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Meredith Music Festival 2012 @ Supernatural Amphitheatre
0 Comments. 2,486 Views. Posted 10 Dec 2012 @ 1:36pm.
What characters we were. The local chapters of the Turbojugend with their fantastic embroidered denim jackets. The bindi-sporting girls with seapunk-turquoise hair and acute bangs. The kooks in their animal costumes. The babes with their resplendent floral headgear. The wide-eyed teens taking off on their maiden Meredithian journey. The hardened rock dogs clutching a perpetual tinny. All very... Read More
Spiritualized
0 Comments. 423 Views. Posted 5 Dec 2012 @ 5:50am.
Jason Pierce, of seminal British space rock band Spiritualized, is not the sort of artist you simply go through the motions with during an interview. He is a musician – yes, selling a product – but he’s a true artist who gives great thought to everything he says and considers his words carefully. His latest album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, has been one of this year’s most talked about... Read More
JB Smoove
0 Comments. 970 Views. Posted 5 Dec 2012 @ 5:29am.
Despite only appearing in the most recent three of Curb Your Enthusiasm’s eight (so far) seasons, few supporting characters in the history of television have managed to generate the level of impact as one Leon Black – the wise foil to Larry David’s uninhibited onscreen persona. As it turns out, the man behind the character is equally as captivating. JB Smoove is dissimilar to his Leon Black... Read More
Omar Souleyman
0 Comments. 415 Views. Posted 4 Dec 2012 @ 11:58am.
Omar Souleyman is something of a challenge to contemporary music fans in the Western world. It’s not just because of the foreign languages, Kurdish and Arabic, in which he sings; nor is it the trance-like Middle Eastern energy of his music, too unfamiliar a sound to penetrate. The real challenge for the everyday inner-city alt-music fan is how to explain to one’s friends a newfound passion for... Read More
Final Acts For Meredith 2012 Revealed
0 Comments. 1,402 Views. Posted 8 Oct 2012 @ 8:52am.
Get out your face paint and start training up for the gift, the countdown until the 2012 Meredith Music Festival is now on. This comes with the announcement of the final acts to round off the bill. Leading the charge is Tame Impala, returning to the Sup for the first time since 2008 for a late night set on the back of their latest album Lonerism. They'll be joined by rave relics Itch-E and... Read More
Omar Souleyman Announces Meredith Sideshow
0 Comments. 833 Views. Posted 27 Sep 2012 @ 4:36pm.
Syrian pop musician Omar Souleyman has announced a sideshow to his Meredith performance this December. Omar Souleyman is a musical legend. Since 1994, he and his musicians  have emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria. Resplendent in his red keffiyeh and Aviators, it hasn't been until recently that his music has been acknowledged outside of his country. To date, he has... Read More
Earthless Meredith Sideshows
0 Comments. 1,507 Views. Posted 9 Sep 2012 @ 9:56pm.
The Meredith sideshows keep rolling in, this time with American psych-rock trio Earthless. Based out of San Diego, Earthless’ members met through mutual friends and “discovered a mutual admiration for a lot of Japanese psychedelic hard rock bands, as well as primitive ‘60s garage music”. Don’t expect to hear faithful renditions of their albums’ songs when they play live. The band’s sets are... Read More
Meredith Music Festival 2012 Sold Out
0 Comments. 862 Views. Posted 31 Aug 2012 @ 4:24pm.
The Meredith Music Festival 2012 has sold out faster than ever in its 22 year history. This morning from 11am, Online Allocation was sold out within 20 minutes. Demand in the Subscriber Ballot was bigger than ever, and stores saw queues long enough to account for all the tickets inside before the doors even opened, Greville Record apparent had campers from 5pm on Wednesday night waiting for... Read More
Sunnyboys Meredith Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,214 Views. Posted 31 Aug 2012 @ 9:32am.
Already announced as a feature act at this years Meredith Music Festival, Sunnyboys have announced a Melbourne sideshow. One of the most cherished of Australian bands responsible for the classics Happy Man, Tunnel of Love, I'm Shakin', Alone With You, You Need A Friend, Show Me Some Discipline and many more, Sunnyboys reformed earlier this year under the alias Kids In Dust ... Read More
Primal Scream Meredith Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,149 Views. Posted 29 Aug 2012 @ 8:50am.
