We worked with the guys in Chapter Music to bring the excellent Crayon Fields to our SXSW show a few years ago, so I always like to keep track of what the label has going on. They're about to release A Fool Who'll by songwriter Laura Jean on September 3rd, and I'm sure they'd be happy to send you a copy via the old fashioned mail. Jean's playing a somewhat muted guitar, quietly whispering "im missing you" to begin the [...]
I gotta be honest. I saw Laura Jean years ago support Ben Lee at Ding Dong lounge in Melbourne town about 6 months before Lee had that big Catch My Disease etc album. And I really didn't dig it. Granted, my taste was a bit different back then and things that were a little different, [...]
Image taken from here Dan Black - Wonder Buy Dan Black falls into the category of blogged hype and accessible pop but he hits something long abandoned. There's a very nineties feel to the whole album, Un, as we get a bit of R n' B, dance and acoustic electronica. Starting out using the drum beat from Rhianna's Umbrella, Dan Black shows he's really at his best when he's doing his own stuff, like in Wonder. Chad VanGaalen - Sing [...]
Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute To The Songs Of Kath Bloom is a beautiful two-disc set featuring new covers of Kath Bloom songs by Devendra Banhart, Scout Niblett, Josephine Foster, Corrina Repp, and The Concretes among others. The second disc in the set contains the original recordings by Kath Bloom, an excellent bonus feature that I wish other tributes would include. This review has unfortunately been gathering dust in my draft folder since April, forgotten until I began writing about the new Judee Sill tribute [...]
... or not. Valentines day, nah, don't get into it... maybe its because I'm single. But here's some tunes from Laura Jean (another Melbourne Artist). Tracks are from Our Swan Song on Unstable Ape Records . I'm A Rabbit, I'm A Fox Alone In The Valley Laura Jean Space
Austin Town Hall
me, and all my friends
A Has Been That Never Was
Muruch
noise city
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