. Eccentric, charming and witty at times – various moments find Zach Braff cast as Jacklin’s dad and Catherine Deneuve as her mum – the shining star of the album is Jacklin’s voice. Quirky at various moments yet always heartfelt, spirited and beautiful. 2016 has seen many debuts and new artists emerge but few are as memorable as Julia Jacklin. The media and international radio have fallen for her music and no wonder: Don’t Let the Kids Win is a sensational album that deserves big big love.

“Leadlight” is taken from Julia Jacklin’s new album Don’t Let the Kids Win, out 10/07/16.

METHYL ETHEL – ” No 28 “

Posted: November 11, 2016 in MUSIC
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Methyl Ethel the Aussie trio turned in a solid debut effort with their far-flung yet fluid album “Oh Inhuman Spectacle” early this year. We haven’t heard from them since then, but today they’ve come with a new single entitled “No. 28″ along with a matching set of visuals. The song picks up where the album left off, but quickly veers into psych-leaning exploration, teasing out the ’70s singer-songwriter vibes that were present but much more subtle on the album. As for the Olivier Groulx-directed black-and-white clip, it features a couple performing a beautifully choreographed dance routine that mixes contemporary and ballroom styles mirroring the genre-melding of song. It’s a video that as simple as it is pretty  Oh Inhuman Spectacle  and ’No. 28’ by Methyl Ethel, out now on 4AD Records:

JULIA JACKLIN – ” Pool Party “

Posted: August 31, 2016 in FESTIVALS, MUSIC
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Not many people’s route to international critical acclaim takes in several years working on a factory production line making essential oils, but Australian songwriter, Julia Jacklin, isn’t most people. One of the joys of those years spent in tedious employment, was that it allowed Julia to hone her musical craft, to think of little but music, and how it was her ticket out of there.

Born in the Blue Mountains, Julia’s music is surprisingly un-Australian, it nods in the direction of alt-country, a world of twanging electric guitars, smooth ticking drum beats, and her trump card, her spectacular vocal. More than just a wonderful voice though, Julia is also a superbly cutting lyricist, as she sings on recent single Leadlight, “I love you my darling, but I can’t promise I’ll be here to see this whole love through.” With a debut album out next month and seemingly every radio station and music rag queuing up to rave about it, don’t expect Julia Jacklin to be playing the smallest tent again anytime soon.

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The EAGLE and The WOLF – ” Mama, Son and the Holy Ghost “

Posted: July 6, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The first single from the self-titled debut by Australian alt-country duo, Eagle & The Wolf.

“Two of Australia’s finest singer-songwriters, indie-pop goddess Sarah Humphreys and alt-country troubadour Kris Morris, met, fell in love and now they’re making they’re making beautiful folk music together as Eagle & The Wolf. The project is in its infancy but they’ve already secured a major tour, Eagle and the Wolf is the perfect example of a coming together of artists whose sum is great than it’s parts. Alt-country singer-songwriter Kris Morris and indie-folk chanteuse Sarah Humphreys are both celebrated artists in their own right , but this EP  has elevated them to a new level. Humphreys’ voice seems to have been unshackled and is out in full force. Morris’ guitar work is pitch perfect – blistering in the bluesier numbers and restrained in the ballads. At only 5 tracks the self titled Eagle & The Wolf is the perfect taster for a partnership that has a big future ahead of it.

We recorded our album mostly live in September, 2015 over three beautiful days at an old farmhouse in the southern highlands. Syd Green is our producer, drummer, friend and engineer. He did wonderful things and we loved working with him on this always special, often magical project of ours.

This song is called ‘When The Love Has Died’ and it is about a relationship that needed to come to an end not out of deep sorrow or hatred, but simply because it was time.

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BREE TRANTER – ” Tuesday Fresh Cuts “

Posted: June 29, 2016 in MUSIC
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Inside The Recording Of An Album With The Middle East’s Bree Tranter

Bree Tranter, formerly of combustible sensations The Middle East, dropped her long-awaited solo album Another Night on Earth last week, and has sent along an assortment of shots that give a great insight into just how much time and effort can go into the making of an album.

Bree and her rather large backing band – made up of Matt Corby, Mike Haydon, Joseph Ireland, Emma Neurath, Benson Gunner and Andy Campbell have been toiling away in the studio as they wrote and recorded the album. You can hear Bree Playing the Rhodes Piano in the Linear Recording Studio in Sydney. We recorded all the live band songs to tape, which was cool. Featuring Andy Cambpell (aka Ace Romeo) shredding on the guitar, Michael Haydon on drums, and Matt Corby on bass, Benson Gunner on guitar, This man really knows how to follow my lead vocal. I love his tones, guitar licks, and just having him around
. On the saxophone is Emma Nuerath. She is a boss. She played saxophone on ‘Your Rhythm’, ‘Deja-Vu’ and ‘Tuesday Fresh Cuts’. I love her to death. We had three days to record five live band songs and then, in that time, overdub – saxophone, synths, organ, flutes, vocals, vibraphone, shredding solo lines on electric guitar, and some acoustic guitar parts.

Bree’s latest single ‘Tuesday’s Fresh Cuts’ is below, and if you like what you hear Another Night on Earth is available 24th June,

the leading single from the debut solo album ‘Another Night on Earth’ available June 24th.

