[CD Review] DEAD LETTER CIRCUS – The Catalyst Fire
It’s pretty much coincidence that the two arguably leading bands on the Australian alternative and progressive rock scene are releasing their long awaited
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CD Reviews
[CD Review] NEWSTED – Heavy Metal Music
The unimaginatively titled, Heavy Metal Music, marks the full-length debut from former Metallica bassist, Jason Newsted, and it’s refreshing to find the veteran
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[CD Review] CLOUD CONTROL – Dream Cave
Aptly named Dream Cave, the second release from Blue Mountains band, Cloud Control, is a relaxing sojourn, full of echoey space and melancholy
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[CD Review] MEGADETH – Super Collider
Megadeth’s 14th studio release, the aptly titled, Super Collider, confirms once and for all that these Los Angeles natives are truly part of
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[CD Review] KANYE WEST – Yeezus
Yeezus is a strange album. Kanye’s quest to be avant garde continues, taking him to some truly ridiculous, often tasteless, sometimes hilarious places
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[CD Review] BARENAKED LADIES – Grinning Streak
One thing I never thought I would be doing in 2013 is reviewing a brand-new Barenaked Ladies record, but here I am. Famous
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[CD Review] KARNIVOOL – Asymmetry
Asymmetry marks the long-awaited third album, and follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sound Awake (2009), from Perth heavyweights, Karnivool. Although four years have
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[CD Review] AUSTRA – Olympia
Olympia, the second studio album from Canadian band Austra, is a quiet affair of restrained electronica and ’80s vibes that holds the listener
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[CD Review] MS MR – Secondhand Rapture
I heard MS MR for the first time while driving; something about their sound and the feelings that it provoked in me made
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[CD Review] YOU AM I – Sound As Ever (Reissue)
Few bands in Australian rock garner the kind of respect and admiration that the durable and much-loved You Am I have worked tirelessly
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[CD Review] AKRON/FAMILY – Sub Verses
When reviewing an album that I know little about, I always try and go in with an open mind to let the music
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[CD Review] BEARS WITH GUNS – Only The Quick and the Hungry
After relocating from rural Parkes to Sydney in 2010, young five-piece, Bears with Guns, are clearly a band that means business. Emerging through
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[CD Review] BENJALU – The Battle
I have been hanging to hear Newcastle’s roots/blues/rock five piece, Benjalu’s new EP for a while now, and after doing so, it has
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[CD Review] WHITLEY – Even The Stars Are A Mess
The opening lyrics of Whitley’s third album, Even The Stars Are A Mess, suggest that the songwriter has found harmony both in his
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[CD Review] SURFER BLOOD – Python
Surfer Blood’s 2010 debut, Astro Coast, was a breath of fresh air in the indie-rock scene. The album reeked of a confident, brash
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[CD Review] JIMMY EAT WORLD – Damage
It might be hard to believe, but Jimmy Eat World has been playing around the traps for 20 years now, with the band
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[CD Review] EMPIRE OF THE SUN – Ice On The Dune
Empire of the Sun seems to me to be the perfect band for the current internet age. Their fashionably-grandiose synthesised dance music is
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[CD Review] JOSH PYKE – The Beginning and the End of Everything
That loveable bearded man has done it again, adding another noble release to a repertoire of musical eminence dating back over six years. Now,
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[CD Review] KID CUDI – Indicud
Indicud is the first album of Kid Cudi’s solo career to not be included in his ‘Man on the Moon’ series, and it’s
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[CD Review] BEN FOLDS FIVE – Live
This is Ben Folds Five’s first live album, and if ever a band was going to shine on a live release, it would
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