I was discussing it with a friend late the other night – my delay in publishing my ‘top albums of 2011’ list, that obligatory list that every blogger (or avid music connoisseur) needs to tackle in some shape or form as the end of the year draws nigh. “A battle of head versus heart” I [...]
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(The Obligatory) Dark Cafe Daze ‘Best Records of 2011′
Posted in album review, tagged adalita, best albums, best aussie album, jessica lea mayfield, magic dirt on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Album Review: Lisa Mitchell – Wonder
Posted in album review, tagged coin laundry, lisa mitchell, neopolitan dreams, wonder on August 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ll lay it bare from the outset: I do not have a history of love for Lisa Mitchell. Mark Holden was obsessed with her on that talent show but I, myself, didn’t quite get it. Post-Idol, however, that slowly began to change. Her first EP, Said One to the Other, was nice enough – yet [...]
First Listen: Sarah Blasko – As Day Follows Night (Review)
Posted in album review, sarah blasko, tagged all i want, as day follows night, no turning back, sarah blasko on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sweden, in the last decade, has become somewhat known for off-kilter pop music. From indie-electro-pop darlings The Knife through to the current day stylings of Robyn and Lykke Li, the Swedes have a talent for taking the standard, swirling it around a little and popping it out a little left of its original centre. Into [...]
Dusting Off: The Cardigans – Long Gone Before Daylight
Posted in album review, dusting off, tagged a camp, cardigans, colonia, covers ep, long gone before daylight, nina persson, swedish music on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Often remembered as the album where Nina Persson changed her blonde ‘Lovefool’ locks winter brown, 2003′s Long Gone Before Daylight is also remembered as The Cardigans’ “contemplative” album. While not a radical departure from their earlier pop efforts, it was however an album with slight shades of folk or country – all, however, polished under [...]
First Listen: Genevieve Maynard and the Tallboys – The Hollow Way
Posted in album review, tagged genevieve maynard on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A brief review of Genevieve Maynard’s latest album, The Hollow Way.
Best of 2008: Laura Jean – Eden Land
Posted in album review, best of 2008, laura jean, tagged laura jean; edenland on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Jean’s Edenland is one of 2008′s best albums.
Best of 2008: Sia – Some People Have Real Problems
Posted in album review, best of 2008, sia furler, tagged best of 2008, sia, sia furler, some people have real problems on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why Sia’s album is one of the best you’d have heard in 08.
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