The Brag

For a band trying to shake off comparisons to Neil Young’s early years, Adelaide’s Leader Cheetah sure do send out conflicting messages, taking to the stage tonight in all manner of flannel, tan leather and brown calfskin pants, a style straight out of the early-’70s West Coast Americana of The Eagles, Jackson Browne et al. [...]

Posted: August 15th, 2011 under Brag 424 (August 8), Live Reviews, Music, Splendour In The Grass 2011.
Tags: Gomez, Hugh Robertson, Leader Cheetah, The Brag, The Metro Theatre

Leader Cheetah Lotus Skies Spunk Records/ EMI ***1/2 Leader Cheetah’s formula is nothing new. Neil Young laid its bones out nearly 40 years ago, and countless acts have used it since as a skin for lesser songs than his. Dan Crannitch’s voice does sound a little like Young’s initially, but close inspection betrays a gravity [...]

Posted: July 25th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 421 (july 18), Music.
Tags: Leader Cheetah, Lotus Skies, Luke Telford, The Brag

Leader Cheetah Remaining Men Together By Caitlin Welsh Daniel Crannitch and Daniel Pash, the frontman and lead guitarist respectively for Adelaide retro-rockers Leader Cheetah, are genteel boys. As they sit patiently through a run of interviews at Kawa in Surry Hills, their vintage shirts look clean and pressed and their manners are endearingly proper. Being [...]

Posted: July 18th, 2011 under Brag 420 (July 11), Music, Music - Interview, Splendour In The Grass 2011.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Leader Cheetah, Lotus Skies, The Brag

Leader Cheetah are a tight outfit and strummed out a good set, but I spent the entire time waiting for them to peak. I may be being harsh – their drummer was a powerhouse and when they all chimed in around the frontman, their harmonies were impressive – but they were generally just underwhelming and [...]

Posted: July 4th, 2011 under Brag 418 (June 27), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Leader Cheetah, The Brag, The Metro Theatre, The Middle East, Tim Lea