May 2011
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Fifteen minutes with: Henry Wagons
yourGigs catches up with Henry Wagons to get the downlow on his band’s new album Rumble, Shake and Tumble.
Melbourne’s Wagons have been circling for over a decade and are set to release their fifth studio album Rumble, Shake and Tumble
yourGigs (YG): What is that initial time like when you first start seeing reviews and people’s impressions?
HW: It exactly like school report time, you get a bit...
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Tim Robbins and the Rogues Gallery Band – The...
Folk music seems to be all the craze for actor-turned-singers.
Scarlett Johansson received scathing criticism for her Tom Waits cover album, and Hugh Laurie, who plays television’s famous cranky doctor Gregory House, has had to defend himself for singing the blues despite his riches and success.
But Tim Robbins seems to stand out. His soulful voice and decades of guitar-playing are proof...
Chris Brown Perth Show Cancelled
Chris Brown’s show scheduled for the Burswood Dome tongiht has been cancelled
“Chris has a severe viral illness,” the singer’s touring physician Dr Bill Anseline said.
“The virus has developed into a nasty chest infection and he needs rest. He is not fit to perform on stage nor is he fit to travel.
“He was devastated and wanted to push and go for it but for...
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Iggy's Idol opportunity →
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Roger Daltrey to tour Tommy →
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New Pixies album? →
A Tribe Called Quest support band documentary →
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Crying Out With Jeff Martin 777 →
Caleb Goman gets mystical with Jeff Martin as they talk Led Zeppelin, the occult and the mysteries of rock ‘n’ roll.
April 2011
6 posts
A Chat with Chopper
Magda Cortez spoke to Heath Franklin AKA ‘Chopper’ ahead of his Sydney Comedy Festival appearnace.
There’s a bit of a man drought in Australia with women outnumbering men - What qualities do you look for in a girl?
A heartbeat. In fact I’m not even THAT fussy. I’ll resuscitate something if I reckon I have a chance. Do you believe in pick up lines?
I believe in lying about myself...
A Motorhead Tour Diary: Part 3 →
Regular John’s Caleb Goman fills us in on the Gold Coast leg of his tour with Motorhead.
A Motorhead tour diary: Part 2 →
Regular John’s Caleb Goman fills us in on the Adelaide leg of the Motorhead tour.
Motorhead Tour Diary Part 1 →
Touring with a world famous act like Motorhead isn’t the easiest thing a band can do. But as Regular John’s Caleb Goman explains, it certainly ain’t bad.
March 2011
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Live Review - Stone Temple Pilots - Hordern... →
It took them 20 years, but the San Diego grunge rockers finally made it to Australia for a series of sold-out shows
Foo Fighters helping plights and the Wasting Light →
Foo Fighters are headed to Australia and New Zealand to play special charity concerts in the wake of the Queensland floods and Christchurch earthquake.
Motorheading to Australia →
We talk to Motorhead’s Lemmy about his upcoming Australian tour, seeing The Beatles and why he has “the best job in the world, man”.
Album review: The Paradise Motel - I Still Hear... →
The Paradise Motel returns with their return to recording in the form of the I Still Hear Your Voice At Night album.
WatchParis Wells - Let’s Get It Started
Girl in a Coma
Girl in a Coma are a San Antonia trio who have been signed to Joan Jett’s own Blackhearts label and have just released an album of their own unique take on tracks by Bowie, Joy Division, Velvet Underground and many more called Adventures in Coverland.
Additionally, the band were recently hand-picked to supprt their idol Morrissey. We find out more about them.
- How did you go about...
Ride's new release after 20 years of Nowhere
A reworked version of the landmark shoegaze album Nowhere by Oxfordshire quarter Ride celebrates the album’s two-decade anniversary.
Rhino Records has released a two-disc, 40-track set, including a 40-page booklet of rare photos and a previously unreleased live recording, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Ride’s debut album, Nowhere. We caught up with Ride’s bass player...
Becoming Friends and Total Strangers with The...
