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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010This Friday at 4pm, MGMT are going to post special clues at www.whereismgmt.com.au for Sydney (dates for other cities also at the site) which will reveal instructions to be among the first people in the country to hear their new album ‘Congratulations’. We heard on the grapevine that the ten lucky people to get there [...]
Know Your Gorillaz: Russel Hobbs
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The big hulking drummer of Gorillaz has not been very visible recently at the Murdoc and co’s new hideout on the Plastic Beach island, but he has been spotted in this video, presumably a little angry that he had to make his own way there.
Bad boys like 50 Cent or any of those guys don’t [...]
Philly Jays Pack Their Bags For The UK
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Sydney’s favourite sons the Philadelphia Grand Jury, or as they are affectionately known to their frenzied crowds, the mighty mighty Philly Jays, have just announced that they’ll be packing their bags and relocating to London. But before they go, they’ll be releasing a new single from their album ‘Hope Is For Hopers’ and embarking on [...]
Gig Of The Week – The Scare
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010This is hands down the gig of the week for Sydney rock bands, with local heroes The Scare pulling together their mates Papa Vs Pretty and Chicks Who Love Guns for an all out smelly jeans fest at Spectrum on Saturday March 13. If you pick up presale tix it’ll set you back $15 or [...]
The Action From Future Music Festival
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010What an epic festival! The Future Music Festival is notorious for bringing out the most banging lineups on the planet, and they didn’t disappoint this year with a very diverse, dance heavy mix of artists. The Prodigy led the fray, with Franz Ferdinand, Booka Shade, David Guetta, John Digweed and Spank Rock getting the party [...]
Album Of The Week – Angus & Julia Stone
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010After two years of touring, writing, recording and traveling, sophomore album, ‘Down The Way’, is complete. It’s another beautiful piece of work, assured yet vulnerable, coupling tight harmonies with sparse arrangements and layers of instrumentation, and washed with a sepia glaze of nostalgia that creeps into your heart as you listen. It channels the same [...]
Video Of The Week – Triple J Hottest 100
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Ok it’s not a video per se, but a slideshow is taking its place this week! The full collection of the Hottest 100 tracks of 2009 as voted by triple j fans was released last week (get it here), and features Mumford & Sons’ ‘Little Lion Man’ as the #1 song in the country. No [...]
Regina Spektor Announces Aus/NZ Tour
Monday, March 8th, 2010The lovely Regina Spektor comes our way in April, and will bring all of her beautiful classically-inspired piano ditties and ballads from her albums ‘Begin To Hope’ and ‘Far’, as well as gems from her first three. Here’s a bit of what you can expect from Regina when she gets here.
Tour dates:
Wed 21 [...]
MGMT Announce One Off Show!
Monday, March 8th, 2010They’ve only just announced the release of their new album ‘Congratulations’ due April 9, and they’ll be here for one exclusive show just a few days earlier for lucky Sydney-siders at The Metro. Sounds a bit like what Vampire Weekend did not long ago, popping in to say hello to their fans just before their [...]
General Pants Co. Announces Artists For Major Label
Friday, March 5th, 2010Whether or not you are a regular patron of General Pants it may interest you to learn that they are branching out into the tumultuous world of indie music and launching their very own record label… of sorts. ‘Major Label’, as it’s been called, is a ground-breaking project that will release three singles by three [...]
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