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.
Continue reading Live Review: Matt Corby, Alpine @ The Forum, Melbourne – 6 June 2012
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have returned with their brand new second full-length album ‘Here’. The album is melodious, magical and yet sleep inducing. Having big shoes to fill after the popularity of their first album “Up from Below” (2009) and their hit single, “Home” they have made some distinct changes, some for the better and alas, some for the worst.
Brace yourself for a heavy onslaught from Florida-based Hot Water Music, but prepare to be under whelmed by the punk rockers’ 8th studio release. Fuelled by a take-no-prisoners attitude, Exister is set to a relentless high octane pace, but this pace is directionless as though the brakes have been cut and the album is headed for a messy collision course.
New York’s experimental dream-pop group, 
Just three weeks out from her anticipated return to the live Australian circuit, 
To celebrate the launch of their debut E.P. ‘Tony’, Alla Spina is taking it to the streets. It will be kicking off at the Tempo Hotel June 19 followed Roma St Rock stage as part of the Fête de la musique happening simultaneously in Brisbane and worldwide on Thursday June 21. You can also catch this up and coming band and its wild, kinetic live show at the Woombye Pub on June 30 with Sunshine Coast Roots Rock band, The Floating Bridges. *more shows listed below…
THE QUIET STORM EXHIBITION
Following unprecedented demand from 
Total Recall trailer 2012 – Official movie trailer in HD – starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bill Nighy – Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick.
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.