Following the success of his recent Australian tour with The Armada and exceptional performances at WOMADelaide and Canadian Music Week, JEFF MARTIN (formerly of The Tea Party) is set to embark on a national tour this April/May, bringing fellow Armada multi-instrumentalist J Cortez (ex-Sleepy Jackson) along for the ride.
Continue reading Jeff Martin (The Tea Party/The Armada) – “The Ground Cries Out” Australian National Tour April/May 2010
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Jet Announce Promotional Visit April 13 – 16
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As details were announced today that Melbourne’s own JET will join Brisbane’s Powderfinger on their upcoming national ‘Sunsets – The Farewell Tour’ throughout September and October, the million plus album selling rockers will be in Australia for a promotional tour from Tuesday April 13 to Friday April 16. Earlier this week, Jet’s She’s A Genius hit was announced as one of the nominated APRA ‘Song Of The Year’ Awards along with Empire Of The Sun, The Middle East, Temper Trap and others. |
The 2010 winner will be announced at the APRA Awards on Monday 21st June.
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The Bats ANZAC weekend tour! April 2010
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The most antipodean of holidays, ANZAC Day is coming up & Mistletone is celebrating by bringing New Zealand pop royals The Bats back across the Tasman. Following last year’s sold-out (and long overdue!) Sydney and Melbourne shows, The Bats are now finally coming to Brissy! The Bats play The Troubadour on Saturday, April 24 with support from Greg Brady & the Anchors and The Deadnotes with The Legend! |
CD Review: Cate Le Bon – Me Oh My
Review: Lauren Sherritt
Welsh singer songwriter Cate Le Bon’s quiet, haunting tunes featured on her debut album Me Oh My will follow you for a long time after the CD finishes playing. Filled with melancholy lyrics, soft repetitive choruses and a darkly ever present awareness of mortality, this album is about as far away from pop as you could get.
Cate’s claim that she only ever writes songs in the dark is indeed accounted for in the lyrics on Me Oh My. Phrases such as “I fought the night and the night fought me/Knocked on the door and used its key” (Me Oh My), “Eyes so bright they just steal the night” (Eyes So Bright) and “It’s just baby I’m headed for the black” (Sad Sad Feet) pepper the album, which holds a resigned heaviness for its entire length.
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Roller Derby returns to Inner City Brisbane – 17th APRIL 2010
A historic sporting event – Northern Brisbane Rollers has a new inner city venue for Brisbane roller derby – the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre!
 [Photo: Charles Williams – www.teachmecameras.com] |
It has been over three decades since Roller Derby has had a home at an inner-city Brisbane venue. Roller Derby fans of the 1970’s saw such teams as the T-Birds the Devils and Outlaws fight it out at the gone but not forgotten Festival Hall. 17 April 2010 will be the dawn of a new era, and the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre is where it begins. Northern Brisbane Rollers are honoured to give Brisbane roller derby fans what they have been waiting for – roller derby bouts at an inner city venue. |
It’s time to experience the revolution that is flat track roller derby!
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Bluesfest 2010 Highlights!
Review: Elize Strydom
[Photo: Stuart Blythe]
There comes a point during the festival – usually when you’re trudging through the mud towards the Mojo tent to get a good possie for that band you can’t believe you’re about to see – when you get the blues. For the past few days you’ve existed inside a bubble of banjos, harmonicas, dust bowl/mud pit dancing, university cigarettes, gumboots, ferris wheels, Hare Krishna fare and music from across the globe. You’ve been wrapped up in a place where Crossroads, Mojo and Jambalaya (and maybe the port-a-loos) are the only destinations you need to remember. All of a sudden you realise it will all go up in smoke tomorrow. You’ll have to pull down your tent and sit in a traffic queue for an hour before you get to the highway and start your journey back to reality. I guess that’s why people come back again and again; to get another injection of the magic.
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Audio Interview – Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan
Interview by: Ben Hosking
In the lead up to The Dillinger Escape Plan Australian Tour – May 2010 – we caught up with Dillinger founder and lead guitarist Ben Weinman.
