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“Was It Worth It” is the first single from WA Soul singer Mama Kin’s forthcoming album, The Magician’s Daughter and highlights her ability to consistently write good songs. The combination of rhythmic drums, floating *almost haunting* backing vocals and Mama Kin’s smooth soulful voice delivering reflective lyrics make this song almost hypnotic.

Recommended!

Continue reading Single Review: Mama Kin – “Was It Worth It” →

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So let’s set the scene of the Sydney leg of the Whiplash Festival “IV”: It’s been a 35-degree day of hot winds and sweaty butt cracks, but there’s been nowhere quite as hot as the insides of the iconic Sandringham Hotel in Newtown. Sadly, the heat is not all related to the scorching Aussie metal found within. This old venue is a steaming hot, sweaty, stinking series of boxes with stages and you feel the oppression from the moment you walk through the front doors. If the venue has air-con, you wouldn’t know it.

The building is a scene of barely controlled chaos with music equipment stacked into almost every corner. Don’t get this reviewer wrong. A pretty picture it isn’t, but there is the overwhelming positive aspect to the Whiplash Festival that remains: it’s an incredible showcase of Australian metal with bands traveling from every corner of this country to perform. That’s something that can’t and shouldn’t be undervalued.
Continue reading Live Review: Whiplash Festival “IV” at Sandringham Hotel, Sydney – 20 October 2012 →

Photographer: Ben Hosking

Photographer: Ben Hosking

Bands: As Silence Breaks, Norse, Scar the Surface, Anno Domini
Event: Whiplash Festival “IV”
Venue: Sandringham Hotel, Newtown NSW
Date: 20 October 2012
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Photographer: Ben Hosking

Photographer: Ben Hosking

Bands: Mnemic, Dawn Heist, Lynchmada, Devour the Martyr
Event: Whiplash Festival “IV”
Venue: Sandringham Hotel, Newtown NSW
Date: 20 October 2012

Check here for Whiplash Festival “IV” Tour Details!

* More articles by Ben Hosking…

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Review by Life Music Media
Brisbane singer-songwriter Tara Simmons is known for her powerful vocals, catchy hooks and honest lyrical content. The release of Tara’s second full-length album It’s Not Like We’re Trying to Move Mountains reaffirms this position.

Having bunkered down in the studio with producer Yanto Browning (Kate Miller-Heidke, the medics, The Jungle Giants, Art of Sleeping), Tara has taken her distinctive synth-riffs, pushed her boundaries, delivering a killer album.

Stand-out tracks from the album include “Weekend Of Hearts”, “Where Do You Go”, “Honey” and “Be Gone”
Continue reading CD Review: Tara Simmons – ‘It’s Not Like We’re Trying To Move Mountains’ →

Bringing his full band to Australia for the first time
Roger Hodgson has been recognised as one of the most gifted composers, songwriters, and lyricists of our time. As the co-founder and legendary voice of Supertramp, he gave us the timeless classics such as “Give a Little Bit,” “The Logical Song,” “School,” “Dreamer,” “Take the Long Way Home,” “Breakfast In America,” “Child of Vision,” “Fool’s Overture,” and so many others that have become the soundtrack of our lives. Many people don’t realize that although Roger and Supertramp’s other co-founder shared writing credit, they actually wrote and composed separately with each singing their own respective songs.
Continue reading 2013 Bluesfest Sideshows: ROGER HODGSON – The Legendary Voice of SUPERTRAMP →

After announcing themselves to a new legion of fans with their sophomore effort, ‘Riot’, PARAMORE were armed to go forth and conquer. With a swift and stratospheric rise, there seems to be no limit as to what PARAMORE can accomplish and this is nowhere more evident than on their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’. It marks their fully fledged introduction to rocks elite class and “astonishes from start to finish.” – Alternative Press.
Continue reading Paramore sidewave – Only Australian headline show announced! →

QMusic, in partnership with Brisbane City Council, is thrilled to announce a very special event on Sunday 28 October 2012, recognising some of Queensland’s finest artists and Queensland Music Award winners as part of Valley Fiesta 2012.

QMusic, through its annual Queensland Music Awards, recognises the depth and diversity of Queensland songwriters in all musical genres.

This year we will be paying homage to the Song of the Year and Published Song of the Year winners from the last 6 years.
Continue reading QMusic and Brisbane City Council honour Queensland’s finest songwriters. →

Introducing Broken Splendour, the combination of singer songwriter Thomas Vecera and musicians Damien Ellis on drums and Adam Spiegl on bass.

Bringing the fruits of two of the worlds most musically colourful cities together from Austin Texas, USA to Melbourne, Australia, Thomas Vecera relocated as a solo artist to Australia in 2008.

Releasing two solo albums Always Going Somewhere and Strange Company, Thomas Vecera was renowned for improvising on stage, rarely performing a song the same way twice. However, it was a performance at the Maldon Folk Festival which inspired the idea of Broken Splendour, offering a new live feel and furthering the dynamics to Thomas’ sound.
Continue reading Broken Splendour – EP Launch @ The Grace Darling, Melbourne – 10 November 2012 →

In a pairing of innovative musical minds, Brisbane’s Tara Simmons and Sydney’s Pluto Jonze will join forces for a tri-state, co-headline tour to celebrate their most recent releases – Simmons with her second album It’s Not Like We’re Trying To Move Mountains (out today) and Jonze with his latest single ‘See What The Sun Sees’. The talented two will co-headline three very special shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne during October and November.
Continue reading Tour News – Tara Simmons and Pluto Jonze Co-Headline Tour →

Sydney Opera House by arrangement with Gaynor Crawford presents
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Mexican guitar heroes Rodrigo y Gabriela return to Sydney with their virtuosic mix of speed-metal heroics, Flamencan instrumentals and for the first time, in collaboration with prodigal Latin jazz pianist Alex Wilson. Hailed by critics as ‘one of those acts you have to see to believe’, Rodrigo y Gabriela promise an evening of jaw-dropping musical mastery and mind-boggling genre bending, veering between pin-drop intimacy and rhythmic ecstasy. Theirs is a soundscape that traverses not only the organic musical roots of their Latin heritage but pays joyous homage to their own musical heroes, the likes of Led Zeppelin and Metallica to Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix.
Continue reading Tour News – Rodrigo y Gabriela return to Australia! →

Future Entertainment announced that FMF 2013 tickets will be on-sale from noon in your local market today – Thursday 18th October 2012. After an overwhelming response to both our pre-sale and the announcement of our almighty 2013 line-up (that quite literally left our website cactus) FMF tickets will be officially on the market from midday!

This year, we’ll be offering plenty of ticketing options so, for all of our amigos planning to attend the Future Music Festival, listen up! This is for you…
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If there was a class for new bands looking to build huge amounts of buzz in as short a time as possible Take Us To Vegas (TUTV) would make perfect teachers. They have picked up over 17,000 new followers on Twitter in the last few months and have doubled their amount of likes on Facebook. Today they have released their new single and film clip “Apparently It’s Frowned Upon” and just upon one listen you can tell that this band is about to take over the airwaves. (Check out the video below)
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