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Money For rope
3 Entries. 34 Views.
Money for Rope are known to be one of the few bands who live up to the challenge of unfolding the arms of Melbourne’s typical punters. With an energy that is jaw – dropping yet classy, the six – piece feature two drum kits, two guitars, keys, a bass, and four voices which just about adds up to a sonic and harmonic dream. They relive classics and introduce new songs at the Northcote Social club...
Competition Ran: 21 May - 23 May 2013
Winners: Mark Close
Hit The Fan
2 Entries. 366 Views.
Half of Aus/UK Hip Hop Duo HIT THE FAN will be at First Floor on May 24. We've got Free Tickets, a T-Shirt & an Album to give to one lucky winner. So give us your best rap about hot weather!
Competition Ran: 10 May - 23 May 2013
Winners: grub
Lita Ford
13 Entries. 304 Views.
As a teenager in the late 1970's, Lita Ford was a founding member and lead guitarist of the pioneering all-female rock group, The Runaways. Lita, along with band members Joan Jett, Sandy West, Jackie Fox, and Cherie Currie, not only proved that girls could rock, but they could do it with the best of them. From the band's beginning to their eventual breakup in 1979, Lita Ford's guitar playing...
Competition Ran: 14 May - 23 May 2013
Winners:
Swain McClean
George Gliatas
SpaceAce
skink_99
Sarah Cameron
Warm Bodies
23 Entries. 542 Views.
A genre bending twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a tale about the power of human connection; told from point of view of a zombie. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie craving love more than brains) encounters Julie (a human survivor) and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship...
Competition Ran: 3 Apr - 21 May 2013
Winners:
skyphos2
Krystina Thran ...
david4thebirds
willywonka
stja
Lush Productions
0 Entries. 91 Views.
Attention fans of skating and radness, Lush Productions is giving you the chance to WIN 1 of 5 $20 vouchers for its MONSTER SALE featuring brands such as Santa Cruz, Independent and Zoo York that is happening Friday 17th May - Sunday 19th may. Simply visit https://www.facebook.com/LushProductionsMelbourne and 'like' and 'share' the flyer for your chance to WIN!!
Competition Ran: 14 May - 21 May 2013
Winners: Anonymous
Bobby Womack
14 Entries. 246 Views.
Womack will be bringing his 13-piece band to Australia for the first time, performing at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on May 21 before heading to Sydney for a two night stand at the Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE. We've got double passes so tell us why you deserve to go more than anyone else.
Competition Ran: 14 May - 21 May 2013
Winners: Shit Lister
Pyjama Protocol
33 Entries. 837 Views.
Tired of boring prints and old man flannel? Too ashamed to be seen once you have put on your pyjamas? Pyjama Protocol has the pyjamas for you. Check out their pyjama sets and nighties at http://www.pyjamaprotocol.com. We've got a couple of their PJs around the office. So if you're interested in updating your sleepwear tell us how daggy your current pyjamas are.
Competition Ran: 21 Feb - 15 May 2013
Winners:
Ariane Bowie
chutney chutney
The Death Of Peter Pan
9 Entries. 299 Views.
In collaboration with Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre, Chapel Off Chapel presents The Death of Peter Pan, Barry Lowe's acclaimed play. Set in the 1920s, The Death of Peter Pan follows Michael Llewelyn Davies, the son of Peter Pan playwright J. M. Barrie, and Rupert Buxton, a dangerous man of uninhibited debauchery and desire, and their journey together. Told through the perspective of J. M. Barrie, Lowe...
Competition Ran: 30 Apr - 14 May 2013
Winners: CaroBlume
We All Want To
2 Entries. 116 Views.
Brisbane indie-pop supergroup We All Want To continue to ride the wave of the success they enjoyed in 2012, their breakout year, by releasing the No Signs EP earlier this month. Hailed for their infectious grooves and sing-along pop melodies, the band bring their energetic live ensemble to Melbourne next week as part of their national tour. Catch their main show at 8pm at the Public Bar in North...
Competition Ran: 30 Apr - 10 May 2013
Winners: ricky1983
Snag Stand
10 Entries. 339 Views.
Our friends at Snag Stand, The home of heavenly haute dogs', are opening a brand new stand at Westfield Doncaster today. To celebrate in fine fashion we have 20 free snags to give away! Now all of us know that everyone loves haute dogs but we want to know, if you were a haute dog what type would you be? The best answers will receive a free snag!
Competition Ran: 8 Apr - 9 May 2013
Winners:
PatriceYee
sandy55
disentangled
rebakis
ashleigh
The Rubens
9 Entries. 280 Views.
The Rubens return home this month after playing headline shows in Europe and US, and have wasted no time in announcing a month long national tour. To celebrate their homecoming, the soulful, bluesy four-piece from Sydney have released a limited edition package of their self-titled debut album (released 2012, certified gold 2012). The album package features a previously unreleased track and seven...
