Tag: "That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is"

Ema
0 Comments. 904 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 9:33am.
  Relishing the chance to circumvent cleaning her untidy apartment upon answering my call, it is hard to believe singer/songwriter Erika M. Anderson (EMA) is plagued by an “obsession with perfectionism.”   “I’m trying to get better... I definitely think it takes a lot out of me to try and live up to my own standards, but I’m intrinsically motivated to do that,” she admits. Evident in... Read More
Hilltop Hoods Feat. Sia : I Love It
0 Comments. 1,736 Views. Posted 8 Dec 2011 @ 4:00pm.
  Hilltop Hoods rap about being rappers, specifically about how awesome it is to be rich, famous rappers on tour. (Note to self: survey Hilltop Hoods albums to determine how many times they have used the phrase “chasin’ the dream”. Feels like a lot.) The problem with this – and really, it is a happy, slick Oz hop tune so I shouldn’t have a problem with it – is that is doesn’t exactly speak... Read More
Metronomy
0 Comments. 1,335 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 9:06am.
After a year of playing festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Reading, one would expect electro pop band Metronomy to be experts on the festival circuit. Not the case, says lead singer Joseph Mount. "When we did that show at Glastonbury, we were very far away from our comfort zone." On playing festival main stages, he admits, "It's very terrifying but I guess if you do more, you get... Read More
KUBIK Melbourne
0 Comments. 3,274 Views. Posted 4 Nov 2011 @ 8:03am.
When considering what defines a festival or an event as 'extraordinary', thoughts are usually drawn to one crucial question: which artists will be performing? It takes an incredibly unique and groundbreaking venue to become the star attraction of a festival, and KUBIK Melbourne stunningly achieves just that as the flagship program for the second year of Melbourne Music Week. KUBIK - a... Read More
CITY & COLOUR
0 Comments. 1,459 Views. Posted 15 Jun 2011 @ 1:35pm.
“ I feel like life is all about those ‘little hells’ that you have to get through in order to enjoy the good parts of life,” says Canadian songwriter Dallas Green, reflecting on the title of his latest and perhaps most widely anticipated album under the moniker of City & Colour. “They’re the things that build your character and make you stronger – they make you who you are as a person.” It... Read More
Shaun Gladwell: Stereo Sequences
0 Comments. 3,132 Views. Posted 7 Jun 2011 @ 10:46am.
I’d hesitate to call my meeting with Shaun Gladwell an interview. ‘Private seminar’ about sums it up. As the London-based, Sydney-bred video artist talks to me about his new Stereo Sequences exhibition at ACMI, I find myself in a truly privileged position. Here I am, being casually schooled by one of Australia’s most remarkable contemporary artists in not only the 1970s heyday of avant-garde... Read More
Findie Helps Scriptwriters Make Shit Happen
2 Comments. 2,751 Views. Posted 2 Jun 2011 @ 5:39pm.
It's not easy being a writer. So many hours spent working hard on something... and then what? How do you make it real? After all the hard work, how are you going to turn your dream into a reality? Matt Cohen has just launched his website, Findie, which helps scriptwriters find teams to create films by providing a place for them to share content, ideas and to generally network. So if you're... Read More
The Ramshackle Army
0 Comments. 2,673 Views. Posted 17 May 2011 @ 5:12pm.
Calling your opening statement Life Lessons And Drunk Sessions makes perfect sense if you’re The Ramshackle Army. It seems entirely warranted also, that those lessons are being discussed in a pub on a freezing wet Melbourne autumn evening, with the band’s singer Gaz Byrne and violinist Kat Chish in residence. It’s apt, too, as across two hours, this particular drunken session eventually devolves... Read More
Justin Hamilton performs Circular
0 Comments. 1,621 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 4:41pm.
  Justin Hamilton is embracing technology, and encouraging his audience to do the same. In his show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, he’ll be asking audiences to turn on their phones during every performance. “We’ve created an app which allows the show to extrapolate on material that happens in the stage show. The way that the app works is that it can be used before,... Read More
I Oh You
0 Comments. 2,875 Views. Posted 1 Feb 2011 @ 12:24pm.
“If you build it, they will come,” was Jim Morrison’s advice to Wayne and Garth in Wayne’s World 2 when the pair were seeking the key to putting on a successful music festival. We all know the intention of that adage is to promote the idea that if you offer something of quality, then people will likely flock to it. But the reality is that, in Melbourne’s... Read More
Holy Fuck
0 Comments. 2,072 Views. Posted 1 Feb 2011 @ 12:25pm.
It’s tough not to admire Holy Fuck. From the brash irreverence of their name through their dogged devotion to DIY, to their ad hoc musical philosophy; there’s so much right with the band. A quick listen to 2010’s Latin reveals a unit that have only one priority: uncompromisingly energetic instrumental music. It’s gloriously chaotic, kraut-rock-... Read More
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