Jem has spent years interviewing himself whilst showering, walking to the supermarket etc. and when presented with an opportunity to do it in real life jumped at the opportunity. A complete lack of any real experience was never going to get in the way. Other things Jem does in a highly amateurish fashion include but are not limited to: Running the record label and screen printing company WeEmptyRooms, playing in the band DEAD and...nothing else
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Article by Clemmie Wetherall It's the year 2016 in one of the 'luckiest' countries in the world but somehow or other gender equity, parity, equality, call it what you will, still isn't business as usual in many areas of life, including the arts. Just this past week Music Victoria has announced their first gender diversity policy aiming for at least 40% women* and 40% men* across all of their activities to address a gender gap
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Writer: Laura Imbruglia Melbournians Stina Tester and Cinta Masters have arrived with a taste of the great stuff to come on their debut album. These guys play what the presser describes as "experimental synth punk", and I don't really know how else to add to that. I guess you could say it's stylistically connected to the 80s. You can expect pulsing rhythms, screeching guitars (or is it a synth? probably) and overlapping occasionally harmonising vocals.
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Writer: Laura Imbruglia Sarah Mary Chadwick writes really beautiful, affecting songs. Her live show is so confronting and honest that I have witnessed people go through the seven stages of grief with her, just watching the show. I shit you not. I truly believe she's one of the best writers in Melbourne, and that listening to her music is an immersive, emotionally demanding, and ultimately hugely rewarding experience. Tell me that there isn't a better
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Writer: Laura Imbruglia I love Tyrannamen. So much. I played a gig alongside them a couple of years ago and watched their set, not having heard anything about them prior. The first song was barely a few chords in, and I was hooked. I queried Tom from Harmony about them, as he had organised the show. He told me they only play about once a year, as a few of the band members are in
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Photo by Avery Writer: Clem Wetherall Smart, sexy, personal and powerful, Simona Castricum's latest release #TriggerWarning40 is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of gritty techno-pop anthems. This is the third release for the Melbourne musician, artist, designer and writer and it follows on from her 2014 release Exotic Ladies Of Birobidzhan*'. Reverb drenched vocals and industrial strength percussion are the bedrock across the albums eight tracks and while they capture a particular 1980s Madchester meets Nine
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Lost: Season One by CAMP COPE Writer: Laura Imbruglia Melbourne's certified rad chix Camp Cope are releasing their debut S/T album on April 22 through Poison City Records and touring it around the country throughout May. You may know them from their most recent single "Lost: Season One" (above), which came out in January and has been getting a bit of JJJ love. You may also know them from their hard work and relentless touring
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Writer: Laura Imbruglia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZezxBaUmfVY Do yourselves a favour and check out the new video for Melbourne's most excellent Scott & Charlene's Wedding! It's called "Distracted", it's released through awesome local label Bedroom Suck and it's a rollicking good time. We wouldn't be telling you about it if we didn't love it, so just take our word for it and press play on the video up there. For our readers living overseas and craving some great
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Writer: Laura Imbruglia ARTIST: Jack Stirling & The Perfect 1. If you had to reimagine your sound as a food, how would you describe it? Great question. I once had an imported hot sauce on a taco that was so spicy I nearly checked myself into hospital. I think it would be that hot sauce. 2. And as an animal? Another great question. What's the spiciest animal? 3. And as a TV series character? Fran
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Cruising on glowing synths, gritty drum-machines, and stratospheric vocals, GL’s music is a cosmic dream-sequence not unlike a lost reel from the mid-80s. Signed on first listen by newly-minted Sydney label Plastic World (home to releases from Retiree, Alba, Tuff Sherm and Cassius Select), the duo’s debut album "Touch" contains some of the catchiest electro pop we've ever heard. Experience the sound of cruise control, dive bars, strobe lights and tape decks with GL. Watch
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