Gig Watch: Powderfinger - Upstairs Downstairs Tour

One thing you do realise, more so than the level of quality the guys have churned out since the mid-90s, is just how much a lot of these songs mean to the crowd. Sean Lynch reports from The Forum in Melbourne.

DVD Review: Kurt Cobain - About A Son

Taken from 25 hours of previously unheard interviews with Kurt Cobain, About A Son recounts the Nirvana frontman's life as he remembered it. Sean Lynch takes a look at this must see music doco.

Soundtrack Review: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

With the hype surrounding the first Indiana Jones film in last twenty years slowly settling, we thought there was no better time to take a look at one of the driving forces behind the success of this Hollywood icon .... THAT theme song!

Gig Watch: The Thrills - Live at HiFi Bar

The Thrills showed tonight that it doesn’t take a major name stadium band to put on an awesome, engaging and truly fun show. It was also their long awaited return to this country, and first tour for their latest release, Teenager, hence an almost full venue welcomed them back.

Feature Album Review: Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends

Something is missing. Parachutes and Rush of Blood were albums that jumped out at you immediately - with songs that were so heart-breakingly familiar, personal and ultimately wondrous. Viva La Vida seems to feel like it's keeping the listener at arms length.

Album Review: Moby - Last Night

The album does deserve to be on the shelves and in the clubs and in our 1998 laptops bopping and tripping and lulling and melodically soothing us into a happier make believe world.

Album Review: The Futureheads - This Is Not The World

Let’s get this sorted right up front. The Futureheads’ fourth release (three albums and an EP) "This Is Not The World" is nothing short of a rocking good time.

Album Review: Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell

Garnering success from their "A Lesson in Crime" EP and "Smith" EP in 2006 and 2007 respectively, they’ve quickly risen to new indie heights with their perky sound.

Soundtrack Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

What is interesting here is that the two songs featuring the fictional band within the film, Infant Sorrow, probably aren’t as horrendous as they theoretically should be. They’re ridiculous, but not bad... musically at least.

Album Review: Duffy - Rockferry

Every month there is a new, supposedly shining, star amongst the throng of female artists coming from the UK. Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Lily Allen and her many shadows... the list extends beyond this because the turnover is so high.

Album Review: Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords

While the Flight of the Conchords self titled album, which is made up of "cleaned up & honed" versions of the songs taken from their cult hit HBO series, delivers some pretty catchy beats - it's sadly the comedy which has been lost in the transition from performance to the studio.

Album Review: Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

To the listener unversed in the art of modern electro (the indie-pop dilettante) Cut Copy brings to mind the wave of New Romantic 80s synth-pop. Boppy enough for the dance floor, but with a great cut (Hearts On Fire) that can be trimmed for radio play.

Album Review: The Kooks - Konk

After reading that they had around 80-90 songs prepared, its disappointing that some of the ones that appear on "Konk" were chosen. Our Web Wombat reviewer wonders if the rest were any better, and if not, it’s a worry that these ones were considered the best.  

Album Review: The Presets - Apocolypso

After the runaway success of 2005’s Beams,The Presets are back with Apocalypso, serving up more goosebump-inducing electro magic. All we’ll say is this: tie your shit down, because you’re going to lose it very promptly if you don’t.

Album Review: The Vines - The Best Of

The songs on "The Best Of" span the years of 2002-2006. Even though they’ve been a pretty freakin’ glorious four years, it remains the same that FOUR YEARS is nowhere near a long enough timeframe to warrant producing any kind of Best Of. 

Single Review: Pete Murray - You Pick Me Up

He has also added a new guitarist to the mix. As always, the lyrics are a standout. This song is about his wife and with lines like: "You lift me up to the greatest that I've been. Honestly, its not a phase." you cant help but feel a little 'aww' by it all.

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