Music After a 16 year hiatus, a new generation, and a 360 culture flip, are The Avalanches still relevant on Wildflower? by Nick Hartman Sixteen years ago, the eccentric bonhomie of the 90s had to crash into the depressing, and listless 00s. 9/11 hadn’t happened yet, the housing bubble…
Lists 8 Bon Scott-era songs AC/DC should play live with Axl Rose in front by Nick Hartman AC/DC caused quite a stir in Prague the other week when they played Touch Too Much for the first time in 35 years, apparently at…
Features Sometimes you can’t replicate the magic of a demo. Here are 8 that ended up in the final mix by Nick Hartman Being King Shit ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sometimes you just hit it lucky. Like Tom from Myspace, he had an idea that…
Music What is the real Australia? The Drones tear the myth apart on Feelin Kinda Free by Nick Hartman [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/242669279″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Gareth Liddiard – who looks like and exudes, respectively, both the musical expertise and loose unit nonchalance of…
Features Why Artic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not remains a classic after 10 years by Nick Hartman A love letter to the dual nature of hedonism and neurosis that flourishes in youth, the Arctic Monkeys’ debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s…
Music Soaked in 80s synths, The Black Queen’s Fever Daydream is something you don’t want to wake up from by Nick Hartman Fever Daydream by The Black Queen A fair few weeks ago I let erryone know about The Black Queen, an upcoming supergroup-ish project featuring Greg…
Lists Just accept your award you smug bastard. 5 songs to shut up long Oscar speeches by Nick Hartman Play off music is a god send. Every year it prevents blood clots from forming in the brain due to excessive levels of boredom induced…
Features RIP Soundwave. Why Legion may be the best thing to happen to Australia’s festival scene. by Nick Hartman The saying goes something like: good shit and fun times goes tits up after three generations. Unfortunately for AJ Maddah, in about three years he managed…
Music What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! have another noise rock gem with their new EP by Nick Hartman [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232240988″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] There are some great things to discover in New Zealand. Most of them used to be found on…
Lists The good, the bad and the happy, 12 big moments of 2015 by Nick Hartman Wow, what a year! 2015 was the absolute tits, and packed a punch. There were political scandals, sport competitions, new types of beer sold, funny…
Music Slightly uneven at times, Bloom sees Caligula’s Horse push their boundaries by Nick Hartman Caligula was a very confused man. I should know, I got an 88 in Ancient History for my HSC, my biggest score of the lot. One…
Music Majestic and pummeling, Black Peaks is the hardcore band you need in 2016 by Nick Hartman [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/187970804″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Isn’t the best thing about music hearing a song for the first time and knowing you’ll love it…
Lists Giant eyeballs, clocks and more. Threads in this game are a big deal. Here are 5 bands who take costume choice to the extreme by Nick Hartman As the music industry changes in the face of the digital revolution, live performances are beginning to become more important to an artist’s income. Therefore,…
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