Issue 370

Wolfmother.

It's all about atmosphere, textural sounds, space and aesthetics for those three curly-haired 'motherbrothers' of Wolfmother. And that's precisely what producer Dave Sardy assisted in bringing to the band's self-titled debut album, according to bassist Chris Ross. "He was just perfect. I was impressed with his attention to detail, like the right tones, which is really important to us. I got this sense that he really understood us, he just got everything how we wanted...

Ladytron
Witching Hour
Island/UMG

Remember electroclash? Wasn't that a hilarious movement?

The main thing that stuck in my craw was that there were a bunch of bands that were vaguely lumped in with the movement who were far too talented and interesting to be so easily pigeonholed (Add N To X, Peaches, even - bafflingly - cut-up goddesses Cobra Killer) but the one that really made me choke on my rock criticism was Ladytron...

Hey, South Australia!

The dB Magazine Readers Awards (or, as we acronymically know it as, the dBras) is happening again and it's your chance to let us know what local talent has floated your rock'n'roll boat over the past 12 months!

Nominate your favourite bands, solo artists, DJs, releases, events, venues etc now!!