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Missy Higgins @ Palais Theatre
0 Comments. 418 Views. Posted 27 Dec 2012 @ 5:38pm.
It’s been a while between drinks for Aussie songstress Missy Higgins, but it seems the break has done her good. At her hometown gig, she appeared at once cool, calm and collected while also showing off some pretty talented mates she’d brought along for the ride.   Her new album, The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle, shows a fuller sound for Higgins and one that is much less reliant on piano. This came... Read More
Missy Higgins @ The Palais
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Melbourne Zoo Announces Twilight Acts For 2013
0 Comments. 3,046 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2012 @ 9:29am.
In collaboration with an array of Australian artists, the Melbourne Zoo will be hosting the Twilight Acts for 2013, a celebration of fauna, music and activism against animal extinction. Opening the first show will be ARIA winner Missy Higgins, who is known for her activism in animal rights including Oscar's Law (a campaign against puppy farms) and PETA, on Friday January 25.   Joining the... Read More
Queenscliff Music Festival 2012
0 Comments. 1,301 Views. Posted 4 Dec 2012 @ 2:41pm.
Our entrée to this year’s excellent Queenscliff Music Festival was provided by Howlin’ Steam Train who served up Southern fried country, swamp-infested blues and butt-shakin’ boogie rock with a '60s garage twist. The mind-bending King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard proved to be masters of controlled mayhem. The band’s Theremin-spiked echo-laden madness transported us to another galaxy and... Read More
Missy Higgins
0 Comments. 920 Views. Posted 21 Nov 2012 @ 8:31am.
Missy Higgins came, saw, conquered, and then disappeared for what felt like an eternity. While so many artists in the past have cried foul at the suggestion they should somehow be saving the world, Higgins seemed to journey into an existential crisis surrounding the notion that she wasn’t doing enough. The story has been told a million times since her return – a turbulent, emotionally-charged... Read More
Missy Higgins Tour
0 Comments. 1,107 Views. Posted 30 Jul 2012 @ 3:51pm.
As Missy Higgins’ new single Everyone’s Waiting’zooms up the local charts, the beloved singer/songwriter has announced The Razzle Dazzle Summer Tour to weave around Australia. The Razzle Dazzle Summer Tour follows Missy’s recent totally sold out tour of more intimate theatres and last week’s US launch of her album The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle. While in the US Missy also did... Read More
Queenscliff Music Festival 2012 First Announcement
0 Comments. 2,023 Views. Posted 9 Jul 2012 @ 3:44pm.
An intergenerational galaxy of local talent has been announced for this year's Queenscliff Music Festival.   This year's lineup includes Missy Higgins, The Cat Empire, Gurrumul, You Am I, Something For Kate, Baby Animals, British India, Ian Moss, TZU, Owl Eyes, Diesel, Emma Louise, Shannon Noll, The Beards, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes, Electric Empire, King Cannons,... Read More
Missy Higgins : Everyone's Waiting
0 Comments. 3,485 Views. Posted 20 Jun 2012 @ 11:58am.
The recent Age profile of Missy Higgins was ridiculous, in part because of the drama pumped into her brief departure from the spotlight, in part because she appears to have found herself in an ashram. Missy personal journey through Eat Pray Love is the stuff of excruciatingly dumb privilege and her two years of soul searching capped off with a blast of yoga retreat enlightenment has been treated... Read More
Missy Higgins @ Her Majesty's Theatre
0 Comments. 737 Views. Posted 19 Jun 2012 @ 3:31pm.
Fresh from scoring her third consecutive number one album, Missy Higgins staged an arresting performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. First to the stage though was Butterfly Boucher, a multi-instrumentalist with an abundance of charisma. She charmed the crowd effortlessly, her enigmatic and often eccentric means to neat pop songs winning praise from patrons, not to mention her wicked sense of... Read More
Missy Higgins : Unashamed Desire
0 Comments. 1,376 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 7:10pm.
  Hey, did anyone notice that Missy Higgins quit music for a few years? Sneaky little pianist. She’s been living in a share house, apparently, throwing off her identity as Australia’s most popular songstress in pursuit of greater meaning and happiness. It didn’t work out though, so she’s back to singing. Unashamed Desire is a big old plonker of a piano tune with some dark muttering in the... Read More
Missy Higgins Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,182 Views. Posted 23 Apr 2012 @ 10:22am.
