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| Rest in peace, Gerhardt Fuchs |
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:02 |
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Gerhardt Fuchs, one time drummer for !!!, LCD Soundsystem and currently Maserati and soon-to-be Australian visitors The Juan MacLean, died in an elevator accident over the weekend.
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| Words by Doug Wallen |
Oct 10, 2009 at 08:30 |
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Having just played the Parklife Festival in both Sydney and Melbourne last weekend, UK group Metronomy is already off to New Zealand and then America’s west coast, followed by a trip to Iceland. That’s a lot of globe-trotting
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| Words by Marcus |
Sep 29, 2009 at 03:03 |
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Big Day Out, I like you. I really do. You've been good to me over the
years, and though my interest wavers, that's natural with any long-term
relationship. You need to nurture these things, be sensitive, yet
encouraging. A bit spicy.
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| Words and pictures by Karl, Marcus and Matthew |
Sep 25, 2009 at 10:24 |
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A gloriously sunny morning with blue skies and The Simpson’s clouds prepared the scene for High Vibes 2009 and, once again, Northcote’s annual street party lived up to all the expectations – good, bad and everything in between.
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| Words by Matt Hickey |
Sep 20, 2009 at 08:14 |
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UK band The Big Pink’s debut record is a great synthesis of indie rock
and electro tropes from the past decade, and is all the more impressive
in the way it transcends the familiarity of those genres.
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| Speech! |
Sep 10, 2009 at 03:45 |
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Debelle was a rank outsider having sold roughly three thousand copies of her album Speech Therapy
this year... beating off the heavily tipped La Roux and Florence & The Machine, as well as Kasabian, The Horrors, and recent tourists Friendly Fires to take the award.
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| Words by arielamazing |
Sep 06, 2009 at 08:43 |
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Arfin began her illustrious career with an internship at Vice magazine. It wasn't that long until she had her very own column, Dear Diary, which in 2007 was turned into a book... What better way to celebrate the wonders of the written word than to talk to someone who has made a career out of them
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| Words by Dan Rule |
Aug 21, 2009 at 12:42 |
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Matisyahu is something of an anomaly in the reggae game. Having
converted to Hasidic Judaism in his late teens, the Brooklyn-based
rapper has gone onto redefine both reggae and hip-hop’s cultural and
spiritual parameters. But the 30-year-old’s rise hasn’t been without
its share of hurdles.
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| Words by Karl |
Aug 11, 2009 at 12:42 |
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After 2006’s universally panned True Magic, a lot of folks had written off Mos Def (AKA Dante Smith) and, some could say, with good reason. The Ecstatic, however, throws Mos Def firmly back in the spotlight.
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| Words by arielamazing |
Aug 08, 2009 at 08:30 |
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Frontman Thomas Mars' is an endearing focal point; with his floppy hair
and boyish charm he had the crowd's eyes locked on him as he trailed
his red microphone cable all over the stage, even jumping down at one
point to embrace a very excited front row. Cue bouncers / heart tears.
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