This live recording finds Nada Surf joining forces with the esteemed Potsdam, Germany-based orchestra Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. Quite simply – indie rock meets strings! At this point in Nada Surf’s career, Peaceful Ghosts captures the perfect challenge for the quartet. Take an extensive catalogue that spans 24 years, whittle it down to 13 tracks, choose…
“Rock stars don’t ever die,” sings Sting in “50,000,” a song from his first album of original pop/rock material in 13 years. “They only fade away,” he concludes, no doubt a twist on Neil Young’s lyric that “it’s better to burn out than to fade away.” In Sting’s song, reportedly written shortly after Prince’s death,…
Kishi Bashi (Kaoru Ishibashi) has released his third full-length album and it’s quite a departure for the artist. Kishi Bashi’s first two albums have been hybrids of chamber pop and electronic music. That Ishibashi featured the violin prominently in his music gave him a niche that was both different and interesting. That debut album, 151a,…
Sometimes it takes a great many listens to really hear a record. That is my take on singer/songwriter Ryley Walker’s third long player, Golden Sings That Have Been Sung. Walker continues his fingerstyle guitarist style from his earlier efforts but now takes more time with his intricate picking and let’s space do much of the…
One of the prospects that drew director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) to this famous story was the opportunity to give a new generation a glimpse at what happened to launch this extraordinary phenomenon. The baby boomers grew up with The Beatles and their children perhaps only know them vicariously through their parents. As the…
After nearly a decade as a band, three albums and countless tours across Australia, the US and UK, beloved Brisbane band The John Steel Singers have announced that they will be going on hiatus following their national tour this month. In a letter to fans, the band wrote: Now that it sounds like we’re breaking up I…
Sydney’s favourite four part harmony folk powerhouse All Our Exes Live In Texas have announced plans for a massive national tour this October after an appearance at the Lorne Festival in Victoria. All Our Exes Live In Texas have been putting the finishing touches on their upcoming debut album When We Fall so are promising…
The concept for this special show involving fluid movement, imagery and digital media arose when French artistic director and choreographer Mourad Merzouki met multidisciplinary artists Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. PIXEL, which was created in November 2014, is a melding of the real and virtual worlds. It combines dance with the abstract for 70 minutes…
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’ fourth album for In The Red Records, La Araña Es La Vida summons the Mexican muse of The Great Spider Goddess of Teoticuhan, who sprouts hallucinogenic morning glories and protects the underworld, or in Kid’s eyes, the world of underground music. Recorded in a high school gym in Kansas, guitar slinger and…
With a brand new album, Monday To Friday, released on the 13th May it was inevitable that Melbourne duo Sweet Jean would be hitting the road for a national tour. Sweet Jean have announced a bunch of dates this July and August taking in dates in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. Check…
