Alex Cameron: The Great Pretender

Sep 13, 2017

On Forced Witness — in which Cameron fleshes out threadbare karaoke instrumentation into something resembling stadium-sized aspiration, crooning over bastardised synth-pop in the vein of Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” — it’s hard to distinguish between artifice and honesty.

Alex Cameron 'Forced Witness' / Pitchfork album review

Sep 9, 2017

The art-sleaze of Alex Cameron’s second album transcends its surface-level smarm to become a biting piece of commentary. Thankfully, the songs are as effortlessly catchy as they are eminently creepy.

ALEX CAMERON: CHARACTER WITNESS

Sep 8, 2017

In his latest album, Alex Cameron cuts through a web of tension we’ve grown uncomfortably familiar with, exposing layers of love, pain, and potential. Offering poignant and empathetic character studies, his latest work in “Forced Witness” is an addictive shot of reality in this post-truth society.

Brooklyn Mag talks to Alex Cameron about his new record "Forced Witness"

Sep 5, 2017

“The stories by the latter, with their troubled character portraits, are the closest touch point for Cameron’s new batch of songs. But if the lyrics read like a darker, more modern O’Connor story, the music itself sounds like Bruce Springsteen filtered through Ariel Pink.”

It's Nice That talks to Cones about their new video "Back in the Brain"

Sep 5, 2017

“‘When I write a song, I am simultaneously visualising it,’ Jonathan tells It’s Nice That. ‘I often see a song as a line moving left to right, but more free.’ This movability is visible in the musician’s latest music video which uses minimal lines to illustrate the journey of a wobbling stoner.”

Alex Cameron 'Forced Witness' / Loud and Quiet album review

Sep 4, 2017

‘Forced Witness’ is full of “pussy” and what feels like a hundred double-take lyrics capable of ghosting past you whilst you’re distracted by the endless melodies.

Mac Demarco/Flaming Lips co-headlining tour named top 15 concerts to see in September

Sep 1, 2017

The Oklahoman stalwarts make electronic-tinged psychedelia, while DeMarco pens earnest, slacker-rock jams — but their oddball personalities and charismatic live shows make perfect sense together.

This Old Dog included in “Pop Culture That Saved Summer 2017”

Sep 1, 2017

The indie-rocker’s third album contains his most immediate, heartfelt songwriting.

Stereogum included ‘Runnin’ Outta Luck’ in Best Videos of the Week feature

Sep 1, 2017

Nothing really happens in this video, but if you’re in the business of making videos, you should study it anyway.

EW included ‘Runnin’ Outta Luck’ in New Music Friday feature

Sep 1, 2017

“Runnin’ Outta Luck” has that anthemic quality that sets so many Killers songs apart, and Cameron’s delivery makes it one of his best tunes yet.

Pitchfork premiered new video ‘Runnin’ Outta Luck’

Aug 30, 2017

Australian singer-songwriter Alex Cameron has shared a new single, “Runnin’ Outta Luck,” and its music video.

Mac DeMarco isn’t just along for the ride

Aug 30, 2017

Mac DeMarco may no longer need to participate in medical experiments for pocket change, but nine years into his career, the 27-year-old Canadian soft rocker still isn’t taking anything for granted.

“Memory of a Cut Off Head” single review

Aug 30, 2017

On the album’s opening, title track, Dwyer sounds every bit as at ease as he did over the wild Richter-scale energy of his recent records.

Alex Cameron discovers a sense of self-awareness on Forced Witness

Aug 30, 2017

On Cameron’s debut album Jumping the Shark, the Australian-born singer-songwriter introduced the world to his washed out, farcical alter ego; a failed musician, and man of immense tragedy.

Alex Cameron shares “Runnin’ Outta Luck” ft. Brandon Flowers & Kirin J Callinan

Aug 30, 2017

Never one to shy away from ’80s rock sounds, “Runnin’ Outta Luck” is that in capital letters and could’ve appeared on the St. Elmo’s Fire soundtrack.

Mac DeMarco shares bizarre VR music video for 'This Old Dog'

Aug 29, 2017

Indie-rock goofball Mac DeMarco recently premiered a new music video for his song “This Old Dog,” the title track off of his latest album.

Mac DeMarco shares new "This Old Dog" VR music video: watch

Aug 28, 2017

Mac DeMarco has shared a new virtual reality music video for his song “This Old Dog,” the title track from his most recent album.

"This Old Dog" featured on Marie Claire's running tally of the best songs of 2017

Aug 28, 2017

Watch Mac DeMarco's psychedelic VR 'This Old Dog' video

Aug 28, 2017

Mac DeMarco’s head voyages through time and space – on the nose of a pug – in the psychedelic, virtual reality video for “This Old Dog.”

Henry Rollins interviews John Dwyer in Esquire

Aug 25, 2017

“...I’ve done my best to keep up with the man’s output, but he doesn’t make it easy: his releases just don’t let up. I have a great deal of admiration for not only John’s music but for the intensity with which he pursues it. In that way, he is a true artist, one who’s never taken the easy route.”

Flavorwire Interview: Alex Cameron and Saxophonist Roy Molloy Are the “Forced Witnesses” of Some Really Sad Men’s Lives

Aug 25, 2017

“I think I’m dying/Yeah, ’cause I’m frail and I’m tired/And I constantly complain about the pain I’m in,” willowy 28-year-old Sydney-based musician Alex Cameron booms in the opening notes of his band’s — officially comprised of him and his alto saxophonist/”business partner” Roy Molloy — sophomore album, Forced Witness (out September 8, via Secretly Canadian).

Photo Essay ‘A boat trip w/ Alex Cameron’

Aug 25, 2017

Now that you’ve had a look behind the curtain, check out Flore’s beautiful photos, along with a video for ‘Stranger’s Kiss’ (it features Angel Olsen and is 100% beautiful).

Pitchfork gives Oh Sees new album, "Orc" a 7.4

Aug 23, 2017

“Throughout the record, he sounds as eager to mess around with his singing as the music: the glorious, steamrolling sludge of “Animated Violence” is the closest Oh Sees have ever gotten to metal, with Dwyer dropping comically Gene Simmons-esque growls in between gleaming Thin Lizzy arpeggios.”

Paste Magazine loves Oh Sees new album, "Orc"

Aug 23, 2017

“..the record is an absolutely evil stunner from front to back, top to bottom, head to toes and everywhere in between, and whips up the same kind of radiant, strange awe that the band’s overdriven catalog has so generously perpetrated album after wicked album.”

Post Trash reviews Oh Sees new album "Orc"

Aug 22, 2017

“...as evinced by the reduction-of-band-name and its terse title, Orc aims to cut the fat off last years’ trial runs and introduce the new Oh Sees thesis as yet another Phlegethon of shrieking Gibsons and yelping Dwyers now aiming to fill observatories rather than dive bars.”