Collarbones
I’ve been meaning to say something about Collarbones for a while now. There’s been quite a bit of excited chatter about the Sydney/Adelaide duo, and not without good reason. Marcus Whale and Travis...
View ArticleMelodie Nelson
Via Australian label Other Tongues we have Melodie Nelson, the solo project of Sydney-based Lia Tsamoglou. “My Johnny” is a skewed take on Spectoresque 60s teen pop, infusing the typical...
View ArticleCollarbones– “The Ghostship”
Australian chilltronica duo Collarbones have been killing it recently, confecting idiosyncratic and opaque tunes that might be equal parts Junior Boys and Clams Casino, but to spend too much time...
View ArticleInterview: Collarbones
Collarbones exist as the collaboration between Adelaide resident Travis Cook and Sydney’s Marcus Whale. The band’s debut LP, Iconography, was released earlier this year to widespread critical success....
View ArticleGemma Pike’s Top 11 Albums of 2011
On Monday we went through our top dozen records of 2011 (check it out here, if you missed it). For the rest of the week, individual life is noisers have been going over their top records for the year....
View ArticleCollarbones — “Don Juan” (Daedelus Remix)
After touring Australia last year, Daedelus has given the remix treatment to Collarbones, the Adelaide/Sydney duo that supported him on the tour. As Deadelus explains, “each night they’d play the...
View ArticleBig Scary — “Bad Friends” (Vorad Fils/Collarbones Remix)
The remix is an interesting phenomenon. At its worst, it’s a lazy attempt to make a song more danceable. At its best, it’s a subtle but nonetheless substantial alteration in a song’s feel, taking the...
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