The 2012/13 Falls Festival continues drip-feeding us their lineup, with 7 new bands announced today. These are: Bombay Bicycle Club, First Aid Kit, Hilltop Hoods, Maximo Park, Millions and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. This year’s event will be the 20th year of the Lorne, Victoria (18+) event, and the 10th year of the Marion Bay,…
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Not long now until Bloc Party finally return to Australia to play Splendour in the Grass – and to whet our anticipation they have released a new music video for their brand new single “Octopus”. Without further ado…
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In a world of kaleidoscopic and hazy nostalgia comes the latest single from Tame Impala, entitled “Apocalypse Dreams”. It’s an injustice having to wait until October for their upcoming record, Lonerism, however, this single will more than make up for the increasing bouts of curiousity.
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The Night Terrors mesmerised the audience for a brief but exciting set that lasted forty minutes. They took over The Toff In Town to launch their new 12” Monster/Lasers For Eyes that’s taken from their forthcoming sophomore LP. Opening for them however was Forces, a hardcore Eurotrash band, whose live show is made for the…
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This Thursday a new Aussie comedy will be unleashed onto the silver screen. Starring True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten, Not Suitable for Children is a refreshing move away from the more serious, though highlight celebrated Australian films of late. After seeing the film at the Australian Premiere during the Sydney Fringe Festival, Larry Heath caught up…
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If you’re not familiar with this band by now, you should be. The Fumes are an Australian bred 2 piece outfit comprising of Steve Merry and Jacob Mann who have been creating dirty blues riffs since the beginning 2011, though the band’s original line up dates to early 2002. With new blood in the band…
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Ahead of a small media crowd today at the Capitol, Dame Edna Everage talked at length about her career and her farewell tour (her “Diamonte Jubilee”) “EAT PRAY LAUGH!”, which kicks off tonight at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney and runs until July 14th. The show stars Dame Edna Everage, with Barry Humphries, Sandy Stone…
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Adding a new voice to the next generation of Indigenous music, Thelma Plum from Brisbane has been announced as the winner of the NIMAs triple j Unearthed competition. Judges had a strong field to choose from right across Australia and Thelma blew judges away with her haunting, spiritual sound, showing a level of experience than…
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I write this review as I recover from a two and a half hour onslaught of hilarity, brought (finally) to Sydney by the one and only Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie aka the Flight of the Conchords, with a very special and an unexpected appearance from someone who’s no stranger to our city, Arj Barker….
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Another month has gone by so quickly and so much has happened in the last 30 days! What are those events exactly? Well… you’re about to find out… 1. The Rolling Stones unleash logo to commemorate their 50 year anniversary (Pictured Above) Legendary rockers, The Rolling Stones, have done what few bands have achieved –…
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Warming the stage was local duo Udays Tiger who are a ‘coupla blokes’ that play grunge infused punk with a venomous fury. Live their music is like an untamed beast, gnashing its teeth with an unruly passion and ripping the bandroom to shreds with the sheer ferocity of its approach. Devin De Araujo and Nathan…
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Image from Black Bear Lodge. I’ve been enamoured with the work of Kirin J Callinan since I first encountered him playing with Mercy Arms at the Northcote Social Club back in 2007. His solo compositions are of course vastly different from their sound and I’m still not entirely sure what the fuck it was I…
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Earlier this year The Deer Republic released their debut single, taken off their forthcoming EP The Sweet Resistance, and now they have a music video for the track, too! The song is the catchy “The Score” and was recorded at the now defunct BJB Studios swith Jean-Paul Fung (Last Dinosaurs, Little Red) producing and the…
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