Monthly Archives: September 2005

One-time Lemonheads bass player Bill Gibson pointed us in the direction of this fansite download of a pick-up band rendition of the classic It’s A Shame About Ray album, for the Don’t Look Back series of gigs in London this … Continue reading →

More live bootleggy* stuff with girls singing; we’ll get back to out-of-print records and such in a day or two. Australian twee-core band Frente managed to blow their career by being associated with a novelty song twice, in different countries … Continue reading →

Producing and arranging Feist’s Let it Die seems to have set off a new phase in Gonzales’ creativity (though, interestingly, he hasn’t changed his name this time around), going on to perform similar behind-the-scenes roles on records by Jane Birkin, … Continue reading →

Last time Leslie Feist performed in Sydney, it was as sidewoman to Chilly Gonzales in January 2003. After an hour and a half of coming on and off to sing, banter and play occasional children’s instruments, Gonzo stepped down from … Continue reading →

Saw Martha Wainwright on Saturday night, her third show in Sydney: presumably on the strength of a Leonard Cohen tribute at the Opera House (and one show supporting her family) in January, as I didn’t even know the album was … Continue reading →

In the ’90s, Greta Gertler kicked about Sydney, playing the odd gig, doing the occasional collaboration, forming a band to complement her piano-led songwriting here, self-financing an album there. At the end of the decade, she lifted roots for New … Continue reading →