INDIEVOTION SCORE: 7.5/10
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019
OFF RADAR [#2]: Sundara Karma – Ulfilas’ Alphabeth (2019)
OFF RADAR is a new blog feature with the sole purpose of highlighting all the albums that could have easily made INDIEVOTION's Album of the Week or Album of The Month but did not since due to unpredictable circumstances these albums weren’t given a proper, attentive listening by the time of their release though they all sound unquestionably good.
This week we have Sundara Karma exquisite full-length “Ulfilas’ Alphabeth” which easily stands out as one of the best, thrilling albums of this year so far.
From opening to closing song there emerges a stunning blend of sounds emerging mostly from the 70s grandiose explosion of vibrant music genres. We could say that “Ulfilas’ Alphabeth” is shamelessly Bowie-esque, saturated in Bowie-isms and Bowie-incarnations but it’s also a lecture about how to mix different musical influences and epochs combining them all coherent and consistently which resulted in a superb, aesthetically cohesive, refreshing musical trip with a handful of brilliant stand out hit songs.
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.75/10
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
AUSTRALIAN GEMS 2019 [#12]: Alex Lahey - The Best of Luck Club
Photo Credits: Conor Baxter
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.5/10
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
OFF RADAR [#1]: The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time (2019)
OFF RADAR is a new blog feature with the sole purpose of highlighting all the albums that could have easily made INDIEVOTION's Album of the Week or Album of The Month but did not since due to unpredictable circumstances these albums weren’t given a proper, attentive listening by the time of their release though they all sound unquestionably good. For a start we’ll begin with the epic excellence of “The Twilight Sad”.
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.5/10
Saturday, May 11, 2019
ALBUM OF THE WEEK [#19]: Control Top - Covert Contracts (2019)
Video Credits: Erin Roberts
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8/10
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
AUSTRALIAN GEMS 2019 [#11]: The Stroppies . Whoosh
Photo Credits: Naomi Lee Beveridge
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.5/10
Saturday, May 04, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
ALBUM OF THE WEEK [#15]: Tallies - Tallies (2019)
I’ve only recently bumped into Toronto’s four piece tallies and could not feel more enthusiastic about their fantastically refreshing self-titled debut album which will assuredly be an important part of many year-end lists when it comes the time to highlight the best music of 2019.
Tallies debut album is in many ways a glorious re-visitation of some the greatest Indie, Dream-Pop and Shoegaze sounds ever recorded. From opening to closing it stands as some sort of ultimate exercise on how to pay tribute to the genuine beauty of a band that goes by the name of The Sundays.
The dreamy, crystal clean, jangly guitars and the warm, tender, sugary vocals are unequivocally in line with what the Gavurin-Wheeler magicians masterfully did three decades ago.
If I were to describe Tallies sound I would surely say that it's The Sundays from their "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" period mixed along some notorious hints of Cocteau Twins, "Heaven or Las Vegas" phase with a little help from Johnny Marr guitar playing style with a pinch of Aztec Camera and a tiny bit of Orange Juice.
The outcome of this blend is a thrilling, gorgeous set of stand out songs: “Not So Proud”; “Trains and Snow”; “Easy Enough”; “Mother”; “Eden”; “Trouble” or “Midnight”. Such a stunningly good debut full-length might inevitability put considerable pressure upon Tallies sophomore album because the band has set the quality level really high.
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 9/10
Saturday, April 06, 2019
Thursday, April 04, 2019
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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