Royal Chord have playing around town now for the past three years…in between travelling the globe and touring that is. Tammy Haider and Eliza Hiscox have released three albums to date since forming in 2001 in Melbourne. They don’t seem to be in too much of a hurry with getting their music out there, instead
Phosphorescent can do no wrong and as long as he plays Wolves I’ll be happy…damn it he can play it all night long. 2005′s Aw Come Aw Wry and 2007′s Pride announced a major talent and followed by To Willie and Here’s to Taking It Easy last year have made Matthew Houck one of the most
Words: Amy Sydney four piece The Jezabels bring their sweeping, moody and dynamic tunes to our side of the world after touring heavily in support of major international acts across their own shores. Having just released the third and final instalment of an EP Trilogy late last year, the band are ready to share their
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The best thing about Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, apart from all your favourite bands playing there every year, is that some of the best of them then scatter to places like Berlin to do a show and, usually, a really good show. Low are no exception to the allure of our great city and
Words: Amy After canceling a round of European shows in February due to illness, Junip are steadily making up for lost dates by returning to Berlin (and a much warmer climate) to play at Astra Kulturhaus. Without straying too far from his own solo musical formula, Jose Gonzales adds a solid rhythm section to his
At the restaurant tonight in White Trash promises to be a good one. The ever impressive Fredovitch one-man-band of awesomeness opens up for Hell Shovel, awesome name and even awesomeererer band…aaaah, Sunday afternoon beers do that to your writing. Anyway, I’ll let the White Trash site do the talking: A great new lo-fi garage trip
Berlin bands a plenty tonight at Raum 20 with I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream headlining with their lovely take on classic My Bloody Valentine influenced shoegazing. They’ve got a couple of shows coming up end of the month in King Kong and one at Dazzle Danz in July. Sandy Bird are no strangers
Crystal Stilts bring their version of 80s jangly guitar-pop/60s psych to the Festsaal for a work out on our favourite soundsystem. Of their recent second album: This follow-up to their much loved and critically acclaimed debut Alight Of Night continues their foray into spooky 60s psych and 80s dream pop but this time with more
Fenster continue to promote their sparkling debut album Bones with another show this time at Ae, following on from their recent Schokoladen and ZMF shows. Ae the perfect setting for that keyboard decorated with white fairy lights…and given that it’s Wednesday night at Ae expect it to be packed. The best ones are the ones
