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Who What Where with Owen Penglis of Straight Arrows

  Straight Arrows formed almost 3 years ago in a Sydney wasteland. Initially finding trouble and frustration with regular venue operation, Straight Arrows began a 4 month residency in a small space above notorious (and now shut-down) gay bar The Newtown Hotel that culminatined in the release of their debut 7” record. Since this point the band have… Continue reading about Straight Arrows here.

LifeMusicMedia asks Straight Arrows main man Owen Penglis –
Who, What or Where is your favourite…

DJ ::
Whoever in the band actually bothered to make a compilation cd for the tour.

Live Act ::
I saw King Khan and BBQ throw food all over the opera house a couple months ago. That’d ruled! Lou Reed was falling asleep up the back of the room on a chair throughout. Otherwise the Mummies or Billy Childish.

Album ::
Os Mutantes’ first

Track that changed your life ::
Louie Louie!

City to play in ::
Houseparty anywhere! Or Canberra. Really.

Movie ::
Any shitty punksploitation film, especially if it’s got ‘punk’ zombies. Return of the Living Dead!

Gadget ::
Fuzz pedal? Car? Internet? 7 inch record? Skynet?

Food ::
Pepperoni Pizza!

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Watch Gwar’s Epic Halloween Night Performance Live From The Rave In Milwaukee!

  Every year on Halloween, GWAR takes to the stage to put on a spectacle that only certain fans in certain cities have gotten to witness. But this year, GWAR is giving human scum across the globe the chance to watch their Halloween show streaming live from The Rave/Eagle’s Club in Milwaukee. The event will be a Pay Per View extravaganza and is scheduled to kick of at 11:00 PM Eastern Halloween night. Make sure to head over to GWARLive.com to sign up for the Pay Per View event of a lifetime today!

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A Taste of Lilith @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne : October 6th 2010 – Live Review

By Naomi Rahim www.auroradesign.nu

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Sarah – Sarah McLachlan 		  The resurrected Lilith Fair music festival, co-founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan in North America made its way to Australia in the condensed version – A Taste of Lilith. In contrast to the usual male-dominated bills of most music festivals, Lilith Fair celebrates female singer-songwriters and female-fronted bands across a variety of genres with the aim of breaking the artists into new markets. From each ticket sold, $1 is donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation in Australia.

A Taste of Lilith got off to a bumpy start amid date changes and major act Court Yard Hounds dropping off the bill. Melbourne’s line-up included Sarah McLachlan, Kate Miller-Heidke and The Verses (formerly Killing Heidi). One international act from the North American lineup (to replace Court Yard Hounds) would’ve rounded out the show, Miller-Heidke and The Verses appeared more like support acts to McLachlan’s star. The rescheduling and possibly Melbourne’s freak monsoon affected the turnout, but the dramas were all but forgotten by McLachlan’s eager fans who waited 5 years to see her perform in Australia again.
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Who What Where: With RED INK

LifeMusicMedia asks RED INK singer John Jakubenko –


Catching
Catching a Killer – EP – Red Ink 		 
Who, What or Where is your favourite…
DJ ::
Gamma..
Live Act ::
local/current – Colour Age (Melb),
int./past – INXS 80s &90s
Album ::
War by U2
Track that changed your life ::
London Calling – The Clash
City to play in ::
Adelaide
Movie ::
West Side Story
Gadget ::
I hate gadgets.. i’m technology retardant
Food ::
Waves’ Chicken Scollopini
Don’t miss RED INK – ‘Catching A Killer’ EP Launch at The Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne
on 22nd october 2010!

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Rocketsmiths “The Bones” – Album Review

Review: Victoria Nugent

  The Bones by Brisbane band The Rocketsmiths is relentlessly, unashamedly rock with edgy guitars, and taut vocals by the bucket load. These guys have been described as vaudevillian rock, and there’s a definite hint at the weird and wacky in their songs.

The first track of the album is Monster Part 1, which features some dark riffs, a catchy beat, wailing vocals, and great dynamics, switching from loud to soft throughout the song.

This song is followed up with a later track on the album called “Monster Parts 2 &3”, and starts off with eerie organ, echoing vocals and a tempo that steadily gets faster, before breaking into edgy riffs and screaming vocals.
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Zeni Geva, No Anchor, Midget Pillion @ Rosies, Brisbane : 24 September 2010 – Photo Gallery

Photographer: Stephen Goodwin
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Photographer: Stephen Goodwin
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Nick Batterham [Self Titled] – Single Review

Review: Victoria Nugent

 


Second Lovers		 This unnamed single is intended as a taste of Nick Batterham’s debut solo album Second Lovers due out in October, and it shows a skilled collection of laidback folk from the singer songwriter.

