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Kasabian Melbourne Show And Tickets Giveaway

August 22, 2011 by Lachy 16 Comments

The Debit MasterCard Priceless Music series is bringing UK rockers Kasabian back to Australia for a special one-off show at the Peninsula in Melbourne’s Docklands.

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Competitions, Gig Guides

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Oh No! Yoko ‘Go Alien’

August 21, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Canadian band Oh No! Yoko play insanely infectious pop music, and have recently released their debut album entitled ‘Pau Pau’, feauting old favourite ’90s Kids’ as well as plenty of new tunes.

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ord Huron is the music project of LA based visual artist Ben Schneider. Despite only assembling his band a year ago, Ben has already put out two very high quality EPs as Lord Huron, ‘Into The Sun’ and ‘Mighty’. The music he plays is difficult to place: it’s folky, popy, a bit africany and very very cool.

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Grouplove Do Daytrotter

August 19, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

I’ve been waiting on this one for ages. From my understanding Grouplove stopped by the Daytrotter studios during their stint at SXSW this year to record this session, but it has only very recently been made available.

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Review: Little Scout ‘Take Your Light’

August 16, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Unsurprisingly, it turns out that when you combine talent, patience, and fine company, you get nothing short of an impeccable record.

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Album Reviews

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Big Scary Interview

August 13, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Melbourne duo Big Scary have had a fascinating career considering that they are yet to release a traditional album. They’ve toured with a whole range of local and international acts, recorded four EPs structured around the seasons, and explored a whole spectrum of musical styles, from folk to garage rock. They have recently announced their debut album, and are playing at the BigSound festival in Brisbane, so I had quick chat with the more drumming-inclined of the duo, Jo.

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Interviews

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