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Beach House
0 Comments. 468 Views. Posted 27 Dec 2012 @ 4:56pm.
Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House specialise in crafting lush and beautiful songs, their gauzy arrangements packed with gentle keyboard hums and haunting vocal melodies. Every two years or so, they release another amazing album – the most recent being this year’s acclaimed Bloom– although singer Victoria Legrand insists that there is no careful planning behind what they do. “Believe it or... Read More
Sharon Van Etten
0 Comments. 269 Views. Posted 20 Dec 2012 @ 5:50am.
With efficient grace and a wholehearted approach to her craft, it was almost impossible to separate Sharon Van Etten, the person, from the recorded output on her most recent full-length, Tramp. A soulful listen driven in equal parts by flawless acoustic guitar and meditative piano, Tramp was written and constructed over 14 months of scattered recording sessions. It’s easy to... Read More
Willis Earl Beal
0 Comments. 426 Views. Posted 17 Dec 2012 @ 4:37am.
In an increasingly self-centred, self-indulgent and frighteningly narcissistic world, Willis Earl Beal is an enigma. Beal grew up in Chicago as a notionally American child. In his early 20s, Beal joined the United States marines, before he was given a medical discharge. Unsure of what he was going to do, or what life had in store in for him, Beal floated around, dabbling in various odd jobs and... Read More
Two Door Cinema Club
0 Comments. 262 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2012 @ 6:56am.
“One day I’m complaining to our manager, saying, ‘Fuck this, I wanna have a week off, my girlfriend’s gonna kill me’ and shit like that, and then five minutes later I’m looking at the calendar and saying, ‘Well, there’s five days here – why aren’t we going to Colombia?’” Two Door Cinema Club’s bassist Kevin Baird is nursing a cough and a strong hangover on a bleary Sunday morning, and the effects... Read More
The Hives
0 Comments. 409 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2012 @ 6:31am.
This can’t be a coincidence, it just can’t. I’m minutes from talking to Nicholaus Arson, stolid guitarist for hard rocking Swedes The Hives, and the hold music sounds like…well, it sounds terrible, for starters. Plinky pianos and lifeless Flamenco guitars with a drum beat that sounds like it was recorded on an old Nokia 3210. But there’s a recurring theme, and if you squint your ears hard enough... Read More
Hot Chip Announce 2013 Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 3,491 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2012 @ 10:00am.
UK dance-pop sweethearts Hot Chip will be hitting the country over New Year's for the massive Falls Festival, and now Melbourne can expect some headline action. This year saw the band release In Our Heads what many have called the best album of their career. Expect to hear choice cuts from that record as well as their impressive back catalogue of modern classics. Read More
Two Door Cinema Club & The Vaccines Joint Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,857 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 11:51am.
Hailing from Ireland, three-piece Two Door Cinema Club returned only weeks ago with follow-up album, Beacon.  The relentless touring after the success of platinum selling debut Tourist History, meant the recording of their second effort, strongly reflects on their time on the road. Announcing a Falls sideshow, they'll be joined by The Vaccines and Brisbane outfit The Jungle Giants.... Read More
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 946 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 11:36am.
Orlando Higginbottom AKA Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs first began turning heads in 2010 He released his third EP through the much loved record label Greco-Roman (partially run by Joe Goddard of Hot Chip) and a track called Household Goods... thus triggered the avalanche which has seen TEED move from strength to strength across the world. Having already been anounced for Falls and having... Read More
The Hives Add Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 890 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 11:23am.
Continuing today's flurry of Falls sideshows, The Hives have added a Melbourne date. They conquered the Americas with a show at Coachella so storming that your best friend’s little sister still hasn’t come out of the haze. They occupied the United Kingdom with such strength at Reading and Leeds that your eldest cousin is still yet to return. Now, in January, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, Nicholaus... Read More
2012 Falls Festival Sideshow Roundup
0 Comments. 1,731 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 11:31am.
With the Lorne edition well and truly sold-out and Marion Bay not far behind, the Falls Festival bandwagon will roll on in to Melbourne town with a heap of sideshows announced in more intimate settings. The full list (so far) of Falls sideshows looks a little something like this:   Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines Festival Hall, Saturday December 29 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs The... Read More
Willis Earl Beal Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 732 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 10:49am.