Batterham is a former member of Blindside and The Earthmen, and in more recent years has been doing sound design, producing music for film and TV and playing guitar for Cordrazine.

The disc kicks off with ‘Dragonfly’, a melodic folk tune with simplistic lyrics and gentle acoustic guitar. ‘From Now On’ starts with a slow piano intro, with husky,

slightly gravelly vocals giving the song a melancholic feel. The occasional chime of bells adds to the atmosphere, as does the addition of slightly seventies sounding electric guitar.
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Jinja Safari ‘Forest Eyes’ Tour – November 2010

  One of the most talked about new bands in the country, Jinja Safari, are set to bring their effervescent forest-themed musical japery to venues around the country with November’s Forest Eyes Tour. The band have come a long way in a short space of time, from playing their first ever show in May to courting the national festival circuit – including sets at Splendour In The Grass, Coaster Festival and Big Sound (with more to come over summer) followed by a national tour with Art vs Science and the release of their debut EP.

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DESPISED ICON AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2010 – November 2010

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  DESPISED ICON AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2010
with Special Guests The Red Shore and Thy Art Is Murder

Australian metal better watch its collective backs as Montreal’s masters of brutality, Despised Icon, have marked Australia as the next target on their final world tour before the band ends. In a moment of bittersweet irony, November 2010 will also be the first time that the deathcore six-piece hit these shores, for a run of six shows Australia-wide.

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Moniters announce debut single ‘Exit The System’ & Official Launch Dates

Meet The Moniters – a sub indie dirty electro-rock 3 piece from Brisbane, Australia.


The Moniters – ‘Exit the System’ 		  The story so far is a fairly organic one: Comprising of frontman Jimi Lucas, drummer Matt Schrader and bassist Barney Gickel, the three band members met at a Killers concert when Jimi and Matt ran into Barney whom Matt already knew through some session work that they’d both collaborated on a few years earlier. They began demoing ideas up at Jimi’s place, with Jimi and Barney laying down ideas over sampled drums which Matt would then make his

changes across the top of. Once they had enough tracks together, they sent the demo’s down to Melbourne based producer Forrester Savell (Dead Letter Circus, Birds of Tokyo). Forrester, loving the tracks, asked the band to fly down to record them with him at sing sing south studios. Titled “Sex City Lovers” their resulting debut Ep is scheduled for 2011 release.
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SECOND SYDNEY BIG DAY OUT 2011 ANNOUNCED!!

SYDNEY BIG DAY OUT 2011 HAS SOLD OUT IN MINUTES!!!!

SECOND SYDNEY BIG DAY OUT JUST ANNOUNCED!!!

With the Wednesday, 26 January Sydney BDO tickets snapped up in record time a second Sydney BDO will now be added.

It’s only the third time in the Festival’s 19 year history that a second show has been staged in any city.

Fans can now attend the second Festival in Sydney, comprising the same bill, on THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY 2011
We a very thankful and proud of the continued popularity and support of the event which enables us to present an additional show in Sydney for the second year in a row.
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Exodus @ Manning Bar, Sydney – 2nd October 2010 with Switchblade & Subtract (NZ) – Photo Gallery

Photographer: Ben Hosking
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Nicholas Roy “In A Shoebox Under The Bed” – LP Review

Review: Ben Connolly


In a Shoebox Under the Bed - Nicholas Roy – Nicholas Roy 		  It’s a great romantic ideal, isn’t it? A fresh-faced boy with a heart of gold, a far-away stare and a modicum of musical ability notches up a home recording completed in his dreary Melbourne abode. Everything about it screams eyes-rolling type cliche, that we’ve read the story a million times to know it backwards and that nothing new or exciting can ever come out of that set up again. But that’s exactly what Melbourne lad Nicholas Roy has attempted in his first long player Nicholas Roy, released in August through indie label Little Tribe. And it’s a solid effort which manages to take a slightly different route than the troubled singer-songwriter path, but has it worked?

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HELLFEST 2011 First Announcement

  Summer 2010, which was more than ever filled with extreme music, is over and we’re all back at work getting ready for a new season! We hope that you all found the time and energy to visit lots of festivals and get your dose of decibels to go back to work feeling good and revitalized!

After a great edition in 2010, all the Hellfest team is back in business and working hard on the next festival. We would like to remind you that Hellfest 2011, which will be held on the 17th, 18th and 19th of June, will be the last on these grounds. In 2012, Hellfest will move to a new place… We will not say anything else today but you can expect some great surprises…
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