PEDESTRIAN CROSSING: Frightened Rabbit have released their fourth record – Pedestrian Verse. According to Scott Hutchison, poetic lead singer of Scotland folk-rock group Frightened Rabbit, his country and Australia share […]
I can’t stop listening to Tegan and Sara’s new album Heartthrob. It’s absolute pop perfection. I was lucky enough to interview Sara Quin this month. She’s responsible for their hits […]
My feature interview for last week’s Alive was with Julian Hamilton of The Presets. He’s a very nice guy and it was good to chat to him again. I last interviewed The […]
One of my more interesting interviews of recent memory was with John McCrea of Californian alternative rockers Cake. I’ve been a fan of their music for many years. I’m a […]
Cat Power is returning to Newcastle in 2013. When I heard the news, I dug out this chat I had with Chan Marshall before her last visit. She is one […]
“Life’s not all peaches and cream, but at least I can still find someone to hold my hand and walk through hell.” – Marilyn Manson, 2007 I received a call […]
A lot of people discovered Meat Puppets when Kurt Cobain championed the grunge-folk group, eventually demanding that MTV allow Cris and Curt Kirkwood to join him for two songs on […]
I just stumbled across my interview with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service etc. I spoke with him for YEN and Reverb when Death Cab’s […]
Every so often you have a moment of clarity where you are reminded of the potentially surreal nature of being a music journalist. For me it was sitting in the […]
One of my fondest memories from my career is the time I interviewed Shins mastermind James Mercer over a coffee at the hotel Blue Sydney at the Woolloomooloo wharves. I […]
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