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Parklife 2012 @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
0 Comments. 833 Views. Posted 10 Oct 2012 @ 7:05am.
It was a brave soul that ventured out to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on one of the dreariest spring days Melbourne has offered this year. But, as puns would have it, no amount of rain could dampen these festival-goers’ spirits. And while the words sensible and clothing don’t usually appear in the same sentence for festivals such as Parklife, there was but a smattering of short shorts and topless... Read More
The Presets
0 Comments. 540 Views. Posted 4 Oct 2012 @ 6:53am.
Creating a follow-up to a breakthrough album can be a daunting process – in the case of The Presets, it was even more so. Their second full-length,Apocalypso, was a great big festival-bestriding behemoth of a record, which went 3x Platinum and inspired a generation of youngsters to take their shirts off, sling mud at one-another and indulge in all types of risk-taking behaviour to the sound... Read More
Labrinth : Treatment
0 Comments. 530 Views. Posted 29 Aug 2012 @ 7:36am.
I am vaguely contemplating Parklife because of Labrinth. This is a very big deal. I hate Parklife, along with anyone under the age of 25, as both make me feel like a Zimmered-up geriatric Gargamel. But I may have to steel myself, dunk my face in a vat of glitter paint and get with the kids, because the kids love Labrinth and so do I. Like Earthquakes, Treatment is a deeply satisfying example of... Read More
Benga
0 Comments. 434 Views. Posted 16 Aug 2012 @ 10:10am.
London producer and DJ Beni Adejumo, aka Benga, may be one of the pioneering figures of dubstep, but he’s always been about doing his own thing. “A lot of dance music acts inspire me because I try to move away from what everybody else is doing. So, in that aspect, the Skrillex’s of this world inspire me, just to move away,” he says, laughing. Adejumo recently said he had quit dubstep in a light-... Read More
Plan B
0 Comments. 635 Views. Posted 14 Aug 2012 @ 1:03pm.
Benjamin Ballance-Drew aka Ben Drew aka Plan B is as artistically eclectic and restless as his name changes. A rapper, producer and songwriter with a soaring and smooth soul timbre, Drew stumbled down the R&B lust song path until settling into a more grime-filled rap sound. Similarly, acting evolved into producing, directing, writing and editing his own short films and while his latest album... Read More
Passion Pit
0 Comments. 1,427 Views. Posted 25 Jul 2012 @ 6:05am.
At face value, you’d expect the mastermind behind shimmery pop outfit Passion Pit to be as chirpy as the infectious melodies and catchy hooks he crafts. But dust off some of that sherbet coating and you’ll find that Michael Angelakos has been battling with some serious mental health issues for quite a long time. What’s more, these struggles can be found laced through the veins of the group’s new... Read More
Parklife 2012 Lineup
0 Comments. 2,181 Views. Posted 19 Jun 2012 @ 8:07am.
As you're probably gleefully aware, the lineup for Parklife goes from strength to strength each and every year. So you're most likely wondering how the day-long dance-oriented bash can follow up a year which saw the likes of Death From Above 1979, Nero, Lykke Li and heaps more. Fear not, the 2012 lineup is a freakin' doozy. Taking over Sidney Myer Music Bowl this year will be The Presets,... Read More
Parklife Lineup Incoming
0 Comments. 1,587 Views. Posted 7 Jun 2012 @ 12:22pm.
Welcome to winter, friends. Get your coats and your boots out, it's gonna be a long one - well, not for me, as I plan on hibernating throughout the whole freezing, miserable affair, but for those of you with real-world obligations to attend to, there's a light at the end of the tunnel!  Parklife has just announced dates for the 2012 edition, and after last year's sunsplashed affair... Read More
Single Of The Week: Damon Albarn : The Marvelous Dream
0 Comments. 854 Views. Posted 25 Apr 2012 @ 7:22pm.
  “Hurricane, spit and tornado growl over London today.” The first single from Albarn’s forthcoming solo album is awash with poetic visions of Mother England, expressed in the sweetest honey croon and aching melodic drops against a softly strummed acoustic guitar. It’s a haunting mess of abstract ideas, lifted from a musical project called Dr Dee: An English Opera, which Albarn wrote last... Read More
Parklife Announce No Sideshows
1 Comments. 2,921 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 2:40pm.
One of the greatest things about a festival line-up being announced is that if you miss an artist on the day, or you decide not to even go to the festival, there's always the opportunity to go and see their sideshow. Right? Wrong! The team at Fuzzy announced today that there'll actually be no sideshows for this year's Parklife festival, with all acts performing exclusively on the tour and that's... Read More
Fast Chat With Donny Benet
0 Comments. 1,917 Views. Posted 9 Aug 2011 @ 11:00am.
I'm very confused about the level of irony in your press release. Can you actually play the accordion? Yes.   Oddly, the internet makes no mention of famous Italian accordion artist Antonio Giacomelli Benét, which is sad, because your dad sounded like an awesome guy. Why has history forgotten such a seminal artist?   History can be cruel sometimes. Dad was a big hit in his home... Read More
Parklife Locks In 2011 Return
1 Comments. 3,202 Views. Posted 12 May 2011 @ 11:55am.
Oh! Ohhhhh. Oh yes. Parklife, the ribbon-cutting ceremony which just happens to celebrate the opening of the festival season, has announced its 2011 return. Did y'all go to Parklife last year? Did you see 2 Many DJs dropping bombs, Missy Elliott crumping or Groove Armanda showing the young'ins how it's done? Yeah. That was great, huh. Well! In some fanfarkingtastic news, Parklife has announced it... Read More
Parklife 2010 Gives Back To Australia
0 Comments. 1,174 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:15am.
Parklife 2010 wrapped up with a considerable contribution by organisers Fuzzy to their charity of choice, Heaps Decent an organisation that promotes the creativity of underprivileged and Indigenous young people!   Parklife 2010 began in Adelaide on October 4 and then made its way through Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney featuring a diverse medley of acts from indie rock group Darwin... Read More
Soulwax
0 Comments. 3,054 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
When they’re on stage, Belgium electro/dance music act-cum-rock band Soulwax look like a future-retro version of The Rat Pack. Why? Well, that’d be because they’re always wearing dishevelled and party-tired tuxedos. The band’s singer, Stephen Dewaele, is candid when talking about his band’s clothing choice when performing.   “We really like wearing the... Read More
Delorean
0 Comments. 1,722 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
Purveyors of radiant neo-Balearic grooves, oft-trippy layered vocals and just plain good, upbeat tunes, Barcelona's alternative dance sensations Delorean are going to mark their first-ever Australian visit with an appearance at Parklife. And while it's certainly hard to conduct a Delorean interview without a single Back To The Future... Read More
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