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The Magnetic Fields : Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
0 Comments. 803 Views. Posted 15 Mar 2012 @ 9:22am.
  Love At the Bottom Of the Sea is a return to the Domino label for The Magnetic Fields after a trio of synthesizer-free albums, but it’s a few good songs short of a return to form. Love is the theme once again and all the gang are back, ensuring there are snatches of 69 Love Songs’ greatness.   The best songs pitch neurotic, staid lyrics and vocals against popping, fizzing electro to... Read More
The Magnetic Fields : Andrew In Drag
0 Comments. 636 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 9:41am.
  The Magnetic Fields’ new album is a bubbling electro folk charmer, but the lead single isn’t necessarily the best track on the album. With a cute breakaway chorus, Andrew In Drag showcases Stephin Merritt’s familiar tongue-in-cheek style through the standard tropes of unrequited love and sexual transgression: “A pity she does not exist / A shame he’s not a fag / The only girl I’ve ever... Read More
Laura
0 Comments. 1,169 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 8:19am.
" Ten years is a long time," says guitarist and singer Andrew Chalmers of Melbourne based five-piece Laura, without a hint of overstatement or irony. It is indeed, especially when you play a style of music that distances you so significantly from the mainstream. The music of Laura is hard to categorize, and even harder to listen to if your tastes lie within coo-ee of said mainstream. They... Read More
Q&A: Contrive Vs. A Lonely Crowd
0 Comments. 1,956 Views. Posted 22 Sep 2011 @ 11:37am.
Contrive questions A Lonely Crowd:   What is the message and or inspiration behind A Lonely Crowd? We’re not that deep, but we always wanted a band name that's also an oxymoron.   Do you think flutes are too grim to be added to Metal? Not if you play them upside down.   What approach do you take musically to stand out of the somewhat currently overcrowded heavy music scene? We... Read More
The Bad Boys of Musical Theatre: A Fine Bromance
0 Comments. 834 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
It's the kind of romance where party is always fighting to have their way, where tensions run high but at the end of the day it's alright; where there's two blokes, it's bromance. The Bad Boys Of Musical Theatre have been one-upping one another on on Melbourne's Channel 31 breakfast show and kicking goals at Short + Sweet Cabaret festival and now they're coming to Melbourne International Comedy... Read More
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