The mesmerising Willis Earl Beal will tour Australia for the first time in December and January, performing at Falls Festival and his own headline show in Melbourne.  Complimenting his soulful croon, Willis Earl Beal writes immediately arresting, warm, ernest and moving music. He’s made dozens of songs using whatever spare instruments and materials he could find in Albuquerque's flea... Read More
Best Coast Announce Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 895 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 8:52am.
All grown up and stripped of the fuzzed-out, lo-fi prototype, Best Coast have announced their triumphant return to our shores this upcoming summer with some intimate festival sideshows to their Falls and Southbound appearances.  2012 has been a milestone year for the band, releasing their critically acclaimed sophomore album The Only Place with a distinctively cleaner and more sophisticated... Read More
First Aid Kit Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 749 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 8:30am.
The unforgettably harmonic First Aid Kit return to Australia this summer following a sold-out tour earlier this year.  Since then they've released their second successful full-length The Lion's Roar. For their third Australian tour, the Swedish sisters made famous by their YouTube Fleet Foxes covers will welcome the new year in their most compelling settings yet. Read More
Beach House Announce Falls Sideshow
1 Comments. 1,188 Views. Posted 1 Oct 2012 @ 2:16pm.
After flooring audiences earlier in 2012, Beach House are returning to hit Falls Music And Arts Festival at the end of the year.  Riding high after releasing one of the standout records of 2012 in Bloom, Beach House will no doubt shine when they return to Australian stages, including a freshly announced run of sideshows.  Read More
Sharon Van Etten Falls Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,437 Views. Posted 28 Sep 2012 @ 3:42pm.
Singer, songwriter, collaborator and incredibly captivating performer, the irrepressible Brooklyn-based  Sharon Van Etten is nothing short of indie rock royalty.  Already announced for Falls, Van Etten has added a Melbourne date just before the new year. Backed by her stunning three piece band, Sharon will showcase her bittersweet songs with all their raw intimacy... Read More
Maximo Park 2013 Australian Tour
0 Comments. 1,131 Views. Posted 28 Sep 2012 @ 8:51am.
Previously announced for Falls and Southbound, Maximo Park will also play a headline show in Melbourne early next year. It’s been seven years since Maximo Park released their critically acclaimed and Mercury Prize nominated debut album A Certain Trigger, alongside with their breakthrough single Apply Some Pressure. Their recently released fourth album The National Health was recorded with the... Read More
The Vaccines
0 Comments. 525 Views. Posted 30 Aug 2012 @ 6:03am.
It’s been a hard slog for The Vaccines ever since their formation in early 2010. A true buzz band in every sense of the term, the four-piece was catapulted into the limelight in true British music press fashion, and the lads have been under the pump ever since. However, guitarist Freddie Cowan says success for the band isn’t a result of the hype – it’s because The Vaccines are truly one of the... Read More
Falls Festival Unveils 2012 Boogie Nights Roster
0 Comments. 1,288 Views. Posted 20 Aug 2012 @ 2:21pm.
Following on from a ripper third announcement, Falls Music And Arts Festival have announced the roster for their opening night Boogie Nights spectacular. The Boogie Nights lineup features Anna Lumb & DJ Lazer Ferrari, Chris Gill & Mohair Slim (Lorne only), Dj Manchild & Russ Dewbury (Marion Bay only), Furnace & The Fundamentals (Lorne only), Legs Akimbo, Muscles (Lorne only), The... Read More
The Flaming Lips
0 Comments. 617 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2012 @ 7:25am.
In the first half of this year Oklahoma's favourite sons have written a fight song (based on Race For The Prize) for NBA finalists the Oklahoma City Thunder, broken a Guinness World Record for most gigs played in different cities in 24 hours, released a 24 hour song encased in a gummy foetus, released a split single with metal titans Mastodon, and collaborated with Coldplay main man Chris... Read More
