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Interview: Cradle of Filth

Interview: Cradle of Filth

  Cradle of Filth are a genre onto their own, fitting in where they like on the ever changing landscape of music. Over the years they have managed to maintain a legion of loyal fans the world over. Ahead of their Australian tour we caught up with them to discuss all things music. 

   Your music has been described as all kinds of genres, what genre do you best think it fits?

 I wouldn’t like to…

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News: MAMMAL RETURN WITH DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE 'COMMUNITY', ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

In August 2017, Mammal stepped out of the wilderness after 8 long years to announce a reunion show and tribal gathering in their home town of Melbourne. The show sold out within hours of tickets being released and needless to say went on to be one of the most intense and emotionally charged shows in the bands short, but action packed history. They quickly added 3 more shows in late 2017 with…

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News: NUSSY DROPS NEW SINGLE – TREMBLE

  In 2017, Melbourne synth-pop artist NUSSY was diagnosed with a benign cyst in one of her vocal folds. After the surgery, NUSSY was unable to speak or sing for several months, putting her music career on hold.

Following a full recovery, 2018 sees the return of NUSSY with the new single ‘Tremble’, a shimmering and bouncy pop number, an ode to the club dance-floor.

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News: AViVA back with latest single ‘BRN’

News: AViVA back with latest single ‘BRN’

Travelling between LA & Sydney, Australian independent recording artist AViVA unleashes her latest single ‘BRN’ announces coveted Groovin The Moo spot and national support to Tonight Alive.

  Since October AViVA has garnered over 24 million streams across all platforms, catapulting her name into the alternative YouTube underworld of Nightcore and the gaming community.  

  The songs have been…

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News: CONFIDENCE MAN RELEASE SINGLE 'OUT THE WINDOW' + ALBUM TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK + FIRST WEEKEND OF GROOVIN THE MOO TOUR COMPLETED

  With their debut album Confident Music for Confident People now released, and glowing reviews coming from media around the globe, today Confidence Man release a single ‘Out The Window’. The single comes on the eve of the start of their album tour and follows the first weekend of shows as part of the Groovin the Moo tour which saw them debut authentically confident costumes and dynamic lighting.

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News: JØUR releases standout single “American Nightmare"

News: JØUR releases standout single “American Nightmare”

Initially written about her struggles with trying to indulge the dream of a 9-5 job with a white house and picket fence, the song took on new life with the election of Donald Trump the subsequent state of the union. “I truly felt our country was not able to wake up from the nightmare it had made for itself,” JØUR explains.  “It’s hard for me to detach the song from our current national situation…

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News: Sometime Sonny has captured the vibes of his favorite coastal breaks a his new short ‘n sweet single “Don’t Say Much”.

News: Sometime Sonny has captured the vibes of his favorite coastal breaks a his new short ‘n sweet single “Don’t Say Much”.

Combining honest lyricism with breezy alt-rock arrangements, multi-instrumentalist Sometime Sonny has captured the vibes of his favourite coastal breaks and an uncomfortable party experience in his new short ‘n sweet single “Don’t Say Much”.

Don’t Say Much” was written in only 20 minutes, after coming home from an uncomfortable situation at a friend’s house party.

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News: DREAM ON DREAMER ANNOUNCE NATIONAL TOUR Dream on Dreamer recently announced the forthcoming release of It Comes and Goes, their 4th studio album and today the band announce they’ll be heading out on…

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News: COG 'ALTERED STATES' DROP - SINGLE + ANNOUNCE SHOWS

News: COG ‘ALTERED STATES’ DROP – SINGLE + ANNOUNCE SHOWS

    Sydney progressive rock trio Cog are set to release their second single this year. Following the release of The Middle, they’re back with a track that will blow you away, Altered States.

Recently, whilst Cog were working on The Middle they stumbled upon this track that they’d written and recorded during the Sharing Space period. And it sounded pretty cool. They remember playing it live a few…

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News: Red Fang Tour starts next week!

News: Red Fang Tour starts next week!

American sledgehammer stoner metal giants RED FANG are returning to Australia, so hold onto your beard, because things are going to get messy!

