April 15, 2008 | Music | 
by Kate Suters |
It may have been a bad move on my behalf to play the soulful tracks of Duffy for the first time at 9:30 this morning. Read more
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April 12, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
In the milliseconds between pressing play on the latest album from James and settling back onto your comfy bed and adjusting yourself just so, life is seemingly ordinary. Then the music begins. Read more
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April 1, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
Dark and somewhat extraterrestrial, The Preset’s sophomore album Apocalypso has just landed on my desk and I’m beside myself. Starting off with the aptly titled Kicking and Screaming, the boys, true to form, dress their fans in space suits and rocket around the galaxy with techno pop anthems such as My People and If I know You. Read more
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March 31, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
It was late afternoon in Sydney on a rare sunny summer’s day when I pressed play on Cut Copy’s latest album, In Ghost Colours, and immediately felt like I was in the midst of an awesome chilled out holiday. Read more
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March 12, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
Growing up on the road in the deep south of America will either maim you or make you stronger. In Ryan Bingham’s case, it was the latter. Read more
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March 11, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
Inspiration can come from strange places. Singer-songwriter (and former pro-skateboarder) Matt Costa credits staring at his green wall for his second album, Unfamiliar Faces. The method to his madness involved placing his most treasured items on the wall’s shelves — and staring at them until the memories and inspiration flowed. Read more
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March 6, 2008 | Art | by Kate Suters |
That street art has defined our cities as a myriad of individual cultures has nothing to do with most people’s knee-jerk reaction to it. Despite negative media coverage, most people do enjoy the randomness and intricacies of street art. It’s only when the ingenuity wears off and our cityscapes are vandalised with meaningless second-rate versions — commercial and otherwise — that we tend to get bored or angry at its appearance. How fitting then that culture commentator, Francesca Gavin, has taken on the task of documenting the latest talents in street art in her book Street Renegades: New Underground Art. Read more
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February 19, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I’ve never listened to The Eels before. Yup, blame it on all the other sweet stuff circling the globe right now. So how lucky am I then that The Eels have decided to release the aptly titled Meet The Eels, a compilation of their sweetest music from 1996 -2006. Read more
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January 30, 2008 | Music | by Kate Suters |
As the world’s New Year resolutions slide on down the proverbial gurgler, so does my simple yearning to start a rock band and change the world. After listening to the epic, intergalatic rock ‘n’ roll ramblings on The Mars Volta’s newbie, The Bedlam in Goliath, I reckon it’s best to leave that stuff to the experts. A torrent of guitars, dense vocals, and clipped beats, this is a stunning album, complete with mind-blowing artwork. [see also The Killers]
Listen to the Mars Volta track, Askepios.
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December 18, 2007 | Music | by Kate Suters |
We spoke recently with Thom Moore, frontman for Sydney-based buzz band, Mercy Arms. How does it feel to have finally released your debut EP, Kept Low? ‘It’s great to finally get it out. It’s been so long, but we just took our time with it without rushing like some bands make the mistake of doing. It’s a great feeling to see your work on the shelf at a record store’. Read more
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December 11, 2007 | Art | by Kate Suters |
I’ve been a big fan of Michelle Vandermeer’s work since I came across her Mini Majellen zines at this year’s Sydney Writers Festival. Describing herself as a doer — as in one of those people who are always doing or making something — Michelle’s work, which includes book binding, illustration, jewelery making and her zines, stems from an internal creative springboard and a double degree in architecture and graphic design. Her work is smart and succinct. Read more
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December 1, 2007 | Illustration | by Kate Suters |
We’ve been touting the work of Australian illustrator Lang Leav, creator of Akina, for some time now. She’s just created a new character — Pandora [above] — as well as re-launched her website, so we figured it was a good time to get the low down. We last spoke to you in July. What have you been doing since then? ‘Since July, I have been really focused on defining what Akina is and in which direction I want to head. I have decided to stay away from mainstream fashion and carve a little niche for myself that hones in on the three things I am most passionate about — art, books and fashion’. Read more
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November 23, 2007 | Music | by Kate Suters |
Ian Brown has never been a man to look back. Formerly the lead singer of the Stones Roses - an eclectically talented group that never quite reached full potential - he has since carved out a successful solo career, moving well beyond the poppy melodrama of Fools Gold and into a more left-field sonic terrain. His fifth solo album - The World is Yours - is another example of his determination to experiment. Amidst orchestral signposts pointing to easy listening, and with a little help from his friends Sinead O’Connor, Andy Rourke of The Smiths and The Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Brown has created a sound which is lush and very, very lovely.
For old times sake, check out the blistering pop rumble of Fools Gold.
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November 22, 2007 | Music | by Kate Suters |
PJ Harvey is a wearer of many hats. Or a woman of many faces, depending on how you want to look at it. Her latest release — White Chalk — is as different to Uh Huh Her as it is from Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. Confused? Don’t be. Let Harvey’s beguiling voice take you deep into to your innermost thoughts for clarification. [read an interview with PJ Harvey]
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November 20, 2007 | Video | by Kate Suters |
I’ve just discovered Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip’s Thou Shalt Always Kill and can’t stop nodding my head. The Beatles were just a band? Now, that’s a big call. [see also Regina Spektor]
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George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more
We spoke with Patience, lead singer of Australian band The Grates, about the new album the group are in the process of writing. Read more
Dear Miss Helena, one time host of children’s show Romper Room, you have a lot to answer for. Yes, squeaky clean Miss Helena of wholesome blouse and values, I have not forgotten those childhood years spent patiently glued to the television waiting for you to call out my name through the magic ‘looking glass’ — that portal to ‘good’ children everywhere. Read more
A project of my producer and drummer, Tucker Martine, Mount Analog’s soundscapes are gorgeous, melty mixes of organic and processed sounds. Martine brings the best musicians together to create strange and beautiful music.
This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. Read more
Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more
Maverick artist come architect, Michael Jantzen, has created this fantastic experiment as a design study for a modular prefabricated eco-friendly house. Read more
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We’re big fans of Texas-based group, Midlake, whose melodic indie-rock is deliciously produced. We interviewed guitarist Eric Pulido. Read more
Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more
Taking a cue from Trevor Brown, Mainland Chinese artist Zhang Peng creates highly stylized photographs of women, whom he tweaks, with deft usage of the liquify function in Photoshop, to look like dolls. Read more
Brazilian artist Carla Tennenbaum has come up with some pretty awesome decorative pieces made completely out of discarded EVA foam, the non-biodegradable stuff usually used to pad sports equipment. Read more
Things are happening almost too quickly for Sally Seltmann, the bashful Melbourne balladeer who plays under the guise of New Buffalo and who wrote Feist’s 2007 hit single, 1,2,3,4. Read more
For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more
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