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Splendour in the Grass 2009 (Day 1)

We give an in-depth rundown on 2009's Splendour in the Grass festival including the good - The Flaming Lips, Happy Mondays, Bloc Party, Doves, Sarah Blasko, Specials, You Am I, MGMT and the frankly rather appalling - Kram, Grinspoon.

Adalita Srsen – Interview and Live Review, Bulli, Australia (2009)

Having first dipped her toes in the solo waters for the soundtrack to the movie Suburban Mayhem in 2006, Adalita Srsen has remained steadfast fronting Melbourne's mothers of sonic invention, Magic Dirt. Webcuts catches up with Adalita to discuss her transition into the solo arena.

By |2021-01-23T08:03:08+00:00August 2nd, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Los Angeles – 25 July 2009

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks played to an audience brimming with the intoxicating scent of bearded, checked-shirt sporting aging rock dudes. Vanessa From Queens was missing but the gang was all there.

By |2021-01-20T09:30:37+00:00July 30th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

HTRK, Ipso Facto, ROMANCE – London – 24 July 2009

Ipso Facto recently trimmed the fat, excising keyboardist Cherish Kaya in favour of the perfect rock triangle. The sound is now suitably streamlined, focussed and finessed -- the girls now move a like well-oiled, well-coiled machine.

By |2021-01-20T01:45:01+00:00July 25th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |10 Comments

Mercury Rev – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

Touring Australia on the bequest of the all-conquering Coldplay, Mercury Rev stopped into visit Static's Chris Berkley to talk about their latest album Snowflake Midnight and an impressive career that cannot be reigned in by simple film analogies.

By |2021-01-20T00:45:43+00:00June 30th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Grand Atlantic / The Lovers of Modern Art / We All Want To – Brisbane – 26 June 2009

Not ones to throw angular shapes the boys here strive to find the right notes and the majority of the time they hit them.

Atlas Sound – Sydney – 19 June 2009

I'd be surprised if the majority in attendance were familiar at all with Atlas Sound, but the crammed in masses of which Webcuts was one of the last to make the cut, were calling out requests that even Cox felt too obscure and unplayable.

Odawas – Interview with Michael Tapscott (2009)

The Blue Depths which focussed on ambient old school synths and majestic, dreamy mood-scapes yielded great dividends resulting in Odawas' most cohesive album to date. We recently spoke to Michael Tapscott about the beautiful depths of The Blue Depths, the Odawa live experience including SXSW, soundtracks and the mystery of the sea.

By |2021-01-22T01:20:38+00:00June 16th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments