Ever since that fateful day in 1991 when Angry Anderson drove out onto Waverley Park in a blue Batmobile, the question of whether music has a place on the AFL football field has been posed again and again. (Meatloaf stinking up the “G” at last year’s Grand Final for a rumoured $500,000 certainly didn’t help.) The latest to weigh in on the debate is senior sports journalist Greg Baum, who put forward his case for on-field silence in a column published last week in The Age . Baum, who considers himself the voice of a so-called “silent majority ...

From Warp Records , a pretty awesome little promo piece. Sounds like this show will be worth seeing… Here we have some exclusive writing from Tom Jenkinson aka Squarepusher, bringing you one step closer to the thought processes behind the new album Ufabulum. All of the music on ‘Ufabulum’ has a visual accompaniment and has been developed both as a stand-alone album release and a live show. From the inception of the project, Squarepusher has worked simultaneously on sound and picture, and as such represents a departure from the now ubiquitous tendency for musicians to buy in third party visual components ...

FRANCO !!! Catherine ou une journée memorable – panache La marelle – la patere rose Je t’ai fait mal – paul cargnello Candide – reglement 17 On a créé un monstre – Brule Sur les murs – les vestons Poetes anarchistes – la gachette Silence – kodiak Rien n’a changé – les ékorchés La machine – marionnettes X Les amoureux – le grand nord Il priait – crash ton rock ANGLO !!! Toxicity – SOAP Exit Strategy – Valient Thorr Blonde bad and beautiful – airbourne Hell ain’t a bad place to be – AC DC Firefly – breaking Benjamin Try honesty – billy talent The bird and the worm – the used Silhouette serenade – vendetta red Headstrong ...

Franco Ouverture Gros tas d’marde – Grimskunk Fif – Christian Jacques Rock de badass – RIPÉ En attendant que ça paye – avec pas d’casque Tergiverse – Peter Peter Arianne – Clément Jacques Le Spliff – Les Culs d’étoffe Compter les corps – vulgaires machins Sortie spectacle J’pas un cowboy – Lisa «leblanc Avec les doigts de ma main – Bernard Adamus Catherine ou une journée mémorable – Panache La Marelle – La patère rose Je t’ai fait mal – Paul Cargnello Candide – Règlement 17 Sur les murs – les vestons Anglo Black Dress – Two Greens Cats I hate my life – theory of a deadman You’ve seen the ...

Melbourne will lose yet another much loved bandroom when The East Brunswick Club shuts its doors tomorrow night, writes NICK ARGYRIOU . Drones photo by LEAH ROBERTSON . “It's a real shame the East is closing, but that's the nature of the beast,” sighs Jason Moore, music coordinator of Melbourne’s East Brunswick Club for the past seven months. “There is so much demand for live music in Melbourne and there are new venues popping up all the time as it truly is one of the world's great music cities.” After re-opening as a refurbished, 300-capacity bandroom back in ...

Some observations from Big Day Out veteran DARREN LEVIN as the festival celebrated its 20th year at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday (January 29). Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON . ‘Are you nice and sweaty?’ Attending a festival in 35-degree heat is difficult enough without bands telling you just how hot it is. “Hope you don’t die in this heat,” quipped Stonefield’s singer Amy Findlay at midday when the sun was at the height of its powers. “Are you nice and sweaty?” quizzed The Vaccines’ Justin Young. Kimbra Johnson asked us if we were “hot and sticky”, before Soundgarden’s Chris ...

Wilco, a band that seems to gain more momentum, praise and buzz with every fuzzy Nels Cline guitar riff, will visit Conan tonight prior to three LA-area shows on Tuesday (Hollywood Palladium), Wednesday (Wiltern Theater) and Friday (Los Angeles Theater). Jeff Tweedy and company also recently announced that its annual Solid Sound Festival will take a hiatus in 2012 but will return to MASS MoCa in North Adams, Mass. in 2013. Monday, January 23 [All Times ET] The Go Go’s: Behind the Music Remastered [VH1 Classic 10PM] Wilco on Conan [TBS 11PM] Snow Patrol on David Letterman (R) [CBS ...

Listenable 2012 Everyone has their influences and some are more obvious than others. Then on occasion you get a band who flat out just tries to copy a more established band. In more recent years this trend has become more commonplace. 77 have done just on their sophomore album as try emulate 70's AC/DC. That of course has been done by acts before as along with Black Sabbath, I would AC/DC are one of the two most copied hard rock/metal bands of all time. It's not just the simple riffs of Angus Young and the ...

The Last Vegas officially released their 'Other Side' EP on November 29th. The EP serves as a sneak peek into what fans can expect from The Last Vegas' forthcoming 2012 full length album. The yet to be titled album was recorded this year at Groovemaster Studios in the band's hometown of Chicago, IL and was produced by Grammy nominated producer Johnny K (Megadeth, Airbourne). 14 tracks in all were recorded with the final track listing and sequencing currently being decided.

For the first time in our collective histories, 'M+N' paired up with Aunty Meredith – the matriarch behind the Meredith and Golden Plains festivals in Victoria – for a 30-minute live forum chat last month. As promised, here are all your questions answered, plus a few curly ones Aunty didn’t get around to on the day. Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON and KRISTY MILLIKEN . The line-up The most important question of all: why no Archers Of Loaf for Golden Plains? Archers Of Loaf? Well, they stuck a needle in my backbone. Maybe one day, sorry. Will you ever get Jonathan Richman ...

Roadrunner Records have revealed the top albums of the century from their roster – as voted for by you! Slipknot? Lamb Of God? Airbourne? Killswitch? Come inside to find out who made the list! (more…) Metal Hammer Related HeadlinesRoadrunner Ask Fans To Vote For Favourite Albums Of The CenturySLIPKNOT & ROADRUNNER Remember Paul GrayNew Heavy [...]

Roadrunner Records have revealed the top albums of the century from their roster – as voted for by you! Slipknot? Lamb Of God? Airbourne? Killswitch? Come inside to find out who made the list! (more…)

Though Australia may be a long distance from Canada, Truth Corroded's raging sounds cannot be contained within their native land and have spilled over worldwide. With Worship The Bled , these Ozzys have released their biggest offering to date, one which gained international distribution. With this new record the group has shown the world that bands like AC/DC and Airbourne are not the island's heaviest acts.

Drummer Ryan O'Keefe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE recently spoke to U.K.'s Rhythm magazine about his five favorite drummers.

An epic fail by an international has-been has prompted calls once again for the AFL to pick homegrown talent for pre-match entertainment on Grand Final day. Despite a reported $500,000 appearance fee, Meatloaf’s fumbled 12-minute medley of classic songs from a career that ended in 1993 was widely considered a flop by punters and the media alike, with The Age’s Karl Quinn describing it as “dreadful” and YouTube and Twitter going into hyper-drive. While conceding that international broadcasting commitments mean that acts should be known outside Australia, CEO of industry body Music Victoria Patrick Donovan said an ...