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 [...]
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Aussie Rules: No Through Road
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 No Through Road - "Black & White" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download No Through Road - "Reason To Fight" [2:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGreat Lake Swimmers: Not Just For the Kids
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 [...]
Aussie Rules: We Grow Up
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 [...]
Great Interview of the Week: Escaping their Rootin’ Tootin’ Past
“Tequila and red wine,
Beer and vodka that tasted like gin
But slipped down like tears
I was not on my knees by accident…”
-The Broken Family Band – “Cocktail Lounge”
When I first heard The Broken Family Band a couple of years ago they were a refreshing change from the standard Radio 1 Kaiser Monkey fare. They brought a [...]
The Broken Family Band - "You Get Me" [4:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Broken Family Band - "I'm Thirsty" [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Broken Family Band - "Honest Man's Blues" [2:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGreat Interview Week: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
“I appreciate your courtesy, your well earned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demons in the design
A good idea at the time…”
-OK Go – “A Good Idea At The Time”
Well, Great Interview Week began with self-indulgent navel gazing and thus it shall end. Hopefully the bits in between have made the [...]
Great Interview Week: Scientific Serendipity in Sydney
Great Interview Week continues in a scientific vein today. In last week’s Nature, a paper coming out of Dee Carter’s lab at the University of Sydney described the discovery of a previously unknown marine species. That, in itself, is noteworthy. However, the organism they found – an unremarkable unicellular brown alga – turns out to [...]
Great Interview Week: Scientific Serendipity in Sydney
Great Interview Week continues in a scientific vein today. In last week’s Nature, a paper coming out of Dee Carter’s lab at the University of Sydney described the discovery of a previously unknown marine species. That, in itself, is noteworthy. However, the organism they found – an unremarkable unicellular brown alga – turns out to [...]
Great Interview Week: A Shooter Girl Goes to Paris
I was thrilled when I drew Jennifer from No Place Like It for my second go at the Great Interview Experiment. Like your underwhelming correspondent, Jennifer is an expat (a Canadian in Paris) dragged overseas in a net of romantic entanglement with a furriner. Like myself, she seems happy to stay in her adopted home. [...]
Great Interview Week: Iron Maiden Ruined Everything
“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 [...]
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