Tag: "English-language films"

The Staffords : Hollow To The Core
0 Comments. 598 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 11:31am.
  Chris Cheney produced the single by this emerging Melbourne three-piece, a straight-faced country rock number that would sit comfortably in a Billy Ray Cyrus set list. It rocks, it rolls, it boot scoots, it speaks of wanton women and broken men, and hits familiar notes in a very familiar order. Absolutely pleasant but also completely bland. Read More
60 Seconds With... The Staffords
1 Comments. 705 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 11:05am.
Define your genre in five words or less: Punchy punky power pop.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Corey: We get the obvious comparisons, like Elvis Costello or The Kinks, but we occasionally get something out of the blue. Phoebe: Fleetwood Mac was an odd one. Mike: Yeah, Chris (Cheney, who produced their debut)... Read More
Warren Spector
0 Comments. 608 Views. Posted 7 May 2012 @ 12:40pm.
Gaming nerds unite, because ACMI have recently announced that creator of popular videogame titles Deus Ex and Disney Epic Mickey, Warren Spector, will visit Australia in June for the opening of the centre’s Game Masters exhibition as part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces.  Being the third international guest to be announced to be attending the event, Spector will appear alongside ... Read More
BLOKK
0 Comments. 995 Views. Posted 7 May 2012 @ 12:40pm.
We’ve all heard of The Block, but now it’s time for us to feel our heads with everything BLOKK.  Exciting street artist, Ian Blokkeerus – who’s down for designing bars here and there around Melbourne, is getting ready to recreate Sailor Jerry’s 1940’s style tattoos as life-size pieces airbrushed onto board.   His works are sure to take you on a trip which is not only entertaining and... Read More
Take The 21 Challenge
0 Comments. 1,467 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 5:02pm.
  What could you do, or even do without, every day for 21 days to help homeless young people? Take the 21 Challenge, that’s what. OFA’s 21 Challenge is your chance to help homeless youth by doing something you love, perhaps something you don’t love, or maybe something you’ve never done before, for 21 continuous days in June. Unlike similar challenges, it’s all up to personal preference what... Read More
dEUS : Keep You Close
0 Comments. 551 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 9:17am.
  The name literally means ‘God’. They are not yet so deified but are they bigger than Jesus? In Belgium at least they could well be. They are the biggest band in the land. So big in fact, that other pretenders to the throne such as Dead Man Ray or Zita Swoon feature past or present members of dEUS. On the eve of their first Australian tour, Keep You Close is timely. At least to Australian... Read More
Bill Brewster Delivers an Education
0 Comments. 728 Views. Posted 29 Apr 2012 @ 4:42pm.
With a firmly-cemented reputation as one of dance music's key commentators and historians as well as an outstanding career as a DJ and producer over the past 30 years, Bill Brewster's voice is one that has played an undeniable role in shaping the landscape of the contemporary dance music industry.  As another writer once keenly noted: what Bill Brewster doesn't know about disc jockeying is... Read More
