Tag: "soul"

Q&A: Fantine
0 Comments. 398 Views. Posted 15 Aug 2012 @ 2:33pm.
Define your genre in five words or less: Electro soul.   What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Money, clearly. And the cars and the babes. But the next best thing is captivating an audience. Occasionally I experience a blissful moment when the room goes quiet, and I am able to lock eyes with individual people, and I see that they are listening. It’s like falling in love at first... Read More
Chet Faker : Thinking In Textures
0 Comments. 2,204 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 11:21am.
  It’s been a massive year for the mysterious and enigmatic artist that is Chet Faker. Making waves in the blogosphere, with his cover of Blackstreets No Diggity shooting to number one on MP3 blog aggregator Hype Machine, he’s since been teasing fans with a series of downloadable tracks. The time has now come to put the courting to an end. Thinking In Textures is a seven track EP that... Read More
Justin Townes Earle
0 Comments. 1,452 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 10:37am.
  It seems like renowned country troubadour Justin Townes Earle cannot get enough of Australia, and the adoration is more than a little bit reciprocated. Last in the country for a boot-worthy (that’s a good thing, for the uninitiated) Golden Plains performance, Justin returns with Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now – his refreshingly soulful new LP. Before... Read More
Charles Bradley
2 Comments. 2,906 Views. Posted 14 Mar 2012 @ 6:25am.
  The hyperbolic notion of the 'miraculous', the 'remarkable' or the plain 'unbelievable' rise to prominence of an artist within the contemporary music industry is a more clichéd and often fallacious concept than the fable of penning an album in an isolated woodland cabin. This ideology, however, is perhaps the only way to describe the astonishingly uplifting yet undeniably heartbreaking... Read More
The Revenge Gets Unleashed On Melbourne
0 Comments. 937 Views. Posted 1 Dec 2011 @ 2:30pm.
House and disco stalwart Graeme Clark, the man behind The Revenge, began his love affair with the music scene as a young teenager, learning how to make a skewed, inventive blend of electronic beats with a few of Dad's old drum machines and a sampler. While studying sound production at university, him and a few mates began label Five20East in 1999 with brothers Scott & Ross Langley as an... Read More
Captain Reckless & The Lost Souls
0 Comments. 2,352 Views. Posted 28 Sep 2011 @ 10:43am.
One of the great things in life is that when one door closes, another always opens. Zombie Ghost Train fans listen up. Despite the heartache when the Aussie psychobilly trio parted ways, it paved the way for something bigger, and possibly better. Enter Captain Reckless and the Lost Souls. The new outfit retains Zombie originals, Reckless [guitar, vocals], and Azzie T [drums], and gains the... Read More
60 Seconds With Alexis Nicole & The Missing Pieces
0 Comments. 2,316 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2011 @ 8:24am.
Hullo Alexis. What's your role here, then? Lead singer/songwriter/guitarist.   Splendid. And what do you sound like? Traces of Joni Mitchell, Ani Di Franco, Tracy Chapman… but there's personal gypsy-folk/ alternative flavour that comes from creating songs as kid based on Michael Jackson, Mum's Ella jazz records, my brother's rap and sister's opera/folk.   What do you love about... Read More
Mushu: Bandit
0 Comments. 1,734 Views. Posted 20 Jun 2011 @ 6:01pm.
Indie pop that verges on adult contemporary, from a Sydney trio fronted by Simone Macarounas. Bandit reaches for a steady alt-country murmur, a kind of slow-swelling delicacy, but the song plods in an uninspired, all too bland fashion. There’s nothing wrong with it, it just doesn’t shake the soul. Read More
Dionysus New Years Eve
0 Comments. 2,572 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
  This New Year’s Eve, Red Bennies presents Dionysus, a theatrical extravaganza of circus, burlesque, cabaret and vaudeville.   Experience the tidings and toasts of Dionysus (king of merriment, bottomless drinks and ill-fitting togas), witness The Birth Of The Venus Fly-Trap (her ethereal beauty is questioned only by her snapping jaws) and seel The Electric Faun (for only this... Read More
Jamiroquai
1 Comments. 3,084 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Eighteen years since the dancing cat-in-the-hat first emerged, and five years since their last studio album, Jay Kay is reemerging from the backwaters with his trusty band of merry men, a.k.a. Jamiroquai, and a new lease on life. The spotlight on Jay Kay the personality is no longer on the frontline, instead the band is the focus, and their new album Rock Dust Light Star is musical evidence of... Read More
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings announce second Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 3,179 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings have announced a second show for their hungry Melbourne fans.   The nine piece Brooklyn collective are the epitome of gospel, soul and funk music in the 21st century, and are bound to put on a performance that you won’t soon forget.   Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will play the Palace Theatre on December 7 (SOLD OUT) and December 8.   Their... Read More
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