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tUnE-yArDs @ The Haunt, Brighton 21.06.11

tUnE-yArDs @ The Haunt, Brighton 21.06.11

Perhaps Merrill Garbus is the anti-Zooey Deschanel? I fucking hope so.…

Chad VanGaalen @ Il Motore, Montreal 23.06.11

Chad VanGaalen @ Il Motore, Montreal 23.06.11

If you’re going to tell me his songs came out of nowhere and were never influenced by other bands, we’ll have to do some kung fu…

Guitar Wolf + Cheap Time @ Cabaret Mile End, Montréal, 16.05.11

Guitar Wolf + Cheap Time @ Cabaret Mile End, Montréal, 16.05.11

I’m no music nerd, but I know enough to know In The Red isn’t a dog’s breakfast of musical styles.…

Tyler, The Creator @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 05.06.11

Tyler, The Creator @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 05.06.11

The Zoo may be the finest venue in all of Australia. It's called The Zoo for a reason, and not just because there's shit all over the floor and someone just gave birth to a litter of baby elephants. …

The Fag Machine + I Am Austin @ Focus Wales Festival, 28.05.11

The Fag Machine + I Am Austin @ Focus Wales Festival, 28.05.11

If The Fag Machine were a band to listen to and jump up and down to, then I Am Austin are a band to dance and make love to. …

IN WORDS: Boomgates + Super Wild Horses + Per Purpose @ Woodland 07.05.11

IN WORDS: Boomgates + Super Wild Horses + Per Purpose @ Woodland 07.05.11

My internal douchebage disappears and are replaced by feelings of guilt, confusion and remorse as Super Wild Horses glide through their set.…

Cults vs Warpaint @ the Great Escape Festival 2011, Brighton, UK, 12.05.11

Cults vs Warpaint @ the Great Escape Festival 2011, Brighton, UK, 12.05.11

The music and the dancing is infectious. and the crowd sway and dance as Cults work the room into a blissful frenzy.…

Metronomy + Django Django @ La Cigale, Paris, 04.05.11

Metronomy + Django Django @ La Cigale, Paris, 04.05.11

The sound of a theatre full of enthused Parisians is no mean feat, and Metronomy certainly seem to have instilled a sense of 'Rule Britannia' in this sweat-sodden throng as they heartedly cry out in a full crowd sing-along.…

Stature::Statue + Velociraptor + Dune Rats + Horse Fight + Tape/Off @ The Zoo, 28.04.11

Stature::Statue + Velociraptor + Dune Rats + Horse Fight + Tape/Off @ The Zoo, 28.04.11

Tonight, for me, is about Dune Rats.…

Gruff Rhys + Matt Tow @ Excelsior Hotel, Sydney, 03.05.11

Gruff Rhys + Matt Tow @ Excelsior Hotel, Sydney, 03.05.11

Without the strange adjuncts Rhys has a nice collection of folky tunes. With them he has a nutball bag of charming oddities.…

Johnny Foreigner @ Bodgea Social Club, Nottingham, UK, 22.04.11

Johnny Foreigner @ Bodgea Social Club, Nottingham, UK, 22.04.11

Beneath THAT, there's the intricately dense, instantly relatable and increasingly self-referential lyrics.…

Crystal Stilts @ Farm 255, Athens GA, 24.04.11

Crystal Stilts @ Farm 255, Athens GA, 24.04.11

Somewhere along the line, apparently, Crystal Pepsi and I developed different ideas of what rock music could/should/would do.…

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