Tag: "Existential quantification"

Rüfüs
0 Comments. 546 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2012 @ 2:26pm.
  I’ll come right out and admit it. As a child of the halcyon days of the ‘80s, nothing – nothing – floats my boat more than skillfully employed and emotive synth-pop. From the explosion of JG Ballard-inspired post-punk of Throbbing Gristle, Human League and Cabaret Voltaire to the post-industrial electro-pop purveyed by luminaries Depeche Mode, New Order and Erasure, the ‘80s were... Read More
Dropbunny
0 Comments. 829 Views. Posted 13 Mar 2012 @ 11:47am.
  The contrast between airy, eerie melodies and the thrash of bent guitars bring Melbourne metal rockers dropbunny up another level with their new album, IO. With the recent addition of three new members, the fresh-look seven-piece give it their all in lacing together sometimes disparate elements, which reflects their varied approach to the themes they’re trying to impart. “Music is... Read More
Scaramouche
0 Comments. 982 Views. Posted 7 Feb 2012 @ 12:52pm.
  It’s been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Yet this isn’t the case for Scaramouche, the Melbourne via Canberra five-piece act. Known for their propulsive rhythms and old-school, classic rock-influenced mentality, Scaramouche is remarkably content in their new surroundings. “It was the music scene that brought us here,” says drummer John Milton, on the line from his... Read More
Girl Talk
0 Comments. 1,906 Views. Posted 11 Jan 2012 @ 4:21pm.
Change is in the air and Gregg Michael Gillis knows it. Better known as Girl Talk, he’ll eventually get to the paradigm shift in pop music. But at the beginning of our 25-minute conversation, Gillis is focused on a different kind of change: that of the approach of the new, shortened NBA season and players like LeBron James building “super teams” comprised of more all-stars than not. “People have... Read More
Moomba Festival
0 Comments. 1,880 Views. Posted 2 Jan 2012 @ 7:46am.
Now in its 56th year, it would be an understatement to say the Moomba Festival is still going strong. With the biggest musical line-up yet set to take place in 2012, organisers proudly admit that Moomba will quite literally have something for everybody - musos, families, kids and the older crowd. The best part about it, according to program director Ros Abercrombie, is that it's all free… "The... Read More
Chali 2na
0 Comments. 877 Views. Posted 1 Dec 2011 @ 9:35am.
Rapper Chali 2na has been a part of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, two of the most admired and respected hip hop outfits of the past decade, but these days, he's more of a lone wolf. With an acclaimed album under his belt, and the first in a series of EPs due out very soon, he's loving life as a solo artist even if, as he admits, it's been an adjustment. "The biggest change I've felt since going solo... Read More
An Awful Lot of Vaudeville
0 Comments. 3,020 Views. Posted 9 Aug 2011 @ 10:47am.
There is the real world and then there is Mojo Juju's world. As a child, the singer-songwriter and director of the Hoodoo Emporium grew up in her own fantasy realm, adopting a different name each day and refusing to respond to her own. Although she was a cause for concern to her father, Melbourne can count itself lucky that Mojo Juju has ventured further and further into her imagination over... Read More
Thousand Needles In Red and Floating Me
0 Comments. 2,236 Views. Posted 5 Jul 2011 @ 11:43am.
Thousand Needles In Red and Floating Me have fast emerged in recent years as part of a new generation of exhilarating live acts. Both were born of famous bands - TRIN from The Butterfly Effect and Kill The Capitol, and Floating Me from Scarymother, Cog and Karnivool . They're different beasts, sure, but both their lineups have the chops to tackle everything from brooding atmospherics to hard... Read More
Grouplove
0 Comments. 5,351 Views. Posted 29 Jun 2011 @ 5:47pm.
The rise and rise of LA-based indie wunderkinds Grouplove over the past 12 months has been nothing short of remarkable. On the back of their debut self-titled Grouplove EP - which was released only last year - the five-piece have been racking up the achievements at an astonishing rate. They've toured with the likes of Florence And The Machine and Foster The People, made countless 'top ten' and '... Read More
Jane Badler
0 Comments. 3,352 Views. Posted 11 May 2011 @ 10:48am.
With her flagship performance as an actress being that of an alien beauty in the landmark sci-fi series V, it comes as no surprise that Jane Badler has found herself revelling in her newfound role as somewhat of an outsider in the Australian musical landscape. Tears Again marks the second collaboration with Melbourne musical outfit SIR, present a body of work rich with over-the-top melodrama and... Read More
10 Things You Need To Know About Cop Hard
0 Comments. 3,075 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 2:51pm.
“May my father’s erection be straight, hard and strong. And may my mother’s vagina possess a tight wetness.”   And thus Detective Larry Hard announced his arrival to an unsuspecting internet in the debut webisode of Cop Hard. It’s safe to say anyone who’d been hoping for more of the same from Jonathan auf der Heide and Oscar Redding, makers of 2009... Read More
Dream On, Dreamer
0 Comments. 3,595 Views. Posted 3 Mar 2011 @ 11:45pm.
Everyone has a dream. Some dreams are relatively realistic and achievable, others fanciful and utterly absurd; but let yourself reflect on a more innocent time, before life's harsh realities dashed the hopes of wide-eyed childhood, and some will remember aspiring to be a butcher, a baker, a candle-stick maker... or probably a fireman or rockstar like the rest of them. The majority of... Read More
Yis
0 Comments. 2,546 Views. Posted 27 Feb 2011 @ 11:45pm.
The first question in an interview is often the most obvious, and frequently the most revealing. So tonight's interview with Simon Fazio and Bronwyn Liroudia-Rands, two-thirds of local garage band YIS begins with the obvious inquiry: where does the band's name come from? Judging by the reaction, it's a question that's come up plenty of times previously. Fazio's initial response refers... Read More
Syndicate content