This is the kind of post that I write when I'm feeling jaded and downtrodden and mind-numbingly lethargic. A short post about a track I know well, that requires little research, and keeps the blog ticking over until I find my brain and spark and inspiration again. This song brought unexpected tears to my eyes just a few short hours ago as I drove along a dark country road. There's something about the strings and the fluttery flutey bits that never fails to move me. You don't keep me company, You all turn out [...]
Falls Festival organisers have been forced to reveal this year's lineup a week earlier than intended, after it was leaked Wednesday night. Now in its 14th year, the festival takes place in Lorne, situated along the famous Great Ocean Road in Victoria, and continues to bring in the new year with a musical bang. The confirmed lineup includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Grizzly Bear , Andrew Bird , Chairlift , White Rabbits and loads more . - [...]
Neil Finn is no ordinary Kiwi musician. In fact, the man behind Crowded House is a warlock who controls the universe - with Mana and mandolin playing. Really, there's no other theory that can explain how he's managed to one-up his 2001 project, 7 Worlds Collide . But, he has, and on September 29th, The Sun Came Out arrives, bringing together musical forces Wilco and Radiohead. While 2001 featured Eddie Vedder, The Smiths' Johnny Marr alongside Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway [...]
It's mid-July, and here come the tomatoes! Little grape tomatoes, pear-shaped yellow tomatoes, and gobs of the most ginormous tomatoes I have ever grown. The big one above is almost the size of a softball. This is only what I picked yesterday. A lot more are on the way. Soon we will be eating them for lunch and dinner and on our breakfast cereal and giving them away to neighbors and co-workers. Sadly, I cannot figure out how to make them available to you for download. This photo is the only way they digitize. [...]
Last week Triple J announced its most recent Hottest 100 Songs of All Time countdown, as voted on by the public, and as is always the case with such things, I read the list with varying amounts of dismay and incredulity. And a large amount of "I shouldn't care about this so why am I allowing this foolishness to piss me off?" I won't bore you all with my pithy shallow analysis, but I will say this - while I don't mind Nirvana and I quite like 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', I certainly don't think it's the 'hottest song of [...]
Quantifying something as subjective as music always reeks of self-indulgence, thankfully Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time unlike lists such as "The 20 greatest jazz pianists under 20, with 20 inches of hair" compiled by (insert fluffy English music journal here) feels less like masturbation and more like a welcome trip down memory lane. The list celebrated twenty years of existence for the youth radio Grand Daddy and received more than half a million votes from listeners. The end result which probably also serves as a demographic breakdown of Triple J's audience, smelled [...]
"When it comes down to it, she is right. She's always been right and you know it." - Adam Donovan from Augie March Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton (oh yeah and Kenny Rogers too)
While playing in the basement with Duke Jr., I saw this CD and on the shelf. Popped it in and remembered how great the leadoff track is. Listen: Augie March ∞ On Crowed Hour (2007) More: Wayback Wednesdays Use some of you 50 FREE Downloads from eMusic to get more trips in the Wayback Machine. New Songs This Week Thriller Lyrics [...]
After months of anticipation the second and final Splendour lineup announcement has been made public. Lets just say Splendour is looking pretty good this year, pretty much every aussie band you like is on the bill plus a handful of international acts sure to vibe out over the 2 day festival. Second & Final Announcement: Happy Mondays Doves Architecture in Helsinki You Am I The Beautiful Girls Downsyde & Drapht Kisschasy Little Red Bluejuice Children Collide Miami Horror Art Vs Science Paul Dempsey Dappled Cities Dananananaykyroyd Holly Throsby Bridezilla Deya Dova DJS: [...]
" We had the entire album mapped out down to the very last detail before we went in to record the album with Paul McKercher (Augie March, Magic Dirt, You Am I). We're just anal like that. We wanted to write the exact opposite of our first album so we wrote a commercial pop album to see if we could do it. " - Simon Carter of The Cops from Lifelounge This is about as poppy as you could get from The Cops, was on the EP they released before Drop It In Their [...]
Dan Luscombe during the recording of Havilah. I recently had the chance to interview The Drones' Dan Luscombe via email as they travelled around Australia with the Groovin' The Moo Festival and their own headlining shows. Since Havilah came out a while ago now I figured I'd avoid questions about the record and instead focus on The Drones' touring life and what lay ahead in 2009. Read on for thieves in Noosa and Estonian composers. *** Sean: Past Drones tours [...]
