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ALBUM REVIEW: Alison Ferrier ~ Be Here Now
Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana

ALBUM REVIEW: Alison Ferrier ~ Be Here Now

Ferrier’s sophomore album finds her with a full band, recording the instrumental tracks live to tape in two days. As a result there’s an immediacy and presence to her emotionally rich songs of relationships – good and bad. Ferrier’s voice is an easy fit with her folk and country-styled compositions, able to swing sweet and … Continue reading

ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Lucas ~ Small Town Blues
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Lucas ~ Small Town Blues

Mark Lucas normally fronts the Dead Setters but here he steps out on his own with a collection of intimate and restrained songs. Lucas has decorated his compositions with fiddle, banjo, piano and even tuba without ever distracting from the personal and sometimes socio-political content of his lyrics. ‘Stranger’ possesses a beautiful, lilting melody, ‘Small … Continue reading

ALBUM REVIEW: The Milk Carton Kids ~ Monterey
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Milk Carton Kids ~ Monterey

On stage Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan offset their earnest folk music with self-effacing humour yet their albums are wholly musical affairs which have in the past found them lacking personality and spirit. Monterey corrects that somewhat with their strongest songwriting to date but that depth of character is still missing, preventing the album from … Continue reading

NEWS: New festival Dashville Skyline make first line-up announcement
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NEWS: New festival Dashville Skyline make first line-up announcement

Dashville Skyline appeared on social media a couple of months ago with the promise of a celebration of Americana music and culture with a twist.Now they’ve made their first line-up announcement and it is a very strong one featuring some of Australia’s favourites and a couple of interesting looking internationals. At the end of July they’ll … Continue reading

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: May 22nd, 2015
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THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: May 22nd, 2015

As we roll into the weekend and look back at the last week, our highlight was last night’s double album launch featuring Ruby Boots (Solitude) and Raised By Eagles‘ (Diamonds in the Bloodstream) with local gent Andy Golledge opening with a superb set in trio band mode (see photos). Both the headliners more than did … Continue reading

ALBUM REVIEW: James Thomson ~ Cold Moon
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ALBUM REVIEW: James Thomson ~ Cold Moon

James Thomson’s debut album was an impressive calling card, a introduction to a talented songwriter already sounding beyond his years in terms of his songs and their lived-in delivery. The promise of that first sprawling collection of songs has been refined and stylistically expanded on the exceptional follow-up Cold Moon. The balance and symmetry of … Continue reading

NEW MUSIC: Josh Rennie-Hynes ~ Land Of Clouds
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NEW MUSIC: Josh Rennie-Hynes ~ Land Of Clouds

Brisbane’s Josh Rennie-Hynes has released a clip for a new song ‘Land Of Clouds’, filmed as part of the Black Bear Sessions. Accompanied by Liam Gerner and Caitlin Harnett, the track we’re guessing is a love song to New Zealand where Rennie-Hynes toured last year and indeed is heading back to again next month (see tour poster … Continue reading

ALBUM REVIEW: JW Linton ~ King Of The Jungle
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ALBUM REVIEW: JW Linton ~ King Of The Jungle

JW Linton hits straighter musical lines on his debut solo album than he does with Sydney band Ranger Spacey yet these ten songs are a rich collection of folk and country rock. From acoustic beginnings the songs have evolved into rich compositions that include horns, piano, pedal steel and strings that recall Calexico and Wilco. … Continue reading

ALBUM REVIEW: Marlon Williams ~ Marlon Williams
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ALBUM REVIEW: Marlon Williams ~ Marlon Williams

From his early releases with The Unfaithful Ways and through three duo albums with fellow New Zealander Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams has always been tagged as one to watch. Though this solo debut has been a long time coming he has toured and built a strong reputation as a live performer across Australia and NZ … Continue reading

NEWS: The Weeping Willows Announce Crowdfunding Campaign for New Album
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NEWS: The Weeping Willows Announce Crowdfunding Campaign for New Album

In 2012 Melbourne duo The Weeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) released a fine debut album Till The North Wind Blows. Now they are ready to record its followup and intend to do so in Los Angeles, California. To make it happen they’ve launched a Possible crowdfunding campaign to raise the necessary funds to complete … Continue reading