MAHALIA BARNES - THE SOUL MATES VOLUME 1 (LIBERATION)   //  July 25th, 2008
As you would suspect from the surname, Mahalia is indeed the daughter of a certain Cold Chisel frontman. 'The Soul Mates Volume 1' is aptly titled as it would seem all of Mahalia's good...

BECK - MODERN GUILT (UNIVERSAL)   //  July 25th, 2008
Genre bending Beck has come a long way from being that self confessed loser well over a decade ago. Over the years, he has frequently flirted with a multitude of styles and, although not always commercially...

SOUNDTRACK - MAMMA MIA! (POLYDOR)   //  July 10th, 2008
You don't need to be a reviewer to realise that reviewing the soundtrack for 'Mamma Mia!' is going to be a hard slog. In all honestly, anything compared to the brilliance of the original...

THE PRESETS - APOCALYPSO (MODULAR)   //  June 19th, 2008
It is always a relief to discover a local dance act who seem to push the boundaries of their genre a little bit more than even some of their international contemporaries although that diversity is exactly...

WESTLIFE - BACK HOME (SONY BMG)   //  June 19th, 2008
You don't have to be a psychic to guess what you should expect with a new Westlife album; ballads, ballads and more freckin' ballads. Considering that there is four times the voices, you would...

SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO (ISLAND)   //  June 19th, 2008
Having recently fallen for the magnificent 'Black And Gold', there were high expectations for Sam Sparro's debut album. And like any debut album, whilst mostly impressing, it can come across...

WEEZER - THE RED ALBUM (GEFFEN)   //  June 19th, 2008
There is this irresistable appeal about Weezer; almost like that daggy band that you really can't help but like. The funny thing is that, musically, they're one extremely tight unit that do...

CYNDI LAUPER - BRING YA TO THE BRINK (SONY BMG)   //  June 1st, 2008
Sure, it may have been some time since we last heard from Cyndi Lauper. Mostly remembered for her 80's hits ('Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', 'Time After Time', 'She Bop',...

DIMITRI FROM PARIS - RETURN TO THE PLAYBOY MANSION (DEFECTED)   //  May 29th, 2008
There is just something effortlessly cool about DJ Dimitri From Paris. Years ago, he released what many consider to be one of the greatest compilations out there, 'A Night At The Playboy Mansion'....

THE VINES - THE BEST OF (EMI)   //  May 23rd, 2008
At the start of the decade, you could not get much cooler in the alternative rock scene that The Vines. Not only did they dominate their Australian homeland but they also managed to create a rather big...