[CD Review] ABBE MAY – Kiss My Apocalypse
Whenever an artist makes a complete stylistic change, it’s always going to cause quite a stir. Perth’s Abbe May has always been known
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CD Reviews
[CD Review] !!! – Thr!!!er
When you look at the indie rock landscape in 2013, it’s almost unfathomable to think that just over a decade ago, at the
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[CD Review] SUUNS – Images du Futur
Images du Futur is a foreshadowing title for an album. Firstly, it’s French, which initially seems pretentious until you consider Suuns hail from
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[CD Review] YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Mosquito
Mosquito, the fourth album from New York trio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, finds the band in consolidation mode after the disco-tinged sonic detour
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[CD Review] CAVEMAN – Caveman
With a moniker like Caveman, one could be forgiven for expecting a gritty, beer and sweat soaked foray into rock ‘n’ roll territory.
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[CD Review] THE FLAMING LIPS – The Terror
I’m sure like many fans of The Flaming Lips, I first experienced The Terror through some guy’s shaky iPhone video filmed at this
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[CD Review] JAMES BLAKE – Overgrown
A man stares at you across a snowy landscape, dressed in a trench coat and oozing coolness. You’ve only recently met this man
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[CD Review] NICK & LIESL – Friend and Lover
Hailing from our very own Central Coast, Nick & Liesl specialise in acoustic pop songs that you’d expect to be playing in a
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[CD Review] KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – Disarm the Descent
The new album from Massachusetts five piece, metalcore act, Killswitch Engage, has been four years in the making and is the first album back
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[CD Review] DEFTONES – Koi No Yokan
I’ve been frothing to hear this album for a while now, and with the recent passing of founding member and bass player Chi
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[CD Review] THE BLACK ANGELS – Indigo Meadow
Texan psychedelic rockers The Black Angels return with their fourth album, Indigo Meadow. Not a great deal has changed since their previous album, Phosphene
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[CD Reviews] LORD – Digital Lies
Continuing to rise from the ashes of Aussie legends Dungeon, Lord are a likeable lot, imparted with the charm of a front man
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[CD Review] THE MATERIAL – Everything I Want To Say
The term ‘female fronted rock band’ can often carry some baggage, and in such a heavily male dominated industry such as Rock ‘n’
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[CD Review] STEREOPHONICS – Graffiti on the Train
The Stereophonics have been kicking around for 21 years now, and it’s been a long time between drinks with their eighth album, Graffiti
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[CD Review] THE STROKES – Comedown Machine
What can happen in 39 minutes? In this fifth studio release from The Strokes, the New Yorkers manage to pack in as many
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[CD Review] NORTHLANE – Singularity
2013 has certainly been an exciting year for heavy music fans the world over, with Bring Me The Horizon, Soilwork and Killswitch Engage
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[CD Review] KVELERTAK – Meir
Norway’s Kvelertak are a relatively new band, this being their second release, and first on a major label (Roadrunner Records). Starting in 2007,
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[CD Review] THE MEN – New Moon
Some of the most interesting and creative musical artists have risen from the ashes of punk rock bands. It’s a youthful, rebellious scene
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[CD Review] RON SEXSMITH – Forever Endeavour
There’s something deliciously simple about the way the eternally baby-faced Ron Sexsmith goes about his craft. Over an almost 20-plus year career, the
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[CD Review] JOHNNY MARR – The Messenger
In the decades since The Smiths broke up, Johnny Marr has bounced around between various groups including The The, Modest Mouse and most
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