Tag: "SXSW"

Chet Faker Returns To Melbourne
0 Comments. 2,599 Views. Posted 5 Jul 2012 @ 1:03pm.
Electronic soul enigma Chet Faker is returning to Australia for a headline tour alongside his appearance at Splendour In The Grass. In what has already been a remarkable year for Faker, on the back of his Thinking In Textures EP 2012 has seen a sell out tour on Australian soil, a run of shows at SXSW and a performance at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE. Faker is also currently supporting... Read More
Husky
0 Comments. 446 Views. Posted 4 May 2012 @ 10:45am.
  “Wild. It’s been wild,” Husky Gawenda understates, shaking his head with a laugh. The Melbourne songwriter and his cousin Gideon Preiss are sitting across from me at a table in Austin, Texas after just coming off stage at The Aussie BBQ – the now infamous Australian showcase held each year at South by South West, aka the indie music world’s Spring Break. It’s Husky’s first time in Austin... Read More
Big Scary
0 Comments. 614 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2012 @ 2:13pm.
  It’s been a busy six months for Big Scary.  Since the release of their debut album Vacation last October, it seems Melbourne’s best and brightest musical pair have become one of the nation’s favourite duos. Winning adulation from critics, fans and one Richard Kingsmill (who namedVacation in his Top 10 albums of last year). With a critically acclaimed record under their... Read More
SXSW 2012 @ Austin, Texas
0 Comments. 2,062 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 12:20pm.
  In his inspired and inspiring SXSW keynote address, Bruce Springsteen quoted legendary music critic Lester Bangs, who wrote that Elvis Presley was the last thing that we would all agree on. Springsteen talked about a time when there were so few bands around that record stores didn’t exist, when albums were racked in a corner of the local drug store. Not anymore. There are more music... Read More
SXSW 2011
0 Comments. 1,234 Views. Posted 21 Apr 2011 @ 1:52pm.
(‘Intrepid’ – read: ‘booze-hound’ – Beat Music Editor Jaymz Clements grabbed a passport, a pair of shorts and jeans, some underwear and some drinking money, and headed to the ‘States to see what was on offer at the world’s biggest music industry showcase, the annual SXSW music festival/conference in Austin, Texas. Here’s his review, pulled together from his hastily, drunkenly typed notes.) Part... Read More
DZ Deathrays
0 Comments. 2,719 Views. Posted 6 Apr 2011 @ 11:03am.
Attention Melbourne music fans: read on if you want to experience a Death From Above 1979 reunion show, via Brisbane dance/punk two piece DZ Deathrays (formerly just DZ, but more on that insignificant detail later). “We played our show and then literally ran next door to where Death From Above were playing and the line was massive by then and no one was getting in so we just climbed a fire... Read More
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