By A Web Design
By A Web Design
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Listen Up! The Official 2010
FIFA World Cup Album
Sony
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is hot underway with all of the exciting wins and epic losses expected from the world game.
JEWEL
Sweet And Wild
The Valory Music Co/Universal
When your first album sells a bucket load of copies there is some desire to keep following it up with material that will ensure you can continue to live the lifestyle that you are accustomed to.
CROWDED HOUSE
Intriguer
Universal
While their songs romantically evoke memories of happy times past, the second life of Crowded House was not all about nostalgia for the band itself.
JEZ MEAD
Sucker
Belly Up Records/EMI
Jez Mead’s approach is a simple one. The lead track on this, his first EP with major label distribution, consists of Mead on vocals and guitar, and one violin.
THE BEST OF AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY
Various Artists
EMI
Country music has often got a bad rap, but with almost every two-bit indie artist wanting to steal a bit of the country limelight via feel or instrumentation, it can’t be all bad.
THE NATIONAL
High Violet
4AD/Remote Control Records
The enduring quality of Brooklyn-based indie rock quintet The National’s previous releases, 2005’s Alligator and 2007’s Boxer, means that whether they like it or not, High Violet comes burdened with heavy expectation.
SUCKERS
Wild Smile
Spunk/EMI
Suckers began life as a band that would jump on stage before and after the performances of their friends MGMT and Yeasayer.
THIRSTY MERC
Mousetrap Heart
Warner
Thirsty Merc’s third studio album, Mousetrap Heart is a great effort by the Dubbo band, not quite reaching the heights of previous albums, but still sure to appeal to fans.
GOSTELERADIO
Great Deeds Against The Dead
Independent/MGM
Listening to this album in the night brings ideas of clouds and floating away. You’re not sure if it should be the soundtrack to your nightmares or your trippy dreams.
ERNEST ELLIS
Hunting
Dew Process
Holed up in a cabin in the Blue Mountains for almost two months, Sydney artist Ernest Ellis wrote most of his stunning debut album Hunting, a left-field take on pop music which draws inspiration from both classic and modern literature.
