Melbourne’s Faux Pas is to Tim Shiel, as to what Gotham City’s Batman is to Bruce Wayne. The only difference lies in what each of the secretly identifiable men of mystery are renowned for. Faux Pas paints luscious soundscapes with a very mixed palette of noise, whereas Batman hangs out in a cave, wearing a [...]

Joanna Newsom And The Ys Street Band. Is that not the best pun you’ve ever heard? Joanna Newsom’s latest release proves that not only does she have a sense of humour but she can churn them out, too. Less than twelve months ago Newsom gave birth to her second album titled “Ys” (pronounced “Ees”, [...]

Alex James says they’ll either re-unite blur with Graham or they’ll quit.
Even though a little piece of my heart hopes that it will happen and they’ll record that record that is so rock and roll that even the foo fighters would be scared of it, (I know i posted that quote somewhere on the internet [...]

There’s only one thing more patriotic than spending your ANZAC Day at a fine licensed establishment playing countless games of Two-up, and that’s heading into Sydney’s Gaelic Theatre and alternatively spending the whole day indoors, watching some of the best musical talent this country has to offer at the Essential Festival.

My day at the Essential [...]

I’m pretty sure I’ve lost all faith in Australia’s music festival scene. It seems that the only acts that are brought out here are the ones that have been here at least twelve months prior. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for seeing my favourite bands come back time and time again, but what happened [...]

As soon I heard that British radio station 83 XFM premiered The White Stripes’ new single “Icky Thump” last night, I immediately hit the usual suspects of blogs knowing full well that some loving individual out there would have uploaded a radio rip for all of Whitephiles out there. Sure enough, the tune made it’s [...]

Bill Callahan has come a long way over the years. Starting with his first ever release in 1990 under the name “Smog”, followed by ten other releases (under the same name) spanning fifteen years, to the most recent Woke On A Whaleheart, his first full length album using his real name.
After seeing him support [...]

Just when I was getting ready to say goodbye to 12MC favourites Gerling before they go into hibernation after headlining the Essential Festival this Wednesday, what did I receive in my inbox? An email from none other than head Gerling honcho himself, Darren Cross, with an exclusive peak at his upcoming independent project, The E.L.F. [...]

The only way to truly create a unique music video nowadays to stick your performer infront of a blue screen, throw in a dancing troupe, some silhouettes, sprinkle through a few abstract colours and shapes, and garnish with a metaphor or two. At least that’s what Bjork seems to think.
The first video from Bjork’s widely [...]

So what do you do when you’re one fifth of The Strokes and your day job-band has announced a hiatus? Why, you stick to what you’re good at - you keep making music, of course! We all know that Albert Hammond, Jr. put out a killer solo album last year, made up of material he’d [...]

If there’s one thing that you can count on being an Australian, it’s that we’re never ones to hold back when attempting to destroy slightly more successful souls, via a classic case of Tall Poppy Syndrome (see the careers of The Vines, Silverchair, Peter Andre). But being the hypocrites we are, the one thing that [...]

Looking and sounding as though they’d just stumbled off the set of A Hard Day’s Night, The Basics took to the stage of the Hopetoun Hotel for week three of their incredibly committed April East Coast tristate residency in support for their upcoming debut LP Stand Out/Fit In. If you’ve had your finger on the [...]