Archive | February, 2011

Zimbabwean Artist Tinashé Plays Beautiful Music On Instruments I’ve Never Heard Of

February 13, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

This video of London-based, Zimbabwean born artist Tinashé playing his song Zambezi using an instrument called a Mbira is simply breath-taking. Also, what the hell is a Mbira?

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Groovin’ The Moo Lineup And Thoughts

February 12, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

If I had a bit more money and hadn’t experienced the infamous Moo Line of last year, I’d probably be jumping at this.

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Gig Review: Local Natives @ The Corner Hotel, 8th January

February 9, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

“This is out first ever headline show in Australia, and you guys have been everything we could have possibly hoped for.”

Last night, LA band Local Natives played one of their two Australian headline Laneway sideshows this tour, at The Corner Hotel. They played a set full of harmonies, hyper-active drumming and plenty of charm, consisting of the entirety of their brilliant debut album ‘Gorilla Manor’.

There was absolutely nothing not to like about this show, and it only further demonstrated that Local Natives are here to stay, and have a live show to back up their infectiously fun studio material.

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Local Natives Do La Blogotheque

February 8, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

It’s been far too long since I’ve seen a new La Blogotheque video that simply took my breath away, but this Local Natives clip did just that. Featuring an acoustic version of Who Knows Who Cares, this is amazing. Their headline show tonight should be fantastic.

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Pumped Up Kicks Official Video

February 8, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Videos of Foster The People’s smash hit Pumped Up Kicks have been circulating the Youtubes for ages now, and have accumulated more than a million hits. The band had a lot to live up to therefore when they set about making an official music video for the infectious tune, but I think they’ve done a great job.

Can’t wait to see them live in a couple of weeks!

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Laneway Review

February 7, 2011 by Lachy 2 Comments

Yesterday, my favourite Australian one-day music festival, Laneway, returned to Melbourne. With a lineup boasting a wide variety of big international acts as well as a few nice surprises, and considering that the festival remained at the same excellent venue as last year (the Footscray Community Arts Centre), Laneway this year looked to be as close to a sure thing as you could possibly get.

And perhaps this is part of the reason why, looking back on my day, I am ever so slightly disappointed. However it’s probably only natural that the festival didn’t meet my lofty expectations after the absurdly good day I had last year, and all in all I still had a great day that was well worth the money, albeit scattered with a few let-downs.

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