British game-changers Primal Scream return to Australia this December to headline Meredith Music Festival and have announced a sideshow to complement the Supernatural Amphitheatre slot.  Last seen here in 2011 performing their era-defining album Screamadelica in full, the cutting edge band now entering their fourth decade return armed with classics, fan favourites and brand new songs. Read More
Turbonegro Meredith Sideshow
0 Comments. 998 Views. Posted 24 Aug 2012 @ 9:19am.
Following the Grimes and Hot Snakes Meredith sideshow announcements, Turbonegro have followed suit. Turbonegro hit the high water mark in 1998 with the release of their fifth album, Apocalypse Dudes, an intoxicating mixture of glam, punk and US hardcore garnished with a healthy sense of the absurd and ribald and / or tongue in cheek (ass-cheek) humour. In 2012, their trajectory ever on the... Read More
Grimes Announces Meredith Sideshow
1 Comments. 1,771 Views. Posted 22 Aug 2012 @ 4:28pm.
One of the first acts announced for the 2012 Meredith Music Festival, Grimes, has announced her Melbourne sideshow. The 23-year-old Montrealer has been rapidly gaining reverence within underground communities for her self-dubbed 'post-internet' style,  which is an eclectic blend of diverse and indefinable genres, releasing her third studio album Visions earlier this year to... Read More
2012 Meredith Music Festival Lineup
4 Comments. 3,181 Views. Posted 14 Aug 2012 @ 6:54pm.
Hear ye, hear ye. Ye ol' faithful Aunty Meredith has descended upon us once more and delivered one heck of a lineup for the 2012 edition. After already sharing that 23-year-old songstress Grimes alongside Australian legends Sunnyboys would be taking to the stage, Aunty has upped the ante with Primal Scream, Spiritualized, Four Tet, Turbonegro, Omar Souleyman, Big Jay McNeely, Rahzel... Read More
Meredith Announces Ballot And Two Acts
1 Comments. 1,783 Views. Posted 18 Jul 2012 @ 8:28am.
Ye' ol' faithful Aunty Meredith has kick-started proceedings for the 2012 Meredith Music Festival with the confirmation of two acts that will be on the bill. Leading the first announcement is Grimes. The 23-year-old Montrealer has been rapidly gaining reverence within underground communities for her self-dubbed 'post-internet' style,  which is an eclectic blend of diverse and... Read More
King Gizzard Bloody Ripper Tour
0 Comments. 1,464 Views. Posted 3 Apr 2012 @ 11:25am.
  One of Melbourne's most shit-hot young bands are gearing up to release their debut full-length, and to celebrate they're hitting the road for a national tour. Armed with Bloody Ripper, the first taste of the upcoming LP, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard will hit the road for a national tour.   Since releasing the corker of an EP Willoughby's Beach (which earned the distinction of... Read More
Yacht Club DJs Tour
0 Comments. 1,597 Views. Posted 9 Feb 2012 @ 10:04am.
Beat are proudly presenting Australia's own mash-up maestros the Yacht Club DJs, when they hit the road throughout March and April on the “They Mostly Come At Night...Mostly” tour.  Frightening both capital cities and regional towns, including Toowoomba, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Geelong, Ballarat, Hobart, Wollongong, Canberra and Newcastle, Yacht Club DJs take to the stage with their take on... Read More
Even
0 Comments. 2,429 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 1:56pm.
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades," remarks Wally Kempton, bass player with Melbourne power pop favourites Even. It's a positive, albeit gratuitous assessment of Even's current situation; with principal songwriter Ash Naylor in perpetual high demand for his stage and studio services, and Kempton juggling his own booking, performing and managerial activities (Kempton's management stable... Read More
Meredith Music Festival 2011
0 Comments. 5,211 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 1:44pm.
Well, that was a special one. We braced ourselves, mentally and gumboots-wise, for what was set to be a storm to rival that of the infamously soggy 2008 incarnation. It seemed like everyone overcompensated when the weather turned out to be as perfect as you could hope for, with a rubberband effect ensuring the hardest party-hard mindset imaginable. The lads from populace local outfit King... Read More
Pantha Du Prince And More For Electric Owl
0 Comments. 1,155 Views. Posted 29 Sep 2011 @ 4:17pm.
In what promises to an elecletic evening of electronic delights, Electric Owl have announced their second event with a whirlwind of stunning acts. Pantha Du Prince was last in the country for a run of tours date in December with included a stop over at the Meredith Music Festival. He'll be joined by Move D, who's already been plagued with two cancelled tours this year and the electronic... Read More
