The Hot BBQ Review

On Saturday, thousands of people descended onto Portsea for what has been dubbed a ‘VIP Dance Party’ by mainstream media outlets for some reason, but was in fact the Hot BBQ Music Festival. Although the festival lineup boasted pretty much a who’s who of Triple J favourites at the moment, the festival itself was one of big hits and even bigger misses for me personally. This being said, it was still a good day.

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Gig Review: Bluejuice And Philadelphia Grand Jury @ The Eureka Hotel, 21st January

On Friday night both Bluejuice and Philadelphia Grand Jury absolutely demolished the Eureka Hotel as a part of their ‘Sizzling 2011’ tour. The night featured the best sets I have heard from each band respectively, which combined with some awesome mid-set music provided by Purple Sneakers DJs to create an amazing party atmosphere and an almost absurd amount of fun for one gig.

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I Am A Man, Man Man Man Up Up In The Air

A new video clip for one of the best songs of last year, Grouplove’s Colours. Unfortunately I only discovered it a couple of weeks ago so it couldn’t make an appearance in my top songs list, but rest assured that it would have been right up there had I been a bit quicker on the […]

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New Okkervil River

About a week ago Okkervil River debuted a new song, Wake And Be Fine, on Jimmy Fallon, played with AC Newman and The Roots nonetheless. Being an Okkervil River song, it is of course brilliant. Missing them last time they were in Australia is still one of my biggest regrets when it comes to music, […]

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And You Say The Grass Is As Tall As The Sky… Well At Least As Tall As My Hair

I’ve really been digging Brisbane band The Honey Month lately. This track is called Foliage, from their 2010 EP of the same name. They play music that is starkly different from a lot of the stuff going around at the moment. ‘Foliage EP’ is very melancholic, and features strange arrays of instruments not often heard […]

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Laneway Playing Times

By now you’ve probably seen the playing times for the Laneway festivals happening around the country in the near future, but if you haven’t then the Melbourne times can be viewed by clicking the image above, and all other states can be accessed from the official Laneway website. For anyone interested, I think it’s about […]

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