Though it’s been nothing but music festival-mania around the country as of late, you’d be hard pressed to ignore the fact that the reunited godparents of the ‘loud-quiet-loud’ dynamic, Pixies, are headed to our shores for the very first time to play at the handful of brand spanking new V Festivals around the country. This [...]

Not only is he quite possibly the best whistler in the entire world, but he can also play almost every instrument known to man. I am, of course, talking about none other than Andrew Bird. After hitchin’ a ride with Joanna Newsom to our very own shores in early January, Bird recently released his latest [...]

I suck. Yes, I took a vow to make no more Jack White related posts for quite some time, but how could I let this gem slip through the thin cracks of 12MC? The word on the street is that Mr. White will be portraying none other than Elvis “The King” Presley in the upcoming [...]

I solemnly swear that this will be the last Jack White/White Stripes/Raconteurs related post for quite some time, or else we’re going to have to change this site’s name to “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Blog”. Or at least to something as equally witty and White-centric. I have quite an obsessive, one track mind [...]

The other Raconteur, Brendan Benson has posted some demos from his upcoming and untitled record on his Myspace page. Though often overshadowed by the sheer star-power of his occasional band mate, Jack White, Brendan Benson is every bit as capable a songsmith as his fellow Raconteur. His 2005 album, The Alternative To Love, is proof [...]

So that’s what an Icky Thump looks like? Guess we’ll find out in June.

I spy with my little eye, an unreleased Silverchair song from their almost-released Young Modern album. On Monday, Daniel Johns and his band of merry men joined Robbie Buck on triple j to talk about their highly anticipated fifth record, as well as playing some handpicked tracks from Young Modern, for the first time anywhere. [...]

So the story goes: While touring the globe on their rather raucous 2003 Bus Driving, Band Rocking tour, Eels wound up in Germany to play a string of shows. Throughout the Munich gig, some loud fan kept requesting “Novocaine For The Soul”, the band’s biggest commercial hit to date. But being the hard man that [...]

I’m no journo, but if there’s one thing I know about conducting an interview, it’s do your research. The latest fan-favourite to hit YouTube is a reasonably lengthy interview done quite recently with The Vines in New Zealand. Unfortunately, whoever the girl they got to ask the questions is an annoying twat, and unless you’re [...]

Whether you loved ‘em or hated ‘em, it was hard to avoid the enormous hype-crater caused by the Arctic Monkeys’ meteor of a debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Not ones to waste time, the chaps are set to knock out their follow up record Favourite Worst Nightmare next month, [...]

Jason Schwartzman, who is normally known for starring in films by the likes of cult-cinema faves Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola, is set to release an album under the very tropical moniker of Coconut Records. And before any nay-sayers out there can complain about “another actor/musician”, please remember that this isn’t Schwartzman’s first foray into [...]

Last weekend saw the first ever Playground Weekender music and camping festival, held at the secluded Del Rio Resort at Wiseman’s Ferry, a little over an hour’s drive from Sydney. The promoters, Playground Music, had made it quite clear what type of audience they were after when word first broke about the event: Boutique. Not [...]