Tag: "Japan"

60 Seconds With... Rousemoff
0 Comments. 470 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 9:42am.
Describe your genre in five words or less.Minimalist psychedelic doom.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?"And so the beast awoke from its slumber; with a sigh, the mountains shook with great ferocity, raising the brow of the very Gods that breathed first life unto it; and so my eyeballs, they did oscillate." Someone... Read More
Jack Ladder Tour
0 Comments. 1,141 Views. Posted 1 Mar 2012 @ 3:17pm.
Jack Ladder will perform a series of intimate one-man shows this March – the first solo headline tour of his AMP nominated third album, Hurtsville.  Described as an ‘Australian-classic-in-the-making’ by Rolling Stone, Hurtsville received heaps of critical acclaim last year, along with its striking first single Cold Feet. Since its Australian release in June, Ladder has toured... Read More
Blip Festival Brings The Beeps
0 Comments. 1,200 Views. Posted 30 Jan 2012 @ 7:50am.
Next month marks the first time a chiptune festival has ever landed in Australia – a sad insufficiency in Melbourne’s dance music scene, many will agree.  Finding success in the US, Europe and Japan since its inception in 2006, 8bitpeoples are bringing the low-tech, bleepy sounds of chiptune down to Australia in the form of Blip Festival, set to rock Melbourne with a selection of premier... Read More
Q&A: The Scrapes
0 Comments. 1,128 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 2:14pm.
So then, what's the band name and what do you 'do' in the band?   The Scrapes. I'm Adam Cadell violin wrangler.     Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?   People have vastly differing ideas of how we sound. Desolate and weird are common adjectives!   What do you love about making music?  ... Read More
60 Seconds With... Slub
0 Comments. 821 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 9:25am.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Slub. I play guitar, cello, synth, percussion and, when appropiate, dead man. I also sing, usually in a fantasy language, coz people usually don't understand my heavily accented English anyway.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? I've heard people say:... Read More
The Japanese Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,341 Views. Posted 18 Nov 2011 @ 8:26am.
The Japanese are famous for many things. Raw fish and rice wrapped in seaweed, slick motor vehicles, noble samurai warriors dying for home and country as well as kamikaze pilots holding no less honour. The symbols of Japanese culture are endless but unfortunately, for reasons beyond their control, thinking of Japan now brings forward powerful images of debris on a sea or a lava-like monstrosity... Read More
13 Assassins
0 Comments. 1,534 Views. Posted 7 Sep 2011 @ 4:49am.
The Dirty Baker’s Dozen? Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition, etc) leaves behind his preferred milieu of gangster thrillers and horror movies to venture confidently into Kurosawa territory with this sword and samurai action film, set in mid-19th century feudal Japan. 13 Assassins is a remake of Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 black and white samurai movie of the same name, but infused with... Read More
MIFF Week One: Reviewed in Limerick
0 Comments. 1,867 Views. Posted 1 Aug 2011 @ 8:17am.
We've almost hit the halfway mark of the Melbourne International Film Festival - how many films have you seen? While I'm only just getting started, here's a quick review of the films I've seen so far. Feel free to send in your own limerick reviews or visit The Limerick Review for regular festival updates.   13 Assassins (Japan) Honour's not something that's bought, But from family and peers... Read More
2011 Bayside Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,706 Views. Posted 19 Jul 2011 @ 2:00pm.
The children are our future, right? So we should celebrate their efforts from the very beginning. Right.  Now in its eighth year, The Bayside Film Festival celebrates young and emerging filmmakers via a series of Australian premiere screenings, dynamic workshops, and international collaborations from as far afield as Kabul and Japan. Even if your film didn't get chosen, go along and support... Read More
Hear
0 Comments. 1,893 Views. Posted 27 May 2011 @ 2:30pm.
F irst things first, the event name: how did you come up with it and what's it about? "Well, the event name is called HEAR and we came up with the name by opening the dictionary and pointing at a word. Worked out pretty well, 'cos we all love the name and it just rolls off the tongue."   And what's the damn show all about? "The show is all about getting people together listen to good music... Read More
Rocket To Memphis
0 Comments. 1,711 Views. Posted 22 Apr 2011 @ 12:19am.
Having done his share of touring in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Toys Went Beserk, Andy Jarvis says his attitude to touring has changed slightly in recent years. “I suppose we’re less inclined to sleep on people’s floors,” he laughs. “But we’re just as driven, and maybe even more so, and we’re better performers as well. We’re much more aware of the need to put on a show. When I go and see... Read More
Washed Away With Kozyndan
0 Comments. 2,544 Views. Posted 14 Apr 2011 @ 10:58am.
Outré Gallery will be hosting LA art team kozyndan on a three city tour of Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. When Kozy left Japan to study art in California she met Dan, forming the artistic duo kozyndan (geddit? Kozy 'n' Dan?) who now travel the world with their panorama pieces known to be filled with chaos and beauty. The pair is probably most famous for their art piece Uprisings, a play on Hokusai... Read More
Die! Die! Die! Down Under
0 Comments. 1,900 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2011 @ 2:17pm.
Following the release of their third album Form, Die! Die! Die! are touring Australia this month.   The New Zealand punk band’s members Andrew Wilson (vocals, guitar), Lachlan Anderson (bass, vocals) and Michael Prain (drums) were formed in 2003 (with a few changes alone the way) and have gained quite a following with the release of three albums and a number of tours.   This trip... Read More
My Disco Launch Tour
0 Comments. 1,847 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2011 @ 3:13pm.
This April, in what will be their first and only Australian tour for 2011, Melbourne trio My Disco will launch the deluxe double LP version of their 2010 release Little Joy.  Each record will come complete with a 24” x 24” fold out poster, etched vinyl and a free MP3 download, plus there will also be a limited number of green and white swirled LPs available.... Read More
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