Declan Murphy
Declan Murphy is the Readings St Kilda music buyer
Review — 28 May 2013
Trouble Will Find Me by The National
Trouble Will Find Me is the highly anticipated sixth album from Ohio-by-way-of-Brooklyn band The National.
After topping many critics’ best-of lists for 2010 and finally achieving relative commercial success with…
Review — 7 Apr 2013
Minute By Minute by The James Hunter Six
Minute by Minute is British soul man James Hunter’s first record since 2008’s fantastic The Hard Way. It’s also his first to be recorded in America. In a very…
Review — 25 Mar 2013
I See Seaweed by The Drones
It’s practically impossible to do justice to the music of the nation’s finest band in a mere 80 words or so.
I See Seaweed is The Drones’ first record in…
Review — 25 Feb 2013
Forever Endeavour by Ron Sexsmith
There are few songwriters who leave one scrambling for superlatives, and Canadian troubadour Ronald Eldon Sexsmith is one such musician. Here is a man who apparently dreams up a couple…
Review — 28 Oct 2012
Blak & Blu by Clark Gary Jr
Hailing from Texas, Gary Clark Jr. is certainly the man of the moment.
Having first picked up the guitar at the tender age of seven, and been mentored by some…
Review — 28 Oct 2012
Expecting Company? by Henry Wagons
Beloved local hero Mr Wagons’ solo debut traverses the dark terrain of the deserted country back-roads of the soul in some style.
Along for the ride, amongst others, are such…
Review — 30 Sep 2012
Lonerism by Tame Impala
[[tame-impala-rev]]These young Perth boys blew our tiny minds with their masterful 2010 debut Innerspeaker, which created quite a splash overseas and earned them rave reviews from the likes of…
Review — 22 Aug 2012
The Carpenter by The Avett Brothers
[[avett-brothers]]After 2009’s wonderful I & Love & You, North Carolina’s Avett Brothers have once again joined forces with producer Rick Rubin for their new album The Carpenter.
The…
Review — 24 Jul 2012
Slay Me in My Sleep by Grand Salvo
[[grandsalvo]]Melbourne musicianPaddy Mann has beenquietly going about hisbusiness for some yearsnow under the guise ofGrand Salvo.
His sixthalbum, Slay Me in My Sleep, has seen himshift to Berlin, and…
Review — 24 Jul 2012
Carry Me Back by Old Crow Medicine Show
Who loves a hootenanny?Well batten down thehatches, folks, because oneof the best old-timey stringbands around are back intown and my how we’vemissed them.
Recorded at the legendarySound Emporium studios in…