Jessica Pratt is a mysterious figure with an captivating and beautifully broken sounding voice. Both fragile and boldly self-determined. The legends at Mistletone are bringing her (plus an accompanying guitarist) back to Australia for a run of shows at the end of the year. PTW Review: A quirky and eccentric voice instantly rises out of the swirl of delicate … Continue reading
Aldous Harding is on a roll at the moment with a mid year European tour, Australian dates receiving rave reviews and a new album on the horizon. Now she’s also released a disconcerting and hypnotic video clip to accompany the grace and bruised beauty of ‘Stop Your Tears’. https://youtu.be/Pw7ekka7Y34 Continue reading
Last night I had the opportunity to see Aldous Harding perform at the Vanguard in Sydney as part of her current Australian run of shows. Incredible gig. She has this ability to be fragile, hilarious, anxious and self-effacing between songs and then slip effortlessly into the hypnotic, droning and melodically adventurous singer and guitarist. Bent over … Continue reading
Lost Highway Records continue to showcase the best new and established acts spanning folk, alt. country and rock n roll. William Crighton and his band the Circus Men had opening honours and filled the room with their soulful and ragged country rock. There was a nod to one of the genre’s icons with their cover … Continue reading
Lindi Ortega won plenty of new fans when she visited Australia for the Out On The Weekend festival last year and now she’s set to build on that with an impressive new album. She wraps up country and soul music in warm and familiar fashion, relying equally on the sultry and surly qualities of her … Continue reading
This is the first album of new material since Nicholson’s marriage break-up with Kasey Chambers who he’d recorded his two preceding albums with. In that sense this is a new start and it’s a quietly confident one that reflects on the personal attrition of such a traumatic experience as well as geographical locations and depression. … Continue reading
Lucinda Williams has announced a return to Australia, her first since 2012, on the back of her brilliant 2014 album Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone. It was near the top of our Americana albums of the year and by its nature as a double LP I keep going back to it more than … Continue reading
The opening night of Heartbreaker Sessions at Freda’s in Chippendale, NSW was a resounding success, thanks to the efforts of the staff, Caitlin Harnett and Brielle Davis and those who attended. If you don’t know, the evening is a new fortnightly alt. country, folk and blues night curated by myself (PTW editor Chris Familton) and … Continue reading
The third instalment of The Wild Wild Inner West Revue happened last night at The Vanguard in Newtown and the small crowd was treated to another excellent night of music. Bree De Rome, recently relocated to Sydney from the Gold Coast, opened the evening with a strong set of intimate country-tinged torch songs with some … Continue reading
Out On The Weekend was universally hailed as a success in its inaugural year in Melbourne in 2014 while Brisbane also had a version of it and Sydney was treated to a week of incredible sideshows. The great news is the expansion to include a full festival day in Sydney at Bella Vista Farm in … Continue reading
A new discovery for us this evening with Nashville resident Kent Goolsby and his new album No Substitute For Handsome which was released on July 7th. You can stream seven of the album’s country swingin’ tracks via Soundcloud including the excellent ‘Dog Days (Have Lost Their Bite)’. Continue reading
This weekend we’re presenting a gig featuring Ben Bunting and Dave Favours at The Midnight Special. Ben Bunting journeys down the highway from Brisbane for some rare Sydney shows including this double bill on Sunday August 2nd with Dave Favours (The Saloon Daddies). Catch solo sets from both artists with the Post To Wire Jukebox spinning alt.country, rock … Continue reading
Alison Ferrier recently released her second album featuring members of The Stillsons and a fine record it is too. It may often sound sweet and soulful on the surface but there is plenty of lyrical depth and some wonderful playing to dig deep into. In our review we said “Be Here Now is a polished album with … Continue reading
Jed Rowe recently released his new album The Last Day Of Winter, a collection of songs of which we said “Rowe’s songs fall easily on the ears, drifting by with a US West Coast feel, rich in vocal harmonies and slide guitar”. He’s been touring the East Coast of Australia recently to celebrate the new … Continue reading
Starting with a lo-fi drum pattern Good Lovelies quickly arrive with their sweet intertwined harmonies to elevate the opening track into a quirky, sparkling pop-laced folk song. They’ve tried to mix things up on their new album, sonically and in their songwriting and at times it works very well. Too often though the curse of … Continue reading
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