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February 18th 2010 09:14

Watch and Listen to John Cale's Keynote Online

On February 15 underground rock royalty and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale, cut the red ribbon for Modular and Sydney Festival's Circa 1979: Signal to Noise with a Keynote speech at the Seymour Centre.

Hipsters rubbed shoulders with electronic pioneers in a packed out York Theatre as Cale showed off a few snaps and described working with the likes of Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Happy Mondays, The Stooges and LCD Soundsystem before capping things off with a mind blowing rendition of "Heart Break Hotel."

If you missed the speech or want to listen/watch it again, ABC's Big Ideas are streaming it online.

January 28, 2010 at 10:23am in circa 1979: signal to noise

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JONATHAN BOULET - NEW SINGLE TOUR RICE SHAKER

February 18th 2010 08:59

With Jonathan Boulet’s first ever Australian headline tour kicking off this week MODULAR are celebrating in charitable style. After wooing every man and his dog with his debut single "A Community Announcement", Jono is set to release single number two, the stirring "North To South East To You" on March 15.

Not being one to muck around, Jono re-recorded a ’stripped back’ version of the tune over the weekend in his garage, and sent to us to share with you all. This version will be included on the single release, alongside the music video.

Head HERE to download it.

There's a brand new interview and part one in a series of video tour diaries for you to enjoy, posted up on the ol’ Mod Peeps for your enjoyment. Also make sure you tune into triple j this coming Friday morning around 7.50 AM to hear Jono re-work a classic on Like A Version.

Not being one to rest, Jono has set his fans some homework. At his request, the young man would like you all to bring along your own homemade rice shaker to help get the festivities going. Don’t know how to make one? No problem - download Boulet’s simple how-to guide.

Those dates are:

Thursday February 18
Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Friday February 19
Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Wednesday February 24
The Harp, Wollongong NSW
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Thursday February 25
ANU, Canberra ACT

Friday February 26
Cambridge, Newcastle NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Wednesday March 3
Beach Road Hotel, Bondi NSW

Friday March 5
Rocket Bar, Adelaide SA
Tickets from venuetix.com.au

Saturday Mar 6
Fly By Night, Fremantle WA
Tickets from flybynight.org and the Box Office - 08 9430 5976

Thursday March 11
Great Northern, Byron Bay NSW
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Friday March 12
Elsewhere, Gold Coast QLD
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Saturday March 13
Fans, Brisbane QLD

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ART vs SCIENCE go GOLD

February 18th 2010 08:10

Fresh from loping in at #2 and #74 on triple j's Hottest 100, Sydney's ART vs SCIENCE have recently achieved Gold status in the ARIA Charts for their the eponymous debut EP (out through Green/MGM). The Hottest 100 result also effected the re-entry of the EP into the Top 5 on iTunes and back into the ARIA Top 40. It is currently sitting at no. 1 on the physical singles chart.

Released last May, the independently-released 5-track EP contains radio favourites Parlez-Vous Francais?, Hollywood, Flippers and Friend in the Field. Its performance in the charts was no doubt augmented by the three piece's scene-stealing live show, which has seen the band play at countless festivals and sold-out gigs around the country over the past 12 months.

ART vs SCIENCE have again teamed up with producer/engineer Berkfinger and are currently in the studio writing and recording their anticipated debut long-player. The album - to be released independently through Green/MGM, with label services assistance from Parallel Management - is due out in June 2010. Keep an ear out for the first single in April.

