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Music - Album of the week

Super Melody Destination Unknown Love & Mercy Shock

30th Aug 10

Super Melody - Destination Unknown

Love+Mercy/Shock

The creation of Melbourne's James Cecil, Super Melody is a well named experimental pop ensemble whose bold songs traverse boogie, yacht rock, r'n'b, disco and 60s Chanson. Included in the project are superlative musicians and producers Cornel Wilczek (Qua), Sashi Dharann and Tom Gould, Kaman Tsoi and World End's Press.


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Best Coast Crazy For You Popfrenzy

23rd Aug 10

Best Coast - Crazy For You

Mexican Summer/Popfrenzy

The debut full length for Los Angeles based trio Best Coast, led by the vocals of Bethany Cosentino, is an energetic, uplifting and seemingly effortless collection of lo-fi, surf-pop and garage rock. Taking evident inspiration from the past, with a clear predilection for reverb effects and slightly degraded sound quality recordings, Best Coast manage to create classically structured melodic songs that sound timeless.


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Long Gone Whistle songs Maurice Frawley

9th Aug 10

Various Artists - Long Gone Whistle: Songs Of Maurice Frawley

Liberation/Mushroom Group

Maurice Frawley wrote for and performed in numerous bands during his extensive career, creating an extremely impressive legacy in song. From being a guitarist in Paul Kelly's backing band The Dots, through to his contributions to the Olympic Sideburns, The Working Class Ringos, Maurice Frawley won praise and great admiration for his unique lyrical and musical vision. The 'Long Gone Whistle - The Songs of Maurice Frawley' 3CD compilation collects some of Maurice's most loved original material, as well as an astonishing array of covers, performed in tribute by artists such as Paul Kelly, Adalita, Clare Bowditch & Henry Wagons, The Drones, The Panic, Megan Washington, Sarah Blasko, Charlie Owen & Chrissy Amphlett amongst many others.


Arcade Fire The Suburbs Spunk EMI

2nd Aug 10

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Spunk/EMI

Following from their ambitious Funeral and Neon Bible albums, Montreal septet Arcade Fire offer their third and most focused record to date, this time thematically concerned with the modern malaise of decentralised, and decaying North Amercian urban environments. Lyrically and musically the album finds the band in top form, elegantly and memorably capturing this sense of nostalgic despair and the doomed hope of recapturing what has been lost.



Graveyard Train Drink Devil Dance Spooky

26th Jul 10

Graveyard Train - The Drink, The Devil, And The Dance

Spooky

Pioneers of the Horror Country genre, Melbourne's Graveyard Train have frightened, inspired and generally caused musical mayhem during the three years of their eventful existence. The Drink, The Devil, And The Dance is their third LP, released appropriately enough on Loki's Spooky Records. Be prepared for a thrilling experience as you ride with the Graveyard Train, beginning with a Southern Gothic meets haunted bluegrass barndance, taking in a folk-punk seance, and finishing with a Murder Ballad after(life) party.


Seagull Council Tree Two Bright Lakes Remote Control

19th Jul 10

Seagull - Council Tree

Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control

The second album from Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Chris Bolton (writing as Seagull) is a beautiful collection of meditations on modern life and the possibilities of modern pop music. Recorded with long-time collaborator Nick Huggins, and featuring the talents of percussionist Kishore Ryan, bass player Edward Bolton and multi-instrumentalist Michael Zullicki, Council Tree is album filled with subtle, sparse, and sophisticated arrangements.



The Roots How I Got Over Def Jam Universal

12th Jul 10

The Roots - How I Got Over

Def Jam/Universal

The nineth studio album for Philadelphia hip hop veterans The Roots is an extremely soulful affair, exhibiting the band's traditional interest in funk and jazz modes, as well as taking inspiration from the music of contemporaries such as Joanna Newsom, My Morning Jacket and Monsters Of Folk. Lyrically the album is also expansive, and characteristically contemplative, offering meditations on politics, and discussions of perserverence through difficult times. Long time followers of the group will find much to appreciate here, and new listeners will doubtless be drawn to the unique, cohesive musical vision on display.



