The Shins ‘Heartworms’ The first single released from this album, Dead Alive, was a little misleading. The Shins’ frontman James Mercer knew what he was doing though when he released it. Rhythmically, it’s a throwback to the band’s first record, Oh, Inverted World, so it doesn’t alienate the group’s loyal fan base, the ones who […]
Read moreHOLY HOLY “Paint” At some point after the release of Holy Holy’s 2015 debut ‘When the Storms Would Come’, a trusted confidante told guitarist Oscar Dawson that they’d made an album that really wasn’t in keeping with the times. Rather than take that as a compliment, Dawson was horrified: Are we that daggy, he thought […]
Read moreEditor of Rolling Stone Australia, Rod Yates, reviews ‘America’s Velvet Glory’ by The Molochs on Episode 6 of The Right Note.
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