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The Gig: Ra Ra Riot secret show Where: The Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
Neil Young has announced a new album entitled Le Noise to be released 28...
The Gig: The Maccabees and Holy Vessels Where: Concorde 2, Brighton, United Kingdom When:...
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The Gig: Ra Ra Riot secret show Where: The Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 30 August 2010 In One Word: Intimate This Monday, August 30th 2010, Syracuse band Ra Ra Riot were in Toronto to play a secret show at the Mod Club. No tickets were sold for the event, but access was...
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The Gig: The Maccabees and Holy Vessels Where: Concorde 2, Brighton, United Kingdom When: 26th August 2010 In One Word: Triumphant As far as festival warm-up gigs go there have been some pretty big bands playing in small places lately, notably Kasabian for V Festival at Brixton Academy (which I was privileged enough to...
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The Gig: Sex On Toast and Mamushka Where: The Empress Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 25 August 2010 In One Word: Sensational First question: How many fucking bands is Melbourne’s Angus Leslie in? Second question: How the fuck does he always manage to get so many bloody people out to said bands’ shows on...
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The Gig: Abandon All Ships Where: The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 25 August 2010 In One Word: Megawacko Although the Opera House hasn’t really been my thing in years, there was definitely a time when a good weekend to me would’ve been moshing out in this palace of hardcore delights. Welcome to...
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The Gig: Rockstar Uproar Festival Where: Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 25 August 2010 In One Word: Family Forget The EX. If you were a parent wanting to plan a nice family evening out on a wet Wednesday night in Toronto, the real fun was happening on the other side of Lake...
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Music Vice favourites, those mad caddies Root!, play a show which is billed as their last ever… The Gig: Root! with The Rhetorics and The Loop Where: Yah Yah’s, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 20 August 2010 In One Word: Terrific So here we are in the packed and already sweltering Yah Yah’s with The...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: O. Children Artist: O. Children Label: Deadly People Recordings Released: 12 July 2010 In one word: Gloomtastic A...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: Instinct Over Influence Artist: Samsara Label: Trial & Error Records / Stomp Released: 9 July 2010 In one...
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Title: Lawson Graham Artist: Factor Label: Fake Four Inc. Released: 27 April 2010 In one word: Exceptional I took...
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In this first installation of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums, I’m going to be looking at...
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Pinky Beecroft used to be a member of the infamous Australian band/cabaret act that was Machine Gun Fellatio, but these days his pet project is called The White Russians. Michael Bowser gets the low-down on milk-based drinks, the brilliance of Ween and the merits of writing for TV shows like Farscape (as one’s day...
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, The Bedroom Philosopher is the musical persona of one Justin Heazlewood, a multi-talented comedian/writer/whatever-the-hell-else-he-feels-like-doing who clearly has spent far too much of his time travelling on trams. Michael Bowser drills him about his heady new concept album, Songs From The 86 Tram, among other hot topics such as the “nu-Australian”...
Deadly Are The Naked are a Melbournian band who know how to Party – that’s with a capital fuckin’ “P”, folks! – both live and on record, as well as mellow out with the occasional silky-smooth, chilled ballad. Michael Bowser moves up close enough to the flying sweat and the high-energy forces of nature...
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