Go east, young concert goer. Far east. As in point torwards New Caledonia and drive straight on til morning. Yup it's 'Sup's favorite time of year - festival season! - and we're totally stoked to be adding Splendour in the Grass to our roster. It's an annual event Down Under that incorporates a banging lineup with local arts, cuisine and enviro-initiatives (attendees have the option of adding a carbon offset fee to their ticket purchase). Oh, yeah, last year's fest sold out in 5 hours, so read on [...]
As a music blogger, my existence depends upon this kind of golden discovery. And, as a recession statistic, my current well-being is totally reliant on hearing pieces of pure music brilliance such as this... The Middle East are a 6-piece out of Townsville, Australia. They've apparently been around for a while, but having recently signed with Spunk Records, they have just released their first EP, Recordings of the Middle East . Their music is in the same kinda folksy anthem mould of Arcade Fire, but it's the slower acoustic [...]
Aussie band Augie March has seven Arias (the Down Under Grammy), has become one of the best-selling bands at home - regularly going platinum - and won nearly universal critical praise for frontman/songwriter Glenn Richard's organic, non-gimmicky pop/rock songs. Reminiscent of fellow travelers Crowded House, Augie March still don't have a U.S. home for their latest fine work Watch Me Disappear . More on Augie March at DC here . As we wonder why, we'll check out the video for their "Farmer's Son": Myspace [...]
Australia's ninth annual Splendour In The Grass returns on Sat July 25th and Sun July 26th to Byron Bay's Belongil Fields. The festival features a prime selection of international and Australian favorites such as Jane's Addiction, Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Specials, Josh Pyke, Friendly Fires, and many more. This year all tickets will be sold online through the ticketing service, Qjump, via www.qjump.com.au. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday 14th May. Splendour In The Grass 2009 Sat July 25th and Sunday July 26th Belongil Fields, Byron Bay lineup: BLOC PARTY [...]
What a line-up... This years Splendour In The Grass is going to be MASSIVE.... And we only have the first announcement. After just returning from New York and using up all my holiday leave, I now have to build it all back up again so I can go away for this weekend. Although the [...]
©2009 ~ shwtterbwg It's here, its pretty mad decent Splendour in the Grass - 2009 Festival Lineup MGMT (only Australian show) Bloc Party (only Australian show) The Flaming Lips Jane's Addiction [...]
Well the official 2009 Splendour In The Grass lineup has been announced and it's pretty much exactly as everyone predicted. Sorry guys no Animal Collective...yet. The lineup is as follows... Bloc Party The Flaming Lips Janes Addiction MGMT Hilltop Hoods Grinspoon Midnight Juggernauts The Specials Augie March Sarah Blasko Friendly Fires White Lies Little Birdy Josh Pyke The Gutter Twins Birds of Tokyo Manchester Orchestra Decoder Ring Lost Valentinos Bob Evans Yuksek Kram Yves Klein Blue Leader Cheetah Jack Ladder The Middle East Polaroid Fame Glass Towers Check [...]
MGMT? For the first time in the history of FOREVER the rumoured line-up for a festival has turned out to be pretty much 1000% correct. The list we printed yesterday for Splendour 2009 was confirmed this morning via Triple J , with only a few extras thrown into the mix (local acts Sarah Blasko, Bob Evans and Lost Valentinos). The full confirmed line-up: Bloc Party The Flaming Lips Janes Addiction MGMT Hilltop Hoods [...]
The OFFICIAL Splendour in the Grass lineup announcement for 2009 dropped at 8am this morning, and I lasted until 8.07 to wait for it until I had to run to uni. So it was going to be all hot-off-the-press, but now, not so much. Enjoy, folks: Bloc Party (in their ONLY Australian show) The Flaming Lips Jane's Addiction MGMT (also in their ONLY Australian show) Hilltop Hoods Grinspoon Midnight Juggernauts The Specials Sarah Blasko Augie March Josh Pyke Friendly Fires, Little Birdy Birds Of Tokyo The Gutter Twins Manchester Orchestra Yuksek Bob Evans White Lies Kram [...]
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