Core - September 7, 2011
0 Comments. 1,083 Views. Posted 7 Sep 2011 @ 10:06am.
Brokencyde, largely believed to be one of the biggest musical abortions of all time, have announced their first ever tour to Australia this October. I wanna be the bigger person here guys, but fuck it's difficult to avoid the temptation to bleat endlessly about how appalling this band is in every single sense of the word. It'd bring tears to my eyes were it not so genuinely fascinating how... Read More
Explosions In The Sky Sideshow
0 Comments. 2,735 Views. Posted 31 Aug 2011 @ 9:09am.
Instrumental Texan quartet Explosions In The Sky return to Australia this December with their powerfully intense live show. Equal parts romance and tragedy, their beautiful melodies have the tendency to ignite into head-spinning walls of noise. In addition to the already announced Meredith Music Festival, Explosions In The Sky will bring their epically moving and inspiring show to Melbourne... Read More
2011 Meredith Music Festival Lineup Announced
0 Comments. 4,733 Views. Posted 19 Aug 2011 @ 9:38am.
After announcing Grinderman and a full lunar eclipse, Aunty Meredith has unleashed a massive lineup to celebrate the 21st year of the Meredith Music Festival. Acts scheduled to grace the Supernatural Amphitheatre include:   Grinderman, Cut Copy, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Mudhoney, Icehouse, Gang Gang Dance, Explosions In The Sky, Ladyhawke, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, OFF!,... Read More
Grinderman Headline Meredith 2011
1 Comments. 2,351 Views. Posted 21 Jul 2011 @ 8:42am.
Well shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. The four most suave motherfuckers in Australian rock and roll: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos, collectively known as Grinderman will headline the 21st Meredith Music Festival this December.    It seems only fitting, doesn't it? Finally, the Victorian-born Nick Cave will take to the stage and wreak havoc on the beloved country... Read More
Puta Madre Brothers Return Home
0 Comments. 3,064 Views. Posted 6 May 2011 @ 2:48pm.
After their European tour, Puta Madre Brothers are returning home to perform at The Tote this June. Puta Madre Brothers aren't your usual three piece band - in fact they're three one-man-bands playing together. Since 2007 they have been travelling Australia, playing energetic shows despite sitting down the entire time. Lasy year, the group played at Big Day Out and opened the 20th annual Meredith... Read More
The Bamboos To Funk Again
0 Comments. 1,594 Views. Posted 21 Apr 2011 @ 11:57am.
In the mood for some old-school funk, hip hop or psychedelic tunes? Well then maybe you should get involved at The Esplanade Hotel's Front Bar this May for a free performance by the one, the only, The Bamboos. Classed as Australia's greatest modern Funk and Soul band, The Bamboos emerged from the 'deep funk' scene of the early 2000's and have since come to forge a whole new unique sound of their... Read More
Muscles
0 Comments. 1,193 Views. Posted 6 Apr 2011 @ 10:33am.
At a Muscles show, it’s common to hear the entire crowd, male and female, chanting “Hey Muscles. I love you. I want to have your babies.” Those lyrics, from a track on 2007’s Guns, Babes, Lemonade, are certainly nifty, but it’s last year’s single, Girls Crazy Go, that has been whipping up a frenzy on Australian airwaves all summer. His first single, Ice Cream (back in 2007), was picked up by... Read More
Cloud Control Win The AMP
0 Comments. 2,215 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2011 @ 9:10am.
 It's been a great year for Cloud Control, and now they've gone and won themselves the Australian Music Prize, $30,000 and some very, very well-earned praise.   Beating The Holidays, Dan Kelly, Sally Seltmann, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Gareth Liddiard, Tame Impala, Pikelet and Richard In Your Mind (although The Holidays snagged The Red Bull Prize for $15,000) they'll now... Read More
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
0 Comments. 3,508 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2011 @ 11:45pm.
Name/Band: "Cash Savage And The Last Drinks."   Ten bands everyone should know about: "The Highwater Ballroom Band, Toot Toot Toots, Eaten By Dogs, Little John, Jim Yamouridis, 16 Horsepower, The Nymphs, The Buckaroos (minus Buck Owens), Gene Clark and Buck Hunter."   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: "Seven bottles of red... Read More
Meredith Music Festival
0 Comments. 2,194 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Friday: Nothing quite can describe the tingling sensation that the initial walk down into the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre evokes.   After a big drive then waiting in the queue, and having to set the fucking tent up, it’s both a feeling of relief and excitement like no other.   After a trip to the Meredith Community Tucker Tent (which has expanded into a Tucker Shed... Read More
Meredith Music Festival Spotlight
0 Comments. 4,160 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
It’s time for a weekend in the country. Over twenty years Meredith has established itself as one of this country’s greatest festival experiences. Blossoming from what was originally a bunch of mates partying in the bush, the Meredith Music Festival has grown into one of the most loved and uniquely Australian music festivals around, with an always... Read More
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