Articles tagged with australia

The debut album from Aussie’s Panda Band oozes inspiration from the likes of Pink Floyd and the Beach Boys, with a sprinkling of psycho-delicacies a la Flaming Lips. Perth’s five-piece have produced an album to rival Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible, albeit a tripped-out hippy’s version. The lads have done well for themselves so far with countless Western Australian Music Industry Award (WAMi) nominations, winning six within the last two years of...

Hailing from Australia, Wolfmother appear destined to be the new face of traditional hard rock, taking over from the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. After working their way round the world from Australia to LA, they recorded this, their debut album that was released originally in Australia in October 2005 and now in the USA.

At first listen, it sounds not a lot different to their heroes of the 1970s, however truth be...