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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Breakfest Retrospective
It ended up being 44 degrees at Breakfest yesterday. By the end of it I was such an overstimulated ball of sweat, dirt and yell I could barely speak. And today my over-danced legs are so sore I can barely climb stairs. However, I am under strict instructions from Nek that if I ever dare [...]
Night Facilities Free EP
So… a bit destitute after all that Christmas shopping are we? Just think how bad things are going to be after New Year’s Eve with all that alcohol you’re going to have to finance… Yeah, you’re a bit screwed, aren’t you? Fortunately, some things in life are free, such as the debut EP from Night [...]
Merry Breakfest!
Back in hip and happening Perth, me and my friends don’t so much look forward to Christmas as we look forward to Breakfest Eve. Coming as it does the day before Breakfest, Christmas can often seem like a comfortable redundancy. One has their good cheer, one has their turkey, but one knows that 24 hours [...]
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope your day is going or went well and that Santa was respectful of your life choices this year. Who is he to say who was naughty and nice anyway? I am spending the day with my extended family and will be getting out of the Christmas breakfast/lunch/dinner cycle sometime on [...]
It’s Xmas! Have Some Presets, Foals & Stupid Teenage Sexxx
Well I’m going to put these into the ‘I-probably-should’ve-posted-these-fucking-ages-ago’ pile. Sorry. Consider them my Christmas gift to you lot, because I actually paid money for these, instead of, (ahem) downloading them like a dirty cheapskate. I expect some Christmas cookies in return though. Or a ten-speed bike. Actually yeah, forget the cookies. I’ve already gotten [...]
Cut Copy “So Cosmic” Mixtape
Woah! This is THE mixtape for summer. A lot of bands are getting into DJing and putting out their own mixtapes. Cut Copy are different. First of all they can DJ. Second of all they did a mix tape for FABRIC. Yeah, that’s right. This mix is so tight, so sweet and so different. What [...]
Black Kids Headline Vice Live
Internet indie up’n'comers Black Kids are headlining Vice mag’s Vice Live Tour starting January. Wednesday 30 January | ABC2 | Glasgow Thursday 31 January | Mint Lounge | Manchester Friday 1 February | 93 Feet East | London Saturday 2 February | Fleece | Bristol While they record their debut LP, check the EP Wizard [...]
You Want, I Want a Microphone Ring
Some ingenious Etsy gadget maker has crafted this splendid ring that contains a working 1/8th inch jack microphone. Not the most practical gig-mic, MusicThing suggests you hack your own. I suggest foley recordists record some realistic fist-to-face SFX. Analogue Ring via BoingBoing Gadgets.
Rolling Stone Fucked Up, Xiu Xiu Sue
Boy, Rolling Stone are in trouble. In their November issue this year they’ve included this Indie Rock Universe article that lists some great bands alongside some pretty illustrations. Very subtly, however, they’re included the sponsor: Camel Cigarettes. Here is what Anti-Cigarette activists are calling “one big cigarette ad”: Now Xiu Xiu, Fucked Up, and I’m [...]
The Breeders UK & Ireland Mountain Battles Tour
Ah, The Breeders. My secret high-school crush on Kim Deal aside, these guys still rock and are touring the UK, starting out in Ireland next April: 7th – Dublin Vicar Street 8th – Glasgow ABC 9th – Leeds Metropolitan University 10th – Nottingham Trent University 12th – Sheffield Leadmill 13th – Birmingham Academy 2 14th [...]
Crystal Castles Were…
Astonishing. While the Melbourne kids were still reeling after their Daft Punk experience last weekend, I got to see Crystal Castles play at the Oxford Arts Factory and I couldn’t have been more impressed. Forget what you might have heard in the past about their live shows being a disappointing, unrecognisable mess. The only disappointment [...]
a few times nine times that same song
swedish low-fi indie pop rock wonder kids love is all have been a little quiet of late, which has been rather disappointing considering that their 2005 album ‘nine times that same song’ definitely reigned as one of the better exercises in swedish low-fi indie pop rock to be released that year. fortunately they now appear [...]
banger in the mouth
when the irish aren’t too busy giving birth or inciting low-end religious insurgencies, they apparently also enjoy the age-old art of party-making. of course, this often involves borderline rhythmic, obese stereotypes clanging together semi-tuned spoons as they reappropriate the folk songs of yesteryear and yore over two cubic kilograms of guiness. but in the case [...]
Daft Punk Top 5 Tracks To Dance To
I went to see Daft Punk in Melbourne last night and it was almost a religious experience. When the pyramid was revealed and I saw them on stage it was like we were getting a visit from these robots from out of space who had travelled across the galaxy to play this show just for [...]
Italians Do It Better?