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GROUPLOVE – Ways To Go
Forgive me, but I totally have a thing for nasally, gritty, boogery vocals and unapologetic indie pop rock. Good-time jam band, Grouplove haven’t been too far from our thoughts since their 2011 release, Never
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BIG SCARY @ The Corner – 27/04/2013
Click ‘FS’ to view gallery in full screen As is the case with any album that finds itself in my car’s one and only CD tray, I have been listening to Big Scary’s debut
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THE NATIONAL – Demons
There’s just no mistaking brooding, baritone vocalist, Matt Berninger from The National for anyone else. ‘Demons’ is the latest composition by the critically acclaimed five-piece, which is on their anticipated Trouble Will Find Me
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YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Mosquito
Fellow Riper, Sean Kirkpatrick, will loathe me for reviewing a Yeah Yeah Yeahs track without consulting him, as frontwoman Karen O is allegedly the love of his life. But he can go suck a lemon
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NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH – My Friends
‘My Friends’ is the brand spanker from THE RIPE’s pals, Neighbourhood Youth. We’ve been pretty taken by these guys since their conception, and they keep us guessing with their gritty, emotionally charged alt-rock. ‘My
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VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Diane Young / Steps
When Vampire Weekend released their first album in 2008, it served as a very belated musical awakening to me. After spending six months stranded on a little island on Vanuatu listening to nothing but
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THE RED LIGHTS – Lesser Today
Can anyone tell me who the lead vocalist from up-and-comers, The Red Lights sounds exactly like? Is it Kooks frontman, Luke Pritchard? Alex Turner, perhaps? Matthew Murphy from The Wombats? Maybe a strange three-way rendezvous
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BLACKCHORDS – Oh No
Tight, tight, tight. Although they have been out of the proverbial uterus for eight years (!), these guys have really started to shine in the last little stretch. Their January release ‘Oh No’ is
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BIG SCARY – Phil Collins
Finally, I can exhale. Crazy talented Aussie duo, Big Scary are back in action, and I strongly implore that you do something about it. Grab your laptop and dopest set of headphones, wait for it
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LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2013
Oh Laneway – you sure know how to rub a gal the right way. What a line-up St Jerome’s Laneway Festival brought this year. While unforgiving set-time clashes saw me miss out on Bat
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MILLIONS – Cruel
Beat. Pause. Distant ambiguous instrumental note. Dynamite lead-in lick. This is the introductory progression of latest from Brisbane boys Millions, ‘Cruel’. After leaving us love-struck with ‘Slow Burner‘, ‘Those Girls‘ and ‘Guru‘, ‘Cruel’ (the title
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INK – Ink Goes On
Take the loose sliding bass from the start of Lou Reed’s ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’, give it an injection of 2013 electronica, then just throw a pile of whimsy, London paraphernalia
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YOUNG WONDER – To You
I have never met an Irish person that I haven’t liked. All three of my Irish friends are nothing less than a delight to be around, and not just for the novelty of their
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LAST LYNX – Killing Switch
Oh, they got the funk. These little Swedes, Last Lynx, get more online love than the creepiest of cyber sexers. They’re rated #5 on The Hype Machine’s ‘Most Blogged Artists’ chart after releasing their
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INTERVIEW: San Cisco
From their debut EP ‘Golden Revolver’ in 2010, San Cisco have gone from strength to strength, and are about to embark on what is sure to be an epic tour in December, aptly titled
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NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH – Half A Man
In a world where even light-up LED yoyos have become lame and outdated (what!?), Neighbourhood Youth have seeped through the cracks with unmistakable talent and cold, hard, blood-pumping indie rock. Debut track ‘Stone’ generated
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MAGIC BONES – Once You Forget
What can I say about Magic Bones? “Dayyyyyum Girl” comes to mind, but beyond that I don’t know if any two-worder could do them justice. So maybe I will just have to use more.
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8 BIT LOVE – In 3D
What an album to not play at your Grandmother’s funeral. The 8 Bit Love boys are back again with a new EP – and this one is in 3D. The CD even comes with
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FIRST AID KIT – Wolf
I am strongly ambivalent towards Swedish duo, First Aid Kit. The kind of ambivalence that means that I’m torn between two emotions (a.k.a the literal definition) – not the sort of ambivalence that means that
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CUB SCOUTS – Told You So
Never in the history of mankind has anyone said the words “I hate to say I told you so…” and meant it. Everybody loves telling you so. In fact, there is nothing better than
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