December 2011
6 posts
Album Review - Baby Caught the Bus, Clairy Browne...
It’s time to feast your eyes and feed your for northern-soul on the ‘motherloving soul train’ that is Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes. Brewing Etta James soul with Browne’s fierce sultry flare, this Melbourne based outfit are bringing Harlem to the streets of Melbourne.
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Clairy Browne is one fierce force to be reckoned with. Baby Caught the Bus...
Album Review - El Camino, The Black Keys
Ever since Lonely Boy went viral in October (not to mention the middle-aged miming dancer who appears on the film clip) I, like many, had be hankering for the release of The Black Keys seventh studio album, El Camino.
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My initial reaction was quite dramatic, I’ll admit. I sat shaking my head, bewildered by what I was hearing or, perhaps more accurately put, what I wasn’t...
Album Review - Wolf, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks
Published on Unpaved 10.12.11
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You’d be forgiven for feeling a little vulnerable upon listening to the first half of Wolf.
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Vocally, Cash beautifully depicts the exact emotion she is feeling throughout every song, making it hard to avoid the wave of pain that is present on the majority of tracks. Wailing at the start of Dancing On...
Restaurant Review - Yong Green Food, Fitzroy
I remember the moment as vividly as I remember my night last night (wait, perhaps that’s not the best example…anyway). The remark was completely unpremeditated and went something like ‘Hey Alex, you should read this book. It’s about raw food. People swear by it.’ Ever since that fruitful day (pardon the pun), my dear friend has preached the wonders of...
Album Review - Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
Published on Music Universe 24.11.11
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It’s hard to believe that twelve years ago (that’s right, twelve years ago) Coldplay’s breakthrough single ‘Yellow’ was released. Four albums and over fifty million album sales later, we have their fifth record Mylo Xyloto.
[[MORE]] The arrival of producer Brian Eno on their fourth studio album Viva la Vida or Death and All His...
Reflecting
Last week I farewelled my most loyal companion, my family home. What took me by surprise was just how hard it was to ‘adieu’ my family home of eighteen years. In the hope of not sounding too presumptuous, Chateau O’Gorman was quite the monumental dwelling.[[MORE]]
Mind you, it was one that was never taken for granted. Tempers flared and memories were shared as each box was...
