Emma Schenk
album review: still flyin’, neu ideas.
Still Flyin’’s Neu Ideas album brightens your day with its dance pop ‘hamm-jam’ rhythms – a term the 15-piece band coined to represent living life to the fullest. The recent release follows their debut 2009 album Never Gonna Touch the Ground and it seems the band has developed over the last two years. Neu Ideas [...]
album review: teeth & tongue, tambourine
Sometimes, you just like something and can’t really explain why. That’s exactly what happened to me when I first listened to the new Teeth and Tongue album, and I very quickly fell in love with the band. I was actually surprised I hadn’t heard of them before, as their music seems to present the perfect mix of relentless [...]
album review: alela diane & wild divine
The first thing I can say about Alela Diane & Wild Divine is her voice, oh… the voice. I was immediately mesmerised by the spellbinding vocals and listeners are lured into her album, which is sunnier than her two previous studio albums. Alela Diane joins with Wild Divine for this album, made up of husband [...]
album review: joan of arc, life like
I must admit that Joan of Arc’s new album Life Like isn’t something I would usually listen to. Its guitar heavy riffs mixed with forced lyrics is hard to listen to at first for an Indie fanatic. But I’m certainly not against experimenting with new tastes and after a few songs, I could certainly appreciate [...]
interview: tessa and the typecast
Tessa and the Typecast signed their single ‘Painter’ to Major Label this month. When I spoke to Tessa Pavilach from Victorian band Tessa and the Typecast, I quickly got the sense that she was a beautiful person making beautiful music. The five-piece, who formed five years ago at high-school, create honest music with integrity. The [...]
interview: boy in a box
Tij Priddle wasn’t the same as every kid. Bathing himself in Beach Boy anthems every Sunday from dawn until dusk, Tij was bound to end up as a musical star. And now, the 23-year-old is the face behind Melbourne band Boy in a Box. Ever since highschool Tij has been involved in numerous bands and [...]
ep review: nikki thorburn, to the place
Nikki Thorburn makes music that is perfect to listen to on a sunny day. Her debut EP release, To the Place, promises a great musical future for the Sydney born singer-songwriter and Nikki’s distinctive voice is backed with her acoustic roots sound. Think Julia Stone mixed with Norah Jones mixed with something wonderfully. Thorburn describes [...]
amanda palmer is good enough
With her recent release of “Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under”, Amanda Fucking Palmer admits to loving our country (just like Oprah Winfrey). Originally beginning her music fame with the Dresden Dolls and now a solo artist in her own right, I’ve always seen Amanda as a strong woman who has an open philosophy to life, [...]
the myspace shot.
Photographs are nothing like they used to be. They were once a luxury, where you only had twelve shots on the camera roll so you had to make them special. Now, everywhere you go there is a person with a camera, and people always crowd around and smile their fake smiles, no matter how happy [...]
subcultures are everywhere.
I hate clubbing and dancing close to strangers. The music is too loud and the drinks are too expensive. But when it comes to gay clubbing, I would go any night of the week. Call me a fag hag, I don’t care. If you’ve ever been to a gay club, you will have been exposed [...]
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