RED FANG, in its own nutty fashion, turn distortion rock into an imperious form of Rock Theatre, at times with its tongue rammed as far as its cheek muscles will contain it.

Joining the tour, will be local rockers DRUNK MUMS and you’d be hard pressed…

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  Karly Jewell, Boogie Man Bar Melbourne

When coming up to the Boggie Man Bar, a small bar that is placed on Melbourne’s busy Hoddle Street one could be confused to think you might have stumbled into an old milk bar – the kind of place where with just twenty cents from your Grandad could buy you a fistful of lollies and a smile back in the day. Its only the flickering of the sign above that lets patrons know that its a pub.

Upon entering the venue we are handed a shiny lanyard that reads:

Tonight’s the night that I thank you on behalf of my band, myself & our amazing support act. From the bottom of our Rock ‘n’ Roll Hearts.

I want you to be involved in tonight’s show more than ever- and here’s what you need to do:-

1. At the end of the show I ask that we all got to the coolest fire red hall way for a group shot of all you rockers and a big group shot out the front.

2. On the other side of this pamphlet is the chorus I want you all to sing with me- I’ll let you know when! We’re filming the show and I’d love to show my friends in the USA the music family I have here at Boogie Man.

Lets make my new song a big anthem so get your voices ready & your “Fuck Yeah’s” loud!

Flipping the lanyard over are the words the the chorus of ” Hell Won’t Let You In”

” I heard Hell won’t let you in But I’m walking through the fire, babe

I heard Hell won’t let you in But I’m walking though the fire, babe

I walk alone on an open road I got nothing else to lose And I’m on fire”

As she takes to the stage Karly is a pint sized rocker with a kick ass attitude and a lotta heart. She apologizes for being unwell during the week and her voice being affected , but sitting in the cozy bar she manages to rock out regardless.

Powering through hits ” Feels Like” , “Sid + Nancy” and ” I won’t cry” she also throws in a very cool cover of Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”, explaining that she thinks Idol resembles a vampire and she likes vampires, so he’s pretty cool with her; her cover is pretty cool with us.

At times she channels a young Suzi Demachi, Chrissy Amphlet or Sarah McLeoud and her performance is raw and honest. Her band back her with expert timing but still allow her to shine. She is the kind of front woman that you could throw in front of any band – a rock band or a metal band and she’d look and sound great.

The thing about Melbourne is that on any given night of the week you can wander into a bar some place that looks like live music doesn’t belong on the meager stage and dim light. If you’re lucky enough you might just stumble on a gem like Karly Jewell Band rocking out.

Words by Amanda Lee Starkey

Behind the Lens Sebastian Marino

Live Review: Karly Jewell Band Karly Jewell, Boogie Man Bar Melbourne When coming up to the Boggie Man Bar, a small bar that is placed on Melbourne's busy Hoddle Street one could be confused to think you might have stumbled into an old milk bar - the kind of place where with just twenty cents from your Grandad could buy you a fistful of lollies and a smile back in the day.

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Feature: Jeremy Loops- Things you don't know about the South African hit maker and Environmentalist

Not long now until Jeremy Loops hits Aussie shores! Here are some things we bet you don't know about Jeremy Loops..

  Not long now until Jeremy Loops hits Aussie shores! Here are some things we bet you don’t know about Jeremy Loops..

He is passionate about using his music to help spread awareness about the urgent is the real water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa, Jeremy’s home town. On course to be the first major city in the world to run out of water, taps to homes will be turned off on 22 April 2018, in…

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Album Review: Jeremy Loops ' Critical As Water'

Album Review: Jeremy Loops ‘ Critical As Water’

South Africa’s biggest contemporary export Jeremy Loops recently dropped his sophomore album ‘ Critical as Water’ seeing Loops take on a number of complex themes in the catchy free flowing album.

