Tag: Benjamin Cooper
[MUSIC: Interview] Sunnyboys
Richard Burgman has been in a bunch of bands. He played in underground heroes Weddings Parties Anything and legendary punk outfit The Saints, but he’s probably best known as guitarist for 1980s quartet The Sunnyboys.
Posted: May 15th, 2013 under Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Sunnyboys, Vivid Live
[MUSIC:Interview] Bobby Womack
“I’m coming to see everybody down there at just the right time. I was green before, but I’m well-seasoned now.” Bobby Womack is the last person who can believably refer to himself as inexperienced, in any way. But then again, the man who is known as the Greatest Soul Singer In The World isn’t really in the business of being believable.
Posted: May 15th, 2013 under Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Bobby Womack, Vivid Live
[MUSIC: Interview] Kieran Ryan
Kieran Ryan Kid Solo By Benjamin Cooper Kieran Ryan’s debut album is an exquisite piece of work. The eponymous release differs in purpose and aesthetics when compared to his earlier work alongside cousin Kishore as Kid Sam. The ambition of the work has not changed, but the Taree-born artist’s scope now encompasses the minutiae of [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2013 under Brag 510, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Kieran Ryan
[MUSIC: Album Review] Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees are full of surprises. They’ve released six studio albums in the last five years capped off by last September’s largely solo John Dwyer effort, Putrifiers II.
Posted: April 22nd, 2013 under Album Reviews, Brag 509, Music.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Castle Face, Floating Coffin, Thee Oh Sees
[MUSIC: Album Review] Kieran Ryan – Kieran Ryan
Kieran Ryan was the guitar and vocals half of Taree via Melbourne band Kid Sam. You probably remember them: two cousins making scratchy, melodic post-industrial songs that got stuck in your head. Their 2009 self-titled debut album was preoccupied with the elegance of life’s minutiae, and a whole lot of death and creeping darkness. It was so achingly beautiful it was recognised with a nomination for the Australian Music Prize.
Posted: April 15th, 2013 under Album Reviews, Brag 508, Music.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Kieran Ryan, Spunk Records