Both mental and essential, Sydney's pop legends Mental as Anything return with a career-encompassing collection and a brand new studio album.
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Mental As Anything – Essential As Anything / Tents Up
Deerhunter – Twilight at Carbon Lake
On an unexpected jaunt down to the Southern Hemisphere, Webcuts had the good fortune to be in attendance at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney to witness the final show of Deerhunter’s first Australian tour and to record the final song of the night, a mesmerising slow-burning version of Microcastle masterpiece “Twilight at Carbon Lake”. Check back later this week for a review of their Australian
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The Lemonheads – Varshons
Evan Dando and a cast of several come together to make the ultimate Lemonheads record so far. With an album featuring songs by Wire and Christina Aguilera, it's both "Strange" and "Beautiful".
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Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
Despite all the record's anomalisms, it's really gorgeous at its core, and there are more than enough enticing musical phrases to drive the listener back to wrestling with its eccentricities.
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Daestro – Moondagger
Will it be knives out for Detroit's Randoph Chabot aka Daestro or maybe a friendly slap on the back instead?
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Way Out West 2009 Preview
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For the third year in a row the brains behind Way Out West bring us a great mix of interesting newcomers, some acts who are just beginning to find their stride and a couple of absolute legends. On the 14 of August 2009 it is time, once again, for lovers of good music to take over Slottskogen in Gothenburg.
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Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
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Hot on the heels of Microcastle comes this warmly welcomed 5 track EP from Webcuts favourite band.
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
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As Webcuts said in our review of, We Were Promised Jetpacks' debut These Four Walls --"...the single, “Quiet Little Voices” is the band’s sing-along rocker, a chorus-less anthem, catchy enough to appear in mainstream commercials or the next episode of your favorite television show."
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
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We were promised great things from Scottish act We Were Promised Jetpacks including epic, emotional rock songs and whad'ya know? We got 'em.
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Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young
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Here's where I ask a question and then answer it for you. Remember THE STROKES? Of course you do, skinny ties, sharp tunes, less than impressive 3rd album -- but more than that, how could you forget the goldmine of solo material that has sprung from the various members of late...
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Future of the Left – Travels With Myself and Another
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To hell with good intentions - Future of the Left's second album blows everything else out of the water.
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Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Amadeus, Amadeus, rock me Amadeus! Phoenix's fourth album is a show stopper without a Salieri in sight.
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The Light That Burns Twice as Bright – Murry from The Dears
Murray from The Dears lays it all out - "Somehow the blame game will always be played in a way where the leader gets the losing hand, and it sucks but what do you do? I didn’t sign up for any of this shit. I just write songs and try to work with people to facilitate those songs and get them out to people to hear them."
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Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
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No jokes about rock dinosaurs please, Mascis, Barlow and Murph defy expectation with their ninth disc.
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Grand Atlantic – How We Survive
Brisbane's Grand Atlantic avoid the sophomore slump with a successful swim in the genres of alternative rock and power-pop.
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The Return of Echobelly (Britpop Sneak Peek)
Echobelly's primary songwriters, the mellifluous voiced Sonya Madan and slide guitar loving Glenn Johansson return to the stage on July 9 to play at Moho Live in Manchester.
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Wilco – Wilco (the album)
Apparently Tweedy had been saving up his impetuousness for this, Wilco's seventh album, as his tongue has never been buried so deeply in his cheek.
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Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
Young bucks Crystal Antlers release their debut album which unfortunately shatters upon the weight of expectation.
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Can’t Stop Feeling for Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand, in their infinite wisdom, have chosen to release another single taken from the Tonight: Franz Ferdinand album in the form of the electro-shuffle of "Can't Stop Feeling", due out July 6 on Domino Records.
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Art Brut – Art Brut vs. Satan
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Eddie and the bruisers return with their third long player of songs about love and hate. And comic books and chocolate milkshakes.
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