Category Archives: Reviews

Neon Neon

Written by luke. Posted on April 23, 2008. Filed under Release, Reviews. 3 Comments.
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So, this is the oddest collaboration I’ve seen for a while. Neon Neon is the joint brainchild of abstract hip-hop producer Boom Bip and former Super Furry Animals front-man Gruff Rhys. As far as I can tell, not since German synth-poppers The Notwist combined with Canadian anarchist art-rappers Themselves to produce the superlative ’13 & [...]

M83 Rocks My Socks

Written by luke. Posted on April 17, 2008. Filed under Release, Remix, Reviews, Video. 1 Comment.
Which was probably obvious enough after the previous post. But the new M83 (a.k.a Anthony Gonzalez) album ‘Saturdays = Youth’ has just been released, and it’s fucking gorgeous. By far Gonzalez’s most accessible LP to date, ‘Saturdays’ feels like the logical end point to this stream of 80s revivalism. Producers Ewan ‘The Rapture’ Pearson and [...]

New Crystal Castles and David Wolf!

Written by bec. Posted on February 19, 2008. Filed under Release, Remix, Reviews. 11 Comments.
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Well it’s not long now till the official release of the long-long-LONG-awaited Crystal Castles debut full-length on March 18th. I suppose I don’t have to convince any of you that’s it’s going to be absolutely HUGE, and I have every hope in the world that 2008 will be the year of Ethan and Alice. And [...]

The LK: Vs. The Snow

Written by bec. Posted on February 4, 2008. Filed under Release, Reviews. 3 Comments.
Sometimes when I listen to too much electronic music I start to get concerned that a part of my soul might be dying. Don’t get me wrong, my love for electro is pure, but I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t need the occasional dose of heart-swelling, butterfly-inducing pop sensibility to complement it. With its [...]

Big Day Out: A retrospective continued

Written by mandu. Posted on February 2, 2008. Filed under Melbourne, Reviews, Tour. Tagged , , , , , . 7 Comments.
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Sorry Sydney (Hi Bec!), but Bjork was amazing – such a powerful voice in such a tiny freak. The most exciting thing about her set wasn’t the 20 million piece horn section dressed like extras from The Mummy 3, the ethereal sounds emanating from her back up singers or the very fact she hasn’t come [...]

Big Day Out: A Retrospective

Written by mandu. Posted on January 30, 2008. Filed under Reviews, Tour. Tagged , , , , , . 3 Comments.
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I went to the Big Day Out and it was good. It’s the eighth I’ve been to, and while it wasn’t VERY good, it was still good. Melbourne’s new venue at the Flemington Racecourse (as opposed to the Showgrounds located at Flemington racecourse – go figure) was very spacious and well managed. You could stand [...]