Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Regurgitator
It’s a long way to the top if you want to … and Regurgitator have. Now they don’t as much. In their halcyon days The Gurge as we fondly dubbed ‘em, sucked a lot of you know what, danced around in videos with animal suits on - Which Warner’s heavyweight executive was in one of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Electronic, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock by Mike Gee
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Fame is a strange beast; it isn’t the same monster for everybody. For Rodrigo Sanchez, one half of the successful cult classical guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela, fame is a challenge, particularly on a personal level. It’s principal ally, success, confronts most of what he calls home; its friend, money, means he has to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music by Mike Gee
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Anti-Flag
Politics and music have long gone hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, political flagwavers have sometimes come and gone with the rapidity of their beliefs. Those who tried using politics as a rallying [read ‘selling’] point for an audience rather than offering a committed, solid belief, most rightly, didn’t last. But there are many more who have proved their [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music, Punk by Mike Gee
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Air at the Sydney Opera House
Air, Live at the Sydney Opera House.
No Comments » - Posted in Music by Mike Gee
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Sara Storer
Sara Storer, former Golden Guitar-winning country superstar, now all-round singer/songwriter, makes big decisions. On her latest record, Silver Skies, she eschewed the bush balladry for a more popular, at times folkie, sound. Now she’s moving in on the inner-city gig circuit. And obviously isn’t afraid of a challenge.
The Victorian-born, richly talented Storer, who now lives [...]