By: Stuart Blythe
In May 2011, A Day To Remember stormed our shores for their very first Australian headlining tour, a tour of sell out shows, leaving a lasting impression on the league of fans that attended. With the band touring extensively throughout 2011, Life Music Media invites you to Take Five with…
Continue reading Take Five With… A Day To Remember guitarist Kevin Skaff
By: Pepa Wolfe
Take Five With… Kat Davidson
Over the next three weeks, The Sit Down Comedy Club is presenting Ladies Comedy Night, featuring some of the best stand up around, male or female! With the likes of Kat Davidson, Fiona McGary and Melinda Buttle serving up the laughs, the stage is set for rollicking good time.
Life Music Media caught up with the super sly, super tall, super funny Kat Davidson on eve of their first show.
Continue reading Take Five With… Kat Davidson
:: What is your favourite Album ::
‘God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise’ – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs.
:: Favourite Quote ::
As I lie here awake I am surrounded by unfamiliarity, yearning for something that I recognise, hoping for even a hint of normality, but knowing my desire will remain unfulfilled, leaving me to ponder the reasons for committing to such an endeavour, questioning the very same beliefs which convinced me not only of the value of being here, but of also merely being. – author withheld.
:: When on tour, you can’t live without ::
Lagavulin.
:: When you think of Australia, you think ::
Three month road trips!
:: Worst thing to happen to music is ::
People encouraging people who shouldn’t be encouraged..
:: Best thing about the current music industry ::
The Folk Revival!
:: Biggest influence ::
Ray LaMontagne.
:: Childhood hero ::
Elvis Presley
:: When you were younger you wanted to be ::
Cricket’s best fielder. (I couldn’t really bowl or bat amazingly well…)
:: Last album bought ::
‘I Want That You Are Always Happy’ – The Middle East.
:: First album you ever bought ::
‘Frogstomp’ – Silverchair
:: First concert you went to ::
Steve Grace – surely one of Australia’s hardest working, most travelled artists.
:: Last concert you went to ::
The Chemist at The Republic Bar in Hobart.
:: Favourite current band ::
Fleet Foxes / The Middle East.
:: Favourite drink ::
Whiskey.
:: Favourite book ::
‘A Fortunate Life’ by A.B. Facey.
:: Favourite actor ::
Owen Wilson
:: Favourite website ::
http://theleftoversessions.wordpress.com/
:: The best boredom buster is ::
Making little videos on my phone for friends –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8plnjDquXgU
:: The best film you ever saw was ::
Apocalypto
:: Your ultimate snack is ::
Banana Loaf from Vargabar, Newtown, Sydney.
:: The first thing you do when you wake up is ::
Wonder which day it is and what it might bring.
:: Best piece of advice you’ve received ::
Don’t settle for being comfortable.
:: Your biggest aspirations ::
To continue travelling the world playing music for people all along the way.
:: Best gift you’ve ever received? ::
‘The Open Road’ – a little leather bound poetry book published in 1906, a friend found it in a little Christchurch bookshop.
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Life Music Media invites you to Take Five With… Clayton and Lachlan Doley of Aussie soul band The Hands (Bluesfest 2011 Edition) Interview: Pepa Wolfe |
:: Which artist would you like to see perform at Blues Fest this year? ::
Clayton: BB King. The Funky Meters were pretty awesome
Continue reading Take Five With… Clayton and Lachlan Doley of Aussie soul band The Hands
Interview: Bianca Martin
Following successful appearances at Woodford Folk Festival, Peats Ridge and NYE presented by the City of Melbourne over Summer, as well as sold out launch shows in Melbourne and Sydney for her current EP ‘Until Then, songstress Gossling has again hit the road and currently playing a string of shows throughout Australia – Bianca Martin (BM) caught up with Gossling vocalist Helen Croome (HC) for a chat.
BM – You’ve toured the country quite extensively in your short musical career – what have you been looking forward to most about this tour with Oh Mercy?
HC – I have been very lucky to support some amazing australian acts on their tours. I really enjoy getting to experience a different crowd in every town/city and it’s a joy to be able to watch Oh Mercy play their set every night.
BM – How has the tour been treating you so far?
HC – The crowds on this tour have been great and really supportive of my set. I’ve been playing solo for the majority of the shows on this tour and the guys from Oh Mercy have been very kind letting me tag along with them on the road.
Continue reading Interview with Helen Croome of Gossling
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The young Miss Nash has transformed into a powerful and enigmatic pop musician.
The upcoming performances at Playground Weekender and the east coast of Australia are going to be unmissable. A clever musician with a compelling persona – shes not afraid to show them how its done. Take Five with Kate Nash… Touring in February 2011 (Show dates and tickets below)! |
LMM – If it’s not your first visit is there anything you’re looking forward to seeing or doing in Australia?
| KN – I’m looking forward to the weather and going to see the animal sanctuary parks. Australia is a lot more relaxing than london. |
Continue reading Take Five with Kate Nash – February 2011 [Q&A]
By: Bek Grealy
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After blitzing, wooing and sometimes insulting the crowds at the Peats Ridge and Woodford Festivals at the end of 2010 in what was his live solo debut, ex-Butterfingers front man EVIL EDDIE (EE) chats with LIFE MUSIC MEDIA (LMM) before hitting the road again in February and March 2011 for a run of East Coast shows. |
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Luscious three-part harmonies soaring above striking melodies and catchy guitar hooks is the sound of Melbourne pop-darlings The Little Stevies. Each song’s a story you’ll want to hear again, as the personalities of all the band members come shining through. Cheeky, charming, moving.
