Nick Hakim – Green Twins (ATO)
Green Twins, Nick Hakim’s debut album, sets up an exciting soundscape to explore. Here he makes a personal stamp of unique vibrancy, backing up his style with soul.
Album Reviews
Aldous Harding – Party (Flying Nun/4AD)
Almost three years after the release of her debut album, Aldous Harding sheds the guise of an 18th century English folk singer and, with the help of producer John Parish, begins to find her own, unique voice.
Robyn Hitchcock – Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc)
36 years after starting out on his solo career, Robyn Hitchcock has finally gotten around to releasing his self-titled album. Turns out it was well worth the wait.
The Afghan Whigs – In Spades (Sub Pop)
This is the second installation since the rebirth of Greg Dulli’s Afghan Whigs took place in 2012. With as many members of The Twilight Singers as original Afghans on board, it’s clearly Dulli’s project all the way. This time around, he’s re-tooled the band’s sound a bit, but not the overarching, and ever-present, dark themes.
The Wildbloods – All The Adversity (Wildblood)
Still pretty new to the Aussie rock scene, this four piece have just put out their first album. It’s a fairly solid affair, mainly your standard meat and potatoes rock. Good fare for those bars and clubs on the other side of the ditch but to Kiwi ears is it enough to really make us […]
Evan Dando- Baby I’m Bored: Reissue (Fire)
I largely tuned out of Evan Dando’s musical world as The Lemonheads career wound down and brought diminishing returns as the years passed by. As a result, I completely missed this album first time round when it was first released in 2003. I am excited to report that fourteen years on it sounds fresh, focused […]
Ali Barter – A Suitable Girl (Inertia)
Introducing Ali Barter, a Melbourne based singer-songwriter, best known for her 2016 single Girlie Bits. She’s sweet and angry; dark and light; deep and shallow. She’s a strong feminist activist and a naive teenager starting out. She’s all that and none of it.
Amy Shark – Night Thinker EP (Sony)
Amy Shark’s Night Thinker EP was released at the end of April this year, and already sits at number 1 on the Australian iTunes chart. The EP’s second track, Adore, is played everywhere at the moment- but Night Thinker features 5 other tracks perfectly maintaining the moody, grungy vibe that has given Adore it’s success […]
Anohni – Paradise EP (Rough Trade)
The new 6 track EP Paradise from the artist known as Anohni continues the path taken by last year’s Hopelessness. It starts with an ominous rumble and plea to imagine the world without war and ends with a spoken word piece that poses questions about How are we gonna make the world a better place […]
Luke Yeoward – Ghosts (Half Way)
For his first solo effort, former King Cannons frontman has made an album that will surprise and possibly frustrate fans but, ultimately, will be a hit in the Outback bars of Red Dust Australia.