Violinist/vocalist Xani Kolac and drummer Mark Leahy of Melbourne’s The Twoks are back with an uplifting EP, “First Light,” which they recorded at Sydney 301 with “sweet vintage amps, toy pianos,” along with producer Tony Buchen. The title track will have you up on the roof with Kolac dancing to the sound of better times…
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This is a really difficult review to write. I try to make all my reviews as balanced as possible, irrespective of whether I do or don’t know band members, like or don’t like a particular genre, etc etc. The problem with the Twoks’ performance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival this year, however, is that despite…
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Pop music has gotten an undeserved bad reputation. When we think of pop music, we think of scantily clad, bubblegum princesses and manufactured careers, in spite of the fact that we all know it just means ‘popular’ music. Xani Kolac, the darling vocalist and electric violinist of Melbourne’s The Twoks, is someone who knows how…
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