ROMERO RECORDS
Editorial in The Sydney Morning Herald
by Adam Fulton April 27, 2012
It might be labelled madness, but they opted for Romero Records
The risks are many, the timing unfortunate and the chances of lucrative success slim. But that hasn’t put off Julian Curwin and Reanne Potter: they have started a record label. Read more >
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THE TANGO SALOON
Album review in The Sydney Morning Herald
by John Shand May 18, 2012
The latest round-up from The Tango Saloon blurs genres even further than before, with a distinct film-noir element now darkening the tumbleweeds and showdowns. Read more >
Album review in The Drum Media
by Adam D Mills July 8, 2008
Although a concept album based on that most enduring of horror icons, Count Dracula, Transylvania isn’t a grim, blood-soaked record of shrieking organs and shrill violins. Read more >
Album review in The Sydney Morning Herald
by John Shand August 9, 2008
If a mad mix of tango and cowboy music can be called “roots”, then Julian Curwin’s Tango Saloon moves away from them with this second album. Read more >
DARTH VEGAS
Album review in Rave Magazine
by Pete Walsh April 24, 2012
The vintage sepia-toned ‘50s influences that pervade their music also invade the cover art, which is as colourful as the album itself. Read more >
Album review in The Orange Press
by John Hardaker May 4, 2012
Within 3:37 I was completely convinced someone had been soaking my iPod in a concoction of mescaline and red cordial (with more than a dash of ADHD splashed in). Read more >
Album review in The Brag
by Tyler Broyles May 2012 (4 stars)
This long-awaited release from Sydney seven-piece Darth Vegas lurches from fun house to haunted house, vaults from church organ to circus organ, leaps from vaudeville to heavy metal – and that’s just in the first 90 seconds. Read more >
Album review in The AU Review
by Michael Aiken September 14, 2012
“Music for a Haitian Voodoo Priestess” sounds pleasingly like Ricky Martin being tortured by Slayer. Read more >
THE MANGO BALLOON (Julian Curwin)
Album review in The Sydney Morning Herald
by John Shand December 7, 2012
Attractive melodies materialise and dematerialise, and sounds flutter and float in the guitarist-composer’s delightfully genre-free approach. Read more >