Check out The Little Stevies – ‘Feel It’ [Video Clip] which is the first single from the album Attention Shoppers, due for release March 4, 2011. |
This week nationally syndicated Rock radio show InTheStudio celebrates the 35th Anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive! Show producer and Host Redbeard visits with Peter Frampton. Visit InTheStudio to listen to the show ONLINE!!
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“Peter Frampton’s double concert album Frampton Comes Alive! in January 1976 was so phenomenally successful,and his resultant fame so widespread,that it is hard to remember a time when he wasn’t. I remember clearly my disappointment when he left Humble Pie, but was impressed that he wasted no time launching a solo career with the tasty 1972 release Wind of Change. Shortly after the release of the follow-up Frampton’s Camel in 1973, I drove several hundred miles during the Arab Oil Embargo to see Peter Frampton open for the Edgar Winter Group in Massillon Ohio’s football stadium . Even with what looked to be about five feet of stage depth allotted and undoubtedly only half of the P.A. afforded to |
the support band , Frampton’s smartly-rehearsed band exhibited the same energy, exuberance, and tightly-arranged hooky songs that would be hallmarks of his record-setting live album three years later.
Continue reading Peter Frampton: 35th Anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive!
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Having just finished a tour with Lior, it has been a busy year for GOSSLING, having already supported the likes of Lamb, The Whitlams, Jamie Cullum, Newton Faulkner, Whitley and Mark Scholtez in 2010. In addition Gossling impressed crowds at her own headlining shows in Melbourne and Sydney, all off the back of her EP “If You Can‟t Whistle‟. The impressive debut features the sublime “Days Are Over” which quickly became a regular feature on Triple J’s play list. |
Interview: Kenada Quinlan
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Approximately 24 months old, POLAR are a hardcore statement that are already making waves across Europe while securing suport slots with the likes of Gallows. Part of an ever increasing UK hardcore pack, this 5-piece from Guilford, England obliterate the boundaries of hardcore bringing guts, melody and musical intelligence to the fold.
Off the back of the band’s recent signing to independent label A Wolf At Your Door Records, an excited Life Music Media (LMM) catches up with vocalist Adam Woodford (AW) to talk all things hard, fast, loud and Jager. LMM – How have the last 12 months been?
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| We are really proud of our first EP which is called ‘This Polar Noise’ this then got us noticed by Wolf At Your Door and has led us to be signed with our first release to be out in February 2011. |
LMM – The most memorable experience…
| AW – The most memorable experience we have had is being main support for Bring Me The Horizon for there album launch, it was a very good experience to play with one of the biggest bands in the world and to much younger audience which was a challenge and we feel we won over some new fans. |
LMM – Can you tell us about the song-writing process…
Continue reading Interview: POLAR – The New Noise
By Pepa Wolfe
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Take Five with Alinta Chidzey |
:: Is there a character that you’d give anything to play? ::
Oh. Um… (thinks) I’d love to play Velma in Chicago. That is one I would love to play, for sure.
Continue reading Take Five with Alinta Chidzey
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Evil Eddie releases his debut solo single, ‘Queensland’. With the song already added to rotation on triple j, the video for ‘Queensland’ is also causing quite a stir around the country. Complete with Gold Coast Meter Maids, bananas, crocodiles, and everything else quintessentially Queensland, the video has (not surprisingly) racked up quite a bit of online exposure, and was featured as Rage’s Indie Clip of the Week |
By: Pepa Wolfe
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Actress Alinta Chidzey is wowing audiences as she burns up the floor in West Side Story, bringing sass and charm to the role of Anita. Life Music Media caught up with her for the Brisbane leg of the Australian Tour. For someone who has just taken a quick break from an intense tech week to talk to the media, Alinta Chidzey appears very relaxed. |
It’s a sunny day at Southbank in Brisbane, where the cast and crew of the classic musical West Side Story are busily preparing to launch the next leg of their Australian tour. Chidzey sits sipping an orange juice and speaks enthusiastically about the role of Anita – the fiery Puerto Rican immigrant unwillingly caught up in a 50s gang war – for which she is receiving rave reviews.
Continue reading On the Road to Somewhere – Alinta Chidzey in West Side Story [Feature Article]
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“When you listen to ‘ROPES’, the debut EP from Perth natives LACEY, one of the first things you’ll notice is the band’s incredible penchant for writing sobering, incisive lyrics, phrased perfectly in the sweetest pop melodies. Their rhythms are tight and infections and their tones, soothing. The end result is a sound that unintentionally seductive, but defiantly addictive…” LACEY |