Opening with ‘ Gold’ the album is simple, yet fun with a number of catchy tunes to make the wave of hit after hit.  The album might be free flowing and fun, yet it explores the very real issues that…

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News: Veteran Detroit Rapper Obie Trice Announces ‘Cheers’ 15th Year Anniversary Australian Tour

The Real Name No Gimmicks rapper Obie Trice is hitting Australian shores this July to celebrate his album ‘Cheers’ 15th Year Anniversary. The title track “Cheers” celebrates Obie’s successful debut into the rap game after being in the Detroit underground for many years. The album’s title is a homage to the long running NBC sitcom of the same name. Topics Obie has touched on this album include his…

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  SIMPLE PLAN Forum Theatre Melbourne Monday 23rd April 2018 It’s been 12 years since multi-platinum pop-punk champions Simple Plan embarked on their first Australian headline tour off the back of their debut album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls (recently named in Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Greatest Pop Punk albums of all time) and while the boys have traveled down under many times since nothing could prepare fans for their rambunctious 15th Anniversary Tour.

A hoard of former Myspace scene girls and skater boys descended upon Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Monday night for the first of two sold-out shows in the city the band called ‘sophisticated and cultured.’ The show opened with a double dose of homegrown girl power with Brisbane rockers Stateside, and Newcastle’s alt-rock outfit Eat Your Heart Out taking to the stage to rally the crowd. Later that evening, Stateside vocalist Erin Reus joined Simple Plan to perform the duet Jet Lag alongside Pierre Bouvier, perfectly encapsulating the sense of longing and equalling Bouvier’s energetic stage presence. The Canadian quintet, short bassist David Desrosiers, took to the stage to perform their album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls in its entirety, before stage diving into an encore of seven other fan favourites including Shut Up and Summer Paradise as well as deep cuts dedicated to hardcore fans such as God Must Hate Me. As usual, the throwback show began with a whirling of spine-tingling sirens, warning fans of the onslaught to come before kicking into high gear with the snappy breakup tune I’d Do Anything, followed by a succession of catchy songs including I’m Just a Kid, Addicted, and Grow Up. The anniversary portion of the show concluded with a partly-acoustic performance of the brooding anthem Perfect – providing the show with its ‘phone light’ moment.

Donning their typical Role Model threads singer Pierre Bouvier and drummer Chuck Comeau engaged in playful banter, interacted with fans, and pulled a few lucky admirers onstage for a photo. Lead guitarist Jeff Stinco demonstrated his talents go far beyond four chords and rhythm guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre kept the crowd in fits of laughter with his incessant face-pulling.

Closing the show the band broke into the despondent anthem Welcome to My Life with the crowd drowning out the band as the belted the ever-relatable lyrics. While negative stigma has always surrounded nostalgic tours, Simple Plan are proving that you can play tribute to your past while continuing to move forward and with talk of a sixth record, speculated for release in 2019, fans can rest reassured that their favourite Canadian rockers aren’t hanging up their Vans anytime soon.

  Words by Monique La Terra

Behind the Lens Monique Pica

    Live Review: SIMPLE PLAN SIMPLE PLAN Forum Theatre Melbourne Monday 23rd April 2018 It’s been 12 years since multi-platinum pop-punk champions Simple Plan embarked on their first Australian headline tour off the back of their debut album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls (recently named in Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Greatest Pop Punk albums of all time) and while the boys have traveled down under many times since nothing could prepare fans for their rambunctious 15th Anniversary Tour.

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News: KENDRICK LAMAR ADDS SECOND AND FINAL MELBOURNE SHOW Saturday 14 July - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

MELBOURNE, AU (Apr 30, 2018) – After just announcing a second Sydney date, KENDRICK LAMAR has now added a second and final Melbourne date to The DAMN. Tour after the first sold out in less than 45 minutes this afternoon. The 2018 Pulitzer Prize and twelve-time GRAMMY Award winning artist will play Melbourne for a second time on Saturday 14 July at Rod Laver Arena. (Full details below)

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27 Listicle Series: Perch Creek

27 Listicle Series: Perch Creek

  Energetic folksters Perch Creek are back with a mischievous new single Gold Shop, a thrilling car-chase of a track. The family band have also announced a hilarious, vintage-inspired clip to accompany Gold Shop, directed alongside Honey Editorial.

We asked the band what they would buy if they ever found a ‘ gold shop’

If I could buy 5 things from a “gold shop”…

1) “After The Gold Rush”by Neil…