Thursday, November 29, 2007

Great Line-up at Bar Open tonight


For all you guys in Melbourne - a great night planned at Bar Open tonight (29th November)

AUSTIN
TOM WOODWARD(ACT)
VORN DOOLETTE(S.A)
For lovers of the thriving local roots scene in Melbourne this would have to be one of the line-ups of the year, and a not to be missed event. Most notably it's Liz Stringer who has been carving it up in this town, with her commanding vocals and often deeply reflective lyrics, not to mention her unbelievable instrumental chops on Banjo, Lap steel, and Guitar. Stringer will join Jordie Lane on stage as a duo, gracing the audience with their powerful harmony's and emotive songs. Mr. Lane has been a busy boy since performing at Port Fairy in March, playing 120 shows, most recently supporting Aria winner Gotye and Jeff Lang, and an East Coast Tour with The Basics. Headlining the night is Austin. A performer whose reputation as an outstanding and unique musician is growing rapidly since he hit the local scene. He is currently touring his just released live cd. Also rounding out the bill are interstate troubadours Tom Woodward from Canberra who has been described as 'the product of a DNA experiment between Dylan and Nick Cave', and Vorn Doolette from Adelaide, who's Sinatra-like voice and song-writing skills have been a major draw-card for festival organisers around the country, including Melbourne's own Queenscliff Music Festival, which he shall be appearing at this November.
Doors 8pm $5 + free glossy poster for the first 50 payersa

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Stars are coming too!!


Very exciting news just announced -

Stars are heading over on their first tour of Australia in the new year. Two dates have been officially announced, and they are sure to be added to the Laneway Festival lineup which I have already mentioned recently! How positively awesome will that be??

Confirmed dates:

Feb 27 - Spectrum, Sydney
Feb 28 - East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

Tickets for both shows go on sale Wednesday December 5th at 9am. (thanks to Sean at The Reminder for the info - great news!!)

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Some wonderful covers to finish your week

I was over at I guess I'm floating the other day and found these great covers from some of my more recently adored artists (Jens Lekman and Josh Ritter) of two of my all time favourite artists (Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen)

Have a listen to Jens doing Paul:
Jens Lekman - You can call me Al (cover).mp3

and Josh almost becoming the boss:
Josh Ritter - The River (cover).mp3

They got me thinking about some of the other standout covers of these two artists in my memory.
These are my favourites. What do you think? Any other additions?

Paul Simon (or Simon and Garfunkel) covers

Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple - Bridge over troubled water (cover).mp3


Grizzly Bear - Graceland (cover).mp3

"The Boss" covers

Aimee Mann and Michael Penn - Reason to Believe (cover). mp3

(thanks to Heartache with Hard Work for the link - I am having trouble accessing my own file)

Heather Nova - I'm on fire.mp3

A slightly shaky but still fabulous video of the ever amazing Jarvis Cocker doing State Trooper


Monday, November 19, 2007

Magnetic Fields - Three Way

A sign of good things to come!

Thanks to Stereogum for the premiere of this great new track and taster for the upcoming release from Magnetic Fields.


The new album Distortion will be released early next year and if this number is anything to go by it will be a cracker, so keep your eyes and ears open.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

St Jeromes Laneway

Very excited to have secured my tickets to the festival and looking forward to the lineup. Not only do we have Fiest, Kevin Drew, Okkervil River and Clap your hands say Yeah!, but also a great list of Australian talent. I recommend that you click on some of the names below to check them out:

Still riding high on his 'Best Male Artist' at the ARIAs - this has certainly been Wally's year

Have a listen to this remix from Mixed Blood
The latest album Cruel Guards from this talented WA band is out now


(new single My People out December 18)

The Presets - Are you the one.mp3
For more information on The Laneway festival in your part of Australia - click here