Your most memorable Festival moment or experience? I think playing at the Open Arms Festival last year in Coffs Harbour. The day was ridiculously hot right up until we hit the stage and just then a massive storm rolled in and it poured throughout our set. Everyone just went with it, got soaked and went crazy and as soon as we played our last note, the storm was gone. It was a surreal.
Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Ah there's been so many, that's way too hard! I'd have to say Pendulum, Nirvana, Sigur Ros, Ministry, or Daft Punk.
What’s your ideal Festival line-up? Ha ha, see the answer above and add MM9!!!
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals? Sunscreen, plenty of water, and go and watch something that you've never seen or heard before!
Ok Go
Posted
on January 21 2010
OK Go announce Australian dates!
The mind-bending band that gave us what is largely considered the decade's most viewed music video (even the Simpsons parodied it), the treadmill-manned, Grammy-award winning "Here It Goes Again," is back. Never content to rest on their laurels, OK Go return with the new album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky. The album is the follow up to 2005's Oh No and was produced by ex-Mercury Rev member David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT).
The band will make tour stops in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and appearing at Playground Weekender right on the heels of the album release.
OK Go has been busy developing videos to accompany each of the album's 13 tracks with videos for "WTF" and "This Too Shall Pass" having debuted so far. With 175 million video streams and counting, OK Go is the most-downloaded band ever.
The record's title comes from an 1876 book promoting the erroneous theory that blue light cures all ills. As fits a record influenced by Prince and crackpot 19th century arm-chair scientists, the record is both danceable and contemplative; it's introspective, with a vein of surrealism running through it.
Tour dates are:
Wednesday 17th February: The Hi Fi, Brisbane www.thehifi.com.au www.ticketek.com.au
Thursday 18TH February: Oxford Art Factory Sydney www.oxfordartfactory.com, www.moshtix.com.au, www.ticketek.com.au
Friday 19TH February: Playground Weekender Festival www.playgroundweekender.com.au
Sunday 21st February: The Hi Fi, Melbourne www.thehifi.com.au www.ticketek.com.au
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Finabah
Posted 02/02/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
An interesting display of acrobatics as we stretch before the show. It usually involves weird push ups, slightly awkward stretches, and dancing with our guitars.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
an enormous selection of pizza toppings, and an old Italian man and his oven to assemble and cook the most amazing pizzas in the world right in front of us.
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
Emery... a very underated band from the UK.. they write some of the most amazing lyrics i have ever heard.
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
other than our guitars.,, deodorant, sunglasses... and knives and forks.... nothing worse than being stinky, having the sun in your eyes, and not being able to eat your pasta salad.
What's your secret talent?
cooking instant noodles...
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
We have them all! but Myspace is the place to go for your updates and you can listen to our music for free!
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.
