COUNTER CULTURE

It’s time to start thinking about albums of the year, we’ve just started counting down our best sellers, and we’ve also opened up voting for your favourite albums, with the chance to win an Audio Technica LP120 turntable. It has been a year that at times I have thought wasn’t as strong for the album, but when I went to Australian Music Prize judging and as I try to narrow down my list, it is stronger than I initially thought. I’m interested to see what everyone votes for! Next Friday December 12th I’ll be returning to my roots in a...

The New Christs announce the Australian version of their Selected Works release, Private Wives announce their debut album, On Th Range DJ's at Thirroul Music Festival and two instores at Music Farmers this weekend.

New singles out now from Private Wives and Russell W, Gong Crawl is happening across the Wollongong CBD this Saturday and an On The Range DJ's set. 

Sultans Of Spin Record Club for November is happening this Sunday November 16th at La La La’s. This month’s album is an Australian classic and a groundbreaking album at a global level, The Avalanches Since I Left You. I first heard The Avalanches on the Au Go Go Records compilation Wonder From A Quarter Acre, they were more of a band set up on that, albeit a unique one. Then a few years later they returned with Since I Left You. What a wild debut, one that confused me for a while but I grew to love it over the...

A week in Melbourne involving the Australian Music Prize, record stores, live music at The Tote and more.