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FEIST

November 14th 2011 21:32
After four years, the Laneway Festival is especially honoured to welcome back FEIST. Having disappeared from the rather intense global spotlight for the past few years, Leslie Feist emerges with her new album, Metals, a typically gorgeous, acutely observational collection of tracks ranging from low rumbling and moody ambiences to those more brutal and intense. It’s a worthy follow-up to her already classic, award-winning and much loved albums Let It Die and The Reminder.

Feist’s live show is one of those musical experiences that you remember for the rest of your life. Overflowing with warmth, her engaging, charismatic stage presence makes for an unforgettable performance that deserves to be seen in an intimate theatre setting.


“A superb collection that looks quietly inward rather than fidgeting over global success” – The Vine

“Universally likeable” – Consequence of Sound

“Metals is invested in subtle, textural detail and shifting dynamics” – Pitchfork

Supported by triple j, Yen and The Vine



DATES AND VENUES

Wednesday 1st February 2012
Palais Theatre, Melbourne (All Ages)
Tickets through Ticketmaster.com.au / 136 100

On sale Thursday 24 November

Tuesday 7th February 2012
Enmore Theatre, Sydney (All Ages)
Tickets through Ticketek.com.au / 132 849

On sale Thursday 24 November

Thursday 9th February
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (All Ages)

Tickets through Venue*Tix, venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888

On sale now
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M83

November 14th 2011 21:24
Hot ticket alert. M83’s new lp Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is a sure contender for the Album of The Year. It’s an ambitious, sprawling, epic 22-track double album and it’s outstanding. We were massive fans of French electronic dream-pop artist Anthony Gonzales’ last album, Saturdays = Youth, but this is next level. Get it, put it on, turn it up and then grab tickets to one of the most anticipated gigs of the year.

“A riot of stadium-epic power drums, synth choruses set to Kate Bush and a runaway sax cut from Cut Copy’s cloth combine to excellent effect” – NME

“High-impact, dizzying synth-pop epic… Born on a vapour trail of dancefloor abandonement, it’s pure, digitized MDMA” – Time Out

9.1/10 (Best New Music) "The best M83 record yet" – Pitchfork

Presented by Pedestrian, FBi and Triple R



DATES AND VENUES

Friday 3rd February 2012
The Prince Bandroom, Melbourne (18plus)
Tickets through Moshtix.com.au or 1300 GET TIX (438 849)

On sale Friday 18 November

Thursday 9th February 2012
Metro Theatre, Sydney (18plus)
Tickets through Ticketek.com.au / 132 849

On sale Friday 18 November
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Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall

November 10th 2011 03:13
To celebrate the forthcoming release of the DVD ADELE Live At The Royal Albert Hall, a series of one-off cinema premieres will be held for Adele fans across 26 cities around the world this November.

Adele

These amazing events are free for Adele’s fans and tickets can be applied for now from Adele’s website www.adele.tv. On Adele’s site, fans will find a specific page containing full information for all the global screenings and will be able to click on to the venue closest to them for their ticket, date and timing information.

There will be one Australian screening held in Sydney:

Saturday 19 November
Hoyts Cinema, Sydney 6.30pm

Click here to apply to attend

Grammy award winner Adele is renowned for her live performances and Live At The Royal Albert Hall, recorded at the height of her amazing year, showcases exactly why Adele has become one of the most sought after performers in the world.Live At The Royal Albert Hall will be available on both DVD and Blu Ray formats on Friday 25 November 2011 via XL Recordings / Remote Control, and features the full 90 minute performance and behind the scenes footage.

The package also contains an exclusive live CD of the entire show. This is the first time fans will be able to hear all of Adele’s hits and most loved songs on one CD, plus her stunning covers of Bonnie Raitt’s 'If I Can’t Make You Love Me' and The Steeldrivers 'If It Hadn’t Been For Love'. 2011 has been an incredible year for Adele with her multi-platinum selling album 21 sitting at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts for 23 weeks. 21 has become the biggest selling album in the world this year, having sold 13 million copies and counting and topping the charts in 20 countries.

Adele has also recently won awards at both the VMAs and EMAs in the US and Europe, as well as 'Best Track' and 'Best Female Artist' at the Q Awards in London. Locally, 21 is nine times platinum and has sold over 630,000 copies in Australia.

