Month: January 2012

the AU interview: Twin Shadow (Brooklyn)

We caught up with Twin Shadow to have a chat about some new and upcoming material and touring. Where are you at right now? I’m in the studio right now in California, Los Angeles So working on some new material for us? Yeah, new material, it’s great We got a little taste of some new…

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New Music Video: Arcade Fire "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

You may remember that in our best of lists of 2010, we rated out favourite song of the year as “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”. Well, at the end of last year, Arcade Fire finally released a film clip for the amazing song. And they didn’t just release one… here’s the official clip first: The…

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The 10 Shows we can't wait for at Sydney Festival 2012.

Sydney Festival is as ingrained in Sydney music culture as the Hottest 100 is to Australia Day, and every year it just gets better and better. This year the festival sticks with what’s worked so well over the last few years – from Festival First Night, to the Spiegeltent and the Keystone Festival Bar (Formerly…

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January Line Up Announced for Fed Square Live in Melbourne

Fed Square’s FREE live music series, Fed Square Live presented by The Push continues through January with a line up of indie, blues, dance and rock performances by Australia’s top independent acts and emerging talent. The January line up features Bleeding Knees Club + Snakadaktal (12 January) and Stonefield + Tessa and The Typecast (19…

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Live Review: Fleet Foxes – Sydney Opera House (02.01.12)

Reasonably bearded Seattle based six piece Fleet Foxes had an amazing 2011. Releasing their sophomore LP Helplessness Blues to rave reviews around the world – hitting Number One in Norway, Number Two in the UK, Number Four in the US and Number Six on the Australian Charts – and touring the globe relentlessly, including a…

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Music Video: Inland Sea "The Only One"

One of our favourite acts from the Peats Ridge Festival over the weekend was Brisbane ten-piece Inland Sea. They recently released their music video for “The Only One”, and we thought we should share it with you! Upcoming dates for Inland Sea: Sunday 22nd January, Big Day Out www.bigdayout.com Wednesday 25th January, The Soundlounge, Currumbin…

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Jägermeister Hunting Lodge to launch a series of free concerts at Sydney Festival 2012 with Tim Finn next week!

Sydney Festival has announced the official line-up of artists that will be appearing at the Jägermeister ‘Hunting Lodge’, which will be popping up in Honda Festival Garden in Hyde Park from next week, 10-29 January 2012, as a semi-permanent bar and performance space. The Jägermeister Hunting Lodge will be home to a series of intimate…

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Festival Review: Live Review: Woodford Folk Festival (Day 5 & 6) – 31st Dec 2011 & 1st Jan 2012

The irregular sleeps seemingly were getting a hold of me. Waking up with this kind of irregularity over the last five days wasn’t making me crazy, but I was certainly feeling it when I took that very cold shower. It was now day five of Woodford and I was starting to feel the effects of…

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Regurgitator + Ouch My Face + Lewis Floyd Henry – The Corner Hotel (31.12.11)

New Years Eve is the most anti-climactic night out of the year and attempting to leave your house in Melbourne amongst the thousands of drunkards who take to the streets is always an interesting affair. Fortunately the crowd at the Corner Hotel were reasonably well behaved and a sizable audience gathered early to witness Ouch…

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Festival goers ring in 2012 at events across Australia.

As we hit the second day of 2012, we take a look back at how hundreds of thousands of music fans around Australia brought in 2012 through a string of events on New Years Eve and New Years Day. PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL Over 10,000 music fans a day travelled to picturesque Peats Ridge – just…

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