Just a quick note letting all of you faithful readers out there (hi Mum) know that yours truly will be getting interviewed tomorrow morning at 9am on FBi Radio by the lovely Emma Swift, as part of her Weekend Overhang program. Presumably we’ll talk about 12MC, music, blogs and a whole bunch of other crazy [...]

Giving Dan Deacon the once over, you’d be forgiven for thinking that his ‘day job’ was either a) full-time Linux programmer, b) professional StarCraft LAN party planner, or c), one of those guys who writes his thesis on Buffy and somehow gets called “Doctor” for the rest of his life. But as the age old [...]

Two Australian acts notoriously known for being as equally raucous as one another in their respective and noisy fields, The Paper Scissors and Bluejuice, are teaming up Bimmy and Jimmy style (Double Dragon 3 reference, dork) and hitting the road for what should be a far out, brussels sprout tour.
The digital flyer we posted on [...]

The greenest additions to the illustrious Ivy League roster, The Silents, are finally releasing their highly anticipated debut record, Things To Learn, on March 29. The Perth band seem to be keeping it real, yo, by following the tried and tested ‘2 EPs followed by debut LP’ twenty-four month release schedule that indie labels seem [...]

Those crazy (no, seriously) kids from Sydney’s Shire, The Vines, have finally finished recording their fourth album with their previous producer, Rob Schnapf. Rob was responsible for their first release, Highly Evolved, so if his handiwork is anything to go by, this album’s going to be great. As some of you might have witnessed at [...]

Those hilarious, albeit menacing half-man, half-machines over on at Polaroids of Androids have posted a very saucy list of 100% Bransonified V Festival sideshows. I am now going to use the copy and paste function to make them appear on this blog.
Smashing Pumpkins
Thursday, March 27: Sydney, Hordern Pavilion
Monday, March 31: Brisbane, Convention Centre
Friday, April 4: [...]

Okay interdorks, here’s the deal: 12MC have come into the possession of 10 double passes to this year’s Playground Weekender music festival (camping included). Once again, the Weekender is being held on the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s ferry, only an hour and a half drive from Sydney, on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th [...]

The tiny, candy-striped Spectrum played host a colourful assortment of music fans and punters on Saturday night for The E.L.F.’s Stevie Nicks Hearts EP launch. Unfortunately, we arrived too late to catch Former Child Stars (gotta look fashionable), which is a disappointment because the headliner let it slip to me that they were “really [...]

One of my more fond musical affairs of 2006 was the personal discovery (read: without any US blog hype to help) of Minneapolis quartet, Tapes ‘n Tapes. I think what made this affection even more powerful was the fact that I did it the ol’ fashioned way. What I mean by that, and without turning [...]

Very strange indeed. 2007 internet sensation, Tay “100% authentic” Zonday was a guest on the premiere episode of 2006’s internet sensation’s new “web trendy” variety show, Lily Allen and Friends. Apparently the whole thing went down a disaster with more than a third of the audience walking out of the taping (which Allen naturally later [...]

Last night saw the Dappled boys play their first of two homecoming gigs at the über-trendy, Oxford Art Factory. Despite an over abundance of what seemed like Sydney’s top fashionistas spread throughout the audience (N.B. ironic moustaches aren’t cool, real moustaches are - yes, there is a difference,) there was undoubtedly an exciting energy buzzing [...]

As you may remember, the Fly-less Dappled Cities crew spent the better part of last year winning the hearts and minds of music fans and taste-making blogs all over the US of A. Not to sound like an over-protective parent or anything, but it only seems like yesterday when they were just ‘ours’. It happened [...]