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Future First Person Shooter [YouTube Channel]
Freddie Wong is the face of the freddiew channel on YouTube. Freddie and Brandon Laatsch make some excellent YouTube videos. More importantly, they also give you behind the scenes and tutorial videos for each of the YouTube videos they make.
The “Future First Person Shooter” video is a favourite.
Shot on a GoPro mounted to a helmet. Edited in Final Cut Pro, effects in After Effects.
Check out the behind the scenes to see their setup.
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Leave a comment… what YouTube videos or channels would you recommend?
The Little Stevies – ‘Feel It’ [Video Clip]
The official clip to The Little Stevies’ ‘Feel It’, which is the first single from the album Attention Shoppers, due for release March 4, 2011.
Buy ‘Feel It’ on iTunes – 
– Feel It – The Little Stevies
For more info visit: www.thelittlestevies.com
Related:
The Little Stevies ‘Love Your Band’ – [CD Review]
Catch The Little Stevies playing at:
* Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC | 11-14 March 2011
* Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW | 19-20 March 2011
Leave a comment and tell us what you think of the clip!
MARK RONSON HEADLINE SHOWS ANNOUNCED! – March 2011
In news that’s certain to have the nation’s groove-minded connoisseurs in raptures, Future Entertainment is pleased to announce that ultra-hip musical luminary Mark Ronson and his new band The Business International will be playing two ‘one night only’ affairs in Melbourne and Sydney in March 2011.
With Mark and the band already confirmed to top the bill at this year’s massive Future Music Festival 2011, these one-off headline shows will give fans an opportunity to catch them doing their thing up close and personal. In further exciting news, New Zealand’s freshest sensation Zowie will be supporting Mark Ronson & the Business international on both shows.
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R.I.P. Broadcast’s Trish Keenan
January 14th, 2011
England’s electro/dream-pop group, Broadcast, has lost their frontwoman Trish Keenan.
A statement from Warp Records reads:
“It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am this morning in hospital. She died from complications with pneumonia after battling the illness for two weeks in intensive care. Our thoughts go out to James, Martin, her friends and her family and we request that the public respect their wishes for privacy at this time.
This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly – a unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a beautiful human being. Rest in Peace.”
Formed in the mid 1990’s, Trish Keenan was a founding member of Broadcast and she brought her 60’s styled vocals to their unique electro/dream-pop music.
Trish Keenan was one of the founding members of Broadcast, who formed in the mid-1990s as a quintet. Trish Keenan was 42.
The Resignators Announce More Shows in January and February [Tour News]
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Canada – be warned! The Resignators are on their way to tour the hell out of your damn fine country. But before they do, the Melbourne ska outfit will hit the road in Australia to cause a ruckus, raise some funds, and share some dirty, old fashioned, good times with their fellow natives.
As one of Australia’s hardest working independent bands, The Resignators have seen it all. Playing over 400 shows both nationally and internationally including extensive tours of the USA and CanadaSXSW in 2009, this road hardened mob know how to get any room of people on their feet, skanking to their ska infused beats. |
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HIGH ON FIRE with TRASH TALK and KYLESA – Sidewave announced!
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Underground thrash-sludge messiahs HIGH ON FIRE have set a new standard in doom metal.
Boasting apocalyptic riffage and gravel-gargling vocals, their latest opus ‘Snakes for the Devil’ solidifies HIGH ON FIRE as one of the most important bands in metal today, Absolute Punk affirming, “…the band has burned the metal rulebook and forged a new archetype.” Equal parts molten metal and earthquake panic, HIGH ON FIRE’S outrageously loud and absolutely punishing live show is descending upon Brisbane and Melbourne this March. |
With stage displays firmly rooted in chaos, an arsenal of releases to back it up, and fervent touring, TRASH TALK has continually astonished loyal fans and newcomers alike. Pushing onward and upward since inception, TRASH TALK has defined, refined, and re-defined themselves as a punk/hardcore juggernaut.
Intelligent and complicated songwriting structures drawing from an array of dizzying musical sources have set KYLESA apart from their sludge-metal peers. Rounded off with an onslaught of psychedelic undercurrents; and jarring, triple-team vocal interaction, KYLESA has truly earned a well-deserved place as the “dark psych-metal titans” (Spin) of the stoner metal community.
HIGH ON FIRE, TRASH TALK and KYLESA will unleash the doom on their Sidewaves this March.
Tour Dates:
TUESDAY 1 MARCH
BRISBANE, THE HI-FI – 18+
www.thehifi.com.au – 1300 THE HIFI
Buy Tickets Here – Moshtix
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH
MELBOURNE, GERSHWIN ROOM – 18+
www.espy.com.au, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 & Oztix outlets
Visit Soundwave for full details.
BIG DAY OUT 2011 Official Mobile APP Is Here!
DOWNLOAD THE APP AND YOU & A FRIEND COULD BE ON YOUR WAY TO LOLLAPALOOZA IN CHICAGO!!
Gone are the days of a scrunched up piece of paper that was once your festival program. Very Important Punters, the wait is finally over. The first official Big Day Out mobile App has landed!
It’s all you’ll need to maximize your Big Day Out experience, before, during and for a long while after the Festival leaves town. Check out who’s playing in your city, on what stage and what time then create your own personalized schedule for the day so you won’t miss a thing!
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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. |
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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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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Motörhead Australian Tour 2011 – [Tour News]
“Everything Louder Than Everything Else”
Motörhead return to Australia to raise hell in the service of rock ‘n roll in 2011.
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“Lemmy is a God. He is the reason. He is the last man standing and no one comes close” – Dave Grohl
Motörhead play – correction – Motörhead ARE loud, fast, dirty, bluesy rock ‘n roll with an unrivaled, ruthless attitude; obnoxious yet dignified. For over 35 years the band has maintained their strong hold as a force of unrelenting sonic power, pounding their music into the ear drums of audiences all over the world; reducing the masses into exhausted, sweat soaked, tinnitus-suffering submission, and leaving them begging for more. The band has uniquely pioneered both heavy metal and punk rock, and is revered by aficionados of both genres. Theirs is a sound and a way of being that sees their fan base continue to grow year after year, and that has rightfully solidified Motörhead as living legends of hard rock. |
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URIAH HEEP ‘EAVY BRITISH ROCK LEGENDS RETURN ‘DOWNUNDA’ IN 2011 WITH A GREATEST HITS TOUR
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It’s been over 25 years since the legendary Uriah Heep have played on Australian soil. In that time we’ve witnessed a lot of changes to our musical landscape: the birth, death and rebirth of trends, musical marriages and mix-ups, assassinations and cultural revolutions, and of course the dawn of the digital age. Through all of this, Uriah Heep has ensured at least one constant on the horizon – a hard, heavy rock band that continues to deliver. |
Bluesfest Sideshows – Mavis Staples [Tour News]
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VH1 named her as one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of all time. MAVIS STAPLES is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient. In her 60 year career – from her ground breaking family band – THE STAPLES SINGERS – through her solo career – it is now that her star is shining brightest. With her new album, ‘You Are Not Alone’, this legendary vocalist adds a remarkable new chapter to her historic career, delivering wall-to-wall joy and mixing traditional gospel numbers with two new songs, penned by producer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco fame, and including |
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