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Raise The Roof for Pure Pop
0 Comments. 596 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2012 @ 2:07pm.
St Kilda's Pure Pop Records are the trifecta; record store, cafe, and live music venue in one. However, in order to keep it that way (and the neighbours happy) owner Dave Stevens has organised Raise the Roof at the Prince Bandroom, to help fund the store's renovations. The evening will see performances from acts such as Ron S Peno & The Superstitions, Henry Wagons, The Underground Lovers,... Read More
Q&A: Waterline
0 Comments. 204 Views. Posted 14 Mar 2012 @ 6:41am.
  Define your genre in five words or less: Retro indie rock.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Let’s get more beer and go listen to these guys I just saw – they’ve really got something happening.   How long have you been gigging and writing? WATERLINE is the culmination of about 25... Read More
Riverboats Music Festival @ Murray River
0 Comments. 963 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2012 @ 12:02pm.
The Riverboats Music Festival in Echuca played host to a sterling lineup of top-notch talent in a truly picturesque setting. Vika and Linda Bull, backed by a tight and vibrant band that featured the fretboard wizardry of the ubiquitous Ashley Naylor, impressed the jiving Friday night revelers with their robust vocal presence and assured command of the stage. With the nuclear-strength sunlight... Read More
Slam Day Gig Guide
0 Comments. 1,188 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2012 @ 11:32am.
  This Thursday February 23 marks two years from when 20,000 people marched through Melbourne to the tune of AC/DC’s Long Way To The Top, in protest against the Victorian Government’s misguided policy link between live music and violence. The SLAM rally was the largest cultural protest in Australia’s history and now, on the anniversary of the march, venues are participating in the inaugural... Read More
Buckley Ward : Into The Darkening Blue
0 Comments. 610 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2012 @ 10:09am.
  The second single from So Pretend has a watery, shimmering surface and a folksy vocal melody. The combination is sweet and familiar, evoking both The Church and Paul Kelly, or maybe Paul Kelly singing with The Church. The chorus is more like a gentle riff on Empire Of The Sun, sailing dreamlike on the back of a rippling synth and some lovely male harmonies.   Read More
Even
0 Comments. 1,194 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
Q&A: Will Magnus From The Holidays
0 Comments. 581 Views. Posted 29 Sep 2011 @ 9:29am.
Jagermeister Independent Music Awards The Jagermeister Independent music awards celebrate independent music – what does it mean to you to be an independent artist?  Being independent to us means having the freedom to be the sort of musicians we want to be. That comes from having the choice to be involved in as much of our business as we possibly can. We wouldn't give away our... Read More
Northcote Gets NIFFTY
0 Comments. 1,146 Views. Posted 13 Sep 2011 @ 4:07pm.
Heads up all you music-loving fashionistas, Northcote Independent Fashion Festival has announced this year's lineup for their annual premier event, NIFFTY.  The unique showcase presents a series of ever-chic musos decked out in clothes that can be found (and bought at discounted prices) from High Street stores. Each performer will be styled by NIFFTY coordinator and fashion stylist... Read More
triple j's Tribute to Nick Cave
0 Comments. 1,682 Views. Posted 1 Sep 2011 @ 3:32pm.
Every year, triple j choose an artist to pay tribute to for Ausmusic Month, and this year's one is a gem! This November, the radio station will pay tribute to one of the country's musical greats, Nick Cave. WIth a career spanning over 35 years, venturing amongst many different avenues, Cave is seen as not only one of the greats of Australian music, but music worldwide.   Beginning with Boys... Read More
The Australian Art Orchestra
0 Comments. 1,602 Views. Posted 3 Aug 2011 @ 9:28am.
Scott Tinkler is the Associate Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO). His official AAO website photo is only slightly intimidating, with a serious expression and the starkness only black-and-white photos create. But when Tinkler's cheerful voice comes onto the line, it's clear that the photograph only tells a very small part of the story. "[There was] this run of photos... Read More
