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2010 MERCEDES-BENZ Fashion Festival Brisbane – August 2010


The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane has once again positioned itself as the most prestigious fashion event in Queensland. With an unprecedented number of designers and retailers applying to participate in the festival, this year the program promises to be more exciting than ever before, and is tipped to be the most successful to date.

Premier Anna Bligh said the Queensland Government was thrilled to once again partner with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival, which is now in its fifth year.

“The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival plays a major role in showcasing Queensland’s emerging and established designers to both consumers and the media,” she said.

“Queensland design leaders like Easton Pearson, Pistols at Dawn and Gail Sorronda are leading the way on the world stage. Continue reading 2010 MERCEDES-BENZ Fashion Festival Brisbane – August 2010 →

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Rock For The Regent @ The Globe Theatre, Brisbane – July 2010

Odyssey Presents
Rock For The Regent #1 – with Edward Guglielmino
+ The Show with The Soundcasters + Punxie & the Poison Pens + The Persistence of Freud + Dunsinane
Thursday 08 July 2010 (opening 7pm)

Rock For The Regent #2 – with Wolfmother
+ Blonde on Blonde + The Medicine Show + Princess Rodeo + Miss Bertie Page
Saturday 10 July 2010 (opening 7pm)

Rock For The Regent #3 – with Katie Noonan
+ Tim Loydell & the Deckchairs + Bessy-Lou + Tara Simmons +Inland Sea + Mary-Jane Carpenter
Sunday 11 July 2010 (opening 4pm)

at The Globe Theatre, Brisbane
Ticket through OzTix

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4ZZZ BRAIN BANANA FUNDRAISOR……IS BACK! 13 June 2010

  …It’s back…. bigger than ever, and ready to shake the Jubilee Hotel to its foundations with 3 sound systems, and a bangin’ array of sounds especially selected to meet the diverse aural requirements of 4ZZZs listeners and supporters… ;)

…its big – its in its 5th year … it’s BRAIN BANANA 2010!

3 STAGES : The ZED Bandstand – The Reggae/Dancehall Bar – The Electronic Upstairs.

This years special guests take no prisoners and will melt the last vestiges of your resistance to downright dirty punk rock(if you had any!)… From Melbourne, the almighty COSMIC PSYCHOS!!!

And also heading up from Melbourne, to remind you what bass heavy phatness, and double MC lyrical righteousness is all about – COMBAT WOMBAT!!! Throw in Sydney’s reggae rebels SPIN D MUSIC, get The Nam Shub of Enki to round up the best party DJ’s for the electronic room, add some of Brisbane’s BEST local bands, and as usual – BRAIN BANANA adds up to one hell of a party!

SUNDAY 13TH JUNE (QUEENS BIRTHDAY LONG WEEKEND)
STARTS AT 5PM
OVER BY 2AM
JUBILEE HOTEL 470 ST. PAULS TRC
$10 FOR 4ZZZ SUBSCRIBERS
$20 FOR EVERYONE ELSE

Full Line Up:
Zed Bandstand
Cosmic Psychos (MELB)
Teargas
Blank Realm
The Blasted Heath
Combat Wombat (MELB)
Sleepwalks
Swamplords
Geese
* special Zed sub band

Electronic Stage
The Nam Shub of Enki
Monkey Marc (Melb)
Erther
Samedi Sound System
Juga Juga

Reggae & Dancehall Bar
Spin D Music (SYD)
Rhythm Collision Sound
Magala
DJ Wade
Boss Sounds

SUBSCRIBE ON THE NIGHT AND GET FREE ENTRY!

BE THERE!!!!
SUPPORT 4ZZZFM
HAVE A BLAST!

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Live Review : Rickie Lee Jones @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 31st May 2010

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Review by Hannah Collins
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones… um… who? She’s not on the regular radio rotation, nor is a household name, yet she’s been filling the air with her amicable sounds for the last 30 years. Her initial self titled album debuted at #3 on the US Billboard top 200; she’s received over 5 Grammy nominations and has featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Continue reading Live Review : Rickie Lee Jones @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 31st May 2010 →

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Delerium – “Remixed: The Definitive Collection” [CD Review]

Review: Ben Hosking

  It has always been equally intriguing and amusing to this reviewer that a pair of individuals as intense and creative as Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb should be most widely known for a dance/pop project. However, this is exactly the case for the Canadian pair long known in metal and industrial circles for their work with projects like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly and Rhys’ regular contributions to groups such as Fear Factory.

Despite – or perhaps because of – this, Delerium has always been an infinitely listenable experience that has pushed the boundaries of the genre; often

encompassing a wonderful darkness. Hopefully they’ve helped regular fans of mindless commercial dance to open their minds to something more creative, layered and ultimately – respectable. Continue reading Delerium – “Remixed: The Definitive Collection” [CD Review] →

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LEONARD COHEN – Second Melbourne show announced!

