earwax magazine

It’s very easy to look at combinations of different styles of music as being a bit passe these days.  The eighties and nineties were littered with artists blending folkloric influences with mainstream western pop music (particularly dance) and sophisticated studio techniques.  Some like Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel had massive commercial success with their collaborations […]

reviewed by Andrew Sinclair.
The last few years has seen the birth of a new generation of Australian indie bands that for the first time are creating trends and sounds instead of imitating them from our friends in the US and UK. These bands include Damn Arms, Love Of Diagrams, The Lost Valentinos, Young & […]

Reviewed by Jacinta Rosielle
Snowman’s new album is a walk through a dark jungle, complete with nasty surprises and comforting spirits. “The Horse, The Rat, and The Swan” is beautifully harsh, sweet, noisy and gentle, all at once. With tribal drums, chants, swampy guitar and a whole lot of noise provided by feedback […]

Review of Shine a Light – Martin Scorsese
By Casey Chan
Can you picture yourself at age 60 doing what you’re doing now?” asks Dick Cavett of Mick Jagger in a 1972 TV interview. “Easily. Yeah,” replies the soft-spoken rock star. Back then, of course, nobody knew what a 60-year-old rock-and-roller looked like—the question itself implied that […]

By Fiona Digney
Almost three years after the release of the ground breaking album “Medulla”, Bjőrk has produced her seventh solo album, Volta.  Released worldwide on May 8, 2007 in three forms, a digipak CD, CD/DVD including surround audio in DTS and a double vinyl, Volta soon became a huge hit with the thousands of Bjőrk […]

By Shayne Harris
For those individuals unfamiliar with the antics and escapades of child-like composer/harpist Joanna Newsom, her album Ys can procure a startling first impression. While not wholly dissimilar to her previous album The Milk-Eyed Mender, the form and deliverance of Ys adds a richness of intent and a sumptuous musical texture to the ears […]

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