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It’s always a little dangerous to believe the names of the videos posted on YouTube, but for once, they’ve got it exactly right. Called ‘Worst Music Video EVER’, there cannot be much debate about it. But the thing is, it’s so bad that it’s actually hysterically [...]

Playing for Change is more than a CD or DVD compilation of reworked songs; it is a social movement built on the philosophy of bringing peace to the world through the universal love of music. For over a decade, Grammy Award winner and Playing for Change Co-Founder, Mark Johnson, worked with musicians and film directors [...]

Going to watch a play or musical is the ultimate girls night out. It gives you a reason to get glamorous. Wear heels, a snazzy dress and make your entrance at a classy venue like the Capitol Theatre. Hidden amongst the hustle and bustle of the CBD, it oozes flair and great history with it’s [...]

Rasps and crackles rush around you as the sound of the Joker standing in your face declaring: ‘Why so serious?’ His tongue flicks across his lips and his eyes stare crazily into yours as he holds a knife up to your face. ‘Why so serious?’ echoes in your mind and you wonder, just for a [...]

Music today is ubiquitous. It’s an age of shopping malls, each with its own soundtrack, and likewise the stores inside. In my retail world the latest source of background music is Australia’s sweetheart’s ‘grown-up’ album, Delta.
The ‘grown-up’ Delta Goodrem is incredibly interesting and wise. She asks questions like ”Why should I give you everything when [...]

For some, the rock spectacle is almost a religious experience. The anxieties of the audience are released as they are acted out by the band: singing about life, lust and unrequited love. The crowd sings along, the energy swells, and they involve themselves in what is a modern-day ritual of catharsis.
Australian band Faker, live on [...]

Now, don’t get me wrong, I love iTunes, but the urge to shuffle and skip songs is just too strong. Instead of listening to an entire album with its carefully structured track listings, iTunes creates a never ending mixed tape.
But who will stand up to the sound bite generation and remind us all of the [...]

Two words: Vampire weekend. If you’re not already in the know, now would be a good time to check ‘em out as they’re winging their way down here for Splendour and no doubt some small side shows… *fingers crossed*
Their songs (and I mean that in the best sense ie: full of hooks, harmonies and melodies [...]

Picture a quiet summer afternoon, sitting on the back veranda with a cold drink in hand. There’s a piano playing in the background – not the stuffy vinyls your grandma listens to, but a sound that is soft and smooth and makes you smile and wonder. It’s the type of music that makes you think [...]

Fresh from rocking the socks straight off every kid’s feet as they toured the country during the summer festival season, Sydney electro duo The Presets have come up with yet another earth-shattering creation with their second album Apocalypso. Bringing together the driving basslines of artists like Justice and Daft Punk, and the spaced-out, cosmic mellowness [...]

!!! refuses to be ignored and rightfully so. Myth Takes, their latest album, is filled with a unique punk funk vibe that makes you want to bounce off walls and sway your hips with a silly grin on your face. Stemming from Sacramento, California and New York, this band of eight merry men was formed [...]

In the wake of Travis and Coldplay, there was seemingly an influx of earnest young men with a whole catalogue of early Radiohead soundalikes. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing – Turin Brakes have produced two excellent albums for example – but too often familiarity breeds contempt, as Longview have discovered.
Which is where Glasgow’s Franz [...]

Watching Amy Winehouse live is a confusing experience. There’s this skinny, slightly gawky teenager (well, she still looks like a teenager) on stage and yet, via an amazing feat of lip-synching, the voice of a 40-year-old black woman from Brooklyn is coming over the PA.It is nothing short of mesmerising, as you might expect of [...]

The Killers must have finally tired of their persona as one of the campest bands around as they have reinvented themselves far away from their foundation and mascara Hot Fuss days by revealing themselves as moustache and beard wielding cowboys hell bent on rock ‘n’ roll rebellion. Somewhere along the line from the bands epic [...]