Competition Ran: 30 Apr - 9 May 2013
Winners:
batwingduck
jimmyp11
Anneke Mae Demanuele
Hannah Larkin
Spring Breakers
17 Entries. 447 Views.
Prepare to be shocked and surprised in Spring Breakers, as Disney darlings Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens turn up the heat in a vacation they will never forget. When a group of college girls on Spring break land themselves in jail, they are bailed out by a local arms dealer and shown the ropes of a life that requires no college education. Alien (James Franco) takes them under his wing,...
Competition Ran: 30 Apr - 9 May 2013
Winners:
Kim Summer
Sarah Fitt
spog777
Tara Lea
Tegan & Sara
19 Entries. 408 Views.
Canadian twin singer-songwriter duo Tegan & Sara return to Australia this May for the Groovin’ The Moo festival as well as their own headlining shows, bringing with them an arsenal of exciting new tunes off their new album, Heartthrob. Charmed by the extravagance of the festival (and everything else Australia) the twins make their sixth visit Down Under.   Tickets for their show at the...
Competition Ran: 23 Apr - 1 May 2013
Winners:
de-tec-tive
The tae tae
Mel Bedggood
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
10 Entries. 260 Views.
After a decade of celebrating and perfecting their dynamic big-band experience on-stage, Melbourne Ska Orchestra finally have a debut album. Fronted by Nicky Bomba (Bomba, John Butler Trio, Bustamento), the 30-plus-piece band consisting of Melbourne’s finest reggae musicians promise to bring a swerve of skankin’ ska music to Melbourne. Catch them at the Forum Theatre Saturday May 4 with special...
Competition Ran: 23 Apr - 1 May 2013
Winners: BiancaSkanker
The Kooks
28 Entries. 512 Views.
UK band the Kooks hit up Australia in May for Groovin' the Moo. The indie rockers from Brighton are in demand, with tickets for their Palais show on Friday May 3 selling out in ten minutes. Feeling the love from their Australian fans, The Kooks announced a second show at The Palais on Wednesday May 1 and we’ve got two double passes to give away.   Tell us what your favourite Kooks song is to...
Competition Ran: 23 Apr - 30 Apr 2013
Winners:
Naomi Atkinson
ultraman909
The Black Seeds
8 Entries. 309 Views.
Heralding from Wellington, the heavyweight reggae-soul band has been taking the world by storm with their fifth album Dust And Dirt. The eight-piece have been combining funk, rock, with Jamaican beats 1998, earning a respectable fan-base worldwide. Know for their intense shows, The Black Seeds are a band not to be missed. The Black Seeds will be performing at The Hi-Fi on Saturday April 27 and we...
Competition Ran: 9 Apr - 26 Apr 2013
Winners: Indi Tansey
Aerosmith
30 Entries. 483 Views.
Rock’n’roll hall-of-famers Aerosmith have announced that they will play a second Melbourne show at the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday April 28. Flanked by a stellar lineup of Aussie bands, Wolfmother, The Dead Daisies, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, and Diva Demolition, it seems Aerosmith are making it up to their Australian fans: they haven’t played a show here in 24 years!    ...
Competition Ran: 23 Apr - 26 Apr 2013
Winners:
willhollonds
ultraman909
roller_72
Punching The Clown
7 Entries. 354 Views.
Written and starring Henry Phillips as a hapless troubadour touring hand-to-mouth across Flyover America, Punching the Clown combines road weary reality with a rags-to-riches mistaken identity twist on the forsaken fringes of the entertainment industry. Living out of his car, Henry writes satirical folk songs about unicellelar dinoflagellate algae and performs them to anyone who will listen. But...
Competition Ran: 27 Mar - 23 Apr 2013
Winners:
Matt The Craw
Daniel Devlin
lisawarren
James Pizzey
puna
Carolin
bertcolombi
Star Trek: Into Darkness 3D
20 Entries. 472 Views.
On Thursday May 9, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk...
Competition Ran: 16 Apr - 23 Apr 2013
Winners:
Shit Lister
Brandt Dean
rick1983
grub
shayneadam
Evermore @ Trak
5 Entries. 215 Views.
This Thursday, April 16th, Trak throw a spanner in the works and bust out of the mould with very special guests Evermore, live and in the flesh. Evermore’s journey from three home-schooled brothers in country New Zealand to taking over the Australian charts with the debut album Dreams in 2004 is almost the stuff of indie-rock folklore. Since then the band’s anthems of youth, love and lament have...