Falls Festival 2012 Lineup Part Two
0 Comments. 1,946 Views. Posted 11 Jul 2012 @ 5:02pm.
Following on from a pretty freakin' large first announcement, the stream of top shelf talent continues to join this year's Falls Music And Arts Festival. The second announcement brings Bombay Bicycle Club, First Aid Kit, Hilltop Hoods, Hot Chip, Maximo Park, Millions and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs into the fold.   These seven artists join the already announced acts Beach... Read More
Falls Music And Arts Festival 2012 Lineup Announcement
0 Comments. 2,351 Views. Posted 3 Jul 2012 @ 8:32am.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Falls Music And Arts Festival at Lorne, and the tenth anniversary of the festival in Marion Bay. And to celebrate, an all-star first lineup announcement has just been revealed. Leading the charge with the stellar first announcement are Beach House, Best Coast, Boy And Bear, Coolio, Sampology presents A Falls Anniversary Live AV Show, SBTRKT, The... Read More
Falls Music And Arts Festival, December 28-31, Marion Bay
0 Comments. 1,308 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
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Cancels Tour
0 Comments. 19,194 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
Falls Adds More Acts For Lorne
0 Comments. 1,843 Views. Posted 25 Oct 2011 @ 9:14am.
Ok, this is getting ridiculous! Just when you think the Falls Music And Arts Festival couldn't get any bigger, they go and announce yet another batch A slew of red-hot indie dance, rap, and electro acts have been added to the already amazing Lorne instalment of the festival.   Joining the bill will be recent Beat TV star 360, Bass Kleph, Dr Don Don, Hook N Sling, Lotek, Mic Newman &... Read More
Single Of The Week [No. 3] The Jim Jones Revue : Dishonest John
0 Comments. 1,071 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 1:54pm.
Saw Jim Jones in New York a few weeks ago and my god, what a brain-melting show it was, a feral sweat pit filed with waif thin male models in town for Fashion Week and the Williamsburg rockerati, all bouncing of the walls, part-mosh, part-jitterbug, while the band raced through amped up twelve bar blues barn-stormers like this, Dishonest John. This is rock and roll in all its dirty, fiendish... Read More
Grouplove Announce Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,159 Views. Posted 11 Oct 2011 @ 10:39am.
Looks like Australia is set to feel a whole lotta lovin' over the New Year's period, with sunny Cali rockers Grouplove announcing their quick return to Australia. Fresh from being announced as additions to the epic Falls Festival lineup, and after crushing it on the main stage at this year's Splendour In the Grass, the stomping outfit will perform a headline show in Melbourne early in the new... Read More
Even More For Falls Festival
0 Comments. 1,963 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 8:43am.
Remember the ridiculously drawn out but undeniably awesome drip-feed of Falls Festival acts? Wasn't that fun? Well guess what, the acts just keep on coming!  Leading the charge of the presumably final announcement is Cali rockers Grouplove, who will be making a quick return after a stellar slot at this year's Splendour In The Grass.   Also gracing the Lorne and Tassie stages... Read More
The Espy's New Years Eve Party
0 Comments. 3,722 Views. Posted 6 Oct 2011 @ 6:08pm.
One of the cornerstones of the Melbourne live music scene, The Espy, has announced the shenanigans for their infamous New Years Eve party. Through previous years, the likes of The Drones, The Grates, Lisa Mitchell, Spiderbait, Mess Hall, Architecture In Helsinki, Magic Dirt, Children Collide, Wolf & Cub, Airbourne, You Am I and Wagon have brought in the New Year, and have earned the annual... Read More
The JD Set With Art Vs. Science - Wednesday September 14, Trak
0 Comments. 1,554 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2011 @ 1:33pm.
On paper, the prospect of an evening with Art Vs Science performing a selection of tunes from the songbook of legendary Australian band Icehouse sounds positively promising. Let me tell you – in practice, the experience was thoroughly thrilling. An excited mob of punters certainly felt that way as Art Vs Science first took the stage at Trak Lounge in Toorak. The Sydney electro-pop trio and some... Read More
Scratch Perverts Announce Australian Tour
0 Comments. 1,731 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
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