There hasn't been much activity here for the past week. My sincere apologies. My ibook died last Tuesday, it's at the Apple Centre and who knows when I'll get it back, knowing Apple. Plus I've been busy applying for jobs - I've had two interviews in the ...
Nothing compares with the intoxicating sound of great musicians. The seventh album from Melbourne instrumentalists, the Dirty Three, distils the emotional range of their tempestuous early work into 19 short tracks. Although individual members have worked with singers (Nick Cave, Will Oldham) in the past, this is the first time ...
I hosted lunch on FBI radio today - just a little different from the old studios at 2XX in Canberra. It's cool to be on the airwaves again, here's the song list for the show. Burnt Friedman & The Dub Players - Railway Palace,Melbourne Cat Power - Love & Communication Film ...
Sofie Loizou is a great DJ (laptop based with deckstacy), she runs a studio and she's a great electro producer (her records as ShapeShiftr with Southern Outpost get played by the big guys in Detroit), but her self released demo The Magenta Incident isn't quite there. ...
For indie pop that's somewhere between The Smiths and Scottish faves like Belle & Sebastian, listen to new Austin, Texas four-piece Voxtrot. Ramesh Srivastava started the band, then moved to Glasgow to study, went out clubbing a lot and listened to great ...
Several months ago I wrote a story about a singer. It was the first time I've tried writing an out and out story, like make-believe, since I was in primary school, probably. It's here if you're interested. Feel free to cut my heart open and spill ...
US spoken word/hip-hop MC and poet Saul Williams had a lot to say at a discussion in Sydney last week. Held between gigs on a thursday lunch-time at the Mint, Williams discussed his music, poetry, hip-hop and why 50 Cent isn't the devil....
Which Sydney record shop was raided on Friday for stocking videos, DVDs and magazines on graffiti? As well as raiding a paint supply shop in Newtown, the NSW police trying to bust train graffitists raided a record shop on George Street? Next Level? Blaze on this ...
Several new reviews for the next issue of Cyclic Defrost. A mixed bag to say the least. Thumbs up to ex-Londoner now splitting his time between LA and Sydney Steve Spacek and New York DJ Daniel Wang, down to Brisbane duo Statler & Waldorf.
Taking time out from tours with Nine Inch Nails and My Morning Jacket, Saul Williams is out to Australia this month for the Sydney Festival. Williams was one of the big highlights at the Oya Festival in Norway last year: "Saul Williams is like a bomb exploding on ...
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