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Text: Digby Woods Images: Stefan Duscio, Michael Spiccia & Synaesthesia
The Black Ryder was birthed in 2007, the musical love child of Sydney-based Aimee Nash and Scott von Ryper. They immediately set about crafting an entirely new sound, one that could be separated from the vagaries of whatever critics think ‘post-psychedelic’ is. 2008 saw them launched into the public eye, with a slew of coveted support acts for the likes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Charlatans and The Raveonettes. At the end of 2009, they released their much-anticipated debut album, Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride, cementing their reputation as a force to be reckoned with. Don’t look now, but a new decade is underway and The Black Ryder looks poised to do some damage. Continue Reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Carine Thevenau & Pond
By the sounds of things the psychedelic revival is well and truly happening in Perth right now. Tame Impala, The Silents, These Ship Wrecks and Pond are all at the forefront of a style firmly on its way back. The fact that those bands all share common members might just have something to do with all the noise they’re making. Continue Reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Tristan Ceddia
Much is made of the apparent lack of time taken by Eddy Current Suppression Ring to record their critically acclaimed and award winning albums. Urban legend dictates that their debut was wrapped up in an afternoon over a few beers and word that their latest release Rush to Relax was done after only six hours in studio. Bassist Brad Barry tells Gabriel Knowles why those stories aren’t strictly true. Continue Reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Health
It seems odd that during this day and age a band could still trace their success back to a cassette tape. Californian noise rockers Health are one band that can claim exactly that. Continue reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Yeasayer
Yeasayer are a band that hold an enviable position of being as revered by the traditional, printed matter critics as they are by a new wave of numerous, vociferous and exclusively digital critics. The release of their first album All Hour Cymbals, an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink effort pegged into the world music category that actually sounded good, was lauded far and wide as fantastically progressive record. But with success comes expectations and with their second record Odd Blood days away from release there’s a good chance die-hard fans are in for a shock, least of all because Yeasayer scraped together the money and time to get some decent production this time around. Continue reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Dana Rogers
As far as precocious talents go, Jonathon Boulet is up there. Sure he’s no Beethoven, but A Community Service Announcement is as good a rendition of a pop song as anything else released recently and Beethoven wasn’t as young as they say when he got his start. And unlike the concerto masters of yesteryear Boulet didn’t immediately take to the piano, taking flight to the tallest tree he could find when faced with his first piano lesson aged five. Fortunately he clambered back down and ended up taking those lessons. Continue reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Patrick Wolf
Patrick Wolf doesn’t normally do things by halves. Follow press reports, catch him in concert or his check out his latest film clip, ‘Vulture’. Emotionally, audibly, visibly – he’s no shrinking violet. But on stage spats and a firm stance on music piracy aside, he also doesn’t make make music by half. Until now. Continue reading…
Text: Steele Bonus Images: Lovefingers
Chances are you already know about the Lovefingers website, quite possibly the best site at the moment for downloading rare unearthed music from the past 30-40 years. What you probably don’t know is that the man behind the site Andrew Hogge is one of the most friendly and laid back guys going around. A native Californian who currently resides in Brooklyn. He’ll probably tell you himself that he’s lazy, however he still manages to hold down a full time job and at the same time run two record labels, update his website with daily ‘fingertracks’ and mixes, work on his own music as one half of production duo The Stallions, party with the energy of an 18 year old, tour the world djing. Recently he even became a father, Steele Bonus caught up with Lovfingers a month outside of his second trip down under. Continue reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Patrick Wolf
Patrick Wolf doesn’t normally do things by halves. Follow press reports, catch him in concert or his check out his latest film clip, ‘Vulture’. Emotionally, audibly, visibly – he’s no shrinking violet. But on stage spats and a firm stance on music piracy aside, he also doesn’t make make music by half. Until now. Continue reading…
Text: Steele Bonus Images: Lovefingers
Chances are you already know about the Lovefingers website, quite possibly the best site at the moment for downloading rare unearthed music from the past 30-40 years. What you probably don’t know is that the man behind the site Andrew Hogge is one of the most friendly and laid back guys going around. A native Californian who currently resides in Brooklyn. He’ll probably tell you himself that he’s lazy, however he still manages to hold down a full time job and at the same time run two record labels, update his website with daily ‘fingertracks’ and mixes, work on his own music as one half of production duo The Stallions, party with the energy of an 18 year old, tour the world djing. Recently he even became a father, Steele Bonus caught up with Lovfingers a month outside of his second trip down under. Continue reading…
