Ra Ra Riot at the Mod Club, Toronto –...
Neil Young to bring Le Noise on 28 September...
The Maccabees at Concorde 2, Brighton – Gig review...
Shows To Go To – September 2010: featuring Slash,...
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:...
M.I.A. two Canadian dates are among are top picks in September’s Shows To Go...
The Gig: Osheaga music festival Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada When: Saturday 31 July 2010 In One Word: Incredible My pilgrimage to Osheaga began at precisely one minute past midnight on Saturday morning, as I took an eight hour Greyhound ride from Toronto to Montreal via Ottawa. Coaches and couch surfing – you can’t get...
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The Gig: Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side Where: The Tote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 17 July 2010 In One Word: Killer “Fuck Brisbane: Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side are a national treasure.” There’s never been a great shortage of punters and press alike seeking to heap praise upon Brisbane’s supposedly “vibrant” music...
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The Gig: The Dead Weather Where: Sound Academy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 15 July 2010 In One Word: Absorbing “The Dead Weather gave a storming performance befitting a band leading a new high.” The Dead Weather are legit. The real deal. They are a rock supergroup who merit their place on the front cover...
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The Gig: C’Mon EP release for Beyond The Pale Horse, w/ The Mercy Now and Monster Truck Where: The Garrison, Toronto, Ontario, Canada When: 10 July 2010 In One Word: Heavy Last Saturday was the conclusion of a 10 date Canada tour for Toronto band C’Mon. It was a tour which started out at...
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The Gig: Mark Lanegan Where: The Esplanade, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 9 July 2010 In One Word: Bullshit-free First of all, may i extend a tremendous amount of grattitude towards the hairy necked, balding cunt that choose to stand right in front of my at the early stages of the show. With nowhere to...
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The Gig: The Beards
with The Workinghorse Irons
and Deadly Are The Naked Where: Ding Dong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 2 July 2010 In One Word: Scruffy Deadly Are The Naked’s influences are transparent, you can find Rage Against the Machine and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers in there and there’s not all that...
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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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