TOUR DATES

16 Feb 2010 ENMORE THEATRE supporting GOSSIP, Sydney - onstage 8.35pm

19 Feb 2010 ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT Adelaide

20 Feb 2010 GOOD VIBRATIONS @ PARKLANDS SHOWGROUNDS Gold Coast

21 Feb 2010 GOOD VIBRATIONS @ FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE Melbourne

11 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ PADDINGTON ALE HOUSE Perth

12 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ LIVE Adelaide

13 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ PADDY'S Albury

25 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ TIVOLI Queensland

26 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ CLUB COFFS Coffs Harbour

27 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ NEWCASTLE PANTHERS Newcastle

27 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ LUNA PARK Sydney

www.myspace.com/artvsscience

www.facebook.com/artvsscience

www.artvsscience.net

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AC/DC: Black Ice Tour

February 8th 2010 01:18

AC/DC: Black Ice Tour

When tickets went on sale in Australia recently, they smashed all previous records. It became the fast selling tour in Australian history. Across Australia, AC/DC hit fever pitch where fans queued overnight then snapped up 520,000 tickets in 3 hours!!

AC/DC will blast their way through Australia with one of the largest stage productions ever seen. The production will be moved around the country by 48 semi-trailers.

“AC/DC remain the gold standard for arena spectacle rock’n’roll.” - The Times (UK)

“Rock ‘n’ roll that outlasts time.” - Chicago Tribune

“It's been way too long since someone tore the roof off the place like this.” - Orange County Register (LA)

Don’t miss the rock event of the summer!!

Presented by: Garry Van Egmond and Chugg Entertainment

With Special Guest: Wolfmother

AC/DC the greatest rock and roll band on the planet, who have sold over 200 million records worldwide, return home to Australia in February 2010 as part of the Black Ice World Tour.

It will be the band's first Australian tour since January 2001 and will - without any question - be the most spectacular rock show ever staged in this country.

AC/DC will blast their way through each of the five major capital cities where they will appear at outdoor stadiums with one of the largest stage productions ever seen. The production will be moved around the country by 48 semi-trailers during February and March 2010.

TOUR DATES:*
Thu 18, Sat 20 & Mon 22 Feb - ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Thu 25 & Sat 27 Feb - QSAC, Brisbane
Tue 2 Mar - Adelaide Oval
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.

Running times:

Sydney*
GA Gates Open From: 5.30pm
Seated Gates Open: 5.45pm
Calling All Cars: 6.45pm
Wolfmother: 7.45pm
AC/DC: 8.55pm
Approx Finish: 11pm
* Times approximate and subject to change

Adelaide & Brisbane*
GA Gates Open From: 5.30pm
Seated Gates Open: 5.45pm
Calling All Cars: 6.15pm
Wolfmother: 7.15pm
AC/DC: 8.25pm
Approx Finish: 10.30pm
* Times approximate and subject to change

WOLFMOTHER
Supporting AC/DC
11/02/2010 Etihad Stadium Melbourne VIC
13/02/2010 Etihad Stadium Melbourne VIC
15/02/2010 Etihad Stadium Melbourne VIC
18/02/2010 ANZ Stadium Sydney NSW
20/02/2010 ANZ Stadium Sydney NSW
22/02/2010 ANZ Stadium Sydney NSW
25/02/2010 QSAC Brisbane QLD
27/02/2010 QSAC Brisbane QLD
02/03/2010 Adelaide Oval Adelaide SA
06/03/2010 Subiaco Oval Perth WA
08/02/2010 Subiaco Oval Perth WA

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The Slew

February 3rd 2010 14:31

In one of the most exciting collaborations to grace the stage in years, Canadian turntable masters Kid Koala and Dynomite D team up with former Wolfmother crew Chris Ross and Myles Heskett to create a psych/heavy-rock-drenched project The Slew.

The Slew’s album ‘100%’ is out now through Ninja Tune/Inertia.

Kid Koala proudly presents The Slew Live featuring a hefty six turntables with Chris and Myles from Wolfmother on bass and drums. Hitting up major capital cities across Australia in May, it’s rock turntablism like you’ve never seen it before.

Four and a half years ago, Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) started working on a rock record. The pair, who met on the Beastie Boys tour in 1998, had been approached to soundtrack a documentary feature film. The film was eventually abandoned, but with Mario Caldato (longtime producer for Beastie Boys) on board for mixing, San and Frombach were already deep into the psych rock-influenced score and there was no turning back.

