Canadian duo crank out the powerpop on album number six Reviewing Tegan & Sara’s work is difficult, if only because I’m pretty sure that what has hampered the group’s success – their open lesbianism, the fact that they are twins , and the perversely popular idea that they might...

The issue for Scarlett Johansson’s musical career is this: she’s so earnest in courting an indie music crowd that she risks alienating those adoring film fans who might actually slap $30 on the barrelhead for one of her albums. I mean, her first album was a collection of Tom Waits covers...

I’ll be the first to admit it – this blog has participated in some cheap Guy Sebastian bashing in the past. Not because I don’t like the guy – I think he’s amazingly talented. In fact, I’d go so far as to say he’s got the second best voice in Australia, behind Anna...

I have only just discovered Chickenfoot. Apparently their first performance together was in February 2008 at a Sammy Hagar concert in Las Vegas. When I read that, I had that terrible sinking feeling – perhaps I don’t have my finger on the pulse of music that I thought I had! But then I read that...

Incubus‘s last album was three years ago and there was the suggestion that this compilation was a contractual obligation to draw a line under their career. If that didn’t augur well for this retrospective, their ignoring two of their six albums here may raise a few eyebrows. There is nothing from...