One of the nation's most loved singer-songwriters has announced a massive tour alongside her Splendour In The Grass appearance.   The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle Tour will see Missy Higgins hit the road in the lead-up to Splendour. New single Unashamed Desire marks the first release from Missy in over five years, a period of time which included a self-imposed hiatus from music.   Missy capped... Read More
Splendour In The Grass 2012 Lineup
3 Comments. 3,539 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2012 @ 8:07am.
  Well folks, this is the one you've been waiting for. After intense speculation and rumour-mongering, the time has come to bask our beady eyes upon the mighty Splendour In The Grass 2012 lineup. And 'tis a mighty one, indeed. Celebrating the return to the festival's spiritual home in Byron Bay will be a veritable galaxy of talent, a fine mix of established veterans and red-hot rising... Read More
Snakadaktal Add Third Show
0 Comments. 921 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2012 @ 2:13pm.
After selling out their first two shows in a snap, the lads (and lass) from Snakadaktal have added a third show to their itinerary.  It'd be an understatement to say 2011 had been kind to the Melbourne locals. Snakadaktal climbed to national focus after clinching triple j's Unearthed High, which understandably precipitated an escalating tide of good fortune. Amassing ridiculous stats across... Read More
Snakadaktal Announce Headline Tour
0 Comments. 1,743 Views. Posted 16 Jan 2012 @ 5:02pm.
In the spirit of striking while the iron's hot, triple j darlings Snakadaktal are hitting the road once again, visiting ten cities in four weeks on their first ever national tour. It'd be an understatement to say 2011 had been kind to the Melbourne locals. Snakadaktal climbed to national focus after clinching triple j's Unearthed High, which understandably precipitated an escalating tide of good... Read More
Georgia Fair : All Through Winter
0 Comments. 1,114 Views. Posted 13 Jan 2012 @ 8:54am.
When I first saw Georgia Fair play it was in a support slot for Oh Mercy, and the Sydney duo of Jordan Wilson and Ben Riley performed a sublime rendition of Crosby Stills & Nash's Helplessly Hoping. A gutsy play no doubt, but they were able to pull it off - so much so that the pedant in me didn't even get riled up about the ignored third harmony part.   The wistful acoustic finger-... Read More
Big Day Out Timetable And Local Additions
0 Comments. 3,321 Views. Posted 15 Dec 2011 @ 9:06am.
The 21st Big Day Out is set to stroll into town next month, and the last additions and finalisations to the bonanza are starting to roll in. The Big Day Out has announced the local additions for this year's Melbourne event will include Hunting Grounds, Naysayer & Gilsun, Bonjah, Mzrizk and Loon Lake who will be joined by Triple J Unearthed Winners King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard... Read More
Snakadaktal
0 Comments. 6,190 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 9:09am.
Triple j unearthed winners and latest signing to I Oh You records, Snakadaktal seem almost too good to be true. The teenaged band are a perfect synthesis of the best lo-fi pop produced in the last decade. All strange, laid back but urgent arrangements with catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics, they're at times reminiscent of the retreating wave of French pop vocalists in the tradition of air and... Read More
Waverley, Friday September 23, Yah Yahs
0 Comments. 1,571 Views. Posted 27 Sep 2011 @ 1:19pm.
Being a Melbournian in September, you would be forgiven for thinking the only thing worth leaving the house for on a Friday night are the footy finals. If you do manage to tear yourself away from the telecast however, you’re likely to be rewarded with seeing some of the city’s best new musical talents. Grunge rockers Waverley launched their first single Where Were You on Friday, alongside Triple... Read More