Missy Higgins : Unashamed Desire
0 Comments. 1,436 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 7:10pm.
  Hey, did anyone notice that Missy Higgins quit music for a few years? Sneaky little pianist. She’s been living in a share house, apparently, throwing off her identity as Australia’s most popular songstress in pursuit of greater meaning and happiness. It didn’t work out though, so she’s back to singing. Unashamed Desire is a big old plonker of a piano tune with some dark muttering in the... Read More
Best Comics Worst Gigs
0 Comments. 539 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
This show is exactly what it says in the title. Some of the festival’s best comedians turned stories of their most gut-wrenchingly awful shows into a cracker night out.   It’s a big ask to get someone to speak about the times when they weren't very good at their job, as Tom Gleeson points out.   But these stories aren't only or even mainly about comedians’ mistakes. As George McEncroe... Read More
Lawrence Leung - Beginning Middle End
0 Comments. 710 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
Lawrence Leung is an engrossing storyteller. And his storytelling is rendered all the more irresistible by his nerd-factor, friendly nature and endearing enthusiasm. Whereas several resort to crudeness for cheap laughs, Leung finds the biggest laughs in his innocent observations of life’s absurdities. The most absurd thing to have happened to Leung recently is his discovery (or rather, his room-... Read More
Tom Gleeson - Good One
0 Comments. 523 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
Tom Gleeson’s been doing comedy for 15 years and it shows. Material-wise, of course. He manages to cover several pressing social issues without losing any flow. Gleeson is consistently funny and every bit as endearing as he is impassioned. He often opens with a blunt statement before elaborating with fervent opinions; particularly memorable was the rant on his disdain for the Monarch. Most drop-... Read More
Dave Thornton - The Some Of All The Parts
0 Comments. 611 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
What does one say when asked to speak to a class of 12-year-old kids? This was the conundrum that Dave Thornton recently faced and he takes us through the entire journey – the stressful anticipation and the result. It’s an interesting theme, but it holds more meaning in hindsight. That would also explain Thornton’s appeal. Thornton is undoubtedly a likeable and witty entertainer, but he doesn’t... Read More
Cam Marshall - Father, Father
0 Comments. 538 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
Birth and death haven’t been uncommon topics for comics this festival. Sarah Kendall spoke about the absurd idea of drug-free labour, while Tracey Cosgrove planned her own wake with great enthusiasm and attention to detail. Cam Marshall deals with some similar topics in Father, Father, telling the story of becoming a father shortly before his own father died. But his perspective is very... Read More
The Axis of Awesome - The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006
0 Comments. 590 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
It’s fairly presumptuous to name your musical comedy group The Axis of Awesome. What if it’s not awesome? What if it’s only average? But Jordan, Lee and Benny more than deliver, in the best show I have seen all festival. They’re used to playing in stadiums with fireworks, glitter and dragon-eating cars, they explain at the start of the show, asking the audience to imagine that’s all going on.... Read More
Audego : Abominable Galaxy
0 Comments. 893 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2012 @ 4:43pm.
  Paso Bionic has been around the Australian hip hop scene for more than a minute now, known for his work behind the boards on five Curse Ov Dialect albums as well as four from TZU, he even had time to drop a solo record under his own name. The other half of Audego female vocalist Big Fella is less known, but equally as important. It may have all started with a remix, but it has led to a... Read More
The Count With... The SideTracked Fiasco
0 Comments. 613 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 7:04pm.
  Name/Band:   John O’Donnell/The SideTracked Fiasco   Ten bands everyone should know about: In no particular order – Pine Gap Aerials, Wizards of Oz, XQuabed, Over-Reactor, Buttertime, Disorion, Feedback Scars, Dirty Sanchez, Gentle As A Lamb and The SideTracked Fiasco of course.   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: You only need one, one is all... Read More
Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving : Deaden The Fields
0 Comments. 817 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 6:45pm.
Recipients of a Western Australian government grant, recorded locally but mastered in Sweden, allows the band to develop a contrary sound and engage the listener in sounds oblique enough to capture the imagination. With tracks rambling along to over ten minutes and sometimes 15 minutes in length, it is an achievement in this present age of digital quick fire play-delete almost ADD syndrome... Read More
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard : Bloody Ripper
0 Comments. 849 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 1:57pm.
  ‘All I wanna do is sink my teeth in you. You already told me to, you said that it’s alright.’ Powerful, powerful words from the 48-member garage punk collective that has lit a fire in the heart of many a Melbourne music fan. Bloody Ripper is short and sweet and noisey, a decent little tune, but it won’t quite illuminate the glory that is King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. You gotta see... Read More
Sam Sparro : I Wish I Never Met You
0 Comments. 772 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 1:30pm.
  I quite like the melodic disco pulse of I Wish I Never Met You but I don’t know if it’s all that good. I just like Sam Sparro now. I saw the video for Happiness recently and realised I had missed the thing that makes this kid a bona fide pop star: he dances! There’s more to it than that, mind you. His tidy moustache, enormous teeth and tiny wing-like ears make him look like a Bugsy Malone... Read More
60 Seconds With… N’Fa Jones
0 Comments. 641 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 7:44am.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? The Band name is my name.. N'fa Jones.. I'm the songwriter, and MC   What do you reckon people will say you sound like? Hopefully "good, heavvvy, doooope"..   What do you love about making music? The fact that its invisible, and doesn't exist in physical form.. you vibe, clap hands, sing, record an idea that you either... Read More
