Crowded House
New Zealand legends Crowded House have released their first music in over a decade with new single ‘Whatever You Want’. Fascinatingly, their return is marked by a swaggering, fuzzed-out bop from the rock veterans, anchored by a throbbing, groove-heavy bass line. While there are still flourishes of the band’s signature earthy folk, the song as […]
It’s almost been a week of little teasers from Crowded House but today the band have confirmed that the new release will be landing tomorrow. As well as that? It looks like it’ll feature Mac DeMarco. So far, the teasers have mostly just featured a pair of eyes with the hashtag #wyw. PB = PB […]
As they point out, Crowded House were “supposed to be on stages very soon” in Europe and elsewhere. However, they’ve since have had to accept “the new reality”, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast doubt over when global touring will recommence. In lieu, the band have begun sharing lockdown sessions which see each member recording […]
DMA’S were one over a dozen local acts to come together for digital ANZAC Day concert Music From The Home Front overnight. Socially distanced Aussie musicians performed a stack of originals and covers during the concert on Saturday, which was set up to pay tribute both to the ANZACs and front-line healthcare workers. One of […]
As a kid in the mid-’90s with a nascent interest in music, I started to explore my parents’ CD collection. Money was tight and so all entries held symbolic weight. There was The Beatles’ Abbey Road, The B-52’s self-titled LP and a curious amount of k.d. lang. There was also an album bearing a collaged […]
Once again Bluesfest has delivered the goddamn GOODS with an absolutely icon-stacked first lineup announcement for 2020 Topped by noneother than Crowded House and Dave Matthews Band, the Byron Bay spectacular’s 2020 bill also features Patti Smith And Her Band, Grammy winner George Benson in his Bluesfest debut, UK stalwarts Morcheeba plus locals John Butler, […]
If you would like to donate to support victims of the Christchurch shootings, head here. Neil Finn is opting out of social media in response to the devastating terror attack on a mosque in Christchurch this past weekend that claimed the lives of 50 innocent New Zealanders. The Crowded House legend and NZ native has taken […]
Many of us can link a certain album to pivotal moments in our lives. Whether it’s the first record you bought with your own money, the chord you first learnt to play on guitar, the song that soundtracked your first kiss, the album that got you those awkward and painful pubescent years or the one […]
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