Festival News: 4 Walls Festival – Brisbane – August 4, 2012

Three stages, eight hours of non-stop music and a variety of genres spanning from indie-folk to heavy metal, Brisbane’s 4 Walls Festival is an event geared to bring you the very best of Australia’s freshest up-and-coming talent. Now in its third year, the all ages event has seen the likes of Matt Corby and Last Dinosaurs take to the stage in the past, right before they were swept up into the loving arms of our nation. This year’s festival boasts a similar caliber of talent with The Paper Kites, The Medics, Millions, Cub Scouts, The Belligerents and Fairchild Republic announced as festival headliners.

Held at the Queensland Academy of Creative Industries in the heart of Kelvin Grove’s urban village, 4 Walls was launched by Youth Music Industries in 2010 who saw a gap in the all ages market. Initially set up to provide new musicians with the chance of gaining festival experience alongside some fresh Aussie talent, the festival has flourished into a hotly anticipated sell-out event.
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The Rescue Ships Announce New Single ‘City Life’ & National Tour

Having just returned from two tours promoting their last single ‘On The Air’, the second of which was a national run as main support for Josh Pyke on his national ‘Only Sparrows’ tour, Sydney’s The Rescue Ships are back with a brand new single; ‘City Life’.

Formed around the core of Brian Campeau and Elana Stone, 2 nationally recognized singer / songwriters in their own right, The Rescue Ships will be touring the east coast throughout July / August to launch the single.
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PARKLIFE 2012 LINE-UP

Parklife 2012 premieres the long awaited return of Australian electronic royalty The Presets. Armed with a new anthem “Youth In Trouble”, a new album (released September 2012) and a brand new live show, The Presets’ return will be massive, bold and electrifying on the Parklife stage. Over in Perth, Psychedelic rockers, Tame Impala have a brand new album in the works to follow their massive debut LP ‘Innerspeaker’, while Sydney ‘s Hermitude will showcase their hip-hop stylings to Parklife audiences.

Expect big things from electro-pop outfit Passion Pit when they return to our shores with their infectious sound and the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Gossamer’ (20th July 2012). Their fellow American indie darlings Chairlift, and hip-hop favourites Chiddy Bang join the line-up.
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Emma Louise – “Boy” [Official Music Video]

‘Boy’ is the latest offering from Brisbane’s emma louise and, so far, has not only slipped in perfectly as the fitting follow-up single to last year’s spectacularly popular ‘Jungle’, but also the first glimpse into a future full length album.

The brand new video, shot in Brisbane and directed and produced by Alex Barnes of Silver Screen Pictures, depicts the story effortlessly. Everybody has known somebody like the central character portrayed in the song – as emma disappointingly, yet frankly tells it: “All you do is sit around, spending time, smoking cigarettes”. However there is a hint of optimism as the video progresses and emma admits that she still believes.
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Photo: John Wayne and Colonel Blackween, Brisbane 1943

Description: Hollywood actor John Wayne visited Australia during World War II to entertain the troops in forward areas. This photograph was taken at the Albion Park Raceway, Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, on 27 December 1943. He poses here, dressed in full military uniform, with Lt. Col. Blackween.
Date: 27 December 1943

[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

THE FALLS – “HOME” (Official Video)

This is the first single from The Falls’ forthcoming debut EP ‘HOLLYWOOD’.

THEY MET. THEY FELL IN LOVE. THEY WROTE SONGS.
THEY FOUGHT. THEY MADE UP. THEY BROKE UP. THEY WROTE SONGS.

At a time when for most it would be the end of a relationship, for Sydney outfit The Falls this feels like just the beginning…

The first single Home, is a bitter sweet tale of escapism and the search for clarity, and the final realisation that no matter how hard you try and avoid life’s difficulties, in the end you must deal with them “it all comes back the moment I get home”.

It begins light and airy but builds naturally with simple production and with a final lift from a stirring string arrangement from producer Tony Buchen. It is a stunning example of two perfectly complimentary vocals melding together.

Almost subconsciously The Falls have documented their whole relationship in their songs. The love, the betrayal, the heartbreak. While at times it is hard for them to wear their hearts so openly on their sleeve, for The Falls, it has been a huge part of their songwriting.
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Tour News: Kate Miller-Heidke ‘Nightflight’ Australian Tour – August 2012

Fans will be given the chance to see Kate Miller-Heidke perform tracks from her new album “Nightflight” when she returns from her current tour of America and takes her new band around the country for the first time. Adelaide band The Beards will be joining Kate and her band as special support guests.

