Day: 18 April 2012

Single Stream: Silversun Pickups "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)" (2012)

A strange, unfamiliar synthesised sound, almost shoegaze-like, beckons at the beginning of the new Silversun Pickups single, “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)”. It is at that moment, conclusions are made that listeners will experience something new from the Los Angeles band in the near future. Their third full-length album, Neck Of The Woods, will be out…

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the AU interview at SXSW 2012: Zulu Winter (UK)

Hitting Australia for Splendour in the Grass in July, we caught up with Zulu Winter while they were in Texas to chat about the impending Australian tour, their experiences in Texas, what we can expect from their debut record (due out in Australia on May 11th), what it meant to sign to Dew Process and…

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Jack White, At The Drive In, Bloc Party, Smashing Pumpkins, The Shins and more to play Splendour in the Grass 2012.

Let’s cut to the chase, as let’s face it, you’ve been waiting long enough! Hitting Belongil Fields in Byron Bay this July 27, 28 and 29 for the 2012 Splendour in the Grass festival will be… Jack White, Bloc Party (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW), Smashing Pumpkins, At The Drive-In (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW), Lana Del Rey, Azealia…

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Our 5 favourite Newton's Nation Unsigned Artists Entries (so far…)

Newtons Nation and bandit.fm Records are searching for an unsigned artist to perform at Newtons Nation Festival on Sat April 28th April. This competition closes TODAY at 5pm with the winner being announced tomorrow. Just in case there were any of you out there still thinking of entering, we thought we’d have a look at…

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Splendour Single Stream: Zulu Winter "Key To My Heart" (2012)

In just a few hours we’ll be finally hearing the 2012 Splendour in the Grass lineup. But so far we do know ONE artist who’s making the journey: UK’s Zulu Winter. From their forthcoming record Language, which is due out locally on May 11th, here’s the latest single “Key To My Heart”. Let’s see what…

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Our Top 6 Coachella 2012 Moments… and a few honourable mentions.

Whether you were at the festival itself, or you were glued to your computer screen, this past weekend was all about the first weekend of Coachella, which featured one amazing performance after another, for three jam-packed days. Gotye held the flag up high for Australia (though pulled the live stream last minute), and impressed, but…

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