So this mighty thread has started eating posts, hence the successor.
And where better to start than with worst reviews ever touchstone, elevenmagazine.com.au.
The John Butler Trio
April Uprising
Jarrah Records
April Uprising is one of the most anticipated albums of 2010.
There is no doubt band front man, John Butler, is a man with a plan though it was still surprising a new trio was named just as a new album was scheduled.
It would be an understatement to say April Uprising is yet another masterpiece for Butler and his trio.
The album travels from track to track with ease as though tied together by an imaginary thread.
With an increase of pace and definitely more fun, April Uprising pushes past the band’s previous record, Grand National, offering an exciting boost as the band embraces a new chapter of sound.
The Beautiful Girls
10:10
Die!Boredom Records
The Beautiful Girls are a tough nut to crack.
The Sydney outfit conquered laid back folk rock on their debut, only to turn up the dial a notch with a rock offering on their second release.
The trio’s latest offering, 10:10, is yet another change for the band.
The single is the first to be lifted off the band’s new studio album, Spooks, due for release in May.
If 10:10 is an indication of what to expect of Spooks, the band is set to embrace their laid back roots, with the single chilling with a killer reggae vibe.
Nice work fellas
''If you do not immediately love this single then music is just not your thing.''
Danimals
Fox
Independent
The story behind this single is one full of warm fuzzys.
In short, the Sydney band was selected by super producer Mark Ronson to jet to New York to write and record a track as part of a beer campaign.
The finished product was Fox, a highly produced, full to the brim, bells and whistles indie sensation.
It seriously has everything – harmonies to die for, a killer melody and a tempo to get any booty shaking.
If you do not immediately love this single then music is just not your thing.
The Break
Church Of The Open Sky
Bombora
The Break are a class above the rest and with the band’s musical pedigree split between Midnight Oil and The Violent Femmes it’s truly little surprise.
From the moment you hit play, the psychedelic sounds of The Break’s beach culture hits you like fresh ocean spray.
The Break are a tight outfit that sound so intensely wild and incredible only a night witnessing them live could be better.
The album’s twists and turns is enough to tempt you to grab your board and hang ten.
The Break are a must have. Bring on album two!
Goldfrapp
Head First
Warner
Alison Goldfrapp is as close to a musical genius as they come.
One half of UK outfit, Goldfrapp, she is not only the face of the duo but also the voice – and what a voice!
The band’s latest record, their fifth, reveals yet another layer of their brilliance.
Soaked in 80s glam pop, Head First, couldn’t be more different from Goldfrapp’s previous glorious record, Seventh Tree.
Though those familiar with Goldfrapp will recognise their ease in reincarnation.
From ethereal atmospheric space cadet sounds, to sassy pop and now this, Goldfrapp are eternal champions.
LOL for thread title. Nice one CM.
glorious.
that whole john butler one does my head in, actually.
Dunno what colour fluid you cats are on but these reviews are extraordinary.
''she is not only the face of the duo but also the voice''.
that goldfrapp one isn't immediately quotable, but reading the whole thing is like having a warm bath in fine wine
so to speak
okay, it is immediately quotable
Christine Sams in the SMH:
Sade, renowned for her beautiful songs such as No Ordinary Love and of course her classic hit Smooth Operator, is back with a new album called Soldier of Love.
The singer, who is still the highest-selling female artist in Britain (with 50 million album sales worldwide), has not released a studio album with her band — also called Sade — for a decade.
But she's clearly proud of their new songs, saying some of the inspiration for the music has come from parenthood (she has a 13-year-old daughter).
Describing one of the songs on the album, titled Babyfather, she says: ''This is about how great it is to be a parent and what a great honour and privilege that is ... as long as you feel good about yourself, you can be a good parent and then it becomes an endless fruitful cycle.''
Uncle-father-Oscar!
This thread makes me so happy.
Yep. Music is just not my thing. That's why I read elevenmagazine.
This is from January, but I only just noticed the genius typo in the first sentence/par of the Tegan & Sara review. So Elevenmagazine...
Tegan and Sara
Sainthood
Sanctuary
Tegan and Sara have once again starred the clichéd break up album in the face and won.
It is not often you find yourself bopping along to a song with lyrics ‘stop crying to the ocean/stop crying over me’.
Yet that’s the brilliance of this duo. Not only can they create music that reaches a wide audience, they do it in a way that doesn’t compromise their song writing.
Produced by Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, Sainthood is a clever mixture of quirky tunes, awash with industrial and electronica beats.
It is easily the duo’s strongest work to date.
Three and a half stars
these are making my head hurt. and making canberra street press look good. bed time.
I'm bopping along!
''Bopping'' is one of my pet hate words.
bopping
i hate it when people say 'space cadet'
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Perefect review.
josejones said 39 minutes ago:
so this is what gets you a VIP review pass these days...
To be fair to McCabe she's not meant to be writing a live review - the request is colour commentary to accompany pics for the social/gossip pages.
I must say this thread - or series of threads - is probably in Mess and Noise's all time top 5. Many times I've howled with laughter at the assorted worsts.
in that case I look forward to reading her full review, which will undoubtedly materialise.
I'd like her review to be titled ''Drugs I Had in the Laneway VIP Area''.
I just read back over the months of joy surrounding Eva Rinaldi's prolific output of photojournalism. Where the fuck is she now? The people demand more Eva Rinaldi.
She stayed for the first three months and then had to leave the internet
isn't she meant to be writing a book? Maybe she's discoverred blurb.com . If the book mentions Chris Isaak again I'll read it very carefully and not even Ghoti-Max can save her if she makes a mistake (see comments on linked piece)
she's still around, seems to have multiple blogspots to help SEO or some such, and there's bits of reviews around lots of photos and press releases.
joke killer.
pssst
''The Music News Australia website portal is one of Australia's most popular websites covering the music and entertainment industry. We look forward to informing and entertaining you''
come on eva - entertain us!
Dude on the left looks like a Chris Lilley character.
Needs to be seen full-size to be truly appreciated.
These are the people I would turn to for style tips and hot gossip.
Because we need more fucking sites repeating the same Australian tour announcements!
you miss the bit where the same articles go onto 10 or so different sites with slightly different names
it's all about the lips grantley
''thank you ghoti-max''