Robert Townsend, Journalist

Live Review: The Cribs & Sures

Two days into 2013, we might already have seen one of the year’s best gigs.

Live Review: First Aid Kit

This was a lovely evening in the company of two delightfully sweet and very talented musicians.

Writer's Polls - Robert Townsend

Here's what Robert Townsend thought nailed in this past year.

Not Settling Down

"I’ll also spend some time in the States working with producers. I think it will be good to have the big studio influence as well as the organic bedroom songwriting process."

Album Review: Bored Nothing - Bored Nothing

This ‘greatest hits’, of sorts, has plenty of excellent moments and showcases a really fine songwriter and indeed a name to watch in 2013.

Album Review: The Tiger & Me - The Drifter’s Dawn

All in all, this is an album that is both interesting and rather rousing.

Live Review: Mystery Jets, Toucan

Album Review: Expatriate - Hyper/Hearts

The eventual result is an often high-energy record, with layered sounds and the hint of Berlin’s electronic influence complementing a classic four-piece band dynamic.

Album Review: White Arrows - Dry Land Is Not A Myth

This is clearly Church making music the way he envisions it.

The Greatest View

“It was the fucking Sydney Opera House! It’s a crazy experience. I didn’t know which way to turn so that nobody felt shunned.” Regina Spektor talks about her last Australian tour, and her new album.