Tape/Off – …And Sometimes Gladness: Cam’s Review Corner
February 2, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

Brisbane’s resident maestros of fuzzed-up indie rock, Tape/Off, return with their second 5-track album, …And Sometimes Gladness, following 2010’s rambunctiously confident debut Unreel Unravel.
Dirty Projectors with Bjork – Mount Wittenberg Orca: Cam’s Review Corner
January 19, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
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Brooklyn’s genre-bending Dirty Projectors team up with Bjork to produce a largely a cappella song cycle about whales and their displeasure about the badness of humanity.
Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow: Cam’s Review Corner
January 16, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Album Reviews, Cam's Review Corner, Music

It’s not for no reason that reams of interesting artists such as PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, John Lydon, Muse and Bjork cite Kate Bush as a major influence.
The Great Australian Songbook: Cam’s Review Corner
January 8, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Album Reviews, Cam's Review Corner, Music

Another compilation sure to ignite furious why-didn’t-they-include… arguments, The Great Australian Songbook is a noble effort to represent the best Oz rock of the last century, as well as this one.
Tara Simmons – Be Gone (Single): Cam’s Review Corner
January 4, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music
Brisbane indie-pop visionary Tara Simmons gives us a tantalising taste of her forthcoming second album with lead single Be Gone.
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (Experience Edition): Cam’s Review Corner
January 3, 2012 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

With its spacey synths and long songs, Pink Floyd’s 1975 follow-up to the commercially colossal Dark Side of the Moon album proved to be a return to the band’s more explicitly prog-rock stylings of earlier works.
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon [Experience Edition]: Cam’s Review Corner
December 26, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

There’s little that hasn’t been said about Pink Floyd’s 1973 opus, The Dark Side of the Moon. It’s long been part of the classic rock canon, and deservedly so, especially if sales figures have anything to do with it. Not too many albums can boast an uninterrupted 15-year run on the UK Billboard charts.
U2 – Achtung Baby (Deluxe Edition): Cam’s Review Corner
December 17, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since fans expecting another dose of echo-heavy spiritual earnestness from its chief purveyors were confronted with the shrill sounds of Zoo Station tearing out of their speakers.
Bluejuice – Company: Cam’s Review Corner
December 14, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

Getting plenty of airplay and admiration at present, Sydney’s Bluejuice give us their third album, Company – twelve tracks of criminally catchy indy/disco/pop-rock.
Wavves – Life Sux: Cam’s Review Corner
November 26, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
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LA’s Wavves arrived on the skate/pop/punk/skuzz scene in 2009 with their self-titled debut. They return with their third release, an 8-track mini album (if you include the two bonus tracks) by the refreshingly honest name of Life Sux. Wavves is the brain child of lead singer Nathan Williams, who writes all songs on the album, apart from opening track Bug, on which he shares a writing credit with Stephen Pope.
The Beach Boys – Smile: Album Reviews
November 16, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
Filed under Cam's Review Corner, Music

Given that the Beatles were spurred on to produce Sergeant Pepper by the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, the mind can only boggle at the chain of inspiration that might have eventuated had the Beach Boys been able to complete their legendary ‘lost’ Smile album at the height of the 60s.
David Guetta – Nothing But the Beat: Cam’s Review Corner
November 15, 2011 by Cameron Macintosh Jr
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Ubiquitous producer extraordinaire David Guetta is back (not that he ever seems to go away) with a two-CD set of new music; Nothing But the Beat.