Super Wild Horses Fifteen Aarght! shock

5th Jul 10

Super Wild Horses - Fifteen

Aarght!/Shock

Comprising multi-instrumentalists Amy Franz and Hayley McKee, Super Wild Horses specialise in crafting lo-fi garage rock and post punk songs of maximum efficiency and impact. Following from their acclaimed self-titled 7" EP, debut full-length 'Fifteen' effectively captures the energy, skill and sponteneity of the band's live shows. Super Wild Horses are the latest signing to Melbourne's Aarght! Records, joining Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Dead Farmers, and Ooga Boogas on this influencial, world-beating label.


PVT Chuch With No Magic Warp Inertia

28th Jun 10

PVT - Church With No Magic

Warp/Inertia

Australian three-piece Pivot have undergone a number of interesting developments during their career. Their debut LP 'Make Me Love You' offered a peaceful ambient introduction, whereas their electro-acoustic opus ‘O Soundtrack My Heart’ released in 2008 on the Warp Record label had a considerably more dissonant and dangerous musical edge. Following a band name change (unkindly forced upon them through threat of legal action by a lesser band also called Pivot), PVT now provide their long anticipated follow-up album entitled Church With No Magic. Incorporating more vocal elements, as well as continuing the band's pursuit of textured, abstract, melodic and structurally sophisticated arrangements, PVT's new album displays the unrelenting experimental impulse of this essential force in modern music.


Here We Go Magic Pigeons Secretly Canadian Inertia

21st Jun 10

Here We Go Magic - Pigeons

Secretly Canadian/Inertia

Beginning as a solo bedroom production project for Luke Temple, Here We Go Magic are now a fully formed five-piece band, with a distinctly expanded sound. Where the debut was a compellingly hazy trip through looped lo-fi psychedelic folk, Pigeons arrives as a more structured pop record; the familiar ethereal aesthetic remains, however the arrangements are arguably clearer and more focused. Lead single Collector explores more Krautrock inspired propulsive rhythms, while Casual recalls the New Zealand post-punk scene, compounded with an electronic haze.


The Dead Weather Sea Of Cowards Third Man Warner

15th Jun 10

The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards

Third Man/Warner

The second album from Tennesee band The Dead Weather consolidates their position as premier purveyors of dark blues and gritty rock noir. With the combined talents of The Kills’ Alison Mosshart and Jack White, of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather again deliver a compelling selection of original, inimitable material.


Mountain Man Made The Harbor Spunk EMI

7th Jun 10

Mountain Man - Made The Harbor

Spunk/EMI

Filled with mesmerizing harmonies and sublime melodies, the debut album from Vermont group Mountain Man is a striking and startlingly sparse record of folk and Americana music. The project of Amelia Meath, Molly Sarle and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, the trio craft evocative, antique acapella arrangements, accompanied occasionally by an acoustic guitar.


Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today 4AD Remote Control

31st May 10

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today

4AD/Remote Control

Initially the bedroom studio project of LA producer/musician artist Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, Ariel Pink has an extensive back-catalogue of hazy lo-fi/psych-pop songs, blending 60s harmonies, 70s soft rock influences and 80s punk trash culture. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is the expanded musical ensemble of Ariel Pink and new collaborators, and the new record Before Today contains some of the band's cleanest and most focused tracks to date, albeit with strong elements of the degraded recording qualities characteristic of the band's former output.


Flying Lotus Cosmogramma Warp Inertia

24th May 10

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Warp/Inertia

The latest full-length offering from Steven Ellison (aka Flying Lotus) is a genre-transcending astral excursion into the outer reaches of the known beat universe. Incorporating elements of hip hop, boogie, electro, orchestral, and soulful music styles, Cosmogramma is a digital jazz masterpiece that consolidates Flying Lotus' position as one of the leaders of the new guard of producers.



cloud control bliss release

17th May 10

Cloud Contol - Bliss Release

Ivy League/Mushroom

Bliss Release is the highly anticipated debut album from the Blue Mountains quartet, following an EP release in 2007. Utilising the dual harmonies of Alastair Wright and Heidi Lenffer, creative bass lines and sharply crafted songs, Cloud Control deliver an album that successfully explores the broad horizons of pop.



The National High Violet 4AD Remote Control

10th May 10

The National - High Violet

(4AD/Remote Control)

The fifth album from Brooklyn's The National delivers subtle, layered, rock laments and the nuanced lyrical intensity familiar to fans of the band's previous work. A broader sonic palette, and the addition of sweeping horn and string arrangements throughout much of the record, heightens the impact of these new songs, and offers new details to admire from these skilled song writers.



