Big Day Out, Adelaide, 2012
This year was the Big Day Out’s 20th birthday. Of course, it is the 21st birthday that we all celebrate as the big one (though one can only wonder why this is the case in Australia), which may be the reason that the festival was at, ahem, less than full capacity for its Adelaide show. [...]
album review: big deal, lights out
The first time I read the email to review Big Deal’s new album Lights Out, I was slightly put off because of their name (ironic? Almost worse if it’s not), but I agreed to check them out after doing a quick Google search on the band name. I found out that Big Deal has been [...]
album review: hunx and his punx, too young to be in love
With a sound like Lou Reed hi-jacked The Shangri-Las and took a trip down memory lane, this is Hunx & His Punx with their debut album, Too Young To Be In Love. Coming about a half century after the doo-wop, beach pop it lovingly channels, this collection of tunes can’t be solely judged on its [...]
q&a: love of diagrams
Love Of Diagrams, a Melbourne three-piece that put out some pretty noisy ’80s music, have been around for a little while. Most recently, they wound up 2011 with a string of shows to launch their 7″ In My Dream. So here’s a few questions, and their answers. I’ve been keeping track of you guys ever [...]
q&a: hannah vs. the many
Hannah vs. The Many is some of the most unique music I’ve heard in the past 6 months. The band’s sound somehow happily blends lyrical arrangements of some of your favorite musicals with hard-hitting rock n’ roll riffs that stay with you long after the album, All Our Heroes Drank Here, is over. Instead of [...]
album review: a casual end mile, devils and devotion
When I was asked to review Devils and Devotion, the recent album by A Casual End Mile (now known as Devotional), I didn’t know what to expect. I had read the November 2011 Lip interview so I felt I had an idea of lead singer Madelaine Lucas’s personality, but I hadn’t really checked out their music too [...]
interview: thee oh sees
Speaking to Brigid Dawson of Thee Oh Sees is one of the oddest, and yet most enjoyable interviews I’ve ever done. It kind of feels like being on a first date, where you’re interested in what they’re saying, and they’re polite and informative, but it’s not until you hit on that magic question that brings [...]
q&a: prince rama
It’s not every day you meet two sisters who grew up on a Hare Krishna commune. Even less frequent are two sisters who grew up on a Hare Krishna commune and now make music taking inspiration from horror soundtracks, revelatory psychedelic explorations, the codeine drone of slowed and chopped rap, and, of course, Hare Krishna [...]
q&a: deerhoof
When Dunja first approached me to interview Deerhoof, I have to admit I was as much intimidated as I was excited. Deerhoof has been a band I’ve admired for quite some time; if you were to make a soundtrack of my life from ages 16-22 there would definitely be several Deerhoof songs in the mix, [...]
interview and giveaway: lydia
For American band Lydia, their music is renowned throughout the indie music community and for their legions of loyal fans. But they almost never got to releasing their latest album Paint it Golden, which came out in late 2011. After a falling out with another band member during 2010, Lydia embarked on what they thought [...]
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