Simply Music
March 25, 2008
A Free Man’s Antipodean Musical Safari is in full swing this week with another Australian pop outfit - Adelaide’s Radio Spectacular!!! A partnership between Harry Whizkid and his lady love Pheebs, Radio Spectacular!!! is making wonderfully clever synth-pop Partners in more than music Harry and Phebe met, in true 21st Century fashion, online a couple […]
March 20, 2008
My search for the best Antipodean bands continues today with Sydney’s teenagersintokyo. Like most of my gender, A Free Man is a sucker for girls with guitars, or bass, or keys. The Sydney quintet offers a little bit of each plus a lanky lad on drums. They are sexy and sassy, but in this era […]
March 17, 2008
A Free Man’s Best of South Australia series continues with Adelaide’s No Through Road. Founded by Matt Banham in 2000, No Through Road has been churning out fetching lo-fi tunes at a heady pace. Matt’s hooked up with a regular band these days and their most recent record “Too Much or Not Enough” has just […]
No Through Road - "Hey Ya!" [2:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (301) No Through Road - "Black & White" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (143) No Through Road - "Reason To Fight" [2:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (136)Australian Artists, Indie Pop, Interview, Lo-fi - 2 Comments
March 14, 2008
Since becoming a parent, actually since I knew I was to become a parent, I’ve been planning my strategy to avoid spending the next several years listening to The Wiggles. In addition to exposing my baby boy to my favorites, I’ve been checking out the occasional “kids” compilation by “adult” artists. Last autumn, my partner […]
March 12, 2008
As you may or may not know, A Free Man is bound for Down Under. In anticipation of the imminent move, I’m on a mission to discover the best up and coming bands from my soon to be home. We Grow Up is an Adelaide quintet that got some attention last May after winning […]
March 8, 2008
“When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea,
I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me
With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor Threat Discography,
And punk rock saved my life.”
-Frank Turner - “Back In The Day”
London based singer-songwriter Frank Turner’s came to some […]
