Splendour in the Grass 2010. It’s a festival we’re all still talking about here at AU HQ – and so we thought we’d let a few more contributors (reviewers and photographers) share their experiences with you … Johnny Au: As a complete novice to camping at festivals I approached Splendour with a fair amount of…
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As New Zealand’s Artisan Guns travel around Australia with The Holidays and Hungry Kids of Hungary, supporting their new EP “Hearts”, I chatted with guitarist Jonathan Pearce about their East Coast tour, the new EP and more! Hey Guys! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us! My pleasure! It’s Jonathan here, I’m the…
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Killing Heidi’s Elle and Jesse Hooper. In the early 00s, it was hard to avoid their music, but as the scene changed, and their audience grew older, so did they, essentially disappearing from the scene after the release of their third album in 2004. It was at…
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As Andy Bull just finished mixing his new EP, The Phantom Pains, he has given a bunch of Sydneysiders the unique privilege to hear some of his new materials at Raval in Surry Hills, Sydney. It is also only a few days after Triple J, the nationally-networked Australian radio station, aired his new song “Dog”, featuring…
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I understand it was your birthday yesterday! Indeed, yes! So how hungover are you? Pretty hungover! *laughs* I read on your Twitter account that you had about 20 interviews to do in Australia today! That’s one kind of birthday present I suppose… It’s always nice to have so much love coming from Australia. At least…
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Hip Hop fans young and old filled the Hordern Pavilion to capacity on Wednesday night, there to experience the legends of the genre in the flesh: A Tribe Called Quest. For some in the room, tonight was not only a night they’d waited almost two decades to experience, but a night they perhaps never thought…
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A new Summa, a new flavour….Summadayze. Summadayze returns to Australia 2011! Here’s the lowdown on the first announcement. Head to the artist bios to find out if they’re playing in your city! David Guetta Armin Van Buuren* Justice (DJ Set)* N*E*R*D* Armand Van Helden* Bob Sinclar Chromeo* Boys Noize Erol Alkan* Miami Horror Claude Von…
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TICKET DETAILS: Standard Tickets: $135 + $7bf = $142 (no hidden charges) “More Expensive” Tickets: $195 + $7bf = $202 (no hidden charges) “More Expensive” ticket gets you access to the delightfully shaded “Botanic Bar”, which includes: * Speedier bar and a shit-load of toilets * A viewing platform to relax and unwind * A…
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The new LP from Melbourne’s Gosteleradio Good Deeds Against the Dead is a down beat affair that sounds as though it was written under the influence of a cocktail of illicit substances and Pink Floyd’s back catalogue. Formed as a side project of Plug in City and TTT, Gosteleradio are one of the more interesting…
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The Falls Music and Arts Festival jukebox is bursting with goodness, spinning inside, raring to be unleashed. Lean over and flick through because this sound machine is filled to the brim with talent from near and far that will make your skin tingle and your mind blow. Celebrating a magnificent 18 years in Lorne and…
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Sunset Sounds’ smooth grooves and fine rockin’ tunes are warming up for this hot summer festival – back for the third year in 2011 after sell out shows the past two years running. Set under the lush green canopies of Brisbane’s magnificent City and Botanic Gardens, this gathering of superfine artists from near and far…
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Buick Six aren’t releasing ground breaking music. Everything on their Common Arms EP is derivative of seventies rock and the early nineties garage scene. However, there is something obscenely endearing about their particular brand of guitar driven rock that is packed full of energy, mischief and killer hooks. The boys from Brisbane have taken on…
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SOUNDWAVE RETURNS, BIGGER, BETTER & GOING WHERE NO FESTIVAL HAS GONE BEFORE… There used to be a saying at Soundwave that no one band is bigger than the festival. That saying will be tested in 2011 as we proudly announce a rare chance to see rock legends IRON MAIDEN as the headline artist for next…
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Brisbane artist Dan Parsons made the trek down to Melbourne this weekend to showcase the tunes from his debut LP Firestarter. First stop was a set with the full band at The Toff In Town, a cozy venue with a lively atmosphere that suited the mood of the music. Parsons is a confident entertainer who…
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When attending Splendour in the Grass, one part of the day quite difficult to make it in time for is anything pre-Noon. Two bands who fit into this category conveniently joined forces for a wonderful evening at the Oxford Art Factory, and my final Splendour in the Grass sideshow for 2010. Having regretfully missed a…
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All girl rock bands are not only few and far between in the current live music scene, but I think it’s fair to say that they’ve always been a rarity. Enter Creepers, a five piece Sydney band, made up entirely of talented females, two of which kick the shit out of the drums quite frequently….
