By A Web Design
By A Web Design
NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH
Holiday
Independent
The thoughtful chaps of Melbourne’s Neighbourhood Youth have attached a biography to their debut release that talks about many of the bands that they have played gigs with, but gives no information at all about the type of music that they play.
ME
Even The Odd Ones Out
Lizard King Records/MGM
ME’s debut is ambitious and completely over-the-top, taking many cues the Muse handbook of pomp and grandeur. The Melbourne four-piece’s debut Even The Odd Ones Out lacks all notions of modesty and takes a kitchen sink approach by throwing absolutely everything at each song.
FIDLAR
Self-Titled
FIDLAR Records / Warner Music Australia
While the Secret Agent Man-sounding guitar riff that opens this album may suggest some retro-garage inclinations, it’s the eventual chorus of this song that sets the agenda - ‘I drink cheap beer/So what?/Fuck you’.
LORI CULLEN
That Certain Chartreuse
Independent
Lori Cullen is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose vocal and interpretive ability turns good songs into enlightening musical stories.
BIRD TO PREY
Saved By The Storm
Such A Punch / Independent
Bird To Prey is the stage name for Perth-via-Adelaide musician, Sarah Turk. After finding her feet in the close knit musical community of Fremantle, Turk spread her wings and found herself a new home in New York.
YO LA TENGO
Fade
Matador/Remote Control
Fade is only 45 minutes long, which might blow the mind of Yo La Tengo fans. The two last songs on their previous album, 2009’s Popular Songs, added up to half an hour on their own.
UNKNOWN MORTAL ‘ORCHESTRA
II
Jagjaguwar/Inertia
Originally a solo home-recording project in NZ, ex-Mint Chick Ruban Nielson moved to Oregon to start anew. Joined by Greg Rogove and Jake Portrait, UMO quickly attracted international attention with their debut self-titled album.
TORO Y MOI
Anything In Return
Carpark/Mistletone
Riding in on the chillwave movement that took 2010 by storm, Toro Y Moi (aka producer whiz-kid Chaz Bundick) gently worked his way into every self-respecting indie music lover’s heart.
SOLANGE KNOWLES
True EP
Terrible Records/Inertia
Solange Knowles has finally emerged from elder sister Beyoncé’s not-insignificant musical shadow. It’s taken 10 years of trying, but it’s been well worth the effort.
FRANK TURNER
Last Minutes & Lost Evenings
Epitaph
Over recent years we have seen that lead singers of punk rock bands often feel the need for a sea change.
