The Eye Creative Magazine, Issue 14, December 2018.
The Indie-folk darlings of the Australian music scene, Angus and Julia Stone have been giving us heartfelt tunes since the early 2000s. Whether it’s a memory of your first kiss as ‘Big Jet Plane’ plays in the background or jamming to ‘Just A Boy’ in music class, their records have been the soundtrack to high school romances and road trips the world over. …
Halfway through a sold-out Australian tour, The Cat Empire filled the Enmore Theatre to the brim with a show that sent fans dancing into the weekend with some help from Sydney’s own Odette. Fresh off her own tour after the release of her debut album To a Stranger, Odette serenaded the audience with her mix of emotive synth-pop and eclectic jazz.…
Aussie indie rockers Ball Park Music are riding the high of their latest release GOOD MOOD all the way to Splendour and back before hitting the road with San Cisco in September for an Australian tour. We sat down with Ball Park’s Sam Cromack and Jen Boyce to chat Nirvana, politics and keeping one foot in front of the other.…
Music Insight, 2018.
Image Courtesy of Sydney Opera House/Prudence Upton
New York’s queen of indie, Regina Spektor, received a rapturous welcome at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Monday night. Debuting her 2016 record Remember Us to Lifeto Australian audiences in her first visit in six years, jetlag didn’t stop the Russian-American singer-songwriter from delivering a unique performance.…
Aussie roots icon Xavier Rudd is set to release his latest album, Storm Boy, on May 25. Six years since his last solo project, his spiritual, indie-folk sound combines complex multi-instrumentation and an overarching connection between soul, land and spirit.
We caught up with the singer-songwriter to chat love, gratitude and Storm Boy before he takes his latest release on tour across Australia.…
A lullaby for existentialists, There Is A Presence Here is the debut album from Brianna Hunt, known as Many Rooms. After the critical acclaim received from the release of her single ‘Which Is To Say, Everything’, which debuted on NPR’s All Songs Considered, Hunt has authored an album that leads listeners deep into darkness.…
Music Insight, 2018
Stella Donnelly and Alex the Astronaut have swapped noodles and astronaut suits for guitars in the first of their two sold-out shows at the Oxford Art Factory. They were supported by local artist JEFFE, and the ladies-only lineup delighted the crowd on Wednesday night.…
A late start didn’t stop LANY from dazzling crowds at Luna Park’s Big Top on Sunday. The band made an impressive entrance through thick haze and humidity to the cheers of a rain-soaked crowd, lead vocalist Paul Klein standing with arms outstretched as he thanked audiences for braving the elements to hear them play in one of their “favourite cities.” …
Music Insight, February 2018
Ten years after releasing his first record, English pop-folk artist Newton Faulkner believes he has found his sound. Describing his latest release, Hit the Ground Running, as a ‘fully updated version’ of his debut album Hand Built by Robots, Faulkner’s newest record is an engaging mix of old and new.…
Music Insight, 2018
Few indie artists can say they’ve performed to a packed Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House, and the wonder wasn’t lost on Los Angeles native Moses Sumney.
A soulful mix of R&B, folk, and jazz, Sumney was accompanied by Sam Gendel (Percussion, Woodwinds, Electric Guitar,) Mike Haldeman (Electric Guitar) and drummer ‘Lucky’ Paul Taylor, who has toured with indie-pop artist, Feist.…