Ratatat
4 August, 2010
Ratatat just released the amazingly awkward video for the song “Drugs”, the standout track from their impressive album LP4.
Foals & Band of Horses
28 July, 2010
I was lucky enough to see Foals at their secret show at the Trades Hall then go watch Band of Horses after at the Palace. Both were awesome gigs, here’s some crappy photos I took on my iPhone.
A Day Around The Bay
15 July, 2010
My parents came and visited from Perth for the weekend, a couple of days ago we took a drive down the peninsula to Sorrento, ferried the heads to Queenscliff and continued along the Great Ocean Rd to Lorne before returning back to Melbs. I made a Nath Mallonesque video as a result of the day’s events…doesn’t compare to his stuff.
Audio: Beach House “Zebra”
Best Songs of 2010 (So Far)
1 July, 2010
Along with my 10 favourite albums of 2010 at this halfway point I have compiled a list of my 20 favourite songs of 2010 so far:
Best Albums of 2010 (So Far)
1 July, 2010
We’re halfway through the year, so heres my 10 favourite albums of year so far. Looking forward: Kanye, Cudi, Daft Punks work with Tron and maybe if we’re lucky Lupe’s Lasers.
Kid Cudi
1 July, 2010
The first single, Erase Me ft Kanye West, from Kid Cudi’s 2010 release, Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager which comes out on September 14th (same day as Kanye’s Good Ass Job. Sounds a bit different from Cudis last album very pop rock. Apologies for the shitehouse quality.
Chiddy Bang
30 June, 2010
New Chiddy Bang video for Sooner or Later from their Opposite of Adults EP.
The Social Network
28 June, 2010
Here is the trailer for The Social Network about Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg has started its public life, with a webpage and poster release. Starring Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland & Adventureland) as Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, a co-founder of both Facebook and Napster. Check it out.
Emarosa
27 June, 2010
Post-Hardcore rockers Emarosa’s self titled new album due out in just a few days, made its way onto the internet today. Go buy it friends!
Heres one of the songs, A Toast to the Future Kids, speculated to be made into a video:
The IT Crowd
27 June, 2010
The IT Crowd is back with Episode 1 of Season 4 premiering yesterday. Go download it!
The Green Hornet
23 June, 2010
I can’t wait for this, Michel Gondry x Seth Rogen = The Green Hornet.
The Social Network
21 June, 2010
The movie, The Social Network about Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg has started its public life, with a webpage and poster release. Starring Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland & Adventureland) as Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, a co-founder of both Facebook and Napster. Check it out.
VersaEmerge
20 June, 2010
Fixed At Zero, VersaEmerge’s debut full length leaked a day ago, will officially come out in 3 days. From my first few listens, its a little disapointing but it could be a grower.
Entourage
8 June, 2010
Season 7 of Entourage is only 19 days away, heres the trailer for it, looks awesome:
In case you were wondering, the song is Foals “Spanish Sahara”.
The Drums
6 June, 2010
Soooo The Drums debut effort, The Drums, leaked today (only 3 days before its due date), so buy it from iTunes. Sounds cool even though the lead singer looks like a massive douchebag.
Here’s the video for their song Forever and Ever Amen its being get a few runs on triple j:
Review coming.
Drake
4 June, 2010
For some, one of the most anticipated Rap albums of the year leaked like a day ago, Drake’s Thank Me Later. Go download it or wait till it drops on the 15th June.
Wow was this disappointing, not that I was hoping that it would be good, I was kinda hoping it would suck and guess what? It does. With Drake hitting a mega identity crises, you never really know what the heck he is trying to be, a gangsta? a backpacker? or an usher? From one song to the next he does something different, he did do this a little on his mixtape a little and it worked but this album has no over-riding consistency and so when these different approaches come together track after track it just fails. Another problem occurs with all of the star-studded features on his album (Jay Z, Lil Wayne etc), usually this would be a good thing for an album/artist, but on Thank Me Later the features dominate the tracks they appear on and make Drake look like the secondary part not the primary.
Finally the main issue I have with this album is that there is only one good song on the album, Over his first single has great production and awesome beats (but I still really only liked this track when Eminem killed it with Dispicable), Drakes rhymes are pretty crap but other than Over the rest of the album is so appallingly bad its quite unbelievable. The sad thing is a crap load of people think this album is amazing claiming the best rap album of 2010, when its quite possibly the biggest diappointment of 2010. I think Drake is better off going down the RnB road, I dont know if he can really pull of the whole rap game when his flow is terrible and all he raps about his money and his excess lifestyle (then again that is Rap). His singing voice isnt bad and would probably excel being the next Usher as he would probably find a nice home writing pop songs.
1.5/10