Festival features
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Sun's rising for WA indie band
Currently on their first national tour, local five-piece 44th Sunset are getting ready to claim their position in Australia's indie-rock landscape.
May 23, 2013, 11:45 am -
Moo-vin' to beats
It isn't quite a boutique festival but the 15,000-strong sellout wasn't too hard to navigate, either.
May 16, 2013, 7:00 am -
Perth's ShockOne aims to stand out
How do you get an internationally renowned, award-winning voice actor involved in your album?
May 10, 2013, 8:32 am -
Gurus find new life on Mars
Bittersweet is an apt adjective for the final date of the Hoodoo Gurus' second annual invitational, Dig It Up!
April 30, 2013, 7:30 am -
It could be a big day out for Blur
Britpop heroes Blur are shaping up as headliners for the Big Day Out next year, according to industry sources.
April 26, 2013, 2:35 pm -
Getting ready to Kook up a storm
"Did you hear that jazz? It was so smooth," says Hugh Harris, guitarist for English rockers the Kooks, after copping a prolonged dose of on-hold muzak.
April 26, 2013, 1:30 pm -
Flume holdin' on to success
In the six months since releasing his self-titled debut album Flume has achieved a level of success that not only defies expectation but also makes the standard superlatives redundant.
April 26, 2013, 1:00 pm -
Pines reunion, kids and all
It may have been Circus Murders frontman Roly Skender who finally said what everyone was thinking.
April 26, 2013, 7:00 am -
Mumford & Sons to headline Splendour
Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, The National, Empire Of The Sun, TV On The Radio, The Presets and Klaxons are all headed to Byron Bay.
April 24, 2013, 9:52 am -
Place of Indigo to launch EP
Local alternative rockers to celebrate at the Bakery.
April 23, 2013, 7:00 am -
The Bronx drop punk, play mariachi
As Los Angeles hardcore rockers the Bronx enter their second decade in the music industry, frontman Matt Caughthran describes the band's latest album, The Bronx IV, as proof of a rebirth or second coming.
April 19, 2013, 8:15 am -
Short and sweet is Giants' policy
When John Linnell and John Flansburgh were kids in Lincoln, Massachusetts, they used to love the cheap and cheerful TV ads for Top 40 compilation records.
April 12, 2013, 9:45 am -
All eyes on Owl's debut
After three years and three EPs, Melbourne synth-pop princess Owl Eyes is finally moving on up to album-land with her debut full-length release, Nightswim.
April 12, 2013, 7:00 am -
Science boosts Sentry's ratings
"Hang on, I'm gonna eat a sandwich, are you cool with that," asks Australian hip-hopper of the moment Seth Sentry.
April 9, 2013, 7:50 am -
REVIEW: West Coast Blues 'N' Roots Festival - Day Two
It had to be some kind of musical nirvana on Sunday evening in downtown Fremantle as Paul Simon brought down the curtain on the star-studded, full-weekend 10th anniversary edition of the West Coast Blues 'N' Roots Festival.
March 26, 2013, 8:45 am
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