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As I entered the Splendour grounds for the final day – exhausted, aching, sunburnt – I couldn’t help but feel quite at a loss as to what my life would be like without sleeping in an overheated van, experiencing such amazing music in the middle of nowhere. It has truly been an outstanding weekend I…
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Broken Social Scene is a group that masters the art of musical collaboration, a talent which has shaped the constant development and diversity of sound which exists in their music. With the ubiquitous dynamic between its varied and multiple members, and the resulting sentience in their sound, Broken Social Scene have become one of the…
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Here’s a scrawling of memories regarding a gig at the lovely Factory Theatre in Sydney that involved a certain formido Leporidae – Frightened Rabbit to quote the Latin. I arrived a little late and missed the start of support act Sierra Fin. However, the group showed some nice enthusiasm, especially drummer Frosty who used his…
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There was electricity in the air of the Prince Bandroom as hundreds of excited punters braved the stormy weather and made the trek down to St. Kilda to catch electro-pop wonders Passion Pit on the last of their Splendour in the Grass sideshows. Supporting the boys on their Australian tour were The Joy Formidable who…
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Just two days ago, the Metro Theatre was faced with a dark divide: on one side were the loitering, cigarette smoking hipsters; and the other, groups of chubby middle-aged men joking loudly and drinking VB. It’s moments like these which bring a tear to my eye, proud of music’s role in bringing all sorts of…
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Once again, Oxford Art Factory has played host to a night for the memory bank with The Drums throwing one hell of a party. This review is a tad behind schedule for reasons beyond control of Ares the mighty war god, but here it is for you to peruse. Before I get to the goodness…
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From the minute I entered the venue on day two, I found myself feeling much more a part of the festival atmosphere than I did the day prior. What would go on to happen today and the next would prove Splendour 2010 to be the best festival I’ve ever attended in the Southern Hemisphere –…
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The wonderful fortnight of Splendour in the Grass sideshows continued last night with the sole international hip hop artist to get a spot on the lineup: Canada’s K-OS. Catching him briefly at Splendour and being blown away by his set at Good Vibrations many years ago, I had eagerly anticipated his sideshow. I arrived at…
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48 hours or so after Splendour came to an end, I return to Sydney slightly under the weather, with the memories of an excellent weekend that passed by all too quickly. Thankfully, the sideshows continue around the city and the country, keeping our live music withdrawals at bay – at least for the moment. The…
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It’s a little overdue, but now is as good a time as any to take a look-see at Tame Impala’s debut album InnerSpeaker. Given the belated nature of this review there is a good chance that you have probably heard most of the LP, or even acquired its goodness for your own enjoyment. Nevertheless, there…
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After hearing about the epic 6 hour delays some punters encountered entering the camping area in the later hours of Thursday evening, I couldn’t help but be thankful I had elected to stay in a hotel in Brisbane for the first night. Thankfully, the delays were down to between 1 and 2 hours by the…
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“No-one told you to come to my concert, and that’s what I appreciate the most. There’s no sheep in this crowd.” -Richard Ashcroft, prior to his embarrassing Splendour fiasco. Ashcroft is the soul of an era once past, one of the few britpop legends managing to survive with the same dignity they once possessed. His…
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A large crowd was crammed into the Workers bandroom to watch local folktronic act Goodnight Owl launch the film clip for “Maps and Compasses”, taken from their recently released self titled EP. Supporting the band were a young group from Geelong called Sleep Decade. Sleep Decade were a pleasant surprise with their pleasant blend of…
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Brisbane’s finest purveyors of indie pop, The Boat People, graced the Worker’s Club with one of the final shows on their Dear Darkly album launch tour. First on the billing were local act Drugs In Vegas. Formed in their final year of high school, Drugs In Vegas have already amassed quite the fan base through…
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