Tag: "Beat Generation"

Tom Showtime
0 Comments. 842 Views. Posted 6 Apr 2012 @ 11:01am.
  A suitably engaged Tom Showtime began collecting and spinning records in London in early 2000, seemingly motivated by his musical surroundings. After returning home to Melbourne in 2008, he releasedThe Showtime EP and followed up with EP3013 last year. After spending five years in the UK collecting records and focusing on becoming a DJ, he was messing around with beat... Read More
Noisia, Danny Byrd and the Brookes Brothers at Brown Alley
0 Comments. 1,588 Views. Posted 20 Dec 2011 @ 10:18pm.
Beats fiends of Melbourne have a spectacular few months ahead of them, and the latest party to land courtesy Twisted Audio, Mixed Messages and Bass Bin Laden is no exception.  The first Friday night of 2012 is looking pretty big at Brown Alley, with a lineup of internationals to make any raver’s heart beat a little faster.  Dutch beats trio Noisia are certainly qualified to lead the... Read More
Tornts
0 Comments. 1,473 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 1:57pm.
Melbourne rapper Tornts has been hard at work in the studio and has just dropped a gutter promo clip for a track called No Escape.  With its drums, nasty synth line, bass and sick flows its straight up street rap outta Melbourne.  It's off the upcoming album Concrete Slang due in Feb. 2012 through Broken Tooth Entertainment.   The album is shaping up to be big with production... Read More
Moon Duo
0 Comments. 1,459 Views. Posted 21 Sep 2011 @ 5:39pm.
Since teaming up to form Moon Duo sometime in 2009, Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada have maintained an insanely prolific output of droning Krautrock-inspired works. Over the course of the two past years, Moon Duo have released two LPs, a handful of EPs, countless seven-inches, and even a freakin’ Christmas single for chrissake. This well-stacked back catalogue is made all the more impressive when... Read More
The 2 Bears : Bear Hug
0 Comments. 1,330 Views. Posted 7 Sep 2011 @ 4:44am.
A local house tune has slipped through the dance/rock filtration system at Beat HQ, so here I go. Two boys called Raf Daddy and Joe Hot Chip have assembled this minimalist beats fest, which includes a heavily Vocoded baritone voice encouraging every to just get down on the dance floor and give each other a bear hug. It's pretty cute and memorable, and easy on the ears. Read More
Ash Grunwald
0 Comments. 2,098 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2011 @ 1:05pm.
Ash Grunwald has been a part of the Australian blues and roots scene for over a decade now. From little gigs playing to roughnuts in the original Espy public bar to cracking Bluesfest sets, his combination of rhythmic drive and bluesy cadence is always a must-see. Grunwald's Road Dog Diaries Tour will take in more than two dozen shows all along eastern Australia, including several Victorian... Read More
Katalyst ft Kween G : Ready To Drop
0 Comments. 1,412 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2011 @ 10:24am.
  Another preview of the forthcoming Katalyst album, Impressions. Ready To Drop has a snaky synth riff that verges on a Middle Eastern bazaar sound. The beats are rubbery and dub-influenced and Kween G's rhymes are super bouncy, but it doesn't hang together very well. The track feels too tightly wound, too jagged. The groove is missing.   (Invada Records)   Read More
Howl
0 Comments. 1,511 Views. Posted 29 Mar 2011 @ 9:58am.
Allen Ginsberg was one of the most famous and revered poets of the 20th Century, and one of the most iconic writers of the so-called “Beat Generation,” who were rebelling against the hypocrisy and the conservative nature of 1950s America. In 1957, his seminal poem Howl and its publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti were put on trial in San Francisco for obscenity. A prurient DA (David Strathairn)... Read More
Moomba Festival This Weekend
0 Comments. 3,439 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 1:28pm.
The Moomba Festival, one of Melbourne's most loved events, returns this year to the banks of the Yarra River. This year's festival will feature some of Australia's best indie and alternative acts.   Artists such as Stonefield, Jinja Safari, The Audreys, ILLY, Lisa Mitchell and Dan Kelly will be gracing the stages of the four day festival. Festival goers can also enjoy the eclectic tunes of... Read More
Syndicate content