Fauz Pas Noiseworks Sensory Projects

3rd May 10

Faux Pas - Noiseworks

Sensory Projects/Inertia

The second album from Melbourne producer Tim Shiel, aka Faux Pas, is a fascintating exploration of the possibilities of electronic music. With a playfully experimental approach to sound design and manipulation, Noiseworks transcends genre on its space flight through arpeggiated synth-pop, anthemic crunk orchestrations, future funk and radiophonic workshop house.



Sally Seltmann Heart That's Pounding Shock Remote Control

27th Apr 10

Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding

Shock/Remote Control

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Sally Seltmann has elected to drop her previous New Buffalo moniker, and here releases a collection of intricately arranged and masterfully constructed pop songs under her own name. Lyrically, the album reveals Sally's skill in balancing apprehensive introspection with tremulous optimism.


Caribou Swim Co-op Shock

19th Apr 10

Caribou - Swim

Co-op/Shock

The latest album release from Caribou's Dan Snaith (formerly Manitoba) extends his electronic music explorations into sub-aqueous territory. The results of a self-described attempt to make ' dance music that's liquid in the way it flows back and forth', Swim reveals shades of Scandanavian disco, post-rave sonics, and ambient techno, in a cohensive yet dynamic pop recording.


Bonobo Black Sands Ninja Tune Inertia

12th Apr 10

Bonobo - Black Sands

Ninja Tune/Inertia

A stalwart of the modern downbeat scene, Simon Green aka Bonobo has been crafting intricate, jazz-inflected beatscapes for many years, releasing records on influential labels such as Tru Thoughts and Ninja Tune. Black Sands represents the latest stage in Bonobo's evolution as an artist, expanding his dense instrumental palette into textured electro-acoustic hip hop and post-garage rhythms, and showcases some outstanding vocal tracks with collaborator Andreya Triana.


Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part 2 Return of the Ankh Universal

5th Apr 10

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part II: Return Of The Ankh

Universal

Erykah Badu's fifth studio album is a seductive, soulful affair, filled with hip hop grooves and Rnb funk beats alongside Erykah's own lyrical poetry. The companion album to the more politicised 'New Amerykah Part I: 4th World Order', 'Part II:Return of the Ankh' is a decidedly more emotive, and organic sounding record, though no less inventive or dynamic. Like the earlier instalment, Part II also features masterful contributions from Madlib, James Poyser, 9th Wonder, Georgia Anne Muldrow and the late J Dilla.


Otouto Pip Two Bright Lakes Remote Control

29th Mar 10

Otouto - Pip

Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control

Formed by Hazel Brown, Martha Brown, and Kishore Ryan, Otouto is a Melbourne band specialising in artful pop music. Their songs blend vocal harmonies with layered melodies and fractured percussive elements in beautiful and occasionally dissonant arrangements. Produced by Nick Huggins and released on the Two Bright Lakes label, Otouto's 'Pip' LP is an incredible and exciting debut record.


Sharon Jones Dap Kings I Learned The Hard Way Daptone Shock

22nd Mar 10

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

Daptone/Shock


The Brooklyn nine-piece ensemble Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings return with another brilliant excursion into soul, funk, and jazz on their latest full-length album. Brilliantly arranged, expertly performed and skilfully produced in the signature analogue style of the Daptone Records' House of Soul studios, 'I Learned The Hard Way' echos the golden eras of Motown and Stax records, but reveals also the great originality and subtlety of the band's song-writing abilities, and Sharon Jones' unparalleled singing prowess.


Gonjasufi A Sufi and a killer warp inertia

15th Mar 10

Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer

Warp/Inertia

A masterwork of psychedelic soul and acid rock esoterica, A Sufi And A Killer merges Sumach Ecks distinctive haunted blues vocal style with the grimiest and obscurest of breaks and samples to create a transcendent musical odyssey. Production duties are shared by some of Los Angeles's premier beat creators, with contributions from Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer and Mainframe.


Joanna Newsom Have One On Me Drag City Spunk

8th Mar 10

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

Drag City/Spunk

The latest record from Joanna Newsom is a beautiful, ambitious triple album, with 18 new songs over about two hours of compelling music.
Joanna's distinctive vocal style and harp are still the focus of many recordings, although other arrangements feature restrained horn sections, piano and percussion. The traditional folk mode of many compositions is also tempered by some strong blues influences.


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