by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Live | Pitchfork Music Festival – Union Park, Chicago
Friday, July 20, 2018 In a light drizzle, Chicago’s own The Curls took to the stage at 1 p.m. Blending everything from the B-52s to Frank Zappa, this five-piece band didn’t even notice the weather as they played with abandon. Throwing out…
by Kirsty Folan • • Comments Off on Album | Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Melbourne songwriter, Courtney Barnett is back with new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel. Laid back and effortless, the opening track, ‘Hopefulessness’ is an optimistic confession of vulnerability and depression as Courtney sings that “It’s ok to have a…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile aren’t exactly media darlings yet, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be soon. Lotta Sea Lice, their joint venture seems to defy expectations, creating one of the most surprising discs of the year. It doesn’t…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett’s full debut arrives with high expectations – and rightly so, given the strength of the two EPs that came before it. Collected together in 2013 as The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, those records earned her…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS Hearts Courtney Barnett
At the end of last year we heard Aussie artist Courtney Barnett’s brilliantly witty, autobiographical number ‘Avant Gardener’ and couldn’t keep ourselves from hunting her down and finding out what we could. Unsurprisingly, having heard her woozy guitar riffs, frank…