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As Much As I Ever Could

Jye Smith — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:20:34 +0000

Music video and lyrics for As Much As I Ever Could – City & Colour Beautiful acoustic version of As Much As I Ever Could by City & Colour (Dallas Green). Definitely one for her.. ooooooooo ooooooooo ooooooooo love, love of mine won’t you lay by my side and rest your weary eyes before we’re out of time? give me one last kiss for soon such [...]

I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers

jduong — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:13:07 +0000

Throughout musical history, there has always been something distinctively special about brotherly acts, and The Avett Brothers from North Carolina have produced yet another excellent record in I and Love and You. Recorded in California and produced by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, The Dixie Chicks) the 13 track album is their major label debut through [...]

2009: Albums, gigs of the year

Stewart Heys — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:13:16 +0000

Albums of the Year Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion Andrew Bird – Noble Beast Antony & the Johnsons – The Crying Light Morrissey – Years of Refusal Beirut – March of the Zapotec M. Ward – Hold Time Dan Deacon – Bromst Squarepusher – Numbers Lucent Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Beware Bat for Lashes – Two Suns Fever Ray – s/t PJ Harvey & John Parish [...]

Red Aces, The Solomons and Dan Webb at The Birmingham Hotel, Melbourne (15/12/09)

jduong — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:23:04 +0000

The Birmingham Hotel never used to be the best place for gigs, but since the change of management and refurbishment of the old dining room into a band room, evenings at the Birmy always provide for a great night of live music. Emerging young keyboardist/vocalist Dan Webb opened the night to an almost empty room but [...]

Eminem and The Beatles: The Top-Selling Artists of the 2000s

Jye Smith — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:40:09 +0000

Eminem on top Just read this article over at Rolling Stone. I’ve got a massive man crush on Eminem and was so stoked to hear about his albums’ successes over the years. Over three decades after their breakup, the Beatles still released the top-selling album of the 2000s. The Fab Four’s greatest hits compilation 1 sold over [...]

Symphony Of Science

Jye Smith — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:53:28 +0000

“A morning filled with four-hundred billion suns, The rising of the milky way” – Carl Sagan, A Glorious Dawn, ft Stephen Hawkings Symphony of Science brings us three incredible videos around delivering some very scientific knowledge and philosophy in the form of music. Take a bunch of space and time nerds, grab a vocoder and drop some [...]

One Way Road – John Butler Trio

jduong — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:29:27 +0000

New Video Clip for John Butler Trio John Butler Trio has produced a fresh take on their music with One Way Road, the new single from the upcoming album April Uprising. The music world has had a sneak peak at the tune which has been aired on the Channel One HD advertisement as well as official [...]

The Power of Sound

Jye Smith — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:33:26 +0000

Sony Australia and The Music Blogs have teamed up to offer six lucky readers a number of Sony personal audio prizes, including the new 16GB Walkman E series video MP3 player each valued at $219.00 and the impressive MDRXB300 Extra Bass headphones, valued at $169.00. With a profound heritage in delivering industry leading sound quality, Sony [...]

We can work it out? Apparently not.

Stuart McPhee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:39:05 +0000

If we want to be truthful we can blame The Bubblies. If it wasn’t for this obscure French Pop band we may not have this current insult to the music world. I am talking of course about Apple Corps bizarre decision to release The Beatles collection on an Apple shaped USB Stick. Limited to 30,000 copies [...]

Royal Parade at the Penny Black, Melbourne 30/10/2009

jduong — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:48:05 +0000

What could be greater than seeing a terrific local Melbourne band pack out a headlining show? Royal Parade do exactly that, thanking their fans with a massive show at the Penny Black one hot Friday night in October.

Future Music Festival 2010, tickets on sale today

Nathanael Boehm — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:32:31 +0000

“Celebrating the ultimate sounds of tomorrow, today, Future Music Festival is a 10-hour sonic boom that travels Australia at the speed of sound and rivals any major festival experience on the planet. This unique, world-class event blends the biggest names in electronic music with the brightest stars of Hip Hop, Pop, Indie Rock and beyond [...]

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2010 line up announcement

Stewart Heys — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:20:06 +0000

Laneway Festival has announced the first round of bands that will be gracing the stages next year. The current hype surrounding bands like The xx will sell a lot of tickets I am sure, but there is also huge interest in Wild Beasts, Black Lips, as well as Mecury-nominated Florence and the Machine. The big draw [...]

Soon the recorded music industry becomes the performing music industry

Nathanael Boehm — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:08:18 +0000

An excellent article written in 2007 by owner of Littoral Records, Alan Jones that looks at the decline of the traditional business and marketing model of big record labels and predicts they’ll be run down and overtaken by smaller, more agile, responsive and smarter labels. Read the article » - Nathanael Boehm

Slipknot: Corey Taylor Sings “Snuff” In The Studio

Jye Smith — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:01:06 +0000

Corey Taylor: In The Studio Singing “Snuff” Some great footage from their recent album.

Lyrics Born collaboration with The Bamboos

Nathanael Boehm — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Review of recent Lyrics Born collaboration with Australian funk band The Bamboos, creating the track "Turn It Up".

Parralox – Hotter

Jye Smith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:31:35 +0000

Just found this little gem while doing some social media monitoring for one of my clients. A brilliant, tight little progressive/vocal dance peace from Melbourne. Hope to hear more from them!

Sydney: Second Big Day Out Announced (2010)

Jye Smith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:16:43 +0000

Second Sydney Big Day Out announced! Tickets for the Sydney BDO on Friday Jan 22 were sold out in record time this morning. Now a second Sydney BDO has been announced. It’s only the second time in the festival’s 18-year history that a second show has been staged in any city. Coincidentally it happens to be the 100th [...]

New Eskimo Joe music video: Don’t Let Me Down

Jye Smith — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:47:22 +0000

“Don’t Let Me Down”, the third single off Eskimo Joe’s fourth album, “Inshalla” – clip in High Definition! Clip directed and produced by Head Pictures.

THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘MASOCHIST’ IN OCTOBER 2009 DEBUT ALBUM ‘TANGALOOMA’ TO FOLLOW EARLY 2010

Jye Smith — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:24:08 +0000

The collision of art-rock, classic pop and indie has never sounded as lush as it does on ‘Masochist’, the first single lifted from Brisbane six piece band The John Steel Singers’ forthcoming debut album. Recorded under the guidance of producer, mentor and fellow Queenslander Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens, new single ‘Masochist’ sees The John Steel [...]

Call It A Lesson Learned #3

Stuart McPhee — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:09:20 +0000

The third in a series of essays on what I may (or may not) have learned from music. The previous essay can be found here. Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight A few nights (and a fair few drinks) ago a few of us from the office pondered the inevitable hypothetical question: If you [...]