indie

Fresh Out The Box
Indie group Box Elder are a fairly new, yet glorious arrival to the Adelaide scene. I spoke with the lads to get their take on all things musical... Box Elder are…a 5 piece that play alternative noise based songs. We’ve been playing around Adelaide for the past year or so and are working on recording for an EP. Our major musical...
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CD | Telekinesis | TELEKINESIS!
Michael Benjamin Lerner is Telekinesis. Lerner is also an American that managed to make an English-sounding debut album. This 22-year-old alone created Telekinesis!, which was then produced and engineered by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla. An eclectic mix of typical indie sounds and some 60s-inspired surf-pop, Lerner’s first musical ...
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CD | Metric | FANTASIES
I’ve never seen an indie band so incorrectly labelled. The very premise of indie music is that it is limited, secret – unknown even. But Canadian four-piece Metric have already beaten Kings of Leon to the number one spot in the Canadian charts, with their newly released single ‘Help I’m Alive’. Of course labels and gen...
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CD | Justin Townes Earle | MIDNIGHT AT THE MOVIES
As a person who is drawn to music by the amount of synth it spews forth, I did not expect to like a country album; no matter how ‘alternative’ it claimed to be. But its mandolin hooks, and knee-slapping tempos converted me almost immediately. Midnight at the Movies is Justin Townes Earle’s second album, and boy does it deliver. ...
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