Triple J To Launch Unearthed Radio
0 Comments. 2,236 Views. Posted 26 Aug 2011 @ 1:42pm.
The next stage in triple j's continually evolving Unearthed platform has been revealed, with the youth broadcaster set to launch a brand new digital radio channel devoted to airing local unsigned talent. Unearthed has boosted the profiles of countless young Australian bands since its inception in 1995, with artists such as Grinspoon, Killing Heidi, and Missy Higgins scoring their big breaks... Read More
Boy & Bear Hit The Road
0 Comments. 2,205 Views. Posted 4 Aug 2011 @ 12:02pm.
On the eve of the release of their debut album, Moonfire, Boy & Bear have announced that they're heading out on the road for their Moonfire Tour. And we can't be more pleased! Beginning in early November, The Moonfire Tour will encapsulate all of the elements that have become synonymous with the Boy & Bear sound. The shows will incorporate pounding drum beats, accoustic textures, those... Read More
Falls Fest Third Announcement
0 Comments. 3,102 Views. Posted 25 Jul 2011 @ 9:17am.
The very tasty trickle of announcements for the 2011 Falls Music & Arts Festival continues with an eclectic third announcement. Following the freakin' awesome first two announcements, the third reveal contains the ever-dapper Aloe Blacc, who crushed it as a last minute announcement at this year's Good Vibrations; freakish synth maestro Dan Deacon, who will be fresh from collaborating with... Read More
Joan As Police Woman
0 Comments. 1,906 Views. Posted 1 Jul 2011 @ 10:05am.
Sydney singer-songwriter Leroy Lee has had an impressive past few years. Since winning a Triple J Unearthed competition in 2007, Leroy has toured with Jeff Martin, Kaki King, Jeff Lang, Missy Higgins, Lior and Lisa Mitchell, performed in the US and been featured on US college radio. What becomes apparent towards the middle of his set is Leroy's proficiency on guitar; as if realising that his... Read More
Eva McGowan : Walking Along
0 Comments. 920 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2011 @ 12:01pm.
Eva McGowan is the spawn of Missy Higgins and Frente – a bobbing, painfully cute folk pop artist who sings here about walking through a garden and watching flowers bloom. She claims Otis Redding and Nina Simone as influences, which is akin to writing ‘Otis Redding’ and ‘Nina Simone’ on a wall and then pissing on that wall. I’m sure Eva’s a lovely kid, but as a student of the blues she should... Read More
Gossling To Support Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 2,003 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2011 @ 3:34pm.
Victorian songstress Gossling will be joining forces with Oh Mercy on their national ‘Great Barrier Grief’ tour.   Gossling (aka Helen Croome) has quickly gained popularity after the release of her EP If You Can’t Whistle in late 2009. Since then she has appeared at Woodford Folk Festival as well as touring with her current EP Until Then.   Supporting acts such as... Read More
Party For Yasi
0 Comments. 1,443 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2011 @ 4:15pm.
Keepers and Ding Dong Lounge have joined forces to raise money for The Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.   Their fundraiser, Party for Yasi, is set to feature international DJ G.L.O.V.E.S just before departing on a European tour as well as a mix of live local talent including indie-dance duo Northeast Party House and Melbourne pop singer Kristina Miltiadou (who has just finished... Read More
Boy & Bear Return Home For National Tour
0 Comments. 2,440 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2011 @ 12:17pm.
Australian folk-rock group Boy & Bear will return to Australia for a national tour this Autumn.   Following a successful UK tour last December, Boy & Bear will travel throughout Australia appearing in all major cities as well as a more regional areas including Newcastle, Fremantle, Wollongong and Geelong.   The band has had a successful year with the release of the debut EP... Read More
Ben Folds Lonely Avenue Tour
0 Comments. 2,576 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
In support of the his new album, Lonely Avenue, the ridiculously talented and basically loved-by-all Ben Folds and his band will be touring Australia in May 2011.   Lonely Avenue is yet another tragically beautiful collaboration between Ben Folds and novelist Nick Hornby; they worked together previously on Has Been, Folds’ 2004 solo album. The album received rave reviews, setting the... Read More
Rock Chicks
0 Comments. 4,401 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
Type ‘Australian women in rock music history’ into any search engine and you’re likely to get a results list containing absolutely nada of any relevance. There’s a sad lack of note-taking on the influence female musicians have had in Australian rock history, but the ICON exhibition Rock Chicks is hoping to reverse all that.   Featuring over 300 articles of music... Read More
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