Webcuts Music

A live taster of The Scare’s first official single to be released from their forthcoming pandemic-inducing second album OOZEVOODOO finds the boys in full swing at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel late last month. Webcuts was invited along for the ride to document the Victorian leg of the tour, which true to form, was eventful as it was entertaining — the boys did not disappoint and neither did the fans. “Could Be Bad” maps out the evolution of The Scare from noisy punks to swinging gentlemen and from the lack of attire in the front row, it seems these boys swing both ways…

Second Splendour line up in full and interview with Splendour promoter Jess Ducrou about the tremendous success of the festival, the process for picking the line-up and this year’s bands, future expansion of the site and the improvements in ticketing technology.

“Bitte Orca is an album for the background of a high concept coffee shop on your hipster street”. I’m getting that Reality Bites feeling…

Producer Danger Mouse and vocalist Helena Costas come together as Joker’s Daughter. It’s a mixed deck by all accounts.

Joker’s Daughter is the surprising but beguiling combination of producer Danger Mouse and etheral singer Helena Costas. In our review of their album we said “The Last Laugh could be seen as an contemporary interpretation of the folk tradition as performed by Shirley Collins, Veda Hille, and Vashti Bunyan.” The song and animated video for first single “Worm’s Head” is suitably ghostly and unnerving and like the title implies will worm its way into your subconscious.

You are one of the most successful alternative bands in English history and although seen as Britpop’s poster-child your career was actually multi-faceted ranging from madchester lite pop, to mining the best British rock from the ’60s to ’90s with addtional excursions into post-grunge and art-rock. However you face a dilemma. Whilst you’ve buried the hatchet [...]

To be honest, I don’t care for the Arctic Monkeys. If someone sent me the album to review, I’d most likely roll my eyes and fling it out the window, but it’s a slow news day and for some reason I was really taken aback and intrigued by that photo. Is that really the Arctic [...]

Having just released the second single “Summertime Clothes” from their acclaimed eighth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Chris Berkley from Static spoke to David Portner from Baltimore, Maryland’s favourite sons, Animal Collective and asked, among other things, what lurked behind the eye-catching artwork and whether or not they had been invited to play the venue they [...]

The sun is out, summer is here (in this part of the world) and Animal Collective have decided to get in on the action by releasing “Summertime Clothes” as the second single from their Webcuts-approved Merriweather Post Pavilon album which will be released on June 29 on 12″ and digital single. “Summertime Clothes” is a [...]

Okkervil River The Zoo, Brisbane 3rd May 2009 “No one wants to hear about your 97th tear” offers Will Sheff, he of red beard, bookish glasses and shaggy hair, during tonight’s opening rhyme heavy “Plus Ones”. Oh but we do. We want to hear ninety odd minutes of heartbreak and loss, songs about self harm, [...]