| Tour 11/25/07 Queenscliff Music Fest - Queenscliff 11/27/07 Live At The Chapel Prahran, Victoria 12/03/07 Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA 12/14/07 Fest of The Sun - Port Macquarie 12/18/07 Corner Hotel - Richmond, Victoria 12/30/07 Falls Fest - Lorne, Victoria 12/31/07 Falls Fest - Marion Bay, Tasmania Album Discography
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Cat Power, Beth Orton, Feist, Antony & The Johnsons, Bat For Lashes, Joanna Newsom, Mirah |
Patriotism isn't supposed to cloud your musical judgement, so I promise I'd love Clare Bowditch and her band The Feeding Set just as much if they were Scandinavian rather than Australian. No, really.
Clare won the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Award) for Best Female Artist 2006, and most people went 'who?' A Melburnian, she produces sweet, vaguely punky folk-rock with elements of indie and country, and has just released her third album, The Moon Looked On. She's been the supporting act for Cat Power and Elvis Costello, but her sound is pretty diverse- sweet vocals on a lush soundscape, like a quieter and less outrageous Feist. Australia has a crop of this sort of artist at the moment- Jen Cloher and Holly Throsby are others- but Clare is becoming the most popularly known.
Alongside guitar and piano, The Moon Looked On incorporates a few Indian and Thai elements into the mix, along with the entire Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, a French horn, a male choir, 17 gongs and god knows what else. It stays clear of self-indulgence through the mercy of clear, distinct song-writing. The first single, 'When the Lights Went Down' (you can hear it on Myspace), shows off her sound- rollicking, rich folk-indie. 'Monday Comes', from her 2005 EP Autumn Bone, is slower and sweeter. I'd highly recommend The Moon Looked On if you can get your hands on it. Interestingly, it comes with a second CD called 'Campfire', which is Clare solo with a guitar, stripped of all the French horns and audio layering.
11/26/2007 22:42:05
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