Day: 18 September 2010

Dan Webb – The Northcote Social Club (15.09.10)

A small crowd ventured out on a freezing Wednesday night to take in the sounds of two up and coming local artists Goodnight Owl and Dan Webb.  Goodnight Owl take my breath away with their sweeping, electronic ambience that never fails to deliver live. Eddie Alexander has a disarming stage presence and put on a…

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Live Review and Photo Gallery: The Long Strides + Cin Ciaru + That Velvet Echo – The Rosemount, Perth (16.09.10)

Having arrived at Rosemount not having heard anything of the first two bands in the bill, I had goosebumps before I got through the door with the haunting strains of Scott Nicholas paired with the lustful soul of Gabrielle Harter drifting down the alleyway. It took me a while to reach for my camera as…

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The JD Birthday Set: Songs From Exile on Main Street – Oxford Art Factory (15.09.10)

In 1850, Jack Daniels came into the world and would grow up to become a semi-decent whisky maker. In 1972, the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street album came into the world and would grow up to be regarded as one of the best ever. The celebration of the former was marked by a special…

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Akaname to support Baroness at intimate Australian shows this October and November

Since 2005, instrumental alchemists AKANAME have been distilling their sound, dissolving genres, coagulating rhythms and unifying frequencies to crystallize the musical Philosphers Stone.  This October the band unveils the culminative 5 year labour of their art: ‘Akaname’ – their debut self-titled full-length album. An explosive delivery of fractal rhythms, angular riffery, labyrinthine textures and cosmic…

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the AU interview: Laura Imbruglia (Sydney)

Laura Imbruglia. The enigmatic Sydney solo artist has recently announced that she’s moving to Melbourne, and will be undertaking a residency there in November. So while we’ll all miss her in Sydney, we thought what better time to get the hype rolling that now! To do this, we look back to a few weeks ago, when she…

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