September 2010. by Greg Phillips AM’s Greg Phillips chats to Luka Bloom about his new album Dreams in America Despite Luka Bloom’s new album Dreams In America containing personally selected tracks from various stages of his two decade long career, it’s important to note that this is not a ‘best…
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ROSS WILSON
September 2010. By Greg Phillips Ross Wilson talks new album, guitar and harp. Ross Wilson had been working on this collection of tunes for the album ‘I Come In Peace’ for some time, thought they were kind of special and was awaiting the right opportunity to record them. Friend, producer…

CHILDREN COLLIDE-MERE THEORISTS
September 2010. By Reza Nasseri and Greg Phillips. Photos by Marty Williams They first punched us square in the face in 2008 with their contagious, fuzz-laden debut album ‘The Long Now’. lately melbourne’s three -piece rockers, Children Collide have been bombarding the airwaves with ‘Jelly legs’, the first single from…

MEGAN WASHINGTON-Fireflies in a jar
MEGAN WASHINGTON September 1, 2010 | Author: Megan Spencer There are those among us whose minds work differently when it comes to storytelling. Rather than sit down and ‘tell a story’, they sit down and and ‘tell a song’. These people are ‘hardwired’ for song… When stories start spinning in…

MIDLAKE-Soundcheck exclusive
It was the album ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’ which first set our lips smacking. A tasty combination of 70s west coast breeze and noughties alt-rock cool. It also gave us the alt-radio hit ‘Roscoe’. The less commercially successful, but equally impressive follow up, ‘The Courage of Others’ borrowed more…

CUSTOM KINGS
CUSTOM KINGS September 1, 2010 | Author: Jesse Shrock Custom Kings are back with a new album, ‘Great Escape’. AM’s Jesse Shrock chats to King pin Nick Vorrath about that very thing. For a group who incorporated folk, hip-hop, reggae and even punk influences into their sound – as The Custom…

CLARE BOWDITCH-Thoroughly Modern Clare
CLARE BOWDITCH SEPTEMBER 1 7, 2010 | Author: Greg Phillips A Casiotone keyboard and Roland loop pedal inspires beats and riffs for her new album “Modern Day Addiction’, Clare Bowditch tells AM mag’s Greg Phillips ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter Clare Bowditch has released a new album entitled Modern Day Addiction. It…