This year we were lucky enough to play at 3 Big Day out shows. It was great because we were friends with a fair few of the bands (Karnivool, Something With Numbers, Gyroscope, Hilltop Hoods) so it was such a great party vibe. Not only were we paid to get drunk and have fun with our friends we also got to see Rage Against The Machine play 3 nights in a row!!!
Ideal Lineup? Blink 182, Guns N Roses (circa 1988), Marilyn Manson, Knye West, Muse and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Fave artist you've seen at a Music Festival? Rage Against The Machine – Big Day Out 2008. I have been a fan of this band for so long and I thought that I would never get to see them. When I heard that they were confirmed for BDO I nearly shat myself!
Tips for attending Music Festivals? Alcohol is usually very expensive at festival! All you need is a hip flask, a roll of tape and your preferred beverage. Don’t go too hard too soon as festivals usually go for 6-8 hours and you don’t want to end up as one of those sunburnt, passed out, semi naked people that litter these events.
Dirty Projectors
Posted
on November 26 2009
Dirty Projectors announce Australian tour dates!
Brooklyn, New York darlings Dirty Projectors are perhaps the only band in the world that could attract the praise of everyone from Bjork to The Roots to David Byrne. They have inspired pop star Solange Knowles to record a cover of their single "Stillness is the Move" while winning the hearts of music critics the world over. It’s on this wave of praise that Dirty Projectors head to Australia for their inaugural tour in March 2010. All show details below.
In 2002 the band's founder David Longstreth released The Graceful Fallen Mango under his own name. A year later, The Glad Fact introduced his experimental rock project as Dirty Projectors . Since then the ever-developing group has featured an evolving cast of collaborators, a multitude of sounds, a concept album about Eagles frontman Don Henley and, in 2007, an album that reinterpreted songs from Black Flag's classic hardcore album Damaged, entitled Rise Above. In the words of Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koening -- once a touring member of Dirty Projectors -- Longstreth has been “making his own fucked-up version of American music.”
Dirty Projectors much feted new studio album Bitte Orca is their most complete effort to date. Singers Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian take lead vocals on a pair of tracks, while bassist Nat Baldwin and vocalist Haley Dekle have been added to the fold, resulting in what sounds like Dirty Projectors' first fully collaborative record as a band.
“When all the singers blare in unison the beauty they summon is almost overwhelming.” MOJO
Bitte Orca's idiosyncratic, complex, and sincere take on popular music is reminiscent of David Byrne with whom Dirty Projectors collaborated on “Knotty Pine" for the era-defining compilation Dark Was The Night. In many ways, David Longstreth could be seen as this generation's answer to Byrne. Both are distinguished New York torchbearers who creates labyrinthine songs that go down easy. Dirty Projectors defy definition and comparison - they dazzle you with the kind of mystery and originality that will cause you to dance. Tour details below.
Tickets on sale Friday 4 December.
Tour dates are:
Tuesday 9 March 2010: The Hi Fi, Melbourne Wednesday 10 March 2010: Metro Theatre, Sydney Saturday 13 March 2010: The Rosemount, Perth
Also appearing at The Lost Weekend Festival, Queensland More info: www.thelostweekend.com.au
Golden Plains Festival, Victoria More info: www.goldenplains.com.au
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Shinedown
Posted 29/01/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
Probably a few pushups, some weights, sit-ups, stretches and just amping up. We like to keep fit so we get pumped before a show working out.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
The same thing I always ask for…Orange Gatorade and American chocolate, it’s the best!! (So no portable Jacuzzi??) nah man…but it might be from now on!!
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
Two from Memphis hard ass rocking bands…Cavo and Sawash…check em out
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
My computer man…..I can escape, work, communicate or whatever. I need my computer everywhere I go!!
What's your secret talent?
HAHAHAHAH….I don’t have one….I like to cook but I’m not real good!
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
All of em, we use all of them. We have both personal and Shinedown Facebooks, Myspace and Twitter and we are on them all the time…obsessively…
New Empire
Since their formation, the Sydney four-piece have constantly been experimenting and fusing different styles to create their original and powerful brand of music. New Empire's high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Sydney's most popular new bands. Awoe magazine has described New Empire as "the essentials of the rock pop culture", and this is clearly echoed by thousands of music lovers across the country.
Forming in the late Summer of 2003, Euphoria Audio are a Rock/Popular band from Wakefield, UK. They have worked closely with producers Stuart Epps (Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimmy Page) and Steve Levine (Culture Club, The Beach Boys), and most recently have recorded in Trondheim, Norway with Universals D-sign Music (Kylie Minogue, Joe Cocker).
In 2010 the band showcased at the Musexpo music conference in Los Angeles in front of world-wide delegates as well as a performance at the legendary Viper Room.
