2016 has been quite a year for Ella Fence. A graduate of Griffith University’s Bachelor of Popular Music program she recorded her debut EP with Dan Swift (Snow Patrol and Passenger) at Brighton Electric UK - the studios of choice for bands like The Cure, Gomez and Mumford & Sons. That EP spawned the much lauded single Unknown Water, a song that scored big time at the Gold … [Read more...]
The Swing – INXS
If ever you needed a reminder of just how good INXS were, one listen to The Swing is all you need. It may not have had as big an impact overseas as its successors Listen Like Thieves or the multi-million selling Kick, but The Swing was the pivotal album where INXS truly defined their sound. The Swing was the first INXS album where all the elements of their musical influences … [Read more...]
Martha Davis – Podcast
In 1979 I remember listening to the radio and being stopped in my tracks as one of the sultriest, sexiest and arresting songs I’d ever heard hit the airwaves. Now being in my mid teens and suddenly having an interest in the opposite sex may have had something to do with it, BUT – almost 40 years later I still think it’s one of the sexiest songs ever committed to vinyl. The … [Read more...]
Sunnyboys – Sunnyboys
September 1981. I’m in my last year of high school and supposed to be studying for my final exams, but there’s this hot new band from Sydney whose album I’ve rushed out to buy and I can’t stop thrashing it on the little 3 in 1 stereo in my bedroom. I play the record so much that after a couple of weeks I swear the vinyl is only half as thick as it used to be. Unfortunately I’m … [Read more...]
Lloyd Cole – Podcast
When Lloyd Cole burst onto the world music scene in 1984 with his band the Commotions and the album Rattlesnakes he was hailed as one of the most brilliant songwriters of his generation. Cole’s lyrics were loaded with literary and pop culture references, the kind that had you knowingly smile at his wit and irony while he casually dropped names like Greta Garbo and Simone de … [Read more...]