UK indie rock favourites The Kooks have announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in January. The band released their fourth album, Listen, three weeks ago, after three singles of varying quality hit triple j earlier in the year. Building on the sound they constructed on 2011’s Junk of the Heart, The Kooks approached young hip […]
After touring relentlessly overseas and recording in New York, at long last The Griswolds have their lively pop debut album for us, ‘Be Impressive’. It is full of the unstoppable brightness you would hope for from the Sydney four-piece, as well as plenty of happy surprises. There is more electro influence, less guitar rock. More […]
The Griswolds just keep on bringing the ruckus. This recently dropped film clip for their mega catchy tune ‘The Courtship of Summer Preasley’ is a top notch arousing piece of work. We wouldn’t expect anything less from this outfit which simply oozes tonnes of fun. Opening with a hot legged babe on roller blades (arse crack leaking […]
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 […]
We had a chat to Dan and Riley from Sydney’s One Erection The Jizzwolds The Griswolds before their Bigsound performance, here’s what happened: How have you enjoyed Bigsound so far? Dan: We have just got here and had fun for the last 20 minutes. Missed out on yesterday, looking forward to seeing a couple of bands tonight though. Who […]
BIGSOUND Live 2013 was a whirlwind. Once again, the culmination of the greatest up and coming young acts from all across Australia and some overseas, provided for a men’al two nights of gigs, pre-parties, after-parties, and pre-after-post-BIGSOUND-parties. Thank you so much to SGC Media for running a flawless couple of days, I’m sure they’re only […]
I love it when The Griswolds come to town. Their shows are always guaranteed to be a loose time, full of heaps of dancing, shouting, impressive percussion and crowd sing-alongs. We saw them last Friday at the X&Y bar, supported by Oceanics. Oceanics were impressive. The lead singer had an awesome stage presence and his […]
Weekly Playlist 89 features Local Natives, The Griswolds, Dan Croll, Foals, Mitzi, Jagwar Ma and Half Moon Run. Local Natives – Columbia EPIC! Love this tune and the entire record. The more atmospheric vibe they’ve got going on Hummingbird is amazing. Dessner has had quite the influence. The Griswolds – The Courtship of Summer Preasley […]
Even after catching them down at Falls Festival in Marion Bay, I was still aching and craving more Django Django. I was so glad that I was back on the mainland (as those Tassie twats call it) for their private show at the Zoo supported by Sydney Parklife Unearthed winners, The Griswolds. Having interviewed Chris […]
After releasing their debut EP Heart of a Lion in September last year, Sydney locals The Griswolds have launched themselves into the spotlight of Australian music. After scoring a sought-after spot in the Parklife lineup last year the band has been performing at numerous other festivals, touring the country and gaining an ever-increasing Aussie following […]