July Is The Month To Cabaret
0 Comments. 1,832 Views. Posted 16 Jun 2011 @ 9:25am.
100 performers, 78 performances all done over six colourful nights of pop, jazz and musical theatre... all hail the Melbourne Cabaret Festival of 2011. The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is coming to South Melbourne's historic Emerald Hill arts and cultural precinct for its second year running, presenting non-stop cabaret from Tuesday July 19 to Sunday July 24.   The festival boasts a wide... Read More
Monique Brumby
0 Comments. 2,508 Views. Posted 27 May 2011 @ 10:49am.
On the surface, Monique Brumby's new single Underground could be about hanging out in a basement nightclub where people are allowed to be whom they want to be. But, as with most of Brumby's songs, the meaning is deeper. As she explains. "I was thinking about secular groups like the Armish people. I'm fascinated with how they live different lives from mine, and how the men in the community build... Read More
Paul Kelly's APRA Swag
1 Comments. 2,074 Views. Posted 19 May 2011 @ 12:34pm.
Melbourne favourite Paul Kelly will pick up the prestigious Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services To Australian Music in June. The award will be presented at the APRA Music Awards on Tuesday June 21.    The nominees for the APRA Music Awards including Song Of The Year (which is peer-voted) will be announced next Thursday May 26.   The Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services... Read More
Melbourne Cabaret Festival In July
0 Comments. 1,939 Views. Posted 10 May 2011 @ 3:52pm.
The second Melbourne cabaret Festival will happen in Emerald Hill Arts And Culture Precinct in July. With more than 100 performers in 36 cabaret shows from comedy cabaret, musical theatre, New York style, vaudeville, edgy and queer shows, the second Melbourne Cabaret Festival will feature a whole range of fun stuff that will appeal to almost everyone.    One of the features is A... Read More
Paul Kelly at The Atheneum Theatre
0 Comments. 1,881 Views. Posted 21 Mar 2011 @ 9:36am.
For such a prolific artist, I'd have thought it would be easy to find a song or two with titles starting with each letter of the alphabet. But even Paul Kelly struggled when it came to Q.   It was night three of his four-night A-Z show. Melbourne's Atheneum theatre was packed (the line for the bar at interval was huge) with old and young alike. The two previous nights had seen Kelly... Read More
Dan Kelly's New Video
0 Comments. 1,524 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 1:31pm.
The video for Dan Kelly's latest single, Gap Year Blues, from his AMP and ARIA award nominated album, Dan Kelly's Dream, was released this week.   The track has been described as a retro futuristic ballad, that ruminates on the futility of long distance love. The video was directed by previous Kelly video director, Johann Rashid, and illustrates Kelly's sentiment of long distance love,... Read More
Dan Kelly Releases New Single
0 Comments. 1,073 Views. Posted 23 Feb 2011 @ 4:38pm.
Gap Year Blues, the new single off of Dan Kelly's AMP and ARIA award nominated album, Dan Kelly's Dream, is set to be released ahead of Kelly's upcoming tour.   The track has been described as a retro futuristic ballad, that ruminates on the futility of long distance love. The single will be accompanied by a music video to be directed by Johann Rashid. Kelly will take his solo show to the... Read More
The Age EG Awards
1 Comments. 1,727 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Though this evening would mark his first formal recognition at the awards, in a way Paul Kelly has maintained a strong presence in the EGs since its inception in 2006. Though this evening would mark his first formal recognition at the awards, in a way Paul Kelly has maintained a strong presence in the EGs since its inception in 2006. Core members of the EG Allstars (the event's house band) Dan... Read More
Meredith Music Festival Spotlight
0 Comments. 2,915 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
Ancient Free Gardeners
0 Comments. 1,513 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Although he doesn’t believe in drawing comparisons, Ancient Free Gardeners’ James Milsom can’t complain about various press describing his band as something of an Aussie Radiohead with a hint of Interpol and a whole lot of Paul Kelly. And while Milson claims he is mostly flattered, he also warns that debut album In Consciousness And Out is about to change people’s minds... Read More
Paul Kelly To Tour A to Z
0 Comments. 687 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Following yesterdays announcement that Paul Kelly will performing at Hanging Rock with Leonard Cohen, Australian folk fans are rejoicing with the news that Kelly is taking his A to Z shows back on the road again.   The A to Z shows are a series of intimate acoustic performances spread over four consecutive nights which see Kelly perform one hundred songs of his own songs... Read More
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