Watch the trailer for Live At The Royal Albert Hall HERE:
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Stunning debut from Lester

November 1st 2011 21:58
MELBOURNE CHANTEUSE
LESTER THE FIERCE
DELIVERS STUNNING DEBUT



Lester The Fierce is the newest project from Anita Lester, the irresistable chanteuse who is set to release her stunning debut EP 'The Summer Deluge’ this November.

Formerly of Melbourne band ‘Me and the Growunps’, Lester – the visual artist turned performer – describes her music as ‘dark cinematic folk rock’ with the lyrics playing an integral part of Lester The Fierce. A well-known individual in the Melbourne creative scene, Lester has sung at various local and interstate events, including Old Melbourne Gaol (a highly successful Radiohead tribute concert), the iconic Speigeltent and more.

‘The Summer Deluge’ EP comprises of four songs – each bleak but beautiful and full, surrounding the subject in title – the songs portrays the feeling of rain and water in the heat of the Australian Summer. In true form, Lester illustrates her experiences of love and death in a unique and often graphic way. There is a certain discomfort about the subject matter, however, it is adequately balanced by her gritty but classical voice. Recorded by Colin Leadbetter (responsible for records such as Whitely’s ‘Go Forth, Find Mammoth’), ‘The Summer Deluge’ maintains an organic and almost nostalgic feel. The songs are reminiscent of 1960’s folk, but also have the production values to support the cinematic and Kate Bush-esque influences.


UPCOMING SHOW:

MELBOURNE 20th November @ Pure Pop, 4pm (more dates TBA)
Listen to first single “Holland” (released 1st November) here.
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

October 18th 2011 02:52
Documentary

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Directed by Martin Scorsese and with a running time of over three hours it really promises to offer an in depth rendition of Harrison's story from his early life in Liverpool, through the phenomenal success of Beatlemania and beyond including that early act of rock generosity long before the days of Band Aid et al, the Concert For Bangladesh.

Like Scorsese’s 2005 portrait of Dylan, No Direction Home, …Material World comes with a wealth of unseen material that includes home movies and letters, and is similarly split into two parts: basically, the 1960s and everything else. It is a massive achievement to make The Beatles’ story fresh, but Scorsese evidently does so, partly by taking George’s undervalued side, but mostly via an assemblage that hurtles us with visceral force from Hamburg (“the naughtiest city in the world,” recalls George) through the craziness of Beatlemania.

George Harrison
Throughout 2008 and 2009, Scorsese alternated working between his film Shutter Island and the documentary.

Then the documentary premièred at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool on 2 October 2011.

It was shown on HBO in two parts on 5 and 6 October 2011 in the US and Canada.

One of the moments highlighted: George evidently hearing a voice in his head saying, “The Yogis of the Himalayas” during his first acid induced head-trip and then shortly afterwards meeting Ravi Shankar, who had a profound influence over him (despite the fact he was not a yogi or from Nepal or Bhutan in the Himalayas): Of Shankar, Harrison said, “He was the first person who impressed me.”

Scorsese’s documentary consists of previously unseen footage and interviews with wife Olivia and daughter Dhani Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr who provides a blunt assessment of Harrison when he says, “He was a bag of beads and a bag of anger.”

George’s well known travels to India brought about many cherished influences of Indian culture and spirituality to his music and consequently featured greatly in the expansion of The Beatles’ sound at a critical time in their development. In fact his love affair with India never really ended as it continued on with the Maharishi and the Krishna movement, although Harrison credits Shankar with helping him reconnect to his public.

Also interviewed are Yoko Ono, George Martin, Klaus Voormann and funny man Eric Idle, who explains how in his willingness to bankroll Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian by mortgaging his beloved gothic pile in Surrey. “It’s still the most anyone has ever paid for a cinema ticket.”

Mukunda Goswami, Eric Clapton, Astrid Kirchherr, Tom Petty and the notorious Phil Spector are other fascinating people who provide insight into Harrison’s life and career.

Scorsese says he was attracted to the project because "That subject matter has never left me...The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you. His music is very important to me, so I was interested in the journey that he took as an artist. The film is an exploration. We don't know. We're just feeling our way through."

It has been said the contradictions that ran through Harrison are well known: he was the multi-millionaire who preached detachment from materialism, the green gardener who loved sports cars, the spiritual seeker with a coke habit; Scorsese, a Catholic boy fascinated by gangsterdom, clearly recognises a fellow conflicted soul. It sounds like an entertaining and provocatively informative essay on one of the more fascinating musicians of the last century.

