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Daniel Johns is ready. 8 years after his last new music. Finally ready. His first step back is “Aerial Love”; an airy piece of modern pop he created with Lorde and Broods collaborator, Joel Little. The opening lines tell the story. Synthetic but sensual, the song is in a different sonic universe fro
“I’ve been called mysterious, intense, confusing, crazy and captivating. But at the end of the day, I’m just a guy with a guitar and a story to tell. Live and love…” Australian audiences became aware of Melbourne-based singer Dean Ray on April 4th during the auditions of X-Factor Australia. Dean had
Arguably one of the most controversial figures of the last 20 years, shock rocker Marilyn Manson returns to the grand stage with his 9th studio album The Pale Emperor. Following his past two albums that were negatively received by the majority of listeners, Manson and his band return to form with th
A professional DJ since his early teens, musical ambassador and a veteran of acid house and a champion of techno – you name it, Carl’s been there and done it – never losing sight of his passions – playing music, breaking tunes, spreading love and celebrating life. It was at the age of 15 that Carl w
November shaped up to be an exciting month for Pearl and our young Alternate Section journalist Milli Ransom. Milli was invited by the event team to attend Face the Music as the journalist for the sessions. “I was excited to be asked and just so happy that the people at Face the Music realize how
A few years ago I heard the Foo Fighters were returning from their self-imposed hiatus. I didn’t think much of it. 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace was more of their traditional same, which by now was tired and underwhelming and their Greatest Hits collection which came out in 2009 offered
A few years ago, fab harmonica player, Matthew White was walking past Blue Note Music in Wells St, Frankston when he heard awesome music drifting down the stairs. It lured him in and to his surprise discovered Troy Wilson playing in and running his regular Saturday blues workshop. Impressed with wha
ALL THINGS MUST PASS Within months of the Beatles official breakup, (April, 1970), George Harrison released his first real solo album All Things Must Pass in November 1970. His previous two albums were Wonderwall which was a soundtrack for a film and Electronic sounds which was basically just that.
(Sony Music) Mesmerising, Funkadelic, Hip-Hop-Jazz-R&B Fusion – a double decaf with a twist of Melbourne Okay, so the editor or Pearl asked me to do a review on Hiatus Kaiyote. I thought – hey no problems at all! All I can say is listen to this morsel of neo-soul perfection when you have a day to yo
(Live Nation/Interscope) Pearl loved listening to Living for Love, a clean, uplifting and catchy number that will form part of Madonna’s Rebel Heart album to be released in mid to late March of this year. This release has a beat that is reminiscent of, in our opinion, Like a Prayer – that became an
1. Your personal theme song As a band our theme song would have to be “Can’t get enough of your love baby” by Barry White 2. Favourite super hero Favourite super hero is Fronzilla 3. First Concert you went to 2006 Greenday Australian tour with My Chemical Romance and Jimmy Eat World 4. What popular
With just two decades of air under his belt this young man hasn’t wasted a breath. He is a man of many talents, graphic designer, dj, producer, label owner, part-time alco’ and a businessman, the only thing stopping him is the fact he can’t clone himself to get more out of the day. Holding a residen
