New Farm’s iconic theatre is still filling up when an immediately-recognisable tall, slouching figure walks onstage: Ben Salter, a well-known Brisbane singer-songwriter and The Gin Club/Giants Of Science/The Wilson Pickers mainstay. An unannounced support act, he switches between an acoustic and a white Fender Strat for his various solo songs (later announcing he’s readying his…
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One of the champions of the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100, The Wombats have returns with a slightly slower number for their second single off their forthcoming album. Here’s the music video which shows the band performing in a hotel! Their new album is scheduled for an April release locally.
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Finding it a handy way to catch the vast majority of bands who took over Sydney Olympic Park for Big Day Out in 2010, I once again decided to venture out to the festival grounds for the two consecutive days of the 2011 event. Having seen such a ridiculous amount of amazing music over this…
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MXPX has made more of an impact on the pop punk scene than any other band hands down. After 18 years and 2.5 million album sales they still manage to capture the energy, confusion and rebellion amongst their fans. As Absolute Punk so succinctly put it “Without MXPX this website would not exist.” THE ATARIS…
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I was lucky enough to see Joan Wasser, aka Joan as Police Woman, live a few years ago and I was enamoured by her captivating performance. I knew only a handful of the songs that night, having listened only briefly to her first album Real Life. However, I was really there because I am a…
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I’m so excited about this album. It’s been a very long time since I’ve been this happy to listen to music. Crystal Fighters have had a home inside my portable music device and many of my mixes for quite some time. However I haven’t really heard the full power of the happy go lucky Spanish…
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In my final “About an Hour’ excursion for the Sydney Festival, last night I had the pleasure of attending Anthony Black‘s one man show Invisible Atom, a hit of the Edinburgh Fringe, and a production of the 2b theatre company (Nova Scotia). At its heart, Invisible Atom is an exercise in storytelling. Told on a…
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Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce that Sarah McLachlan, the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, will be honoured with the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award in recognition of her longstanding commitment to charitable initiatives. The award – bestowed to an individual having demonstrated the highest ideals and qualities of humanitarian service and in doing…
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When it comes to “totally epic weeks of music” in Sydney, rarely do you get more “epic” than the week of Big Day Out. Not only does the festival and its sideshow dictate most of your nights out, but so do the Sydney Festival shows, the emerging Laneway sideshows and even the odd “Police”-esque stadium…
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On behalf of Crystal Castles, their Australian promoters Select Touring confirm that Crystal Castles will be performing their scheduled Big Day Out side-shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Stephen Wade from Select Touring comments, “The shows are definitely going ahead & we were lucky enough to see Crystal Castles amazing first performance at the Gold Coast…
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Young the Giant write the sort of soaring, melodic music that allows for chiming guitars, haunting harmonies and up-tempo sun stained pop to all find their own purpose. Hailing from Orange County, California, their self-titled debut album is imbibed with the freshness of Newport Beach, where the band wrote much of the album Although the…
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Playground Touring and Stop Start today announce The Best of Doves: Australian tour has been cancelled. Following on from the weekends announcement from the band direct to their fans, Playground Touring can today confirm that Doves are unable to honour their touring commitment to Australia this February due to a personal matter within the band….