Following double-platinum sales of her last album (2008s Curiouser), Nightflight recently debuted at #2 on the National ARIA album chart which has been Kate’s highest chart position to date. Nightflight is made up of 11 songs which see Kate meditate on homesickness, mortality, love and surrender, in an album that is both sonically lush and emotionally stark, deeply personal and yet utterly panoramic.
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Album Review: Marilyn Manson – Born Villain

Review by Sibel Kutlucan
Born Villain is the eighth full length album from Marilyn Manson and has been deemed as the “comeback” and its fourteen tracks definitely reflect the reinvention. It is unique, catchy and offensive, all elements that definitely emulate the colourful frontman.

Born Villain is a great album, and I dare say one of the best from Marilyn Manson. The album tells a story and the fourteen tracks have a clear beginning, middle and end. It has the usual shock tactics so iconics of the band with confronting lyrics, such as Pistol whipped with “You look so pretty when you cry. Don’t wanna hit you but the only thing, between our love is a bloody nose/a busted lip and a blackened eye”. However some of the songs portrayed a more personal side and definitely had depth. ‘The Gardener’ which opens with Marilyn Manson whispering “I’m not man enough to be human but I’m trying to fit in and I’m learning to fake it” seems to be autobiographical and has a fantastic dance party on acid vibe.
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Tour News: The Shins Australian tour – July 2012


Handsome Tours are Very Excited to announce the welcome return of their old friends The Shins to Australia this July. Armed with new material from their acclaimed fourth album Port Of Morrow, the band will perform at Splendour In The Grass, plus headline shows at Festival Hall in Melbourne and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

It’s been a busy start to the year for the Portland based five piece, with the band currently in the midst of an extensive US tour to celebrate the release of Port Of Morrow. The album has been five years in the making, following on from their 2007 LP Wincing The Night Away, and was recorded throughout 2011 with band leader James Mercer handling all songwriting duties, lead vocals and the majority of instrumentation.
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Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo – The Munsters (1964)

Description: Photo of Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily, from the television program The Munsters.

Date: 28 August 1964

By CBS Television (eBay item photo front photo back)
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


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** Click her to see The Munsters Publicity Photo – The Cast (1964)
** The Munsters Halloween Publicity Photo (1964) with Al Lewis, Beverley Owen and Fred Gwynne

Live Review: Matt Corby, Alpine @ The Forum, Melbourne – 6 June 2012

Review by Billy Geary
Without a doubt, Sydney’s Matt Corby has undergone a meteoric rise in popularity over the last year. After selling out The Corner Hotel five nights in a row on his last visit to Melbourne, one could only assume the demand would be just as great this time around. This proved to be correct, with Corby managing to sell out the considerably larger Forum Theatre three nights in a row. Not a bad feat from a young man so early in his musical career.

From the moment support act Alpine began their set, one could tell they were going to struggle to win punters over. Their over the top brand of synth pop was by no means a good fit and it showed in the punters. Despite this, the sextet soldiered on and gradually won over a tough crowd. Alpine’s sound definitely has its merits and some definite catchy moments, it was just a case of wrong place and time in this case.
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The Munsters Publicity Photo – The Cast (1964)


Description: Publicity photo of the cast of the television program The Munsters. Seated, from left: Butch Patrick (Eddie), Yvonne De Carlo (Lilly), Fred Gwynne (Herman). Standing: Beverly Owen (Marilyn) and Al Lewis (Grandpa).
Date: Press release is dated 28 August 1964.

By CBS Television
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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More Photos:
** Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo – The Munsters (1964)
** The Munsters Halloween Publicity Photo (1964) with Al Lewis, Beverley Owen and Fred Gwynne

The Munsters Halloween Publicity Photo (1964) with Al Lewis, Beverley Owen and Fred Gwynne

Description: Publicity photo from the television program The Munsters for Halloween. Pictured from left: Al Lewis (Grandpa), Beverley Owen (Marilyn), and Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster).

Date: Not dated. Beverley Owen played the role of Marilyn for the first year of the program only; she was replaced by actress Pat Priest after that. The series began airing in 1964 and the publicity information mentions this is a popular new program. This would have to be from 1964, as Owen was no longer in the cast by 1965.

By CBS Television (eBay item photo front publicity release)
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

** Click her to see The Munsters Publicity Photo – The Cast (1964)
** Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo – The Munsters (1964)