The Bedroom Philosopher at Northcote Social Club, Melbourne –...
Disturbed interview – band talk about Asylum, boycotting BP,...
Ra Ra Riot at the Mod Club, Toronto –...
Neil Young to bring Le Noise on 28 September...
The Gig: The Bedroom Philosopher with The Boat People and Pinky Beecroft & The...
“We pretty much just live music… it’s not a hobby, it’s not even a...
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...
Gig/Concert: Alice Cooper ‘Psycho-Drama’ Tour Venue: Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Date: 6 October 2008 Headiner: Alice Cooper In One Word: Coop Alice Cooper, on tour, 2008. Something about that doesn’t quite add up. I mean, Alice Cooper has been around forever. Well at least that’s how it seems, but the reality is the...
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Gig review and photos by Music Vice editor Brian Banks Gig/Concert: Bad Religion ‘New Maps Of The World’ Tour with The Bronx Venue: Sound Academy, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 24 September 2008 Headliners: Bad Religion In one word: Primal For the past couple of weeks I’ve felt no hunger to go out to the...
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Festival review and photos by Music Vice editor Brian Banks Gig/Concert: Virgin Festival Toronto 2008 by Virgin Mobile Venue: Toronto Island Park, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 9 September 2008 Headliners: Oasis, Paul Weller In one word: Opopo Alright, first things first… the whole world seems to be talking about THAT incident on the second...
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Festival review and photos by Music Vice editor Brian Banks Gig/Concert: Virgin Festival Toronto 2008 by Virgin Mobile Venue: Toronto Island Park, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 8 September 2008 Headliners: Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Against Me! In one word: Intoxicating For the second time this summer I was taking a ferry to Toronto Island...
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Mayhem Festival rolled into Toronto for the only Canadian date of a tour which brought some of the biggest names in metal into the grounds of Downsview Park. The line-up included Slipknot, Disturbed, DragonForce and Airbourne. In one word: Pits!
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Gig/Concert: Van’s Warped Tour 2008 Venue: The Flats at Arrow Hall, Mississauga, ON, Canada Date: 19 July 2008 Headliners: Angels & Airwaves, The Bronx, Pennywise, Protest The Hero, Norma Jean, Katy Perry In one word: Bronx! The Warped Tour location for this year’s Toronto date was once again in a less than convenient location...
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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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“We pretty much just live music… it’s not a hobby, it’s not even a job… it’s a lifestyle; we live it, we breathe it, we eat it, we sleep it.” – Mike Wengren, Disturbed Earlier this week Disturbed released their fifth studio album Asylum. I caught up with the American metal band while they...
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”...
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