Living in Perth, the opportunity to tick an artist off of any “Bands to See Before I Die” list happens quite rarely, with Summer festivals the main opportunity to see acts not played on commercial radio. But in the same week, Indie ‘royalty’ Interpol and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah each played to a packed [...]

AaRON stands for ‘Artificial Animals Riding on Neverland’. Quite a whimsical name for a dreamy french duo. Some lovely music here. Get into it if you liked the Amelie soundtrack O-Song – AaRON (mp3)

I must admit I have never been to an event by RTRfm but I look forward to this one – a celebration of talented indie bands. Gonna be held in the Somerville Auditorium at UWA, ringed by pine trees so it should be lovely. Tickets up for $25 – get them at 78′s, concert on [...]

Ah don’t we all love a free compilation album. All the more so when it’s been specifically compiled for optimum video gameplay. That’s right. Asthmatic Kitty Records and a few associates have come together to compile an album of songs that are specifically chosen for their quality and the fact that they make good Audiosurf [...]

Yes that’s right, more free music. Hidden Shoal are an independent label who specialise in producing and distributing laid back and/or quirky music ranging from shoegaze, post-rock, minimalist and indie to trip-hop, electro and ambient. As of yet, they have three sampler albums out; The Least Vestige of Land, The Garden of Forking Paths, and [...]

fools, this is the regular author of this blog’s premiere music consultant. this is not to say my music taste matches hers, let alone my diet ( i do enjoy the consumption of meat, however respect the choice of people to be vegan, not my place to tell ya how u gotta eat). Ive been [...]

Oh yeah, another awesome store from the William street collective. Upon walking in, my first impression was ‘hey, there aren’t much clothes’, however I soon fell head over heels in love with this charming shop – there are so many wonderful, and utterly delightful little things littered about the store. It’s steeped in local culture, [...]

Check it! An awesome vid about vegan parents. When you think about it, children raised vegan are probably going to be more healthy than non vegan children who are exposed to fast food, white flour and generally processed foods high in sugar/salt, calories and low in phytonutrients.

All the small independent stores on William Street have banded together to form the William Street Collective – stores including Fi & Co, Harry Highpants (whom we visited in an earlier entry), Lala Orange, Mayday, Red Stripe and Stokey Dokes to name a few. They’re also releasing a quarterly called The Loop – find the [...]