Competition Ran: 16 Apr - 18 Apr 2013
Winners:
Kaitlyn Studley
kaylene
Ruby Sparks
18 Entries. 640 Views.
From the directors of Little Miss Sunshine, comes the charming and delightful comedy Ruby Sparks, starring Paul Dano and writer-actress Zoe Kazan. Struggling with writer’s block and a lacklustre love life, once-famous novelist Calvin (Dano) creates a beautiful fictitious character named Ruby (Kazan) who becomes his inspiration. But not only does this bring his work to life- it also brings Ruby to...
Competition Ran: 12 Feb - 16 Apr 2013
Winners: Anonymous
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D
35 Entries. 534 Views.
One of the biggest blockbusters this year (it has Bruce Willis in it), G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D is the sequel to the hit G.I. Joe film from 2009. Starring alongside old mate Brucey are Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Channing Tatum. The film follows the G.I. Joes who are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to deal with threats from within the government that jeopardise their...
Competition Ran: 19 Mar - 16 Apr 2013
Winners:
Kaz Reimann
David Ross
Nikki Nasa
Jimmy Tribbles
Sleepwalk With Me
7 Entries. 243 Views.
Sleepwalk With Me is a new comedy starring, written and directed by comedian Mike Birbiglia, and co-written and produced by Ira Glass of US radio program This American Life. When an aspiring stand-up fails to express his true feelings about his girlfriend and his stalled career, his anxiety comes out in increasingly funny and dangerous sleepwalking incidents. We have a few double passes to...
Competition Ran: 26 Mar - 15 Apr 2013
Winners:
sandy55
Nicole Ziebell
hfrancavilla
lexarocks
Jazvere
Supanova
32 Entries. 500 Views.
Supanova is a celebration of popular culture. Over 120,000 patrons attend Supanova annually to meet their favourite stars from film, TV, anime, comics and geek culture and to enjoy the atmosphere of the trading floor, where rare collectibles can be snapped up by buyers. Both kids and adults can also enjoy movie previews and screenings, gaming demonstrations, competitions, AWF Wrestling and more....
Competition Ran: 28 Mar - 11 Apr 2013
Winners: skyphos2
A Clockwork Orange
14 Entries. 338 Views.
Action To The Word will bring Droogs and the dystopian future to Australian shores announcing a national tour of their critically acclaimed theatrical adaptation Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. The all male production is coming direct from the UK, where it garnered rave reviews in the 50th anniversary year of the book's original release. Both the book and Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film...
Competition Ran: 3 Apr - 11 Apr 2013
Winners:
shayneadam
Jesse Ting
Jason Goldstein
More Or Less Concrete
2 Entries. 135 Views.
More Or Less Concrete is Tim Darbyshire’s synaesthetic exploration of cyclical and audible movement. A collaborative and experimental project, More or Less Concrete exists in a realm of constant tension and continual movement, evoking evolutionary processes through its flexing, sculptural shifts in time and space. It’s on at North Melbourne Town Hall until Sunday March 24, and we have double...
Competition Ran: 19 Mar - 11 Apr 2013
Winners: Anonymous
Housos Vs Authority
10 Entries. 546 Views.
On the dole. Off their faces. On the road. Out of control. From the stooges who brought you Fat Pizza, Housos vs. Authority is based on the popular TV show of the same name. The film follows Shazza, who’s been having a tough time lately – her dad Wazza died “on the job”, she’s thrown a brick at the head of a skanky model parading up and down their street and now there’s worse news – her mum, whom...
Competition Ran: 26 Feb - 9 Apr 2013
Winners:
liam o'brien
Mark Turner
puna
Topolino
Taken 2
25 Entries. 471 Views.
A sequel to the highly successful first film, which follows Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) as a CIA operative attempting to track down his daughter after she is kidnapped in France, Taken 2 is set in Istanbul where Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter in Taken. Directed by Olivier Megaton, Taken 2 was written by legendary filmmaker...
Competition Ran: 5 Mar - 8 Apr 2013
Winners:
Sharon Revell
rusty barnacles
Amanda Casalanguida
Narelle Rock
Kaz Reimann
Smokescreen Music Festival Prize Pack
4 Entries. 191 Views.
The Smokescreen Music Festival is the hot topic on most people's lips!  Set to hit Australia later this year, it is being touted as "the most dangerous festival with all the killer acts you've been dying to see."  We're got three Smokescreen Music Festival t-shirt and trucker cap packs for give away.
Competition Ran: 3 Apr - 8 Apr 2013
Winners:
The_Hunter
markrees
Adam Bowers
The Go-Devils
3 Entries. 142 Views.
The Go-Devils are a fiesty bad-girl good-time garage band. They're also set to receive the Girl Manga Wrestling Championships title, which they'll be accepting from the whip-wielding Mistress Yu Nami and her accompanying GoGo Boys 'The Mod Gods' when they play at The LuWow this Friday April 5. We have some double passes to giveaway.
Competition Ran: 3 Apr - 5 Apr 2013
Winners:
trope
Rene Bok