51 seconds was all it took for Justin Vernon and Co to excite me about the new Bon Iver album. Due out in June, I simply can’t wait. Listen to 51 seconds of pure anticipation below.
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51 seconds was all it took for Justin Vernon and Co to excite me about the new Bon Iver album. Due out in June, I simply can’t wait. Listen to 51 seconds of pure anticipation below.

Hot on the heels of me announcing Maggie Eckford as my new musical crush, please welcome Melbourne-based Owl Eyes (aka Brooke Addamo) to that list. The below track, Faces, is the title-track from Brooke’s recently released 5-track EP, and damned if it isn’t hypnotising to the extreme.

Seriously, how do you have so much understanding of this song at just 14 years of age? Still blown away by this girl.

Back in 2009, I first wrote about Townsville band, The Middle East, on these pages. At the time, their EP, “Recordings of The Middle East” – and in particular, their tune “The Darkest Side” – was one of the most exciting releases I had heard… especially from a band without even a full release under […]

One of my favourite tracks off of the Tallest Man on Earth’s 2010 release, “The Wild Hunt” (one of my releases of the year, by the way), was the heartbreaking Love Is All. So there was no way I was not going to post this video of Kristian performing the tune on one of my […]

Alex Dezen of The Damnwells and his wife, Angela, have released an album of lullabies… but as they’ve said, “lullabies aren’t just for babies anymore”. All proceeds from “Sweet Water Child ~ Lullabies For Getty” will be donated to The Getty Owl Foundation, to help put an end to Spinal Muscular Atrophy. You can download […]

So, Death Cab just attempted the first-ever “live, scripted, single-take music video” for Codes And Keys lead single “You Are A Tourist.” And, wouldn’t you know it, with awesome choreography, light-up suits, and some seriously talented direction by Tim Nackashi, it’s actually turned into a bloody awesome video. Codes and Keys is out May 31 […]