vic music
Friday, May 20 2016 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC THE DRONES launched their new album "Feelin' Kinda Free" Supported by: HARMONY & EXEK All photos by Sam
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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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