One of music criticism’s most iconic figures is heading to Australia for the 2011 Australian Music Prize (AMP) announcement. Eva Rinaldi US Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke (aka the bespectacled talking head from every rock doco ever made) will be guest speaker at a sit-down industry lunch at the Sydney Opera House on March 8. Fricke will deliver a keynote address at the event following the announcement of the winner of the seventh annual AMP. Fricke, who has been a staff writer and editor at US Rolling Stone since 1985, said he was looking forward to “coming home ...

Mais uma edição da MAP - Music Alliance Pact , coletânea mensal com bandas alternativas/indie de cerca de 40 países, selecionadas por blogs especializados ao redor do planeta. O Meio Desligado é o representante brasileiro e neste mês enviou " Nice figure, dangerous heart ", da Nana Rizinni, cuja crítica do CD já foi publicada no blog . Faça o download da coletânea deste mês , de graça, ou baixa as músicas individualmente clicando em seus nomes abaixo. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie   The Empire Of The Moon - Transition   The Empire Of The Moon is the new project of Juan Sábato, a former member of Brian Storming, a ...

Listen to 35 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact Click the play button to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an MP3, or grab a zip file of the 36-track compilation via MediaFire . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie The Empire Of The Moon - Transition The Empire Of The Moon is the new project of Juan Sábato, a former member of Brian Storming, a band that was featured in the first edition of MAP (and, by the way, the grandson of writer Ernesto Sábato). Transition is ...

Gotye will top next year’s triple j Hottest 100. This was M+N contributor Andrew McMillen’s frank assessment after watching a particularly “hair-raising” performance of ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ with Kimbra at August’s Splendour In The Grass. While ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ isn’t the only contender for 2011 – there’s that song by, er, that guy, and that other one whose name escapes us – it’s firmly tipped to become the second consecutive Australian song to top the poll, following Julia Stone">Angus & Julia Stone’s “controversial” triumph earlier this year . The ...

Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography Scroll down for image thumbnails. Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography Artists: May">Abbe May, Adalita, Alex Burnett (Sparkadia), Ben Corbett (SixFtHick), Bertie Blackman, Sultan">Dan Sultan, Jake Stone (Bluejuice), Johnny Mackay (Children Collide), Kram (Spiderbait), Lanie Lane, Lisa Mitchell, Muscles, Tim Rogers (You Am I) and Urthboy (The Herd). Event: Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute to Nick [...]

Chatting to triple j, Mitchell revealed she'll be bunkering down in Gisborne, country Victoria, to put her new album together.

– After two years at The Forum Theatre, the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards will take place at new performing arts space Revolt in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington on October 12. Sponsored once again by NOVA FM – arguably the greatest supporter of independent music in Australia today – it’ll feature performances by Magic Dirt frontwoman Adalita, Sydney three-piece Seekae, hip-hop emcee Illy, multiple Queensland Music Award winner emma louise and Calling All Cars, as well as an exhibition curated by photographer Kane Hibberd . In the meantime, you can rigorously debate what constitutes an "independent artist here . Last year’s winners included ...

The music of Nick Cave is to be the subject of a series of tribute shows by Aussie artists in November. Straight To You: triple j's Tribute To Nick Cave features the likes of Adalita, Bertie Blackman, Sultan">Dan Sultan, Lisa Mitchell and Tim Rogers interpreting songs from Cave's 35-year career, and includes shows in Victoria, NSW, The ACT and Queensland. Artists: May">Abbe May Adalita Alex Burnett (Sparkadia) Ben Corbett (SixFtHick)* Bertie Blackman Sultan">Dan Sultan** Jake Stone (Bluejuice) Johnny Mackay (Children Collide) Kram Lanie Lane Lisa Mitchell Muscles Tim Rogers*** Urthboy**** Source Link:  triple j Attached ...

One of Australia’s most under-appreciated artists Nick Cave (ex-Birthday Party, Boys Next Door) will be feted over eight shows in November. Coinciding with triple j’s Ausmusic Month, some 14 artists will pay tribute to Cave’s criminally underrated back catalogue, spanning 35 years and comprising little-known outfits such as The Bad Seeds and Meredith headliners Grinderman. They are: May">Abbe May, Adalita, Alex Burnett (Sparkadia), Ben Corbett (Gentle Ben And His Sensitive Side/SixFtHick), Bertie Blackman, Sultan">Dan Sultan, Jake Stone (bluejuice), Johnny Mackay (Children Collide), Kram (Spiderbait), Lanie Lane, Lisa Mitchell, Muscles, Tim Rogers (You Am I ...

Yesterday’s announcement of the Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time busted open some so-called home truths about our national youth broadcaster. Words, graphs and flimsy assumptions by DARREN LEVIN . There’s nothing like a publicly voted list to fire the shame cauldron up, especially when it’s topped by a Powderfinger album – and a mediocre one at that. While we’re not going to debate the artistic merits of the Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time – our readers have done that particularly well over the past few weeks – there are still many conclusions to be drawn from ...

More than 47,000 triple j listeners have named Powderfinger’s Odyssey Number Five the Hottest Australian Album of All Time. The band’s 2000 album – their fourth – was announced the winner of the national poll on triple j earlier this afternoon (July 10). It beat out the likes of silverchair’s Frogstomp (#2), AC/DC’s Back In Black (#3), The Living End by The Living End (#4) and Gilgamesh by Gypsy & The Cat (#91). It marked Powderfinger’s fourth entry into the poll, with the Internationalist (#6), Vulture Street (#14) and Double Allergic (#41) also making the cut ...

Will Striborg take out top place in triple j’s Hottest Australian Albums of All Time poll? The Tasmanian black metal legend’s 2007 album Solitude is still in the frame for a surprise #1 placing, with selections 100-81 revealed on triple j earlier this afternoon. Some interesting early inclusions: Gilgamesh by Gypsy & The Cat (#91) ahead of The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (#98); Children Collide at #90 with The Long Now ; industry favourite The Go-Betweens’ 16 Lovers Lane at #84 behind Pete Murray’s Feeler (#81); and Lisa Mitchell’s Australian Music Prize-winning Wonder at #83. Another seminal album, Stoneage Romeos by Hoodoo Gurus, just snuck into the list at ...

It’s been a good few weeks since Alice Jemima’s name first appeared on Breaking More Waves, but now she’s back with a new song entitled Red Coat that she’s recorded with Grammy nominated producer Andy Chatterley and Jason Tarver (both of whom worked with Kylie Minogue on her album Aphrodite ). Red Coat is a delicately constructed and innocently sweet sounding pop song that takes an alluring step forward from her more folkish and minimalistic work that we’ve previously featured. Since we introduced Alice she’s received her first Radio 1 play courtesy of our favourite ...

It’s Wednesday, hump day, and if you’re anything like me you’re probably dragging your feet anticipating the weekend which right now feels too far away. Well allow me to brighten your mood a bit by introducing you to Phia. This cheery Melbourne musician reminds me of a cross between Lisa Mitchell and Regina Spektor. She [...]

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