Ratatat have returned with their fifth studio album and first in five years, Magnifique, and in true Ratatat fashion it’s somewhat slipped under the radar. It’s been 11 years since they released their first album, and it seems like they’ve steadily built up a cult following without ever radically changing their sound. Some might view […]
As I watched hundreds of rowdy teenagers, intoxicated 30-somethings, and even a legion of those long past their mid-life crises flailing around in euphoria, I couldn’t help but muse over the parallels of The Cat Empire’s name and the Internet. It occurred to me that they are not so different after all – millions around […]
“Who here likes MDMA?” Danny, frontman of the Dune Rats, shouts to the audience. A man from the crowd climbs a stack of speakers and is swamped by security, a topless girl sits on top of her friend’s shoulders, and some drug fucked dude is head banging vigorously despite the band not having started their […]
UK rockers, Band of Skulls, returned to Australia after a two year hiatus that followed their 2012 Splendour appearance. They spent a good chunk of that time cooking up their latest LP, Himalayan, which dropped in March earlier this year. They’ve been touring the album extensively since then, finally bringing themselves to our shores. Nice […]
Friday’s double bill featured two pop-loving Brisbane acts, The John Steel Singers, and all-round local cool dude, Jeremy Neale. These boys are on their East coast “Boys Gone Wild Tour” which kicked off the night before and still has two shows left in Melbourne this coming weekend. The two acts are sharing the headline spot […]
Oliver Tank played at the Metro last weekend. I was pretty excited because I’ve been following his progress for a couple years now, and this was his first headline tour. It was…. Okay. I’ve seen the bushy-hair Sydneysider a few times before – OutisdeIn Festival 2012, FBi Turns 10! 2013 and Falls Festival Byron Bay, […]
The Jungle Giants and I have a love/hate relationship. As in I love them, and they may or may not have a restraining order against me. I only have the vaguest ideas why, but it could be because the last time I caught these guys live was at this year’s BIGSOUND Festival, where I might […]
Come 8:30 last Friday night, I had some mad déjà vu going on. Oceanics had just started up their set, and by Christ I swear I’d heard them before. The déjà vu was probably on account of the fact I’d heard them a few times on Triple J. The station has given these guys a […]