barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 27, 2009, 5:59 pm
[Young Turks: 2009] The Xx are four 19 year olds from London. Yeah 19, WTF. So after I got past their over-achieving ways I found myself listening to one of the best debut albums of 2009. For those ...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 27, 2009, 5:44 pm
[Juicy Turnip: 2009] There’s something deliciously warm and fuzzy about discovering a special singer-songwriting treasure. Fergus Brown kind of gives us that tender feeling inside. His debut reco...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 27, 2009, 5:36 pm
[Satellite Star Records: 2009] Dear The Marches, Sorry for the delay. You generously sent us your album many months ago and, rudely, we haven’t posted anything about it yet. There are many reasons...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 20, 2009, 5:23 pm
It’s hard to find anything more validating in this world than having a song written expressly about you. Here’s a little list we’ve compiled of some of our Favourite Songs With Peoples Names In...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 5, 2009, 10:36 pm
[Modular: 2001] Like a gust of arctic breeze through the Maldives, the Year 2001 saw the release of the most cool and elusive record releases of the decade. Packed with over 3000 samples it had an in...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 5, 2009, 10:31 pm
[Swami/Wichita: 2009] Mariachi El Bronx are the South-of-the-Border alter ego of fantastic Los Angeles band, The Bronx. Earlier last year while recording their third punk rock release ‘The Bronx’...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Oct 5, 2009, 10:15 pm
The definition of Festival … a day or time of celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances; a periodic commemoration, anniversary, or celebration; a period or program of festive...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 22, 2009, 3:51 am
[Domino: 2009] ‘Dreams-come-true-girl’ Cass McCombs’ lovely, lilting surf-pop ode to one helluva lucky lady is one of the sweetest songs I’ve heard this year. Cass quietly sings “You arenâ€...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 22, 2009, 3:26 am
Album of the Week have been loving Philadelphia Grand Jury, or their 'street' name the Philly Jays music all through 2009 and now the Sydney Band are about to release their debut long player ...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 15, 2009, 5:41 am
Like most peeps we at Album of the Week love to hear what other people are listening too, been influenced by and/or generally love. This week we were lucky enough to get the fantastic Hungry Kids of ...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 15, 2009, 5:29 am
We probably haven’t seen as many live gigs as we should have recently and when it comes to catching local acts we have been especially slack. Last week Australia’s miniature answer to Austin;s So...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 2, 2009, 8:42 am
[Speak 'n Spell: 2009] Upon release of Dappled cities third album Zounds I was quite excited and deservedly so; Their second album Granddance was released in 2006 and it quickly became one of the ...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 2, 2009, 7:38 am
[Inertia: 2009] This record is an exhilarating reminder that there’s more to instrumental music than Kenny G. Decoder Ring have joined forces with ‘audio wizard’ producer Scott Colburn (Animal C...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Sep 2, 2009, 7:29 am
[Inertia: 2009] Upon first listen, Guns Don’t Kill People scared the shit out of me. It sounds as if Electro, Reggae and Dancehall got together at a rave one night and ended up going back to the fu...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Aug 19, 2009, 10:37 pm
Another Splendour has come and gone for another year. It’s kind of like the week after Christmas – you look forward to it for such a long time and then it’s over in the blink of an eye and all ...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Aug 10, 2009, 5:58 pm
We apologise for our extended absence, but in the past few weeks we have moved office, spent a wonderful ‘working’ weekend in Byron bay for splendour in the grass and also managed to catch the lat...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Aug 10, 2009, 8:05 am
The following are what we at Album of the week think are the top tracks of 2009 so far. There are so many more out there we could have added / remembered, what are your favourites? ‘My Girls’ –...
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barry p posted an article on album of the week - Aug 10, 2009, 7:54 am
[Casadeldisco / Shock: 2009] Oh Mercy’s first full length album is a sweet and laidback piece of backyard Australiana that fans of Augie March, Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males and The Go Betweens will i...
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