Blog: Get Big, Little Kid

Sydney Gigs in July: Sat 1 - Bit By Bats + I [Love] Space, Modular Lounge at Spectrum Thu 6 - Howling Bells at Annandale Hotel Fri 7 - Pivot at Spectrum Sat 8 - Fiery Furnaces + The Devoted Few, Laura Imbruglia at The Gaelic Club Fri 14 - Mates of State at The Gaelic Club Sat 15 - Death Cab For Cutie + Belles Will Ring, Sparkadia, Wons Phreely at Rebel Rebel Sun 16 - Death Cab For Cutie + [...]

Easily one of the best gigs I've been to this year (and there have been some gems). Whole lotta booze, booty, and attitude. These Basement parties are getting wilder and wilder. For those that didn't go... for shame... mp3 : Spank Rock - Bump [ Buy ] mp3 : Spank Rock - Race Riot on the Dancefloor (Live on KEXP) Check out boudist for better pics. We seem to see Dan at every gig we go to. Good work dude. [...]

mp3 : Dirty Three - Sad Sexy [ Buy ] mp3 : Dirty Three - Great Waves [ Buy ] This week, we're revisiting Dirty Three's melancholy 2005 release Cinder . The Melbourne 3-piece instrumental band will be putting on a couple of shows this weekend in Sydney, of which I will be attending the Friday night one at @Newtown . I must admit that on the first few listens, I found the album to be [...]

mp3 : Spank Rock - Backyard Betty [ Buy ] mp3 : Spank Rock - Rick Rubin [ Buy ] mp3 : Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me [ Buy ] Parental advisory stickers were made for acts like this. - Spin.com Spank Rock are Naeem Juwan (Spank Ro') and Alex Epton (Armani XXXchange), who have been ripping up the dancefloors of late, combining B-more house, dirty grime, and even [...]

First in a series of guest album reviews I have asked my friends to contribute to this blog. Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be visiting oz for Splendour In The Grass in July. Check dates below... I was pretty impressed when I heard “Gold Lion” (the first single) a few months ago. It’s a joyful yearning tune, which heralded a departure from the art rock of 2003’s Fever to Tell . Show your bones is a stripped down effort from the NY outfit. Full [...]

mp3 : I'm From Barcelona - Chicken Pox Almost a perfect pop song from this mega Swedish band. I guarantee you will be singing it for days and days. "How it all began - Fueled by love and vacation, Emanuel Lundgren writes a couple of explosive happy pop songs and decides to gather all his friends to put them on tape. His apartment turns into a friendly factory as people come and go loaded with banjos, accordions and kazoos. Some weeks (and lifetime memories) later, a homemade EP is finished [...]

mp3 : Bloc Party - Positive Tension (The Go! Team remix) A lot of mediocre bands have come out of the UK in recent years, but these two certainly are not them. This track beautifully captures the essence of both bands that we've all come to love over the past 18 months - the jangly guitars of Bloc Party, the retro beats of The Go! Team. Rarely do we hear a remix that highlights the qualities of the two artists involved quite like this. The Go! Team : [...]