Send an email explaining why you’d like to sit through the documentary in twentyfive words or less to Sound Pet and you may just win a copy of the DVD thanks to our friends at Roadshow.
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Jam & Jerusalem coming to DVD in Australia

October 11th 2011 02:42
Jam & Jerusalem

This is the British comedy-drama written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson that originally aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009, with an ensemble cast that included Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, David Mitchell and Sally Phillips. Joanna Lumley and Doreen Mantle feature in earlier episodes.

The title phrase has traditionally been associated with the Women's Institute in England and Wales, who are popularly supposed to devote much time to the making of jam, and for whom the hymn Jerusalem is the unofficial anthem. In America it was known as Clatterford as the program centres on a Women's Guild in a fictional small West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary and the Americans would not necessarily understand the jam or Jerusalem references.

The program has no laugh track and is not recorded before a studio audience so it maintains a level of pathos as well as genuine humour as delivered by the wit and observational satire created by Saunders in work such as Absolutely Fabulous.

Jennifer Saunders’ real life daughters, Ella, Beattie and Freya Edmondson, all appear in the show. Beattie and Freya as the daughters of Saunders’ character, Caroline, also named Beattie and Freya respectively. Ella Edmondson a singer and musician appears performing a song from her Hold Your Horses album.

The story is based around Sal, a local practice nurse and her best friend the surgery's indiscreet receptionist, Tip. Both of whom, given their jobs, are at the centre of community life. Sal however is not a member of her local Women's Guild, but after the death of husband, the local GP, and the loss of her job, she soon joins. Tip is married to a farmer, Colin. The chairwoman of the Women's Guild is Eileen Pike, who always wears her chains of office. Other members include lollipop lady Queenie, elderly church organist Delilah Stagg and Rosie, a cleaner who has an angry and rude alter ego called Margaret.

There are three series of the show and it generated quite a following as it played on Australian screens. Soon it will be available on DVD and those who missed out on the fun of the program will be able to judge for themselves. It certainly would make an excellent present for the mothers and grandmothers who have come from the UK and enjoy the rich characterisations created and the gentle satire of the country village life.

Jam and Jerusalem

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MADELEINE PEYROUX AUS 2012

October 10th 2011 02:22
MADELEINE PEYROUX

AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED!

The Frontier Touring Company isdelighted to announce the return of American songstress MADELEINE PEYROUX. Peyroux will beembarking on an Australian national tour and New Zealand show in March 2012.

Peyroux’s last trip toAustralia was as the special guest of Diana Krall in March 2010. The success ofthese shows has prompted her to play a string of headline dates much to theexcitement of her Australian fan base.

MADELEINE PEYROUX


Peyroux is touring in support of herfifth solo album Standing On The Rooftop,released in June 2011. This album showcases a different direction for Peyrouxand highlights her ability to successfully reinvent her music; her latest albumhas elements of American roots sounds as well as her signature jazz inspired tone.



Many will recall the unforgettable songs from Peyroux’s highly praised 2004 album Careless Love and 2006’s Half The Perfect World. During her captivating live showfans can expect the songbird to enchant and delight with her exquisite voice.



“... Ms.Peyroux ... has branched out to refine an enigmatic, low-key personal stylethat is all her own.” – New YorkTimes



“While her vocals have certainly earned her many fans, perhaps her truest gift is her impeccable taste in material.” – PasteMagazine



“The program is richly and elegantly painted with modern production touches even as its songs are rooted in the historical past of classic Americana.” – All Music



Don’t miss your chance to see Madeleine Peyroux in concert as she brings her beautifully engaging act to Australia and New Zealand.



MADELEINE PEYROUX

MARCH 2012



Frontier Members pre-sale via frontiertouring.com 2pm AEDT* Thu 13Oct to 2pm AEDT* Fri 14 Oct

GeneralPublic on sale from 9am local time, Tue 18 Oct

*Pleasenote Daylight Savings time



Tue 6Mar Town Hall, Auckland,NZ All Ages

The Edge Ticketing 0800 289 842 or the-edge.co.nz



Thu 8 Mar QPACConcert Hall, Brisbane,QLD All Ages

Qtix 136 246 or www.qpac.com.au



Fri 9Mar Opera House, Sydney,NSW All Ages

Sydney Opera House02 9250 7777 or sydneyoperahouse.com

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au



Tue 13 Mar AECTheatre, Adelaide,SA All Ages

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au



Wed 14 Mar PalaisTheatre, Melbourne,VIC All Ages

Ticketmaster 136100 or ticketmaster.com.au



Fri 16Mar Riverside Theatre, Perth,WA All Ages

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

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Rabbit Hole

October 2nd 2011 04:13

Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Lead Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest

Grief is difficult. It doesn’t matter which way you look at it, and by degrees it doesn’t matter what the grief is about – it waits around until there is a moment when it seems less like grief and more like a memory. I doubt you ever really get over anything that causes grief.

