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Warehouse Eyes

Warehouse Eyes

There are indeed people who will shriek away from the description “dream pop” and I wonder since when dreams and pop have become something, well, not sinister, but cheap. It could also mean lovely music that makes you daydream – ethereal sounds – perfect in other words. This is what Warehouse Eyes do: Exquisite music that opens up slowly and does not begin to fade after repeated listening. Add to that lyrics about heartbreak and hallucinations (sic!) and a delicate haunting voice and you are a

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min carvings. offbeat music
Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile

You know that attitude of some fans of alternative music? A band becomes bigger – they are not selling out; their music does not become unbearable; they do not become nasty or pontificating. They just become better known, hit the charts, play in bigger venues. And  then indie nerd has had it! They are no longer interesting to him/her. Is it that the proud parent momentum is lost and the other fans are unworthy? I truly cannot answer that question. Look at The War On Drugs: Yes, their album “Lo

· Alice Peters-Burns · 3 min Kurt Vile music
Hudson and Troop

Hudson and Troop

I know, I know, where is my next blog? So much to do, so little time. But I gladly sit here tonight to pen something on Hudson and Troop! Of course not only because I simply cannot resist the goodies from the Melbourne music scene. Hudson and Troop would at least suggest two people but there is mainly Travis Aulsebrook who hails from Western Australia and only came to Melbourne in 2011 to excel as singer-songwriter and straightaway releasing his EP Open Up Slowly (find it under the name “Hudso

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min Frameless Hudson and Troop
Liu Bei

Liu Bei

What it is like to work for a non-commercial radio station? Well, it is a lot of, er, work that we do enjoy immensely, however. And it is unpaid which of course we do not enjoy a lot. Then again, we live without playlists which is wonderful. We are right there at the pulse of music and music pulses our blood if I may say so clumsily poetically on the first spring-like Saturday evening of this year. Thus, I may mutter beep if the BIG radio presenters were quicker than me playing a band. In this

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min band Goodness
Ant Savage

Ant Savage

Ant Savage‘s life has been music and long may it continue! 15 years as a musician, singer and above all songwriter, he has under his belt now and accordingly his work sounds accomplished, his songwriting seems effortless but the hard work does glimpse out in-between. He taught himself guitar as a teenager, released an acoustic album on a label in Australia, played in an electro indie synth band (yep!) which made it quite big, has appeared live on BBC AND completed a degree in music productio

· Alice Peters-Burns · 1 min Ant Savage Bedford
Marble Sounds
festival

Marble Sounds

Sometimes Belgium is the butt of jokes…I guess because it is such a small country and so confusing to many and also seems a by-word for European bureaucracy. I could sing the praises now and elaborate on the diverse landscape, the friendly people, the cartoons, the architecture and ooooh, the food, never mind the beers. And do not even get me started on chocolate. But of course this is a music blog and I dare you to give me a country that size with so many musicians…(yeah, alright, Ireland a

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min Brussels Leave a light on
Twin Oaks

Twin Oaks

Some days I am deeply thankful for the internet…even though it many times contradicts its original purpose which to me is to save time. Gratefulness sets in when a band like Twin Oaks gets in contact with me. Twin Oaks does sonically what an image of twin oaks conjures in me…lightness and strongness, brightness and darkness, feeling cozy and overwhelmed, all at the same time. Lauren Brown and Aaron Domingo set out as a folk duo in Los Angeles. They have, however, expanded to create a grander

· Alice Peters-Burns · 1 min Indie LA
All We Are
interview

All We Are

All I am today is very tired but it was well worth it. Yesterday I went to see All We Are perform in Cologne, Germany. (Yeah, I know, that joke is as tired as me). The gig experience was a short (the support group had cancelled) but very impressive one, as Guro (bass), Luis (guitar) and Richards (drums) create a very full sound. The energy flowed from the very first moment in Studio 672. And the songs (mostly from their self-titled debut album after two EPs) are beautiful, the harmonies take y

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min All We Are Keep me alive
Folk from London Part 4 Claudia Heidegger

Folk from London Part 4 Claudia Heidegger

I know, I know, this was going to be three-parter on the London folk scene or rather a pick from the wide range of artists that thrive there. But of course there is a good reason to extend this mini-series and her name is Claudia Heidegger. When she contacted me and elaborated how she likes to tackle heavy subjects and above all religion and spirituality, I was, I confess, a little, overwhelmed. But this is no evangelist, far from it. Claudia Heidegger actually had a problem with institutional

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min blog
Folk from London Part 3 Apples I'm Home

Folk from London Part 3 Apples I'm Home

So, we had the world music, pop-oriented side of folk with Nou Enle (see part 1) with some indie thrown in for good measure and the dark, wild side of folk from Wyldeck (see part 2). Here come Apples I’m home and what a great name that is. I still wonder, has it something to do with a certain famous, now uncoupled couple, residing in London, greeting their daughter on return to home? Fill me in! (Ah, tutting noise in the background…could it be a song title by Adam Green, too? :-)) Apples I’m

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min blog
Folk from London Part 2 Wyldeck

Folk from London Part 2 Wyldeck

As I was saying yesterday (in case you did not read or do not remember, tsk tsk :-)): Pick one genre of music and one city, and you will not find two bands the same. And that is a good thing, because you will not be able to rely on comparisons, you’ll have to go out and listen to music, see artists. Today, I would like to present you with a darker side of folk – taadaa: Wyldeck. They are Cece Wyldeck (vocals and guitar), Dom Cheung (lead guitar), Jacob Hollebon (Bass) & Dave Churchyard (Drums)

· Alice Peters-Burns · 1 min blog
Folk from London Part 1 Nou Enle

Folk from London Part 1 Nou Enle

Serves me right for cleaning the windows as the glorious sunshine had shown them in a rather unfavourable light…ten minutes later a hailstorm of massive proportions descended on us. So, really, who does not need something heart-warming now? Thanks to The Unthanks (are they regretting their surname yet?), a folk revival is predicted and yes, there is plenty of folk music around. Now, if I title this post “Folk from London”, spot the irony as there is no such thing as one “folk music” and all

· Alice Peters-Burns · 1 min blog