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Album review: Jamie Lidell, Jamie Lidell
Producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jamie Lidell’s multiple personalities are best displayed on his 2005 breakthrough second album, aptly titled Multiply – Sunday-morning soul, glitchy loop-based…
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Album review: Jamie Lidell, Jamie Lidell
Producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jamie Lidell’s multiple personalities are best displayed on his 2005 breakthrough second album, aptly titled Multiply – Sunday-morning soul, glitchy loop-based…
Bob Sinclar: Summer Moonlight
Bob Sinclar Summer Moonlight (MOS/UMA) I can’t help but be disappointed by this song, not because it’s a bad song particularly, not because it’s not going to sell and move people in the club and on…
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Bob Sinclar: Summer Moonlight
Bob Sinclar Summer Moonlight (MOS/UMA) I can’t help but be disappointed by this song, not because it’s a bad song particularly, not because it’s not going to sell and move people in the club and on…
Vance Joy: Play With Fire
Vance Joy Play With Fire LIB/UMA Riptide has been a huge first blast for Vance Joy, reaching #3 on the TMN Hot 100, and still sitting at #5. Play With Fire mines similar territory, which should…
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Vance Joy: Play With Fire
Vance Joy Play With Fire LIB/UMA Riptide has been a huge first blast for Vance Joy, reaching #3 on the TMN Hot 100, and still sitting at #5. Play With Fire mines similar territory, which should…
Live Review: Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil, The Chariot
When Soundwave Touring chose to put The Chariot, Pierce The Veil and Bring Me The Horizon in one room, they would be arrogant not to anticipate anarchy. But while promoter AJ Maddah has been accused…
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Live Review: Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil, The Chariot
When Soundwave Touring chose to put The Chariot, Pierce The Veil and Bring Me The Horizon in one room, they would be arrogant not to anticipate anarchy. But while promoter AJ Maddah has been accused…
The Potbelleez: Magic Number Ft. B.O.B.
The Potbelleez Ft. B.O.B. Magic Number HUS/UMA Hearing this for the first time in the office the other day made me sit up and pay attention. When I found out it was the Potbelleez new single, Magic…
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The Potbelleez: Magic Number Ft. B.O.B.
The Potbelleez Ft. B.O.B. Magic Number HUS/UMA Hearing this for the first time in the office the other day made me sit up and pay attention. When I found out it was the Potbelleez new single, Magic…
Q ’n’ A: Bastille
With the London four-piece currently taking over Australian airwaves with a handy of hooky singles, we thought now was a fine time to catch up with Bastille’s Dan Smith to chat Pompeii and beyond.…
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Q ’n’ A: Bastille
With the London four-piece currently taking over Australian airwaves with a handy of hooky singles, we thought now was a fine time to catch up with Bastille’s Dan Smith to chat Pompeii and beyond.…
Ark Nova: the world’s first inflatable mobile concert hall
Survivors of the tsunami that devastated much of Japan’s north-eastern coast will be treated to some unique musical relief with the opening of the world’s first inflatable mobile concert hall. The…
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Ark Nova: the world’s first inflatable mobile concert hall
Survivors of the tsunami that devastated much of Japan’s north-eastern coast will be treated to some unique musical relief with the opening of the world’s first inflatable mobile concert hall. The…
Curio Corner #2: Snoop Dogg’s death threat from Suge Knight
From all accounts, former Death Row Records head Suge Knight is a fucking thug. While Tupac Shakur might have been the one touting the thug life publicly, Knight made his adherence to this lifestyle…
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Curio Corner #2: Snoop Dogg’s death threat from Suge Knight
From all accounts, former Death Row Records head Suge Knight is a fucking thug. While Tupac Shakur might have been the one touting the thug life publicly, Knight made his adherence to this lifestyle…
Curio Corner #4: Gangsta’s Paradise (L.V. version)
In 1995, Gangsta’s Paradise was the crossover rap single: a moody, Pfeiffer-laden video clip, strong social message and misogyny-free, well-enunciated rap verses made the single palatable enough to…
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Curio Corner #4: Gangsta’s Paradise (L.V. version)
In 1995, Gangsta’s Paradise was the crossover rap single: a moody, Pfeiffer-laden video clip, strong social message and misogyny-free, well-enunciated rap verses made the single palatable enough to…
This Record Changed My Life: Katy Steele
Neil Young Harvest I was lucky enough to grow up surrounded by amazing music. Almost every evening we would either hear my Dad play or, if at home, we would have music playing through our vinyl…
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This Record Changed My Life: Katy Steele
Neil Young Harvest I was lucky enough to grow up surrounded by amazing music. Almost every evening we would either hear my Dad play or, if at home, we would have music playing through our vinyl…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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