Kurt Vile, ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’ review
Born out of recording sessions at Nashville’s iconic Butcher Shoppe Studio, Speed, Sound, Lonely...
Category: ALBUM REVIEWS
Paul McCartney, ‘McCartney III’ review
The third in a trilogy of solo records (preceded by 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s...
The Kills, ‘Little Bastards’ review
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, better known as The Kills, have assembled their best B-sides,...
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, ‘Plastic Bouquet’ review
Plastic Bouquet is the coming together of like-minded artists from two hemispheres. New Zealander...
The Avalanches, ‘We Will Always Love You’ review
“When we sample the music of musicians who’ve passed, it’s like summoning...
Arctic Monkeys, ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ review
Arctic Monkeys bring their electrifying energy to the famed Royal Albert Hall off the back of...
Calexico, ‘Seasonal Shift’ review
From Tuscon Arizona, Calexico are well known for their blending of North American music with the...
CDB, ‘Christmas Is Here: The CDB Mixtape’ review
Some history: CDB brought an urban edge to the Aussie boy band scene in the ’90s, when they...
Powderfinger, ‘Unreleased (1998 – 2010)’ review
“Tell me when you’re coming home,” Bernard Fanning pleas on Unreleased single Daybreak – which...
The Seekers, ‘Hidden Treasures Vol. 2’ review
Bruce Woodley once joked that a Seekers exposé would be headed: “Seekers Clean Up Hotel Room.”...
Troy Cassar-Daley, ‘Christmas for Cowboys’ review
Troy Cassar-Daley’s 11th studio album is his first Christmas collection. Like an Aussie version of...
Wolf & Cub, ‘NIL’ review
Keep a keen eye on the speedometer when listening to Wolf & Cub’s fourth album while...
Lachy Doley, ‘Double Figures’ review
Hammond Organ virtuoso Lachy Doley – who honed his craft as a session player with Powderfinger,...
Shemekia Copeland, ‘Uncivil War’ review
Fusing her blues roots with R&B and American folk, must-be-heard singer-songwriter Shemekia...
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, ‘K.G.’ review
Every King Gizzard review now reads as recycled: they’re a “prolific” “psych-rock” band from...
Delta Goodrem, ‘Only Santa Knows’ review
Opening on an uber-haunting version of the already spooky Carol of the Bells, it’s...
Something for Kate, ‘The Modern Medieval’ review
Paul Dempsey knows how to craft a multi-layered masterpiece. His songs are beautifully constructed...
AC/DC, ‘PWR/UP’ review
Some thought the show was over – but AC/DC will never die. After the death of big brother Malcolm,...
Nick Cave, ‘Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace’ review
Described by Cave as “… a prayer into the void… a souvenir from a strange and...
The Cribs, ‘Night Network’ review
On the brink of breakup, this Yorkshire punk-rock trio put legal woes aside to create their first...
Gregor, ‘Destiny’ review
Leonardo Da Vinci had a formula for painting buildings: “To make one appear more distant...
Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald, ‘Push The Blues Away’ review
Push The Blues Away: The title refers to the feeling, not the genre, as this album is a glorious...
Hachiku, ‘I’ll Probably Be Asleep’ review
I’ll Probably be Asleep is the debut from Melbourne-based Hachiku, led by songwriter Anika...
Kylie Minogue, ‘DISCO’ review
It must’ve been strange for Kylie to return to dance music during lockdown, not least because she...
Brad Cox, ‘My Mind’s Projection’ review
In a recent QLD tour vlog, Bad Cox shows off the kind of endearingly erratic clowning which...
Midnight Oil, ‘The Makarrata Project’ review
This mini-album – Midnight Oil’s first collection of originals in 18 years – can be seen as a...
Sam Smith, ‘Love Goes’ review
Written throughout their late twenties, a period during which Smith reckoned publicly for the...
Mr. Bungle, ‘The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo’ review
Words | Tom Raucous If you were like me in the ’90s – obsessed with Mr. Bungle (and all...
Clipping, ‘Visions of Bodies Being Burned’ review
An ominous boom opens the second instalment in Clipping’s horrorcore series, an indication that...
Nothing But Thieves, ‘Moral Panic’ review
Opener Unperson barnstorms in with Conor Mason’s intense delivery conjuring RATM-level fury:...
