After reuniting for a sold out tour in 2011, the original Moving Pictures line up is back for a limited number run of shows this August with special guests, Mental as Anything (ex. Melbourne).
Forming in Sydney in 1980, it didn’t take long for Moving Pictures to make their mark on the local scene with a strong reputation as pub rock act with r ‘n b influences; the band was in demand packing out venues night after night with legendary live sets that quickly garnered both industry and audience interest.
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Genre: Indie, Rock
If Stone Music Festival’s first day was a salute to rock then day two proved a little more difficult to pigeonhole. The bill included an American piano man, two elder statesmen of Oz music, a new band and two former Australian Idol contestants. I suppose we’ll just have to say that this unlikely grouping meant that this was a celebration of music, pure and simple.
Sydney was wet and it wasn’t David Lee Roth’s fault. Saturday morning had seen the heavens open again and again but rock ain’t about being comfortable and a little water never killed anyone. On day one of the inaugural Stone Music Festival, guitar heroes were king and no one was going to let a few showers rain on their musical parade.
Sticky Fingers have a lot to offer music lovers interested in hearing something a bit different to your average pop and they demonstrated this in undeniable fashion at the sold out Brisbane show of their national Caress Your Soul tour at The Zoo.
By the time John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) had made it to Melbourne’s Palace Theatre, the walking headline had left in his wake a storm of controversy. From a supposed misogynistic rant to dodgy sushi, Lydon knows the easiest way to drum up media coverage. Sure it’s not necessarily painting him in a good light, but the result was the same: ‘Bad press is still press.’
Pigeon, the electronic-dance-horn-party-rock monster is moving to bigger and better things in 2013 after having gathered a group of loyal fans. Theyʼve been partying their way up and down the East Coast of Australia already this year and arenʼt looking to stop anytime soon.
NAT DUNN signed a publishing deal with Mushroom when she was just 16 years old.