Tag: "Underground music"

Jaytech Returns
0 Comments. 577 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 12:57pm.
Anunjadeep favourite and Canberra success story Jaytech is a well-established name both here and abroad.  Classically trained as a pianist and a perfectionist when it comes to programming, his emotionally-laden take on deep melodies and sunny electronic grooves are a guaranteed hit, whether in the world's biggest stadiums or on your back-to-mine 6AM soundtrack. Earning himself a cult... Read More
Black Lips @ The Corner
0 Comments. 763 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 12:35pm.
  The flash in the pan, triple j garage bands tend to produce a barely legal crowd, literally bouncing with enthusiasm. Their squealing and conversations purely made up of acronyms liable to wear the well-travelled gig goer down. Thankfully Black Lips enduring career has seen them amass a cult following that boasts people of varying age groups, sub cultures and musical tastes.   Solid... Read More
Single Of The Week No. 2 - Howler : Back Of Your Neck
0 Comments. 1,039 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2011 @ 9:46am.
This clattering fusion of west coast sunshine and jangling garage rock has got me smiling from ear to ear. The debut single from Howler, taken from their forthcoming debut album, is melodic, agitated indie rock somewhere between The Drums and Black Lips. A mangy, effortless backyard party tune to get you through summer. Read More
Ups and Downs : Out of the Darkness
0 Comments. 1,578 Views. Posted 10 Nov 2011 @ 9:01am.
In many ways, the Ups and Downs story - recounted dryly in drummer Darren Atkinson's liner notes to the newOut of the Darkness compilation - is no different to thousands of other independent bands: early popular success, a whiff of overseas interest, injection of label funds, a change in artistic direction, dilution of original fanbase, popular decline and eventual break-up. Like the band's... Read More
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Sideshow
1 Comments. 1,311 Views. Posted 27 Oct 2011 @ 9:15am.
After recently being announced on the stellar Golden Plains Sixxx lineup, Ariel Pink and his Haunted Graffiti are one of the first cabs off the rank to announce a sideshow.  Last visiting the 3000 earlier this year for Laneway, the Los Angeles underground cult figure will be returning with his signature blend of hazey freak-folk. His 2010 release Before Today was crowned album of the year... Read More
Jagermeister Independent Music Awards - Wednesday October 12, Revolt
0 Comments. 1,418 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2011 @ 12:32pm.
I entertained the thought of posing with my colleagues in front of the sponsor banner for the horde of photographers while walking down the red carpet into the labyrinthine halls of Revolt. Running the hypothesis through my head, I surmised that each flash of a camera bulb would trigger an existential crisis more harrowing than the last. After the shooting would subside, I'd be asked, "So, who... Read More
2011 Independent Music Award Winners
0 Comments. 1,120 Views. Posted 13 Oct 2011 @ 9:38am.
Last night in the humble surrounds of the Revolt Artspace the 2011 Independent Music Awards took place which included performances from Calling All Cars, Emma Louise, Illy and Owl Eyes, The Holidays and Adalita. The Indepedent Music Awards are for “any music which is 100% Australian owned, which automatically discounts anything on a major label”. The winners were:   Best Independent Artist... Read More
FuntCase
0 Comments. 4,845 Views. Posted 12 Jul 2011 @ 2:57pm.
If you swap over the F and the C [in my name] I'm sure you'll get a nice surprise, had you not already worked it out." Yes, the man known professionally as FuntCase has a dirty mind. Good thing for us that vulgarity is translated within his ground shaking music. In the grand tradition of such mysterious figures as Jason Voorhees, this crazy Funt sports a rather creepy mask whenever he's in the... Read More
Boho Ball Finale
0 Comments. 2,636 Views. Posted 8 Jul 2011 @ 3:56pm.
In what's got to be a melancholic announcement for anybody who's donned a mask and attended an installment of the immensely popular Boho Ball over the years, the details on the last-ever Bohemian Masquerade Ball have been announced.   The Boho Ball started in a derelict church hall way back in 2007. Its primary purpose was, and still is, to throw a royal party that celebrates and showcases... Read More
Trentemøller : Late Night Tales
0 Comments. 2,715 Views. Posted 1 Jul 2011 @ 10:50am.
Late Night Tales conjures up something very David Lynch-esque, as though all the songs were being performed from behind the red curtain and you're waiting for a deep, dark secret to be divulged. Here it is: none of the tracks included on this CD embrace any type of electronica, if that's what you were expecting from Mr   Trentemøller . Instead, Late Night Tales delves deep into the... Read More
The Likes Of You Returns
0 Comments. 2,695 Views. Posted 1 Jul 2011 @ 8:33am.
The Likes of You are back! Rejoice, all ye Melbourne bass fiends. Their return to Roxanne Parlour promises to be off the chain, with Alex Smoke and FIT headlining.  Hailing from the UK with a background in musical education at the Durham Cathedral Choir School, Alex Smoke will be playing a live three hour set, spanning an engaging mix of his eclectic work in classical, electronica and... Read More
Boho Masquerade Ball
0 Comments. 3,157 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2011 @ 2:09pm.
Recognised as the grand carnival of underground culture, the Bohemian Masquerade Ball is a boiling-pot of independent music, extreme circus and performance installations. A flamboyant vanguard for a whole sub-culture of junkyard hero's, gentlemen punks, flaneur's and neo-vaudeville performances. Beginning in 2007 at a church hall in Northcote and evolving to large... Read More
Dixon & Ame Tour Melbourne
0 Comments. 1,782 Views. Posted 2 Feb 2011 @ 4:00pm.
The Likes of You and Soma Corp, two of Melbourne's finest purveyors of underground music, are joining forces to presents Dixon & Ame for an afternoon of electronica, house and techno.   Following a year that saw the unstoppable party phenomenon’s throw shows for James Holden, Hybrid, Timo Maas, Marcel Dettman, Tiefshwarz, Henrik Schwarz, Quarion and a whole lot more, they return... Read More
'Tis Pity She's A Whore
0 Comments. 1,439 Views. Posted 28 Jan 2011 @ 9:58am.
Rehearsals are now in full swing at the Malthouse Theatre for new artistic director Marion Potts' own adaptation of 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. John Ford's controversial four-hundred-year-old play is sure to match the heat of Melbourne in February, and is already causing quite a stir!   A notorious play that’s more often banned than performed, ‘Tis Pity tackles the most taboo... Read More
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