Directors, Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, along with actor, Chris Pine and Academy President, Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards® yesterday (January 15) in Los Angles, CA. For the first time, nominees in all 24 categories were announced live. Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the […]
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The dynamic and unique soulfulness of YVÉ GOLD is hard to ignore. It settles on your skin, seeps into your pores and injects your bloodstream with a melody of honey amber. It is sweet yet hard, sugary yet complex. The sensational YVÉ GOLD is a rapper, singer and lyricist from Melbourne. Currently featured on Triple J’s Unearthed, YVÉ GOLD really […]
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It is absolutely mind-boggling to realise just how influential David Bowie has been in popular culture for the past several decades. Not only has he significantly influenced modern day music – quoted as being one of punk’s most seminal influences, blurring the lines between glam rock, punk rock and pop – he is also an […]
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Big Day Out is a religion. Throughout its decade long tenure, this festival has seen a convoy of sanctified artists, grace its stages at various venues around our nation girt by sea. And the Big Day Out faithful have followed uninhibited. In fact, uninhibited is a gross understatement. The devoted fans are completely out of control. […]
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Patriotism means different things to different people in different countries. It can be viewed as the display of pride of one’s home land, or the innate need to want to protect its liberties and rituals. In Australia, we have one particular ritual that has survived a lengthy occupancy throughout our land. It is one custom […]
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Big Day Out is a force to be reckoned with. I wanted to begin this article by entering into some lavish introduction about how Big Day Out is over two decades old, with 101 shows so far exhibited nationwide. I wanted to display in words the enormity of this music festival that trumps all in […]
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Damn, Norman Jay has packed a whole lot o’ soul into this album. In fact, he has loaded almost every genre under the sun on to this double CD. With a revolving barrel of disco, reggae, hip hop and uplifting house; Norman Jay fires a range of eclectic tracks. But you’d be forgiven for thinking […]
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Straighten your tie, comb your hair and clear your throat as you prepare to shake hands with rhythm royalty. You may not be able to make out her tiara through her wickedly cool fro of hair, but you can definitely hear the royal beat pulsing through her blue blooded veins. Having already worked with the […]
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It needs to exist as common knowledge that LA hardcore punk rockers, The Bronx, are hands down one of the best live performances you will ever see. That may seem like an overtly zealous and sweepingly biased statement, but I’ve been to enough gigs in my thirteen years as a music journalist to make such […]
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Progressive rock band Cog is gearing up to tour the nation. With a formidable live energy set to rock venues around Australia, drummer Lucius Borich took some time to chat to FasterLouder about the band’s new release, The Sound of Three – 12 Years With You. As well as what the last dozen years with […]
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