COUNTER CULTURE

Shining Bird have today released album number four! I started working with this band over a decade ago and still feel they are one of the most interesting bands in Australia and deserve to be heard by way more people. This album is the first on their own Silhouette Label after their long-time home, Spunk Records wrapped up a few months back. Ironically, I find this the most ‘Spunk’ sounding album from the band. It was once again produced by Tim Whitten and was done a lot more as a full band record this time around. There are vinyl copies...

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last did this column as I’ve been over in Japan digging for records for the shop, so this week I’m highlighting some of the great little Tokyo record stores, as well as talking about some personal record pick-ups. There is also a new single from Shining Bird out now with an album next week and a run of shows on the horizon including a great event down in Moruya. I’ve been to Tokyo a bunch of times and no doubt some of the best second-hand selections can be found in the chain...