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Looking back in to Australia’s musical past, we may not have produced the number of super stars as the US or the UK, but we certainly have our own trailblazers. Bands like Pseudo Echo, who looked at the popular pub rock scene and challenged it with synths, a crimping iron and a makeup brush. So, was
McAlister Kemp have a reputation as Australia’s foremost country-rocking party band, but there’s a certain depth to their music that defies expectations. It could well be that this aspect of MK’s music is largely thanks to the sensibilities of Drew McAlister – a man who’s not just one half of the du
Ella Hooper got her big break in 1996 when she entered her song “Kettle” into a Triple J song contest and won. Success with Killing Heidi and more recently Versus followed and she is now about to release her first solo album, In Tongues. Currently the Melbourne Music Bank ambassador, she is puttin
Waiting, waiting, waiting…..that was the start of my Boy & Bear interview. Whilst the guys were smack bang in the centre of the country that has the magic button to have a nuclear war commence – telephone coverage seems to be an amazing non-event! No matter what I did, the call would not connect.
Imagine spending 20k on a trip to Europe and not even having a good time. That would be a bummer. So why not keep the stakes low this month and just see some foreign films? The Lavazza Italian Film Festival is at Palace Cinemas September 17 to October 12. You can make the experience more complete
Okay. Hold it ... What the ACTUAL f#@k is going on? If you recognise the phrase ‘OH MY GOD. LOOK AT HER BUTT‘, then you are one of the tens of millions of individuals to have watched – and I say watched because surely no one’s playing this stuff on the radio – Nicki Minaj’s new track – and I say tr
Creating a portrait of a person you greatly admire is a daunting process. To do justice to the sitter without leaving them feeling overexposed requires great skill and intuition. It’s not an easy ask, but this year’s Archibald Prize winner, Fiona Lowry, captures iconic Australian architect and patro
OK so part 5 of the series – into The Recording Process. Regardless of where you are recording, what equipment you can/can’t access, to me the goals of every recording session are: To capture the sound of each instrument/voice as close as possible to what you perceive in the end product. If you have
GET NAILED Bag O’ Nails (pictured Trevor Murray, John Veltman and John Hampton) are a hardworking Texas Blues trio that always deliver an amazing live show. Their latest CD, NAILED LIVE AT ST. ANDREWS is still on high rotation and exemplifies the talent of this high energy band. I recommend Bag O’ N
Performer/producer/director Jens Altheimer, has imagination and energy to burn. He proves it in his wild and wacky production, Squaring the Wheel. Combining circus skills, puppetry, clowning around, magic and physical theatre, this inventive one-man family show celebrates thinking outside the box. L
Ecuadorian virtuosos, violinist Jorge Saade-Scaff and pianist Juan Carlos Escudero, will delight audiences with a program that includes well-known European and Ecuadorian composers. Widely recognised across Latin America, each has a distinguished solo career and has captivated audiences all over the
VANNA Void (PURE NOISE) Swapping in Catchy clean choruses for in your face punk anthems, Boston Massachusetts own Vanna have made their complete transition from Post-Hardcore to a thrash influenced destructive style of Metalcore. With only one original member of the band being left the change of sty