Tom Gleeson - Good One
0 Comments. 567 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 4:33pm.
A show of pure stand-up but purely entertaining, Tom Gleeson’s Good One has no real theme or underlying message, instead he opts for a handful of segments that very loosely tie together. Tucked away at the Victoria Hotel, the location is perfect for Gleeson as he “likes an audience who’s good at orienteering”.    The show is vaguely divided in two, with the first half focusing on... Read More
Raise The Roof for Pure Pop
0 Comments. 1,309 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2012 @ 2:07pm.
St Kilda's Pure Pop Records are the trifecta; record store, cafe, and live music venue in one. However, in order to keep it that way (and the neighbours happy) owner Dave Stevens has organised Raise the Roof at the Prince Bandroom, to help fund the store's renovations. The evening will see performances from acts such as Ron S Peno & The Superstitions, Henry Wagons, The Underground Lovers,... Read More
60 Seconds With... Oscar + Martin
0 Comments. 621 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2012 @ 9:50am.
Name/Band: Oscar and Martin (Oscar + Martin)   Define your genre in five words or less: "just a couple of guys appreciating some architecture."   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A lot of people say we sound kind of nostalgic, or like sentimental but in a genuine way I would hope.   Describe the best gig... Read More
60 Seconds With... The Good Ship
0 Comments. 668 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2012 @ 2:21pm.
  Describe your sound in five words or less: Porno, country, folk, cabaret.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? They don’t walk past, they dance past. And when they go get a beer, they bring it back to one of us, forget about their friend, laugh, shout, sing and dance some more.   What... Read More
Zoe Coombs Marr — Gone Off
0 Comments. 1,385 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2012 @ 3:45pm.
This is a true story, Zoe Coombs Marr tells us at the outset, but if you’re seeking a tale of redemption you’ve come to the wrong place. She doesn’t find herself at the end. She doesn’t become a better person.    In her mid-20s, Coombs Marr breaks up with her girlfriend and finds herself smack-bang in the midst of a quarter-life crisis. She vacates her share-house and pawns her... Read More
Fiona O’Loughlin – The Divine Miss O
0 Comments. 554 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
Fiona O’Loughlin is having far too much fun on the stand-up comedy circuit to give it all up for PTA meetings and ladies lunches. Instead she has hit the stage with an all-new show –The Divine Miss O, proving to women of all ages that it’s okay to ditch the wrinkle cream and simply embrace the hilarity of life (And your gay icon status!) O’Loughlin’s show is full of surprises. For instance, did... Read More
Kindness : World, You Need A Change Of Mind
0 Comments. 1,152 Views. Posted 5 Apr 2012 @ 5:08pm.
Capitalising on the chillwave genre which is oh-so-trendy these days, Adam Bainbridge (aka Kindness) creates a comprehensive and colourful album. While this release might have seemed more innovative a couple of years ago when the likes of Toro Y Moi and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti were at their peak, there is enough brilliance on World, You Need A Change Of Mind to make it feel relevant.... Read More
Cal Wilson is All Ears
0 Comments. 551 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 4:07pm.
You’d think Cal Wilson was impossible to embarrass when hearing the stories she shares to packed rooms every night. Cal Wilson is All Ears is based around the premise that truth is more entertaining than fiction, and that sharing the most humiliating moments of your life can be the best way of getting past them.   Wilson shares stories of being chased by her ‘blind’ brother as a kid,... Read More
Class Actress : Bienvenue
0 Comments. 624 Views. Posted 4 Apr 2012 @ 11:36am.
  Lifted from Class Actress’ debut album Rapprocher, Bienvenue is racing burst of synth pop, lightly balanced between sultriness and giddy glitch rainbows. Elizabeth Harper’s voice is a wisp of a thing, airy and forgettable. Read More
Tiesto to Headline Stereosonic
0 Comments. 1,728 Views. Posted 3 Apr 2012 @ 3:00pm.
Cat's out of the bag, thanks to a sneaky tweet some of us at the Beat offices were sharp enough to catch! Stereosonic - the yearly festival synonymous with the beginning of the summer party season for many a clubber in Australia is one we all look forward to year in and year out, and with none other than Tiesto taking out the headline slot, it should be a non-stop party. Many of you would have... Read More
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