by Kylie Auldist
Kylie Auldist Family Tree (PBS feature record)
Timing can be everything. Well, maybe not everything but right now I reckon it’s quite a lot for Melbourne superstar, Kylie Auldist. For the past few months, her voice has been heard throughout Europe, thanks to a remix of a seven-year-old soul song for Cookin’ on Three Burners called ‘This Girl’ with Auldist on vocals, by French DJ, Kungs. Thanks to its massive chart success, Kylie has recently returned from two European club tours, right on time to release her third solo album. Sweet! She is on a high, looking radiant, sounding as strong as ever and is most certainly performance fit. What better time to release her brand new album Family Tree. This is an album that shows off more of her style than we have seen before and accompanied by the sounds she loves the most. It’s also a nod to the era of music that Kylie grew up listening to: disco, 80s, dance, boogie and electro-funk. The synth in this album is really outstanding. Working again with Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos, an original member of Cookin’ on 3 Burners, Lanu, ex-PBS announcer) and Graeme Pogson (GL, The Bamboos) was definitely the right decision; they know Kylie all too well - performing together for the last 10 years or so. The album is not only an exciting listen, it’s a joy to hear Kylie so strong and owning her songs so convincingly, even the cover of Cold Chisel’s “Saturday Night”.
Family Tree is a huge listen from start to finish, with every track either marching you straight to the dance floor or getting your grind on at home. I am a massive fan of Kylie and so many songs on this new album. With Spring right around the corner, she has brought the warmth just that little bit earlier for us. Right in the nick of time! It’s most certainly her time to shine.
Review by Lyndelle (The Afterglow)
Tim Richmond Group What's In The Middle? (Featured on The Breakfast Spread)
Curiouser and curiouser. Tim Richmond and his group unfurl all sorts of weird and exotic brilliance on this understated banger of a record. Strange and meandering, it heads into folk, funk, hip hop and rock 'n' roll territory and comes back with the goods. Joe Alexander and Mark Monnone hit some monstrous grooves and hold it down as Richmond takes off on flights of fancy. What is most striking about the record is how well all of these disparate influences and ideas have been blended together - this feels more like synthesis on a molecular level than the smashing together of rocks. "What's in the Middle?" keeps twisting and turning every time you think you've got it figured out. Joyful and refreshing, this is the musical kick in the arse that I've been looking for this year.
Review by Nick Brown (The Breakfast Spread)
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