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Deep Sea Arcade + Surf City (NZ) Australian Tour – February 2011 [Tour News & Tickets]
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Its surf music Jim, but not as we know it… Deep Sea Arcade are pleased to announce theyll be hitting both the road and the beach this summer in a co-headline tour with fellow surficianados Surf City from New Zealand. The two bands will duel it up along the east coast throughout February 2011 and with both bands drawing inspiration from classic surf music its only fitting that the majority of the shows will take place by the beach. |
Sunset Sounds Festival 2011 – Day 2 Photo Gallery by Stuart Blythe
Sunset Sounds 2011, Day 2 – Photo Gallery
Photographer: Matt Palmer
Artists: Children Collide, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Klaxons, The Living End
Event: Sunset Sounds
Date: 5th January 2011 – 6th January 2011
More articles by Matt Palmer:
* Sunset Sounds 2011 – Day 1 [Photo Gallery by Stuart Blythe]
* Muse @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre – December 5, 2010 – Photo Gallery
* Parklife 2010, Brisbane – Kele, Midnight Juggernauts, Dan Black, Wolf Gang, AC SLATER – Photo Gallery
* Parklife 2010 – Brisbane – Groove Armada and New Young Pony Club – Photo Gallery
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Sunset Sounds 2011 – Day 1, Live Review
Review: Lauren Sherritt
Photos: Matt Palmer
Billed by organisers as the perfect way to cap off New Year’s celebrations, Brisbane’s Sunset Sounds has become renowned for its impeccable line-ups and alluring Botanical Gardens setting. With headline act Interpol leading the charge of an impressively diverse set of artists, the 2011 festival kicked off on the muggy afternoon of Wednesday January 5th.
After a short delay at the gate (a mix-up with letting the media in probably not the kind of press that organisers had hoped for) I head straight for the River Stage to catch the first winners of the festival’s ‘Sponsor the Band’ competition Ball Park Music. Halfway through their set and the local six-piece has drawn a small but decent crowd for early in the afternoon, mixing originals and covers and making big sound for a group of not so big kids. Ending with ‘iFly’, their most well known track, the swelling audience joins in with a rousing chorus and the day is kicked off to a glorious start.
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Sunset Sounds 2011, Day 1 – Photo Gallery
Photographer: Matt Palmer
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Sunset Sounds 2011 – Day 1, January 5th, 2011 – Photo Gallery
Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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Imelda May (Ireland) Australian Tour – March 2011 [Tour News]
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Chart topping Irish Songstress and Rockabilly Queen, IMELDA MAY is coming to Australia.
Since being handpicked as a virtual unknown by Jools Holland to perform on his show in 2008 Imelda May’s career has gone into overdrive. Signing to Universal Music, the sultry songstress has dominated the Irish album charts. Her stunning number one double platinum selling debut “Love Tattoo” has remained in the top 12 for 29 weeks, with hit singles Johnnys Got a Boom Boom and Big Bad Handsome Man attracting massive airplay. Mayhem her brand new Album debuted at Number one in the Irish Charts and landed top 20 in the UK. Not only that, Imelda is the first Irish female solo artist to top the charts with an album of original material in a staggering 14 years. And it doesn’t stop here. |
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Woodford Folk Festival – December 30th 2010 – Live Review [P2]
Review: Kenada Quinlan
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Following the licensed streets, the once closed Amphitheatre is showing tonight and as the clock strikes 8pm, Evil Eddie is on schedule. Interaction with the 10 row deep bouncing spectators is initiated with the first instalment of ‘Somebody Say Evil’. “That was a little self-indulgent but thank you!” smiles the lead man and ex-Buttefingers vocalist/songwriter Eddie Jacobson. Taking a back seat yet pivotal to the performance, Jacobson enjoys the company of his fellow comrade Toddy Spitfire as the two slickly pinball lyrics from one song to the next. |
Charging through ‘Aint Love Grand’ and the addictive ‘Voices In My Head’, the vision becomes clear as the studio sounds are brought to life via a strong family of well equipped and known Brisbane musicians.With the crowd multiplying by the second, the festivities continue and the only exit from this show is to refresh yourself with the energy that has been freely given to you.
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Woodford Folk Festival – December 30th 2010 – Live Review [P1]
Review: Kenada Quinlan
Photo Credit: Silvana Macarone
The first day of blissful dry weather and the number of smiles has doubled at the sight of the sun. Tallulah Rendell’s first port of call before her 6 week tour of the continent is a string of gigs in the usual Woodford fashion. Strumming soft emotive of blues driven rock, the half-Australian, London based solo artist resembles the tones of PJ Harvey. Taking inspiration from an operatic era, Rendell’s quaintly captivating structures decide to haunt at instances, delivering momentary bouts of individualism.
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Woodford Folk Festival – December 28th, 2010 – Photo Gallery
Woodford Folk Festival – December 27th, 2010 – Photo Gallery
“Weird Al” Yankovic Australian Tour 2011 [Tour News]
“Weird Al” Yankovic, the undisputed king of pop culture parody, has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history. In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has amassed 30 Gold and Platinum albums, 7 Gold and Platinum-certified home videos and 3 Grammy Awards (with 11 nominations).
The singer-songwriter’s first real brush with fame came in 1979 when he recorded “My Bologna” (a spoof of The Knack’s “My Sharona”) in the bathroom across the hall from his college campus radio station where he had a weekly DJ shift. A devoteé of musical satirists Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman and Stan Freberg, Yankovic’s budding career took off when the song became a sensation on the nationally syndicated “Dr. Demento Show.” Just a few years later, Al landed his first recording contract and has since created an extraordinary legacy of music and ground-breaking videos, including hits like “Eat It,” “Like A Surgeon” and “Amish Paradise.”
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Six60 Australian Tour – March 2011 [Tour News]
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Bonding over a shared love of NZ music and passion for making their own, Six60 formed after meeting at a Kora concert in 2006. Three members flatted together as Otago Uni students, spending countless hours in their recording studio (Eli’s room) at number 660 on notorious Castle St. |
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LAMB (UK) : Australian Tour 2011 [Tour News & Tickets]
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Lamb chooses Australia to launch their World Tour and first new album in 8 years.
Lamb have chosen Australia as the country to open the first leg of their ‘5 World Tour’ that will take them around the globe during 2011 and 2012. Australian audiences will also be the first anywhere to hear live new songs from 5 – the first new studio album from Lamb since 2003’s ‘Between Darkness and Wonder’ some 8 years ago. |
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