Held at the very cool art space, Revolt in Melbourne, the seventh annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards was a refreshingly brilliant and fair dinkum night showcasing Aussie music at its rawest and most intriguing. Walking through the smoke haze and skull graffiti popping from the brick wall at the entrance to the venue, you could […]
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Sam Sparro has the kind of distinctive vocals that just purr out of a radios speaker. Aussie born and internationally bred, Sparro is fresh from the Grammy Awards that were recently held in LA. Back in Oz to tour the country as part of the Good Vibrations Festival alongside other hot acts such as The […]
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Album Artwork Copyright of Mariachi El Bronx & White Drugs. Like most good things, people always have a way of finding out about it. Even when hardcore punk rock bands have a mariachi side project that ends up gaining more momentum than their aforementioned musical pursuit. Random good things like that. As a writer, and […]
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Fresh from a whirlwind promo tour around the States and Canada, Basement Jaxx’s Felix Buxton talks to Lara Antonelli about his enthusiasm for the people’s return to dance music as well as headlining Good Vibrations 2010. Let’s begin by talking about your eagerly anticipated fifth album entitled, Scars. What was the inspiration for the […]
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As the credits rolled for the film, Garden State, there was one thing that struck me acutely and that was, the song that was playing. It was uplifting, engaging, ethereal and simply stunning. That was my initial introduction to Imogen Heap. One part of the duo Frou Frou, she had one of the most startling […]
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Hailing from the Canadian town of Ontario come the foursome, Tokyo Police Club, an unsuspecting group of lads whose raucous, fast paced tunes have compelled the world to prick up its ears in earnest attention and has now seen TPC travel the globe, fresh out of high school. Without a hint of arrogance or air […]
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All photography by Lara Antonelli-Leorke. Copyright Pen To Paper Media.
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Initially, the sight of a glorious sun shining down on Sydney’s Opera House would have been counted as a blessing for the 2010 Aria Awards. However, when you have been standing on the red carpet under this sweltering heat for three hours, with no shade or water to keep you from almost collapsing, it becomes […]
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If I were to brashly instigate an argument with the members of Bad Religion, I am completely convinced that I would lose hands down… bleeding and bruised in a gutter somewhere. It would be literal suicide to argue with a band who has successfully released an impressive 13 albums. They would have a worldwide […]
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Booka Shade are undeniably masters of their game. Highly intelligent, technically savvy and endearingly likeable artists, the duo from Frankfurt have been kicking metaphorical musical goals the globe over. Not only have they produced some of the most idiosyncratic tunes to emerge from their electro/ techno/ house genre.; they also possess a magnetic energy force […]
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