Jens Lekman Plans Valentine’s Dates in Australia

In a sneaky email to fans late last night, and confirmed on Facebook this morning, twee genius Jens Lekman has pencilled four Australian shows into his diary.

Lekman, a humourous Swedish musician with a sweet vocal style, has a … Read More

Wild Nothing and Purity Ring Plan Golden Plains Sideshows

Canadian synthpop artists Purity Ring and dreampop solo artist Wild Nothing (Jack Tatum) will be touring Australia in conjunction with their appearances at Golden Plains Lucky 7 next March.

Purity Ring released their debut album Shrines in July last … Read More

Adelaide Festival Unveils Peerless Program

There’s no festival quite like the Adelaide Festival. With a focus on innovation and creativity, the festival brings a stunning diversity of acts to the South Australian capital for 17 days each March. In just over two weeks, the … Read More

Laneway Sideshows: Bumper Edition

Laneway Festival fans ought to hold on to their hats (and wallets). Sideshows are coming thick and fast now, and it’s only a matter of time before a favourite Laneway act announces a cheeky side-alley gig.

Bat For Lashes, … Read More

Don’t Hold Breath for Postal Service

Ben Gibbard is most famous as lead singer in Death Cab For Cutie and as Zooey Deschanel‘s ex-husband.Of course, he’s also known for teaming up with producer Jimmy Tamborello (DNTL) to form The Postal Service: a project to make … Read More

INTERVIEW: Beth Orton Blooms in Sugaring Season

“Today I’ve been in a hotel—I’ve been to a Walmart, I’ve been in Ob—no, Omaha, not Obama—Nebraska in America. I haven’t slept because our bus was hit by some pretty extreme weather situations last night, so we were rocking … Read More

INTERVIEW: Hungry Kids of Hungary’s New Sharp Taste

“We’ll wear helmets and stuff. Head-to-toe Kevlar, in case one Hungarian man takes exception to our name.”

There’s only one band in Australia who could evoke that sort of ire from the gentle folk of Hungary. Although they “wussed out” … Read More

INTERVIEW: City Riots Shining Bright

“I’ve always wanted to be really good at maths, just be able to do really quite complex equations or maths in my head—like Good Will Hunting. I’ve always wanted to be able to do that.”

With a laugh, Ricky … Read More

Sonic Youth Release New Old Music

It’s the ‘Intro’ but also the third track off the album. Oh, Sonic Youth, you still don’t like convention, do you?

Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, and That Other Guy, who brought us the first hazy lick of grungey alt-rock, … Read More

Sigur Rós Choose Molten Man as Best Valtari Video

Simple, but perplexing, Anafelle Liu‘s video interpretation of Fjögur Píanó has completely mesmerised Sigur Rós. The Icelandic group, world-renowned for their beautiful, atmospheric musical masterpieces, have been on the hunt for their favourite film clip since early this year.

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