Listen to the Audio interview:
Interview: Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan by Ben Hosking –LifeMusicMedia
Related:
CD Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan – ‘Option Paralysis’
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Australian Tour – May 2010
Bluesfest 2010 wraps up its 21st Birthday
Bluesfest 2010 wraps up its 21st Birthday with the world’s finest musicians and approx 80,000 fans
April 6th 2010 – Last night at the Tyagarah Tea Tree farm 12 minutes north of Byron Bay, five incredible days of blues and roots music from all over Australia and the world drew to a close, capping off a 21st Anniversary birthday party of infectiously good music and signature Bluesfest spirit.
Blessed with glorious sunshine and the occasional cooling shower, approximately 80,000 fans from 30 different countries walked through the entry gates over five days of blues, rock and roll, alt-country, world, soul, reggae, funk, Latino and roots music.
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Ebony Bones! – Bone Of My Bones : CD Review
Review: Lauren Sherritt
It’s difficult to describe what exactly the phenomenon of Ebony Bones’ music is like, only safe to say that listening to it is an experience like not many others. This is perhaps why the first track on her new album Bone of My Bones begins with a deep, rumbling introduction stating simply that “this is the sounds of Ebony Bones!.” What I can say is that it’s intense, it’s unique, and if for some reason you’re opposed to having a good dance about the house; be careful, because this record is overwhelmingly movement inspiring.
It’s hard to believe that this psychedelic, carnivalesque album was produced mainly by Miss Bones herself in her small London bedroom.
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Photo Gallery: Bluesfest 2010 Photos Preview
CD Review: Carry Nation – Like a River Does
Review: Victoria Nugent
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Brisbane solo artist Carry Nation’s debut album Like A River Does is the perfect soundtrack for lazy summer days spent in contemplation, with its rich, full sound and intimate lyrics. Built around the foundation of the voice and guitar of Brisbane songwriter Jessie Warren, the recording sees her joined by bass, string and percussion players, with their music making the ideal accompaniment for Warren’s strong and honest vocals.
Warren began playing guitar at sixteen, writing her first song at seventeen, and playing her first show at the Verve Cafe at eighteen. |
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News: EMI Music To Release Limited Edition John Lennon Vinyl Exclusively For Record Store Day – April 17
EMI MUSIC TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION JOHN LENNON VINYL EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY: APRIL 17
‘John Lennon Singles Bag’
To support Record Store Day on April 17, EMI Music will release an extremely limited edition John Lennon vinyl package.
John Lennon Singles Bag (limited edition) includes:
· Individually numbered Kraftpak envelope with button & string closure; custom plastic adaptor hub
· 24” x 36” poster + three postcards
· Three 45 RPM vinyl singles with replicated original artwork:
– Single 1: John Lennon “Mother” / Yoko Ono “Why”
– Single 2: John Lennon “Imagine” / John Lennon “It’s So Hard”
– Single 3: John Lennon “Watching the Wheels” / Yoko Ono “Yes, I’m Your Angel”
For further information on Record Store Day Australia 2010, head to: http://www.recordstoreday.com.au/
‘John Lennon Singles Bag’ available exclusively for Record Store Day
Related:
– Buy: John Lennon at iTunes
Tour: Wilco Australian Tour – April/May 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, please prepare yourselves for the welcome return of WILCO to our shores in 2010. Set to perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the Chicago Sextet make their fourth journey to Australia for a series of intimate theatre-style shows along the east coast.
Wilco’s Website:
http://www.wilcoworld.net/
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Sam Clark announces second single and Easter appearances at Warner Bros. Movie World
Sam Clark has announced the title of his second single, ‘Send Me a Sign’ that will feature in Neighbours on April 22. ‘Send Me a Sign’ is the follow up to his debut single ‘Broken’ which hit the #1 spot on the ARIA Physical Charts, Top 15 on the ARIA Australian Artists Chart and into the Top 40 ARIA Combined Chart.
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Brisbane’s Waiting for Godot – 22 April – 7 May 2010
In a world of cyber-bulling, Facebook and consumerism can the constantly stimulated Gen Y handle a show about… waiting? Queensland Theatre Company presents an Education Performance of Waiting for Godot – Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s iconic play about life, the universe and patience.
Director Joseph Mitchell commented “Waiting for Godot is a show that everyone should see at least once in their life. It’s a play that skilfully balances philosophical questioning with outrageous comedy and, at its very heart, a search for hope and belonging. Continue reading Brisbane’s Waiting for Godot – 22 April – 7 May 2010