VANCOUVER SLEEP CLINIC – ” Superfly “

Posted: December 22, 2015 in MUSIC
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Brisbane band , Vancouver Sleep Clinic – the vancouver sleep clinic camp was frustratingly dormant all year, but project architect Tim Bettinson has promised something substantial in 2016.  whether that something is an album or an ep remains to be seen, however.

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LITTLE MAY – ” Seven Hours “

Posted: August 24, 2015 in MUSIC
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It’s one thing to admire a band from a distance but then to actually have said artist work with you in the studio. That’s the exact situation the three women in Little May found themselves in when Aaron Dessner of The National expressed interest in producing their forthcoming debut album, “For the Company”. The 13-track effort was recorded this past spring in both Future Past Studios, a converted 19th-century church in upstate New York, and Dessner’s own garage in Brooklyn.

“It was a dream of ours to work with Aaron Dessner,” the Australian trio gushes in a statement. “We are so incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to make this album with him, and Jonathan Lowe, who engineered and mixed the album. Aaron captured the heart of what we are about, and we couldn’t be more thankful.”

Due out on October 9th via Dew Process/Capitol Records, the LP is previewed this week with “Seven Hours”. Not unlike lead single “Home”, it boasts layer after layer of resplendently haunting arrangements.

DMA’s – ” Feels Like 37 / Delete “

Posted: May 16, 2015 in MUSIC
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Tommy, Mason & Johnny. are the DMA’S (dee-em-ayes) full names Johnny Took, Matt Mason and Tommy O’Dell – three friends who came together making nostalgic garage po…p in a bedroom in Newtown. Sydney Australia

Having met whilst playing in other bands, DMA’S are three writers, three mates, three frontmen – all with a common sense of purpose and musicality. Writing a few songs together, the band demoed them in Johnny’s bedroom-studio, gaining instant attention – all before putting out an official track or playing a single show.

After signing with tastemaker label I OH YOU, DMA’S released their debut single ‘Delete’ to rave reviews, with Channel V calling the band “the next big thing”, and Triple J adding the track to high rotation.

With NME picking them as a buzz band to watch, Blur’s Dave Rowntree naming ‘Delete’ his Record of the Week on XFM, and the band selling out their first national tour – DMA’S have gone from strength to strength. DMA’S debut mini-album out May 18th (UK) / May 19th (US). Touring UK / EU / US in May & June 2015.

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Show: Corn Exchange 15th May 11pm (NME show)
It’s been years since I’ve seen an indie band divide people like DMA’s do. Defiantly influenced by Britpop – from their Kappa hats to their choruses – the Australian band were a big hit at CMJ last year. Since then they’ve supported The Courteeners and collected their various recordings into one batch to be released on their new label Infectious (Alt J, These New Puritans).
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FLYYING COLOURS – ” Flyying Colours ” EP

Posted: April 30, 2015 in MUSIC
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The wonderful sound of guitars from Australian band FLYYING COLOURS and their first EP,  please check them out on bandcamp and http://www.flyyingcolours.com, the band’s guitarist Brodie J Brümmer has said before they slay the UK.

Their music  inspired by so much, everything really. It’s pretty obviously 90s shoegaze, psych and grunge stuff, pop music…we listen to everything. For me Nirvana, Sonic Youth and MBV really taught me how I wanted to play guitar.”

We were ready to tour UK/Europe with our new release so it was perfect timing. Our tour schedule is pretty full on, we have 10 UK shows in 12 days once we arrive – so [all they have planned] probably playing a lot of music.”

We are playing a heap of shows with our club ac30 label mates Pinkshinyultrablast who I’m super excited to see. Also No Joy and Cheatahs are playing a show together at the same venue the night after we play in London so we will definitely see that. Oh and the Primavera Festival lineup is pretty excellent. And of co

urse we get to see RIDE!”

check out other Australan bands like the obviously Hollow Everdaze, Hideous Towns and VHS Dream who we are playing our last Australian show with. The Melbourne psych/shoegaze scene is killer.”

 

COURTNEY BARNETT – ” Kims Caravan

Posted: April 15, 2015 in MUSIC
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Taken from the album ‘Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’, Australian singer songwriter Courtney Barnett has shared the video for the seven-minute ‘Kim’s Caravan’.

Described by Barnett as “an apocalyptic tale of our world painted black with oil and soot, painted red with blood and greed”, in the video for the slow-burning, atmospheric track (around which she sings of the destruction of The Great Barrier Reef and pollution), directed by Bec Kingma and shot on Philip Island, we see shots of Barnett near desolate beach-side tourist spots and playgrounds.

Kingma explains her interpretation of the lyrics: “In conceptualizing a film clip for the track I am keen to explore the adult attempt to return to that place of childish innocence. If you have ever returned to a childhood holiday haunt in the offseason, it’s likely you’ve discovered the sad realisation that the place barely resembles your idyllic memories. As grown ups we all yearn for a time and place where our biggest concerns were the sand in our bathers and the mosquito’s eating us alive.”

‘Kim’s Caravan’ will be released on Record Store Day, April 18, as a 12″. The B-side is her cover of John Cale’s ‘Close Watch’.

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