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The Jezabels – The Brink (Independent)

The Jezabels – The Brink (Independent)

About a year ago, at a drinks function at my workplace, a…

Dirty Jeans – The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (…from a non-Australian music critic)

Dirty Jeans – The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (…from a non-Australian music critic)

Well, how bloody convenient! So here we were, musing about how Triple…

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Wig Out at Jagbags (Matador)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Wig Out at Jagbags (Matador)

Hey, Mr. Malkmus. I don’t know if you read these reviews anymore…

Lonnie Holley – Just Before Music (Dust to Digital)

Lonnie Holley – Just Before Music (Dust to Digital)

By all accounts, this should have been a review on Keeping a…

Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go! (Alternative Tentacles)

Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go! (Alternative Tentacles)

I’m pleased to say that Ready! Get! Go! is nothing less than brilliant, a wonderful album from start to finish. A record that can stand beside The Shaggs, and in places even goes beyond it. …

Blanche Blanche Blanche – Breaking Mirrors (Wharf Cat)

Blanche Blanche Blanche – Breaking Mirrors (Wharf Cat)

Blanche Blanche Blanche may be the most creative, original-thinking, band out there right now.…

Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)

Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)

Night Time, My Time is fantastic. A lifetime of bad ideas that turns into good ideas in the context of music. I like the new M.I.A. album. I respect the new Laurel Halo album. I’m falling in love with the new Sky Ferreira album.…

Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)

Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)

The string and vocal arrangements bring to mind Disney at its sweetest, or Van Dyke Parks at his straightest. …

Happy Jawbone Family Band – Happy Jawbone Family Band (Mexican Summer)

Happy Jawbone Family Band – Happy Jawbone Family Band (Mexican Summer)

This is the most disappointing record I’ve heard all year. It hurts. Ken Kesey was right. Never trust a prankster.…

Laurel Halo – Chance Of Rain (Hyperdub)

Laurel Halo – Chance Of Rain (Hyperdub)

Laurel Halo makes my heart go pitter-pat. …

Roly Porter – Life Cycle Of A Massive Star (Subtext)

Roly Porter – Life Cycle Of A Massive Star (Subtext)

Play Life Cycle Of A Massive Star every morning for a week. If it doesn’t change the way you see the world, play it again. If after a month you haven’t gotten any results, accept that you are a corpse that someone forgot to bury.…

Bitch Prefect – Bird Nerds (Bedroom Suck)

Bitch Prefect – Bird Nerds (Bedroom Suck)

In the uncertainty and shit-talk of 2013, Bitch Prefect might just shine a little light.…

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