It's rare for Webcuts to give space to the unsigned, unknown talent out there, but we've been exceedingly charmed by Sydney's Canvas Kites and the effortless breezy pop of "Wayside". This trio, led by former Mercy Arms frontman, Thom Moore, are as fresh as a newborn baby, having formed just earlier this year with "Wayside" the first fruit to fall from the Canvas Kites tree. As their press relea...
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No longer young bucks American supergroup The Minus 5 release their eighth album of beautiful stories, pretty melodies and career-defining songs.
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The third day of Sweden's 2009 Way Out West is a quieter affair but we still manage to squeeze in Patrick Wolf, Jenny Wilson, Vampire Weekend, Wolfmother, Lily Allen, My Bloody Valentine and Deerhunter.
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William Fitzsimmons goes through the gamut of emotions on his new album - forgiveness, loss, optimism - but it still cannot save the effort from a terminal dullness.
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Once again Sweden's WoW proved to be worthy of its acronym and Webcuts was there to cover all three days. We (re) acquaint ourselves with the likes of Glasvegas, Grizzly Bear, Florence & The Machine, Echo & The Bunnymen, Wilco, Vivian Girls, Bon Iver and My Bloody Valentine, to name but a few.
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The ever-prolific Jay Reatard is back with his most potent pop record to date. Watch Me Fall trades sharp licks with cheap tricks.
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Welcome to the Blank generation - potty mouthed, vacuous, and promiscuous - with the music to match.
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Weeks away from delivering Oozevoodoo, their sopho-monster follow-up to 2007s Chivalry, our favourite itinerant, penniless urchins, The Scare tempt fate on “Could Be Bad”. Easily their best recording to date, “Could Be Bad” rails with strung-out guitars and percussive DT’s furthering a more groove-laden direction. With a video clip that is worthy of re-addressing our recent Australian Mu
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When the dark forces are everywhere who are you gonna call? England's staunchly independent epic rock band The Boxer Rebellion? Maybe not after this disappointing second effort.
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The friendly folks from indie-dance sensations Friendly Fires stroll into Static's studio to talk the good talk about their new single "Kiss of Life", the Mercury music prize and more -- "It’s good to kind of feed off the energy of the crowd: suck them like vampires."
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One of the greatest debut albums ever recorded finally sees its way back in print courtesy of Domino records. The Feelies Crazy Rhythms and its equally spectacular follow-up The Good Earth are due out October 26th.
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King Jarvis Cocker announces details of his upcoming tour of Australia in December.
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Pseudonyms. What's the point, eh? Initially it becomes a curious point of discussion but then soon after you're back to being "the dude from Interpol" again. "Games For Days" is the first visual taster from Paul Banks aka Julian Plenti's debut album for Matador Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper. The obvious Interpol overtones on this track can't be dismissed, nor can the appearance of Webcuts pere...
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Will you be in awe of Helado Negro's Latin American infused mix of folk and sampled beats? It's very tasty.
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Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats sink their teeth in a third album of sweet pop with The Ruminant Band.
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Paul Banks discovers that the best path to seduction lies in reduction on his first solo outing as the mysterious Julian Plenti.
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Ipso Facto recently trimmed the fat, excising keyboardist Cherish Kaya in favour of the perfect rock triangle. The sound is now suitably streamlined, focussed and finessed -- the girls now move a like well-oiled, well-coiled machine.
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You say you want a revolution? Well, Fink's folk-tinged Sort of Revolution falls sort of... short.
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Avoiding the solo artist's temptation of self-indulgence, Lisa Mitchell imparts some wide-eyed optimism on Wonder.
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