Teaming up with Chris Ross and Myles Heskett – the former rhythm section of Grammy Award-winning band Wolfmother – The Slew set out to put together a full-blown rock band experience to do justice to the material in a live setting. And justice was served: The truly excessive six turntables, drum, bass, keyboard and wall of amps that made their way across North America this October made for a full-on raw, pummeling rock experience. The Slew bring attitude back to the turntable unlike anything you’ve ever heard.

Presented by Handsome Tours, triple j, inthemix.com.au, 3D World, Beat and Scene Magazine

Kid Koala Presents The Slew: Live
Six turntables meets the Ex-Wolfmother Rhythm Section

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2010

Wednesday 5 May 2010
The Zoo, Brisbane
Tickets online from the venue and Oztix. In stores at Rockinghorse Records (City), Kill The Music (City), Butterbeats (City & Valley), Bombay Rock (Townsville), Cooly Hotel (Coolangatta), Disasterpiece (Southport), Gooble Warming
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and Scene Magazine

Thursday 6 May 2010
Metro Theatre, Sydney
Tickets from Metro Theatre Box Office; 02 9550 2990 or Online, and Ticketek
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and 3D World

Wednesday 12 May 2010
Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets from Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), ph. 9427 9198 or online www.cornerhotel.com. Also available at Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy store)
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and Beat

Friday 14 May 2010
The Rosemount, Perth
Tickets from Heatseeker, Moshtix and 78 Records
The Slew are also appearing at Groovin The Moo Festival nationally.
Check www.groovinthemoo.com for more details

The Slew’s album ‘100%’ is out now through Ninja Tune/Inertia.

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Al Di Meola with World Sinfonia

January 10th 2010 03:56

Al Di Meola with World Sinfonia
Touring Australia & New Zealand
from March 2010

Legendary guitarist, Al Di Meola is bringing his 6-piece Latin Jazz Fusion band World Sinfonia to our shores in March 2010. One of the most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field, Al Di Meola’s dazzling technique on both acoustic and electric guitars is unmatched, extending to fluid arpeggios flying at breakneck speed and beautiful, slow vibrato-laden melodies.

The tour commences in Perth and extends through NSW, Queensland, New Zealand, Tasmania, South Australia and ACT. Provocative and enchanting, Al Di Meola’s intriguing union of complex rhythms, lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmonies ensures an unforgettable aural sensation.

Known for his guitar mastery, Al Di Meola has twenty one recordings, three gold albums and has recorded and played with a number of illustrious names including Paul Simon, Phil Collins, Santana, Luciano Pavarotti, Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Chick Corea, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jaco Pastorius, Les Paul, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Vai, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, and many more.

Early in his career Al Di Meola was bestowed a Grammy, as part of Chick Corea’s Return To Forever. He has been voted World’s Best Guitarist several times by Guitar Player Magazine and has had sold out concerts across the world including Bulgaria and the United States.

Al Di Meola’s finds inspiration in music cultures across the world including sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Israel and the Mediterranean and in acoustic genres such as flamenco and the tango. The depth of his writing along with the soulfulness of his guitar expression have won this guitar virtuoso legions of fans worldwide, having played over many years to sell out shows across Europe, Canada and his native USA.
Of Di Meola, Guitar historian Robert Lynch said: “In the history of the electric guitar, no one figure has done more to advance the instrument in a purely technical manner than Al Di Meola. His total command of the various styles and scales is simply mind-boggling.”

