Added on May 10, 2011
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2011 , Australia , Bat For Lashes , Bluejuice , Cloud Control , Coldplay , Dew Process , Good Vibrations , Kanye West , Kele , Laneway , music festivals , Pulp , Regina Spektor , Secret Sounds , SITG2011 , Spiritualized , Splendour in the Grass , The Cure , The Living End , The Vines , Vivid , Warpaint , Wild Beasts , Woodfordia
The reason Splendour hasn’t sold out instantaneously, as it normally does, is that the line-up doesn’t justify the price.
Added on February 3, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Australian Music Prize , Cloud Control , Dan Kelly , Dom Alessio , Eddy Current Suppression Ring , Gareth Liddiard , hip-hop , Lisa Mitchell , Melbourne , Mess And Noise , music industry , Pikelet , red bull , richard in your mind , Sally Seltmann , Sydney , Tame Impala , The Holidays
Is the Australian music industry – ‘alternative’ or not – racist at its heart
Added on February 2, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Australian Music Prize , Brisbane , Cloud Control , Dan Kelly , Dom Alessio , Eddy Current Suppression Ring , Gareth Liddiard , kyü , Lisa Mitchell , Melbourne , Mess And Noise , music industry , My Disco , Noel Mengen , Pikelet , red bull , richard in your mind , Richard Kingsmill , Sally Seltmann , Steve Bell , Sydney , Tame Impala , The Drones , The Holidays , Washington
I got the impression the AMP was supposed to cover ALL forms of music, not just indie. Isn’t Australia known for its hip-hop? Its hardcore?
Added on October 4, 2010
Everett True
ABC , AIR , AMP , ARIAs , Australian Independent Music Awards , Cloud Control , independent , Mercury Music Award , Mess And Noise , Michael Azerrad , Passenger Side , QMusic , QSong Awards , Silverchair , The Vine
Folk are getting hot under the collar about the recent Jagermeister-sponsored AIR (Australian Independent Music) awards. Particularly the awarding of the “best independent album” category to Cloud Control for Bliss Release, an album distributed by Universal Music. And also particularly at the fact the host of the “independent” music awards was one of Nova 969 […]