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Posts by mr molly
Album I can't stop listening to - Mark Pickerel - Snake in the Radio
Mark Pickerel manged to slip by me til just a few months ago despite having one of the more distinguished musical resume's you may hope to find. After his initial burst with the Screaming Trees and later Truly he has been somewhat of a gun for hire of late, playing on all manner of projects and with all manner of artist including Neko Case and The Dusty 45s and also the one that is quite the signi
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The Manhattan Love Suicides
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Everything from the ultra-intriguing name to the pulp/noir crime art work of this band just drips of cool. They are a female fronted five-piece from the UK for whom the most obvious point of reference is The Jesus & Mary Chain, though perhaps could best be considered The Mary & Mary Chain. The pop hooks similarly struggle to shine through the distorted din of guitars though are helped somewhat by
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Polyphonic Spree - The Metro Sydney
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The stunning all-smiling symphonic super-group The Polyphonic Spree bought their distinctive soaring 'sections' to Sydney for their Splendor side-show. Opening the Polyphonic proceedings were the utterly affable and genuinely jovial sextet from Brisbane The John Steel Singers. They seemed gushingly thrilled to be playing, mostly due to the fact that they would be get to see the 'Spree three mor...
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Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ
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review for fasterlouder.com.au Continuing the theory that great art comes from great suffering is The Midnight Organ, the sophomore album from Scotland's Frightened Rabbit. Although only released a scant six months after the band's debut Sing the Grey, a fair few things have happened to Frightened Rabbit and their main songwriter Scott Hutchison in that half year. The band added a second guitar...
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The Cassettes – ‘Neath the Pale Moon
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Originally released back in 2006, The Cassettes third album 'Neath the Pale Moon has received a new slap of paint on the cover, an extra disc on the back and an Australian release on Rogue Records. As the band's name would suggest, The Cassettes ply their trade in music based in a by-gone era. No, The Cassettes aren't some garage revivalists trying to recapture the heady days of the '60s or pr...
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Magic Dirt - Girl
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another review i did for fasterlouder.com.auThere's a feller who was quite a regular attendee of gigs in Sydney in the mid 90s that got himself a tattoo of the Magic Dirt logo which sat proudly atop his arm around the time of their debut album, Friends in Danger. The band was regarded quite the big white hope after their two early EPs dominated the Australian indie-charts, where 'Life is Better' s
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Brian Jonestown Massacre – My Bloody Underground
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review i did for fasterlouder.com.auThe 2004 documentary DiG! gave the world an insight into the fractious and tumultuous background of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) and in particular the brittle musical genius of Anton Newcombe. While the movie for the most part ultimately reduced the band to providing the musical and mental sideshow for a neat few hours of entertainment, the fact is this...
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