Industry News
27
Aug 09
Freedom Festival 09 to Feature Heavy Trance Lineup
Where: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
When: Saturday 7th Nov
How: Ticketek
Damage: $85 First Release, $110 Second Release
17
Apr 09
I’ll fest your blues in a minute.
The stampede to see Toni Childs.
It’s been three days and the post-blues blues are sort of beginning to fade. The 2009 East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival was my first Bluesfest, and proved to be a superb way to pop the cherry and chill out in Byron Bay for a few days.
What was awesome?
1. Blue King Brown – I’ve never seen BKB live before but the energy and mood of their whole set was simply joyous. Natalie Pa’apa’a was smoking in some short-shorts and a leetle black singlet. I chugged two Smirnoff Ice’s and danced the whole way through.
2. Seasick Steve – what a fascinating man. The 68 year old guitarist still looks like the hobo he used to be (and took frequent swigs of whisky from a bottle under his chair in between songs) but his sound is superb and his stories are humbling. Easily the crowd favourite among the smaller Bluesfest acts. Continue reading →
9
Mar 09
Indie and the Buzzwords
Let me start by saying – Indie is not a genre. It never has been and it never will be because that’s just how it fucking is. The fact that there are hundreds of shitty “Indie” bands out there who all sound the same is insulting to the independent music world and should all be killed in the most inhumanely way possible. The fact of it is, independant music technically ceases to be independant once it signs itself to a major label – but it doesn’t always mean they cease to be good – that happens a lot, but in few cases you get lucky.
A famous example is with The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. When the Warhols signed to Capitol, Anton flew off the wall. I think, deep down, he wanted them to get success without having to feel the need to help the music industry out anymore. A strange twist of fate occured, however, as The Dandy Warhols are pop and the luxury of achieving some mainstream successes and the film DiG! ultimately led to Anton and the BJTM becoming better known across the globe.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
27
Jan 09
Sonixtrip: Act 1 – Every Horizon
From Jye Smith (Founder, TMB) and producer of Sonixtrip:
January 15, 2009: Progressive hard rock band Sonixtrip have released their first EP entitled Act I: Every Horizon. The full 5 track EP – which includes the full version of Push – is available for purchase. A free copy of the EP is available online (mp3, FLAC). See the photos from the EP launch.
14
Jan 09
Oasis: Taking It To The Streets
Part canny marketing idea and part musical goodwill (surprising considering Liam Gallagher is involved), last September Oasis decided to preview four songs from their then upcoming album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’.
8
Jan 09
Nine Inch Nails: 400GB of HD Footage for fans to mix and re-mix
trent_reznor posted:
Your gift…
The internet is full of surprises these days.
I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who
SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw,
unedited HD footage from three separate complete shows of our Lights
in the Sky tour. Security must have been lacking at these shows
because the quality of the footage is excellent.
If any of you could find a LINK to that footage I’ll bet some
enterprising fans could assemble something pretty cool.
Oh yeah, you didn’t hear this from me.
http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?18,378166
Oh Mr. Reznor, how we adore you. There is about 405gb of HD footage available. It was recorded with multiple consumer HDV cameras during three shows: Victoria 12.05.08, Portland 12.07.08, and Sacramento 12.12.08. This is raw, unedited, un-color-corrected HD footage.
The race is on — and some have already started. The musical and marketing genious has truly created a cult(ure) that thrives off a passion for music, talent and the facination of the unknown.
2
Oct 08
The beatings will continue until morale improves
From my pal: David Gillespie Continue reading →
17
Nov 09
We can work it out? Apparently not.
Continue reading →