Al Di Meola
with World Sinfonia
Australian & New Zealand Tour
MARCH & APRIL 2009

Perth Concert Hall
March 5
08 9231 9900

Sydney City Recital Hall Angel PlaceMarch 7
02 8256 2222
Bellingen Memorial Hall
March 9
02 6655 1522

Byron Bay High SchoolMarch 10

Enmore Theatre Sydney
March 12
02 9550 3666

The Basement, Sydney
March 13
02 9251 2797

Christchurch James Hay
BrisbaneMarch 15
136 246
Kuranda Amphitheatre
New ZealandMarch 16
1300 762 545

Auckland The Great Hall
March 18
0800 289 842

James Hay Theatre Christchurch
March 19
03366 8899

Wellington Opera House
March 22
04384 3840

Hobart City HallMarch 24
1300 762 545
Melbourne Hamer Hall
March 25
1300 182 183
Adelaide Her Majesty’s Theatre
March 26
08 8216 8600

Canberra Royal Theatre March 27
02 6243 5711

Newcastle Civic Theatre
March 29
02 4929 1977
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
March 30
02 8839 3399

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WOW | Big Day Out | Sydney

January 16th 2009 00:11

Check out WOW as a 4 piece at the Big Day Out in Sydney Friday 23rd Jan.

See WOW on the Hot Produce stage at 1:20pm. It's only their third show as a live 4 piece. There will be lots of surprises.

Drum Media

WOW member Bree (top right) is on the front cover of Drum Media this week, posing with other BDO Hot Produce stage band members, Kiss from The Scare and Sarah from theredsunband. Read the full interview online or in this weeks issue.

Mailer Daemon Tennis

Mailer Daemon recently remixed WOW song No Aspirations. Download it here (Z Share)

They recently recorded Tennis covering Future Ghost. Download it here (Z Share)

There are other remixes by Bumblebeez, Pink Frost and Drugmoney available to download on our myspace now.

WOW also have these shows coming up:

Sunday 8th Feb - Playground Weekender, Wiseman's Ferry
WOW Web Site

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OZPLOITATION RESURRECTION!

August 11th 2008 05:46

Fresh from the premiere of the new Australian documentary NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD as the opening night of the Melbourne Film Festival, Chauvel Cinema is proud to present OZPLOITATION!, an exclusive opportunity to revisit a series of iconic but overlooked gems of Australian cinema on the big screen at Chauvel.

Wild, thrilling, bloody and action-packed, OZPLOITATION films are the 'alternate' masterpieces of the Australian cinema story. These pictures, which broke all the rules, sprung from the introduction of the R classification certificate in 1971, a change that opened the door to progressive, gratuitous & explicit genre cinema.

A counterpoint to the celebrated art cinema of the time that included PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and MY BEAUTIFUL CAREER, OZPLOITATION films drew on the wellspring of demand from drive-in and grindhouse theatres worldwide, and were almost always the first pictures to make their money back, yet they've never been seriously discussed or recognized in Australian culture, until now.

The Chauvel OZPLOITATION! series will re-introduce Sydney audiences to seven masterpieces of the era: The 'Aussie Alfred Hitchcock' Richard Franklin's gripping thrillers ROADGAMES and PATRICK; the great Australian biker film STONE; Russell Mulcahy's often imitated RAZORBACK; the supernatural thriller about the wrath of Mother Nature LONG WEEKEND; and Brian Trenchard-Smith's explosive 80s classics DEAD-END DRIVE IN and TURKEY SHOOT.

A truly unique period in Australian Cinema!

OZPLOITATION! 7 NIGHTS ONLY!
PATRICK (1978) – 6:30pm Wednesday 3 September
DEAD-END DRIVE IN (1986) - 6:30pm Friday 5 September
TURKEY SHOOT (1982) – 6.30pm Wednesday 10 September
LONG WEEKEND (1978) – 6.30pm Friday 12 September (Brand new 35mm print!)
ROAD GAMES (1981) – 6.30pm Wednesday 17 September
STONE (1974) – 6.30pm Friday 19 September (Session presented by director Sandy Harbutt!)
RAZORBACK (1984) – 6.30pm Wednesday 24 September

ADVANCE TICKETS NOW ON SALE:
Adult $14, Concession $12, Senior/Pensioner $9.00
Season Pass (all films)- $70.00

Tickets available in person from the Chauvel box office (Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington) or online.

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