Tag: "Tasmania"

Tim Burns at The James Makin Gallery
0 Comments. 554 Views. Posted 13 Nov 2012 @ 10:28am.
The James Makin Gallery will host it's first major solo exhibition this February, with Tim Burns' Recent Works. The nationally acclaimed Tim Burns is well known for his innovative interpretations of Tasmanian landscapes. He is the recipient of many major awards including the 2009 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize. Read More
Johnny Gibson
0 Comments. 1,187 Views. Posted 5 Apr 2012 @ 4:43pm.
  In the eyes of many rock’n’roll practitioners, drummers should be heard, and rarely seen. According to rock’n’roll mythology drummers are a notoriously fickle bunch, with a reputation that traverses the spectrum from volatility to unreliability. It’s an observation Johnny Gibson, drummer in a cluster of local bands including the Swedish Magazines, Raised by Eagles, The Currency and Wally... Read More
Beyond The Neck
0 Comments. 1,841 Views. Posted 14 Mar 2012 @ 7:10am.
  In April 1996, a man named Martin Bryant unconscionably thrust a small Tasmanian community into international repute. Arriving at Port Arthur Bay’s historic site, he unloaded his shotgun hundreds of times, picking off 35 locals and foreigners one by one. For some of the victims, efforts to escape were futile. Others were lucky enough to survive, but wounded in other ways and left bearing... Read More
Falls Music And Arts Festival, December 28-31, Marion Bay
0 Comments. 1,306 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2012 @ 12:36pm.
The word ‘invigorating’ is often used by many die-hard Tasmanians as an apparent flattering synonym for ‘fucking cold and windy’. I used to live there, so I can tell you right now that the latter description is far more apt. Either way, I’d been hearing stories about the previous years’ glorious weather each day of the Falls Festival and was hoping for more of the same, because, die-hard ‘... Read More
Bonobo Announces 2nd Show
0 Comments. 1,385 Views. Posted 19 Jan 2012 @ 11:23am.
After swiftly selling out his first show at The Corner Hotel, Bonobo aka Simon Green has announced an encore performance. Making his debut voyage to Australian shores as part of the Playground Weekender festival in NSW and WOMADelaide, Green will also be bringing along his full live band and vocalist Andreya Triana, who featured heavily on his critically acclaimed 2010 release, Black Sands. Read More
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Cancels Tour
0 Comments. 19,184 Views. Posted 23 Dec 2011 @ 4:35pm.
In a last-minute setback for Falls attendees, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs has announced he will not be making it over to Australia for the new year period. Earlier today Falls    TEED was set to headline the upcoming I OH YOU party, but it looks like Unknown Mortal Orchestra have jumped straight in to fill the void. Nice!   Lucky for us, there's still a shitload of amazing... Read More
The Hunter
0 Comments. 1,873 Views. Posted 21 Oct 2011 @ 10:19am.
Bear Grylls ain't got nothing on Willem, Who's hunting a tiger to kill 'em, But in TAS he's the stranger, Now he’s also in danger, Making objectives hard to fulfil 'em. Rating: B+ Check out more at The Limerick Review Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), an American mercenary in search of the last remaining Tasmanian Tiger. Martin is... Read More
Vincenzo: Wherever I lay My Head
0 Comments. 1,386 Views. Posted 15 Sep 2011 @ 11:21am.
Berlin producer releases his third full length album on the Dessous label and it is a quality piece of output. Thirteen tracks of fresh deep house cuts featuring the well renowned Lisa Shaw on the opening track Hello! Along with Keep Moving. An ode to Australia is the second track aptly named Tasmania, which was produced in Hobart. Vincenzo is so fond of Australia that he has relocated to... Read More
Scratch Perverts Announce Australian Tour
0 Comments. 1,727 Views. Posted 29 Aug 2011 @ 10:31am.
London’s turntablist geniuses Scratch Perverts are a force to be reckoned with, with a track record of rocking hip-hop and dance music that extends all the way back to 1996.    Some of you headed to Falls Festival have probably already heard that the boys have just been added to the lineup – but no need to feel like you’re missing out if you can’t make the pilgrimage down, ‘cause they’... Read More
Bedroom Philosopher
0 Comments. 1,248 Views. Posted 19 Aug 2011 @ 9:10am.
It's the official census night when Justin Heazlewood, alternatively known as the Bedroom Philosopher calls for our interview. In light of his satirical take on the young, hip residents of the so-called arty suburbs of the inner-north, I'm interested in Heazlewood's assessment of that demographic as it will be represented in the Census results. "They'll be a designer, musician or artist,"... Read More
Cee Lo Green Tour?
0 Comments. 2,616 Views. Posted 7 Jul 2011 @ 5:57pm.
After giving Good Vibrations and Australia the proverbial 'fuck you' in favour for the Grammy's earlier this year, Cee Lo Green has leaked tour dates on his website.  Although one would be a bit hasty believing the tour dates, considering they indicate Cee Lo would be jet-setting to our shores in just over 3 weeks, CeeLoGreen.com today updated their tour listings containing three Australian... Read More
Experimental Gentlemen : Music Meets Art
0 Comments. 2,363 Views. Posted 26 May 2011 @ 8:55pm.
When the likes of some of Australia's most poignant artists created there masterpieces to mirror the colonial setting of a pioneer new world Australia, they surely didn't hypothesize a counterpart of contemporary rock music. Experimental gentlemen' is an interactive art exhibition complied of artworks from the Grimwade collection including pieces by John Skinner Prout, William Strutt,... Read More
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