Rabbit Hole is a simple film that follows a husband and wife through par of their grieving after the loss of a young son who has been run over chasing his dog into the street. It is a gentle movie. The complexity of the script is quite brilliant on some levels, for example there is a slow emotional burn of the man (Aaron Eckhart) and woman (Nicole Kidman) who have lost their son as they deal with mundane realities.

Do they keep his bedroom as it was? Do they get rid of the treasured dog that he ran out into the street after? It is all very painful to watch at times, but as they come around to accepting that there must be a future beyond the sadness and loss they feel, it becomes happy in a way. Happy in the sense that it shows there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

The film is not too long and is paced well enough so as not to get too turgid. Performances from the lead cast are all extremely good. Nicole Kidman as the wife/mother does a fine job and Dianne Wiest as her mother who has also lost a son under different circumstances is quite lovely to watch. Aaron Eckhart continues to impress with his mixture of sensitivity and masculinity.




It is not likely to be the sort of film people rush off to see because it is after all quite a sad thing, but if you have been feeling down and out this could bring you some hope in so much as it shows the simple and gradual way people take back their lives without falling into the traps that seem quite a cliché – a dalliance outside of the norm for both the husband and the wife do not lead to an inevitable marriage breakdown or great angst.

There are moments where you will understand that loss – be it in the form of a child, a good friend or even a time in your life when things were very different ultimately shares a lot of space shape-wise on the emotional landscape, and this unassuming little film may bring a touch of comfort to your heart in that process.


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Semaphore Music Festival Record Fair

September 20th 2011 01:13
WHAT - Semaphore Music Festival Record Fair

WHEN - Sunday, the 2nd of October, 11am to 5pm

WHERE -
Masonic Hall, 66 Semaphore Road, Semaphore
(on the corner of Semaphore Road and Ward Street)

HOW MUCH - entry is FREE

20 traders will have over 30 tables of stock for sale, including vinyl records, CDs, music books, DVDs, memorabilia and more, both new & secondhand.

This is just a small part of the annual Semaphore Music Festival, which is a four day live music event held over the October long weekend in the beachside suburb.

For more information, e-mail Vic Flierl on phone 0400 223 454.

Please note that daylight saving starts on the night of Saturday the 1st of October, so clocks need to be wound FORWARD one hour.

Semaphore Music Festival

Sept 30 – 3 October, 2011

SEMAPHORE SONGS feature at the SEMAPHORE MUSIC FESTIVAL, 30 SEPT TO 3 OCT, 2011

The Semaphore Music Festival is delighted to announce ‘Semaphore Songs’ will feature Adelaide's finest singer/songwriters including Heather Frahn, Don Morrison, John Baker, Soursob Bob, Emily Davis, Cal Williams Jnr, Mick Kidd, Melody Feder, Glenn Skuthorpe, Matt Swayne & Elizabeth Reid. These respected artists will write songs based on stories, incidents, events and memories from this unique area of South Australia.

The Semaphore Songs will feature at the 2011 Semaphore Music Festival providing the opportunity to celebrate local culture through the creation of music and song. The songwriters will present their compositions at the RSL on Monday 3rd October at 2pm – 4.30pm compered by Eileen Darley, funded by Arts SA and APRA.

Other artists who will feature at Semaphore Music Festival over the October Long Weekend include singer/songwriter and legendary Dingoes front man, Broderick Smith with guitarist Matt Walker together with alt. country band The Yearlings at the Workers Club on Friday 30th September. Byron Bay songstress Sara Tindley will launch her new album and begin her national tour at the SMF. Award winning country music artist Danny Hooper will appear with Melody Feder at the RSL. Cowpunks Longhorn and the outrageous Fluffy consort at the Semaphore Hotel - and that’s on the first night!

