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Single Of The Week: Future Twin – Bad Seed (self-released)

Single Of The Week: Future Twin – Bad Seed (self-released)

Sun, fun, shorts, shades, the beach, the party never stops and the caring never starts.…

Rusted Root – The Movement (Shanachie)

Rusted Root – The Movement (Shanachie)

Consider the evidence. The sound of college radio is Rusted Root.…

A.R. Kane – The Complete Singles Collection (One Little Indian)

A.R. Kane – The Complete Singles Collection (One Little Indian)

The missing link between Robert Wyatt and Disco Inferno, A. R. Kane sounded equally at home in the club as in the bedroom, under the stars and in the studio.…

U.S. Girls – Gem (FatCat)

U.S. Girls – Gem (FatCat)

Is it Gem’s frozen nature that makes me feel encased in glass? Or is it my own detachment that keeps me from finding a way in?…

Lee Ranaldo Band @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 21.10.12

Lee Ranaldo Band @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 21.10.12

Lauren (age 1) was learning to stand today. …

Allo Darlin’ + Monnone Alone @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, 07.10.12

Allo Darlin’ + Monnone Alone @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, 07.10.12

Such a wonderful night out. My third gig of 2012.…

Titus Andronicus – Local Business (XL)

Titus Andronicus – Local Business (XL)

If anyone in The Hold Steady was less than 45 years old, they might sound like this.…

Bat For Lashes – Haunted Man (Capitol)

Bat For Lashes – Haunted Man (Capitol)

This half-assed Paula Cole bullshit bores the crap out of me. Its Enya-esque sonic soundscapes make me wretch.…

Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Fontana)

Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Fontana)

It’s the psychedelia of sitting around your friend’s teenage bedroom smoking shitty weed, listening to people say the most banal shit, and wishing you could leave.…

Melody’s Echo Chamber – S/T (Fat Possum)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – S/T (Fat Possum)

Guitars dissolve in smudged razors, pushpins hidden in your lipstick. There may or may not be a horror show lurking within your candyfloss.…

Matt & Kim – Lightning (Fader)

Matt & Kim – Lightning (Fader)

Say what you want to about the quality of the music, it makes an excellent litmus test for weeding out fluff-eating imbeciles.…

Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)

Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)

Shields is a city album. It functions as a nice urban version of Fleet Foxes — a sound born out of concrete rather than forests, glass instead of rivers, subways instead of trails.…

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