Nova Scotia quartet The Trews are currently setting Australia alight with their return visit, we caught up with John-Angus MacDonald last year to find out more about them.
yourGigs (yG): What have been the challenges and benefits of having the family connections (The Trews comprise two brothers, their cousin and a long-time friend) in the band?
John-Angus MacDonald (JAM): Benefits — We know...
Cloud Control's AMP Bliss
The 6th Australian Music Prize (The Amp) is proud to announce CLOUD CONTROL as the winner of the $30,000 cash prize courtesy of PPCA. CLOUD CONTROL’S stellar album “Bliss Release” was chosen by a panel of judges from media, retail and fellow musicians as the stand out release of 2010.
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The Besnard Lakes light up the night in Australia
Dreamy Montreal band The Besnard Lakes are making their first trip to Australia on the back of their stunning album The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night.
The Besnard Lakes are centred around song writing duo Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. Their second album was nominated for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize and their third has seen them find wider acclaim and attention and also sees them in Australia...
February 2011
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Fifteen minutes with: David McCormack
David McCormack gives us a snapshot of his life as he and his band the Polaroids prepare the play the Between the Bays Festival.
yourGigs (yG): Is Between the Bays a festival you know much about?
David McCormack (DM): I know nothing about it. My old band Custard used to play it there in the nineties, but we’d rock up for sound check at 6 or 7 and play our gig at 10 or 11 then be back in Melbourne...
Fifteen minutes with: Adam Franklin, Swervedriver
yourGigs (yG): Swervedriver have just got back from your shows in Norway and Denmark – how did they go?
Adam Franklin (AF): They were great actually, the band hasn’t played in Scandinavia for 15 years, and it was fun actually, just played Oslo and Copenhagen, it was good.
yG: Do you find different parts of the world react differently to different parts of the music?
AF: Well, I mean possibly, I...
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Fifteen minutes with: Mark Sultan
Mark Sultan has a musical genealogy stretching back to Montreal misfits the Spaceshits, last visited Australia as part of the King Khan & BBQ Show and released solo records as BBQ before using his own name.
yourGigs (yG): How differently do you treat recording when doing it under your own name?
Mark Sultan (MS): I put out two albums under the name BBQ and one other under Mark Sultan. The...
January 2011
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Live Review - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts,... →
Fifteen minutes with: Suicidal Tendencies
Martin Zavan talked to Mike Muir ahead of Suicidal Tendencies visit to Australia.
In the madness of early 1980s LA, with its eclectic blend of WASPS, Hispanics surf and skate culture and punk and rap music Suicidal Tendencies was born. Almost thirty years later founding member and vocalist Mike Muir is still plying his trade, dazzling crowds across the world with Suicidal’s unique sound that...
December 2010
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Fifteen Minutes with: Andrew WK
yourGigs parties hard with the irrepressible Andrew WK ahead of his Big Day Out appearances in Australia.
We join the joyride with white-clad one man party machine Andrew WK ahead of his Australian tour.
yourGigs (yG): How does Australia compare to other countries that you have partied in?
Andrew WK (AWK): It’s fantastic, it’s unique in all of the world, it’s got a unique vibe and atmosphere...
The National - Bloodbuzz and brothers
yourGigs has Conversation (16) with Bryce Dessner of The National ahead of their Australian tour.
yourGigs (yG): Were you surprised at all how successful High Violet has been for you and how widespread it has been?
Bryce Dessner (BD): We definitely feel totally grateful and humbled by it for sure, I don’t think any of us expected it to be as successful as we’ve become. The difference is that...
November 2010
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Sole Stickers share all things that are good
Tasmanian three-piece Sole Stickers have just released their debut album We Got All Things That Are Good produced by The Posies Jon Auer.
We find out all the good things about Sole Stickers with singer/guitarist James Dilger.
yG: How did the band first get together and what differences did you wish Sole Stickers to have from your previous musical incarnations?
JD: I had some songs left over...
October 2010
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Fifteen minutes with: Russell Hopkinson, You Am I
Australian rock stalwarts You Am I have just released their ninth studio album and prepare to hit the road to launch their self-titled record.
