Michael Awosoga-Samuel
Michael Awosoga-Samuel is a former Readings bookseller
Review — 21 Aug 2012
Algiers by Calexico
[[calexico]]Joey Burns and John Convertino of Tucson Arizona’s alt-country band Calexico have played music together for over 20 years. Algiers is their first release in four years, as well as…
Review — 30 Jul 2012
Cut The World (Live) by Antony & The Johnsons
[[antony2]]Antony Hegarty is always striving for purity of vision and Cut the World is his closest manifestation of it. Recorded live in Copenhagen in September 2011 with the Danish National…
Review — 30 Jul 2012
Mid Air by Paul Buchanan
[[paul-buch1]]Paul Buchanan, the lead singer for The Blue Nile, has finally released his first solo album, Mid Air, eight years after the last Blue Nile record.
Buchanan’s voice is…
Review — 2 Jul 2012
Idea of Happiness by Van She
[[van_she_2]]Sydney synth pop exponents Van She return with their much anticipated second long player.
Idea of Happiness was produced and engineered by the band in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The lead…
Review — 28 May 2012
Medicine Man by The Bamboos
Formed in 2000 by NZ guitarist Lance Ferguson, and through umpteen line-up changes, The Bamboos have evolved into a unique and tight funk unit praised by many as being the…
Review — 22 Apr 2012
Look Around the Corner by Quantic & Alice Russell
Quantic aka Will Holland has worked in and around the British funk and soul scene for almost 15 years and is now based in Cali, Columbia. Alice Russell is a…
Review — 22 Apr 2012
Drowned by Therese Bohman
Drowned is Bohman’s debut novel and it is immediately intriguing from the first pages. The story follows the paths of two sisters. Marina, the younger of the two, has been…
Review — 22 Apr 2012
Barton Hollow by Civil Wars
Husband and wife musical partners Joy Williams and John Paul White have crafted a selection of beautiful hushed country/folk vignettes. Their vocal stylings are pleasant to the ear; the music…