Who is Lee Memorial? Well, it's a "mangled bunch" of folks assembled by Karl Smith, one half of Melbourne indie-pop troubadours Sodastream. Not to be confused with Nashville's Immortal Lee County Killers (remember them?), Lee Memorial is a super-group of sorts comprising members of Nation Blue, Nin...
After ten years together acclaimed Melbourne indie duo Sodastream have announced they’re parting ways. In an e-mail sent out yesterday, Karl Smith and Pete Cohen wrote in part: “With this email comes the sad news that after 10 years, Sodastream are calling it a day. Our reasons are complex and many...
For pop fans, it’s the never ending argument. Are great lyrics or great hooks more important in a song? The five tracks featured in this article have both, but it’s the stories they tell which are most memorable: Murder, death and divorce, plus the occasional glimmer of hope. We invited the songwriters behind them to explain how it all came about. 'Keith And Tina' by Sodastream “She broke both her legs hitting the ...
Like the Tortoise in Aesop’s enduring fable, Sodastream have won the race slowly but surely. Few other Australian bands are so self-contained, so confident in their own sonic universe. Reservations sounds most immediately like 2001’s The Hill for Company, with an emphasis on stark, simple arrangemen...
Sodastream. Wow. I’ve been a fan pretty much since I heard Looks Like A Russian many many eons ago, and I guess that means I’m not entirely qualified to give an unbiased view of their latest EP Take Me With You When You Go, but you know what? Objectivity’s pretty much always elusive and a bit of lov...
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