On my stereo this week: Angie McMahon’s ‘Saturn Returning’ and ‘Letting Go’.
In 2019 Indie rocker Angie McMahon released her acclaimed debut Salt. (It’s still one of the best Australian indie rockContinue Reading
Tag: Australian music
Classic Songs: ‘The Captain’ by Kasey Chambers.
In Mt Gambier, South Australia, in 1976, Kasey Chambers was born to Bill and Diane Chambers. But she didn’t callContinue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘Live It Up’ by Mental As Anything.
In 2019 Mental As Anything founding member Andrew “Greedy” Smith, who wrote some of the Australian new wave band’s best-knownContinue Reading
Top Ten Australian Albums of 2022
Curating the following list of the top ten Australian albums of the year, in no particular order, was as alwaysContinue Reading
Feel The Weight: Interview with Dear Seattle’s Brae Fisher.
Australian indie rock stalwarts Dear Seattle are back in 2022 with a rousing new single Feel The Weight. They alsoContinue Reading
Top Ten Australian Albums of 2021.
Our two major cities – Melbourne and Sydney – were lockdown for what felt like an eternity this year. AndContinue Reading
Interview with Nuria: “I just found myself in a creative hotspot and kept churning out new songs.”
In 2020, Tasmanian indie-pop musician Nuria aka Anna Maynard wooed listeners with her soulful debut album Alive. Now, with aContinue Reading
Interview with Lisa Mitchell.
About five years ago, I took a deep dive on this site into the career of Lisa Mitchell, easily oneContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Flame Trees’ by Cold Chisel.
There is something quintessentially Australian about rock pioneers Cold Chisel. In the early 1990s I had a University friend whoContinue Reading
Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘To Her Door’ by Paul Kelly.
It’s fair to say Paul Kelly is an icon of the Australian music scene. (He has been inducted into theContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 