We caught up with Russell ‘Rusty’ Hopkinson to find out the things we hardly knew about You Am I and their latest album.
yourGigs (yG): Can you tell us about how the band’s latest album came together?
Russel Hopkinson (RH): It has just come together in a...
September 2010
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Fifteen minutes with: The Holy Sea
yourGigs dipped their toes into the waters of The Holy Sea as they hit the road with their latest album <em>Ghosts of the Horizon</em>.
How have you found the new line up of the band has shaped and influenced the band’s sound?
Well, the current line-up really evolved quite organically. Around 2006, Dan Hoey (keyboards) and I were playing around Melbourne as a duo, with just guitar,...
Fifteen minutes with: The Paradise Motel
Melbourne’s The Paradise Motel have returned to the stage and the record store shelves for the first time in more than a decade with their latest album Australian Ghost Story.
The Paradise Motel left behind a string of revered records before disbanding in 2000, they now return with a new album, Australian Ghost Story, and their first tour for more than a decade. yourGigs spoke with The Paradise...
Australian Music Prize open for Submissions
The 2010 Australian Music Prize is now accepting submissions from any Australian recording artists who released album-length works in 2010. Albums need to be submitted via the website www.australianmusicprize.com from September 13th to October 29th, 2010.
August 2010
6 posts
Blue King Brown’s Worldwize vison
Urban roots collective Blue King Brown have just released the first stage of their new direction in the form of double album Worldwize.
In an ambitious recording project Melbourne’s Blue King Brown are attempting to release one album for each direction of the compass to share their musical and social vision under the banner of Worldwize. We found out what’s going down with Blue king Brown with...
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Fifteen minutes with: Peter Fenton
Crow were another of the critically appreciated but never commercially recognised Australian bands of the nineties, disbanding after their 1998 album Play with Love. The band reformed in 2007 after early a decade apart and now has released a new studio album Arcane. We speak to Peter Fenton ahead of their Cad Factory show.
yourGigs (yG): What were the first things that initially got Crow back...
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Laura Marling Sydney Splendour Sideshow Review →
Returning to Australia with her second album, I Speak Because I Can, Laura Marling accompanied her spot at Splendour in the Grass with limited side shows including this one, an all-ages gig at the Factory Theatre on a rainy Sunday night.
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Splendour in the Grass Review Day 3 →
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Splendour in the Grass Review Day 2 →
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Splendour in the Grass Review Day 1 →
July 2010
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Fifteen minutes with: Mark Sholtez
Mark Sholtez speaks to yourGigs ahead of the release of his latest album The Distance Between Two Truths, recorded with Larry Klein in the legendary Sunset Studios in LA.
yG: So you are just on the promo circuit waiting for the album to come out?
MS: It is weird and equally exciting part of it where you do have to go around and tell the story a thousand times, but I’m also incredibly excited...
June 2010
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Mi Volcano, es su Volcano
By Bella Crea
YourGigs caught up with Richard (the one in your mind) for a little chat about the new record, working with SPOD, how nice rice is and of course, volcanoes.
Richard in Your Mind, a psychedelic five-piece comprising Richard Cartwright, Conrad Richters, Pat Torres, Jordy Lane and newest member Brent Griffin (SPOD), is about to release their highly anticipated sophomore record, the...
Live Review: Vivid Sydney - Noise Night Aimee-Lee...
Vivid Sydney’s Noise Night, curated by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, delivered on its promise “to journey to the outer edges of music and beyond” with “some of the world’s most adventurous sonic explorers”. Writing about this event is difficult, and not simply because each band - a core group of seven - performed without introduction, but also because musicians...
May 2010
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Fifteen minutes with: Dum Dum Girls
YourGigs talks to the enigmatic Dee Dee from Californian quartet and recent Sub Pop signing Dum Dum Girls.
Dum Dum Girls began humbly as a series of home recordings for Kristin Gundred, and are now a fully fledged band who have just release their debut album I Will Be on Sub Pop.
YourGigs (YG): How were your recent shows in Europe?
Dee Dee (DD): We are in intense rehearsals at the moment...