Other events featured during the Semaphore Music Festival are three days of free concerts on the Foreshore Reserve featuring the artists previously mentioned and others on Saturday, Sunday and Monday 11am – 6pm. On the Labour Day Holiday Rockabilly Mayhem rules on the Foreshore Reserve with five local acts including the Baskervilles, Saturday’s Army, Dead Lucky, The Saucermen and The Silverados.



The Foreshore Reserve will have umbrellas painted by local residents on the theme of the Carousel providing a backdrop of colour and shade to the event. There will be delicious healthy food, visual arts and merchandise stalls as well as APRA singer songwriters’ panels, ukulele workshops, an instrument makers’ exhibition, a record fair at the Masonic Hall as well as Buskers at Mr V Music.

The closing event at the Palais on Monday features The Rustlers, Prawnhead and The Satellites. Go to www.semaphoremusicfestival.com for the full program.

‘This is without a doubt the biggest line-up of South Australian contemporary music artists that the Semaphore Music Festival has ever hosted with over 50 local and interstate acts. The quality, talent and variety of performers show that Semaphore Music Festival has earned its place on the South Australian and national festival calendar,’ says Debra Thorsen, Event Organiser. The SMF is proudly supported through the SA Government South Australian Tourism Commission, Arts SA, City of Port Adelaide Enfield and APRA.

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THE DEVILS RAIN AUSTRALIAN TOUR

September 7th 2011 00:55
THE DEVILS RAIN AUSTRALIAN TOUR - NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2011!

In 1977, the dawn of punk, the Misfits were born. This year, over three decades later, they descend on Australia, with a legacy of musical history that has withstood the test of time. The Misfits hit up Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide in November / December.

From inception, the Misfits were primal. Their music was aggressive, confrontational and dangerous with violent lyrics, coupled with timeless vocal melodies bred from 1950’s rock and roll. Immortalizing black and white horror films in their music, the Misfits developed a ghoulish and totally unique persona. It was the early days of anarchy and they had created a rebellion all of their own.

The Misfits have endured hardcore’s heyday as punk rock’s monster squad, a band whose cult following - a coven known as the Fiend Club - inspired them to continue to write, record and tour. Influential rock peers Guns 'n Roses, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Hatebreed, NoFX and Sick Of It All, are amongst some who have offered musical tributes in ode to the Misfits.

It is the Misfits' all-encompassing and fierce DIY mentality that continues to drive their efforts. They craft their own instruments - from their guitars, amps and drums - down to the studded leather and jackets, and their own elaborate stage sets. Highly collectible and sought after memorabilia featuring the iconic "Fiend Skull" has appeared in films and on television and continues to be worn publicly by actors, musicians and athletes. The impact of the Misfits and their music on pop culture has become a phenomenon in and of itself.



Today, they remain more topical and more sought after than ever before. After a split with former singer Glenn Danzig in the mid 1980's and a decade-long legal battle, the band are now fronted by founding member Jerry Only (Bass/Vocals) with former Black Flag alum Dez Cadena on guitar, and Eric 'El Chupacabra' Arce (formally of Murphy's Law) behind the kit. The Misfits continue to sell out shows and draw thousands of fans night after night around the globe.

One thing is certain, The Misfits are here to stay and once again, every day is Halloween.

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment, Blunt Magazine and Tone Deaf bring the Misfits to Australia! 
Tickets on sale from Wednesday 14 September. The Misfits release their 7th studio album ‘The Devil’s Rain’ later this year on the ‘Misfits Records’ imprint label.

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment, Blunt Magazine and Tone Deaf presents…

MISFITS - DEVILS RAIN AUSTRALIAN TOUR!

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – CAPITAL THEATRE, PERTH

Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au

THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY

Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au

FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER – HIFI, BRISBANE

Tickets available from www.thehifi.com.au (1300-THEHIFI) or from Butterbeats, Last Wave Watersports Gladstone, Piotto's Music Gifts & Casket Agency Ingham, Uni Co-op Bookshop Sunshine Coast, Anarchy Clothing Mackay, Revolver Compact Discs Townsville

SATURDAY 3 DECEMBER – HIFI, MELBOURNE

Tickets available from www.thehifi.com.au (1300-THEHIFI), or from Polyester Records-CBD & Fitzroy, Sight n Sound - Northcote & Boronia

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER – FOWLERS, ADELAIDE

Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au
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