Thunder Road
0 Comments. 177 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2013 @ 9:07am.
The country is getting eager for the imminent arrival of Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band, the latter of which is now credited with around 20 musicians of the highest calibre, capable of pumping out the giant shows that The Boss had led for over 40 years. “I think over the last years he’s really grown his band,” says Mitch Dean, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for Springsteen tribute... Read More

Bruce Springsteen : Wrecking Ball
0 Comments. 692 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 11:49am.
  Bruce Springsteen refuses to quit. Throughout his career, he’s painted the landscape of the “behind the scenes” America, that of the blue-collar factory workers, the catalyst that lets the dudes in the skyscrapers keep rolling in benjamins. Or that of the country drowning in debt, hiding to the rest of the world behind silver screens everywhere. As The Boss has put it, he’s spent a life... Read More

SXSW 2012 @ Austin, Texas
0 Comments. 2,066 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

The Count With... The Audreys
0 Comments. 1,168 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 11:28am.
Name/Band: Tristan Goodall from The Audreys   Ten bands everyone should know about:The Velocettes, The Yearlings, Dirty York, Graveyard Train, Pants Down Uptown (note: not a real band), Rich Davies and The Devil's Union, The Wilson Pickers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Brothers Grimm, The Be Good Tanyas.   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:Friends x7 (... Read More

Single of The Week - The Peep Tempel: Howlin’ Belle
0 Comments. 1,663 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 10:38am.
  A curt, energetic tune from Melbourne’s Peep Tempel that starts off channelling Bruce Springsteen then ramps up to hysterical garage punk. Agitated and rough, but full of feeling, it takes the Melbourne pub rock sound in a refreshing new direction, out of parochial cliché and into a wild and worldly scene. Excellent. Read More

Kurt Vile
0 Comments. 1,165 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 10:39am.
In an interview with a fashion reporter in April this year, Sonic youth bassist and singer Kim Gordon nominated Kurt Vile’s record Childish Prodigy as her greatest guilty pleasure. “Guilty because I listen to it too much,” she said. It’s a sentiment that sums up the reaction to the Philadelphian indie rocker perfectly. Since the release of his latest record, Smoke Ring for My Halo, music... Read More

Ups and Downs : Out of the Darkness
0 Comments. 1,548 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

Adalita At The Northcote Social Club
0 Comments. 1,660 Views. Posted 23 Aug 2011 @ 2:25pm.
There's a reason why Adalita's show at Northcote Social Club was sold out on this night. The former Magic Dirt frontwoman and all-round entertainer looked every part the '90s grunge goddess, and not a day over 25. Donning an oversized black shirt and dark heavy make-up, Adalita had every onlooker within the walls of the venue hanging on her - at times raw and brutal - word.   Opening the... Read More

WIM
0 Comments. 2,025 Views. Posted 18 Aug 2011 @ 9:32am.
The album launch for WIM's debut self-titled full-length in their hometown of Sydney was an extravagant affair to say the least. Held at the Paddington Uniting Church, the band transformed the entire interior of the venue into a flower and vine covered wonderland as well as enlisting the services of a five piece choir to join them on stage. It's fair to say that the band has become well known for... Read More

Animaux
0 Comments. 3,952 Views. Posted 8 Jul 2011 @ 9:55am.
So then, w hat's the band name and what do you 'do' in the band? O: "Ollie Whitehead (O) and Alex Lahey (A). We're called ANIMAUX. Alex is the lead vocals/alto sax player, and I play tenor sax."   W hat do you reckon people will say you sound like? O: "Somewhere within the mysterious genre of pop-funk." A: "That's a bloody hard question, I can't even answer that. Everyone would have to... Read More