Review: The Great Pretenders [Mini Mansions]

The Great Pretenders [Mini Mansions]

by: Kitty White

Mini Mansions, a sharp dressed trio from California, are set to release their second album titled The Great Pretenders next week. With months of teased singles and videos the hype amongst fans is at an all time high, and for good reason, this album is wonderful. Mini Mansions have traded in their White Album-esque sound of their eponymous album for a much wider array of influences and cameos such as Alex Turner, Brian Wilson, and The B-52’s Fred Schneider. Although in writing it sounds like a motley crew, everything melds together into a perfectly sherbet colored dreamscape of an album.

Review: Foo Fighters at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

by: Nicola Willsmore

It was the Adelaide leg of the Foo Fighters stadium tour at Coopers Stadium on the 4^th March 2015. They played to a somewhat lively group of just over 25,000 people. Dave Grohl and his wonderful band proved to those promoters (*cough* AJ Maddah) who said that Adelaide is going through a “financial and mental depression due to a lacking music scene” that music is not dead in our city with his incredible charisma and 2.5 hour set of pure gold.

Review: No Cities To Love [Sleater-Kinney]

No Cities To Love- Sleater-Kinney

by: Kitty White

Thank the heavens for 2014 and the year Sleater-Kinney not only reunited but also announced a new album and tour. Now next week we can expect their new album No Cities To Love to sit on our shelves as if there was never a gap between 2006 and 2014. 

2014 In Review

I would just like to thank everyone who has read and contributed to RTTM in 2014 for making this a great first full year on the web. This blog has become much more than I could have ever imagined and it wouldn't have happened without all the help I've had. Thank you again and here's to an even better 2015! ~Kitty

Playlist of the Week: Summer in the Southern Hemisphere

by: Nicola Willsmore

Summer is here in Australia, and the hot weather came in quite quickly, so what better time to pull out the summer playlists?! I, personally like to listen to quite upbeat, lighter songs over the summer because they make me feel happy and full of energy to make the most out of the 2 months I have off of school. Usually I listen to a lot of the same songs over the summer but this year I’ve decided to start from scratch.

Playlist of the Week: Junior Highcore

by: Sabrina G

Remember all that alt rock that came out between like 2004 and 2009? Of course you do! Here’s betting your iPod nano was full of this stuff! I didn’t have an iAnything but I know I kept my Windows Media Player overloaded with Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence… and I still love it. Maybe I don’t listen to it quite as heavily as I once did. But I definitely enjoy it all. So here’s a playlist that might aid in a journey though Hot Topic filled days of past.

Review: Sonic Highways [Foo Fighters]

Sonic Highways- Foo Fighters

by: Kitty White

Foo Fighters released their eighth studio album Sonic Highways today to mixed reviews. The album features eight songs recorded in eight different US cities accompanied by an HBO mini series that focuses on the musical background of each of the cities and then ends each episode with the song from the featured city with a local legend playing along with Foo Fighters on the song. The guest artists feature some heavy names such as Rick Nielsen, Joe Walsh, Gary Clark Jr., and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie. Even with a star-studded cast of characters on the album, the album has fallen short of many people's expectations. It doesn’t feel right giving an overall broad opinion on this album seeing as each song really has it’s own background to it and therefore get’s a little messy. The project itself was quite ambitious so let’s start off giving credit where credit is due for Foo Fighters taking on such a task of a nationwide album. Sometimes first flights are a little rocky but there’s a few shining moments that still make it worthy of praise.