Brooklyn based trio The Antlers took the world by storm with their glorious LP Hospice back in 2009 and are continuing to win hearts across the globe with the recent release of their follow up record Burst Apart. The AU review caught up with front man Pete Silberman to find out what it’s all about….
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The Telstra Road to Discovery launched nationally last night with a huge night of live music at The Basement in Sydney. Playing the event were Tim Rogers (You Am I), Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi/The Verses), Mick Thomas (Weddings, Parties, Anything), Charles Jenkins (Ice-cream Hands) and Karl Broadie. Plus, former winners >Tenielle (WA), Luke Webb (NSW),…
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Tomorrow night, Steve Kilbey is joining Peter Koppes and Tim Powles from The Church for a one-off intimate performance at the Red Rattler in Sydney, to raise money and awareness for Autism Spectrum Australia. I had the honour of catching up with Steve last week to chat about the initiative, his work with Ricky Maymi…
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Born in Brooklyn, schooled in Boston and currently based in Los Angeles, independent singer, songwriter and Producer Jim Bianco has been waiting a long time to come to Australia. And earlier tonight he played his first ever show on Australian shores – supporting good friend Joshua Radin at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. Ahead of…
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“Wierd Al” Yankovic has just released his video for “Perform This Way” – a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga. The video sees Weird Al’s face CGI’d onto a female’s body, as they run through some of Lady Gaga’s stranger outfit choices, as well as making up a few strange ones of their…
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The 2011 Sydney Film Festival had plenty on offer that didn’t fit in within the constraints of our “Sounds of Screen” series. But, as part of our continued effort to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of every major event in Australia, I bring you a look at 5 other films I managed to catch…
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For some reason the advertised Lehmann B. Smith did not perform… or did he? From what I could gather, Kes Band played instead (although I might be totally confused here – a quick search saw that Lehmann is part of Kes Band, but I’m pretty sure a couple songs were played from the last Kes…
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