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Bella Union’s new signings for 2011, Treefight for Sunlight, are currently playing their first ever shows in London, and we have come across their most recent music video. It’s a playful clip, for a pretty damn wonderful song. It’s no surprise that it was 6 Music’s Record Of The Week and Gary Lightbody’s Track of…
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One of the coolest parts of the Sydney Festival this year has been seeing the transformation of Sydney Town Hall – for the LIVE video installation as well as the Trocadero Dance Palace, an ode to the famed Sydney Trocadero, a venue popular in the 1940s and 50s. In the late hours of the evening,…
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While backstage at Peats Ridge Festival, we caught up with Pete and Matt from Sydney’s Decoder Ring, before they played a rare live performance for the festival. We talk about what’s coming up for the band and look back to events past…
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Last night, the third annual SMAC Awards were announced at Darlinghurst’s National Art School. The event celebrates the best in arts and music in Sydney, thanks to FBi Radio. Cloud Control swept the awards with three wins (if you include best on screen), but the guys from GoodGod Small Club took out the major award……
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Iconic Brisbane music venue RIC’S is proud to present their inaugural BIG BACKYARD FESTIVAL. Utilizing the courtyard behind RG’s and the upstairs and downstairs stages at RIC’S, the BIG BACKYARD is a brilliant space sure to create an intimate and unique festival experience. 3 stages. Outside, upstairs and downstairs. 21 bands for $75. Plenty of…
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Paste-Modernism Charity Auction – all proceeds from the online auction of panels from the exhibition ‘Pastemodernism 2’ will be donated to the Qld Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. Paste-Modernism 2 was held at Lo-Fi Gallery in Darlinghurst on October 7th 2010 and featured the ‘paste-up’ works of over 50 Australian and International artists. Presented by StupidKrap.com…
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Following much conjecture, re scheduling and about a thousand phone calls we’re very pleased to advise that Grammy Award-nominated rapper, actor and poet Mos Def’s Australian tour is all systems go! At the time of this release, Mos Def is on a plane from LA to Melbourne. The majority of his touring party arrived here…
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When Simba’s father, Mufasa, died in The Lion King, I remember burying my head in my grandmas lap wondering what the hell was going on. Why would a movie be going out of its way to depress me? What it showed though was that the idea of loss is translatable and relatable to a child,…
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It’s that time of year again… Golden Voice have announced their epic 3 day lineup for the iconic Coachella music festival in Indio, California. A few familiar Australian names help make up the pack: Empire of the Sun, Tame Impala, Cut Copy, The Presets and Gypsy and the Cat will all be making appearances at…
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“Habits is filled with Eighties pop meshed with bombastic alt-rock choruses — like the Killers playing backup for Duran Duran” Rolling Stone “Melding pop-punk riffs with a tinge of electro, alternative rock act Neon Trees bring the fist-pumps to the dance floor” Billboard Neon Trees are heading to Australia for the first time from February…
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The past twelve months have been a hell of a ride for Sydney’s Bliss N Eso. Their latest album, Running on Air, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart, has reached platinum status after 24 straight weeks in the Top 50. It was the 7th highest-selling Australian album of the year, and the…
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One of electronic music’s most eclectic artists, Sascha Ring (aka Apparat), has been DJing and producing for more than a decade. Aside from his own productions, the Berlin-based musician has worked on albums with Modeselektor, Ellen Allien, and even a rock opera with Gianna Nannini. Experimental by nature, his style is notoriously difficult to pinpoint,…
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There are an awful lot of indie bands cropping up out of the wood work who are cranking out the lo-fi dream pop or ’80s synth soundscapes like their synthesisers are about to be put out to pasture. These bands all seem to find their home at The Workers Club and their Summer Series, which…
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Amanda Palmer is back with a new album “…Goes Down Under” – featuring a selection of tracks dedicated to Australia and New Zealand. She’s released a music video for “Map of Tasmania” with The Young Punx. Check it out here!
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The 5th Red Bull Award for Best Debut Release has been awarded to Sydney’s The Holidays as part of the 6th Australian Music Prize. The Red Bull Award has long recognised outstanding potential, with the 2010 prize renewing its focus to concentrate on debut albums only. The Holiday’s “Post Paradise” earned a raft of critic’s…
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The Kills have an announcement for you….
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Gareth Liddiard Strange Tour With Special Guest Dan Kelly Tix on Sale Now Gareth Liddiard’s solo album Strange Tourist was released last October. The album and the shows that followed left audiences enthralled. Songs like wrecking balls bookended with hilarious observations and repartee prompted one critic to note, “…the genuine applause that follows each song…
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