OVERWHELMING DEMAND – SECOND & FINAL CONCERT ANNOUNCED FOR ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE

Tickets to Leonard Cohen’s Melbourne show at Rod Laver Arena have quickly sold this morning, prompting The Frontier Touring Company to add a second show on Saturday 13 November.

The excitement and devotion of his fans has been evident today. Concert goers have been quick to call Cohen one of the most remarkable, moving live performers and the reviews following his 2009 World Tour reveal critics wholeheartedly agree. Continue reading LEONARD COHEN – Second Melbourne show announced! →

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Cold Chisel to headline 2010 Deniliquin Ute Muster – October 2010

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[Photo by Greg Weight]		   The legendary Cold Chisel will headline the 2010 Deniliquin Ute Muster on Saturday 2nd October 2010.

This will be Cold Chisel’s only major performance this year, cementing the Deniliquin Ute Muster as one of Australia’s flagship Festival’s for 2010.

With a top class entertainment programme of extreme sports, live concerts and entertainment to suit all ages the Deniliquin Ute Muster is anticipating a sellout prior to the Festival.

Continue reading Cold Chisel to headline 2010 Deniliquin Ute Muster – October 2010 →

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The Beach Boys to Headline 600 Sounds Music Festival!


Click Here for Tickets!!

The Armor All Gold Coast 600 promises to be a motorsport and music extravaganza! Gold Coast, QLD 22-24 Oct 2010 Click Here for Tickets

International music stars The Beach Boys will head up the newly named 600 Sounds music festival – part of the Armor All Gold Coast 600 – with a special appearance this October.

The 600 Sounds festival, an integral part of the three days and nights of the Armor All Gold Coast 600 (Friday October 22 to Sunday October 24) already boasted a massive world-class line-up of Australian and International artists prior to today’s announcement. Continue reading The Beach Boys to Headline 600 Sounds Music Festival! →

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Sally Seltmann ‘Heart That’s Pounding’ Album Launch Tour – July 2010

  Sally Seltmann is the award-winning songwriter and singer best known for her work as New Buffalo – the artist behind ‘intoxicating’ albums The Last Beautiful Day’ and ‘Somewhere, anywhere.’ Her new album is ‘Heart That’s Pounding’. After the stripped-back elegance of her previous albums, Sally’s new record is an album that resounds with confidence, megawatt melodies and energising joy.

Continue reading Sally Seltmann ‘Heart That’s Pounding’ Album Launch Tour – July 2010 →

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Frightened Rabbit – Sydney & Melbourne shows – August 2010

On the back of their third studio album ‘The Winter Of Mixed Drinks’, Glasgow’s Frightened Rabbit is heading to Australia to play the Splendour In The Grass Festival. If you don’t have tickets to see them there, you can still catch them at Melbourne’s Hi-Fi Bar on August 2 and The Factory in Sydney on August 3. Don’t miss out.

Frightened Rabbit –
Melbourne – 2nd August 2010
The Hi-Fi, Melbourne

Sydney – 3rd August 2010
The Factory, Sydney

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Florence and the Machine – extra shows for Sydney + Melbourne

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  Florence + The Machine is without a doubt one of the hottest acts touring Australia this year, with tickets for her Sydney and Melbourne Splendour In The Grass side shows selling out in no time, and a Perth sell out is imminent.

Continue reading Florence and the Machine – extra shows for Sydney + Melbourne →

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Mike Patton – “Mondo Cane” [CD Review]

Review: Ben Hosking

  The prolific Mike Patton returns with a project unlike any that have come before it. Sung entirely in Italian, the album ‘Mondo Cane’ features a 40-piece orchestra, choir and band.

Listeners have had hints of Patton’s multi-lingual abilities in the last, such as tunes found on earlier Faith No More releases. However, ‘Mondo Cane’ sees the twisted genius using his talents to pay homage to other songwriters, including his beloved Morricone, who penned the track ‘Deep Down’.

Continue reading Mike Patton – “Mondo Cane” [CD Review] →

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Danko Jones – “Below the Belt” [LP Review]

Review: Lana Harris

  Danko Jones is a man born to wear leather, and if listening to this album doesn’t convince you, the shiny black outfit he sports on the cover of his band’s latest LP Below the Belt will. This is BIG rock, stadia rock, another-word-that-rhymes-with-rock rock – what else would be expected from a man who names his band after himself? Proving that he’s more than just a leather clad front man, Jones also plays lead guitar, is responsible for writing columns in rock magazines, hosts radio shows and has completed solo spoken word tours.

Continue reading Danko Jones – “Below the Belt” [LP Review] →

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