Music Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk by David Whiteway Chris Russell is the Colonel Sanders of the Melbourne music scene: an entrepreneur coated with Southern American style, and evidently some sort of fondness for chickens. His American style comes…
Music Ummagma by David Whiteway You know those annoying couples who do everything together? Like the ones that share a Facebook account and post too many pictures of each other and you can’t resist reading…
Music Interview with Born Lion by David Whiteway Born Lion formed in Sydney in 2012. Their music has been described as “post-hardcore spiced rock-and-fuckin’-roll”, and they’ve been compared to the likes of The Hot Snakes, Fugazi, Future of…
Music Liam Finn by David Whiteway They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… Liam Finn is a deliciously shiny, beardy apple, born to one of the great songwriters/trees, who too decided to branch…
Music Ivy St – Courting by David Whiteway Picture a house on a suburban street in the inner-city. Out the back of the house is an old, asbestos riddled garage. Can you see it? In that garage are three…
Music Contrast – Self-Titled EP by David Whiteway New kids on the post-punk dream-pop rock block, Contrast, have just thrown down a heavy hitting debut EP on the back of their latest single Pipe Dreams. Whilst taking on…
Music Los Coronas by David Whiteway In the musical kitchen, Los Coronas would be the tapas. Why? Because there’s a little bit of everything. And because there’s some weird stuff you’ve probably never tried before. And…
Music Grand Prismatic – Footscray and Fancy Free by David Whiteway Taking their name from a large hot spring seems quite fitting as the Grand Prismatic’s latest effort Footscray and Fancy Free is a big pool of warmth to immerse yourself…
Music Witch Hats by David Whiteway When Kris Buscombe donned the sorting hat it placed him firmly in the house of alternative rock. On this foundation, he and his band Witch Hats concocted a sound with…
Music Young Hellions EP by David Whiteway Everyone had that mischievous kid on their street growing up. Some are more mysterious than others, some are more rebellious, some dabble in badass femme fatale goth-punk. Eventually though, every…
Music Songs by David Whiteway Songs are a four part jangly pop band and SEO nightmare from Sydney. Signed to local independent label Popfrenzy, the group achieve the ever-charming male/female vocal dynamic, with young stunner…
Music Assassins 88 by David Whiteway Killer name, killer tunes. These assassins come armed with a brand of pop-y noise-punk aimed directly at your eardrums. With a precision-developed low-fi sound and distorted guitars aplenty, their musical…
Music Introducing Taking Berlin by David Whiteway Taking Berlin are “psychaboogie”. Yep, psych-a-boogie. That’s how the Sydney quintet quantifies their sound, incorporating any measure of psychedelia, funk, blues, folk and surf at any one time. Formed in…
