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It is with sadness that Gurrumul’s final album begins. Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) is the final chapter in Gurrumul’s musical career as the highest selling Indigenous musician of all time, as well as one of the most important Australian icons, both musically and culturally. Formerly a member of Yothu Yindi, Gurrumul was well known […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC Welcome back to After the Hype. This week I’ve ditched the modern music of the twenty-tens and travelled back to the swinging sixties when communism was the scariest word to mention to a middle-class white man and free love reigned supreme. It […]
MoreWhen I first listened to Jack White’s new album, Boarding House Reach, I was a bit thrown. I really enjoyed the singles that were released beforehand, especially the thick fuzzy solos and great production. I was on the fence about it and left it for a week or so. It wasn’t until @afantano review of […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC I’d like to preface this article by saying some of this content won’t be new to those who read my extravagant rants. A couple years ago I wrote an article titled ‘Where the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys’ showcasing some clever word play […]
MoreI’ve never listened to Scottish band, Young Fathers before Cocoa Sugar, their latest album. Lead single In My View has been stuck in my head for days, it’s deep bass is catchy as hell as well as the soulful refrain. It’s a good mix of R&B, pop and hip-hop. And that is the case for […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC My history with Bon Iver is a romantic one. I was thirteen or fourteen on holiday down the coast around New Years where I met a girl. We’d see each other every morning at the beach. All week long she’d look at […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC Are you ready for it? That’s the question Taylor Swift poses in the aptly titled opening track, ‘…Ready For It?’ I don’t know if I’m ready for it. By the look of the front cover, this Taylor is darker, more dangerous. She’s […]
More2016 was one of the best years in modern music history, it had some incredible releases. Even if I didn’t enjoy all the big albums of that year, it’s undeniable that music fans had multiple albums to fondle over. We had David Bowie’s Blackstar at the beginning of 2016, Beyonce’s Lemonade, Radiohead, Frank Ocean finally […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC I’ve been hesitant to start this week’s After the Hype, both listening to the album and writing this here article. I’ve been trying to focus my thoughts, so I don’t ramble on for two-thousand words like that Kanye article you all read […]
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