“All-time” lists, be it football teams or songs, will always be met with conjecture . This is perhaps why The Great Australian Songbook – a set which promises “40 of Australia’s finest recording artists performing 40 of the best Australian songs from ‘last century’ and ‘this century’” – is, by its very nature, contentious. Many of the tunes (particularly slices from the “Last Century” disc, such as The Church’s ‘Under The Milky Way’ and The Easybeats’ ‘Friday On My Mind’) are unarguably classic cuts – poignant, nostalgic or fun-filled moments of Australian pop and rock that have grown to characterise a time ...

Much as I have tried, I suspect I have not tried hard enough. I have to ask myself the question, ‘am I becoming tired of guitar driven bands?' The answer is no, I just struggle with this particular album. For some reason this does not move me as much as I expected, and indeed hoped it would. This is the best output by the Church , and it is solidly guitar driven no nonsense post punk inspired jangle pop. The twin guitars form the rhythm and provide a solid basis, then the bass line rolls in and finally the drums kick ...

I finally got to see the Church live on xmas eve... O.K. I GET IT NOW!!... yeah yeah.. I know.. "You've never seen the Church live b4 ????" well... no I haven't...a fact I'm not proud of... It's just how things happen sometimes. I'm a fan - don't get me wrong! I've grown up listening to em from the fantastic early paisley pop records to the darker mood pieces...I've just never pulled my finger out and bothered to see em b4....until that fateful day.. a day etched into chucks memory ...

Boston-area Show of the Week by Julie Stoller Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington MA Saturday, December 17, 6:30 p.m. TICKETS - All ages, $10/kids under 12; $15/advance, $18/day of show, $12/Musicians, students and artists (honor system; identify yourself at the door) Info & Directions / Facebook In the holiday spirit of giving, and in the spirit of really fine lineups that you’re not likely to see at other times of the year, The Vivs present their 2nd Annual Holiday Bash, to benefit The Children’s Room in Arlington , an important organization that supports grieving children ...

The Church are celebrating the festive season, and 30 years in the business, with some very special shows this month. The Future Past Perfect Tour will see the band playing Untitled #23, Priest=Aura, and Starfish in their entirety. These three albums weren’t selected by chance. The discs are each drawn from a different decade of [...]

After a year lay-off, AARON CURRAN was on hand to witness Homebake’s return to the Domain in Sydney on Saturday (December 3). Photos by DANIEL BOUD . There were two Homebakes held at Sydney’s Domain on Saturday, with little in common between them. There was the guitar-dominated, heritage-focused Homebake headlined by older acts such as Grinderman, The Church, The Triffids and Ratcat, supported by younger bands with an indie rock aesthetic befitting the newly named (and smallest) Rowland S Howard stage. Then there was another Homebake, featuring a mellifluous if sometimes anodyne array of newer pop, dance and hip-hop ...

As part of a new series, MAX EASTON comprehensively reviews Homebake’s return to The Domain in Sydney last Saturday (December 3) using nothing but animated gifs. Full report soon. Following a year off due to poor planetary alignment , the annual (aside from last year) all-Australian (except for a handful of Kiwis and an English expat) music festival, Homebake, returned to Sydney’s The Domain for its 14th iteration. Billed as “the classic edition”, 2011's Homebake held much promise, namely being able to hear the Australian classics 'Wide Open Road,' 'Great Southern Land,' 'Under The Milky Way' and 'Somebody ...

"there's white magic and bad rock n' roll your friend there says, he's the gatekeeper to my soul" - the go-betweens -  Beautiful Pigeon is on the move. I have a job starting up soon in Australia, where I will be based out of Adelaide. I have lived down under before, just over 10 years ago when I was an exchange student at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. I was told in my telephone interview that they wouldn't hold that against me. I look forward to exploring Adelaide, discovering new bands and yes, jaunting along to ...

Influential Aussie band The Church will be touring across the country this December. The Future Past Perfect Tour is part of the band's 30th anniversary celebrations and each performance will feature three albums in their entirety, namely Untitled #23, Priest=Aura and Starfish. Tour Dates: SUN 11TH DEC - WAVES Wollongong NSW SAT 17TH DEC - THE ENMORE THEATRE Sydney NSW FRI 23RD DEC - THE POWERHOUSE Brisbane QLD THU 29TH DEC - NORWOOD CONCERT HALL Adelaide SA FRI 30TH DEC - THE FORUM Melbourne VIC Attached Image(s):  The Church

R.E.M. has called it quits . A lot of cynics would say this move is coming about fourteen years to late, and that the band never should have reneged on their handshake deal that they'd break up if any of the original members left the group. That opinion would be wrong. Of the five albums Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills have recorded since Bill Berry left the band in 1997, only one (2004's Around the Sun ) was truly a stinker, and the last two ( Accelerate and Collapse into Now ) have been damn good. And perhaps ...

A little late on this as it seems it was released last month, but this Miami Horror cover of The Church classic "Under the Milky Way" is the best cover I've heard since Van She covered "Don't Fear the Reaper" . Sooo good! Been playing it non-stop. Thanks to Air Zaire (aka) Adam Santucci for sending it my way. MP3: Under the Milky Way (Church Cover) - Miami Horror

AudioPorn Central on Big City Beats – AUGUST show [mp3 Official.fm] broadcasted: 2011.08.30. 20-22 CET hosted by Simon Iddol official APC voice: Vilma Nadasdy PART ONE 01 Miami Horror – Under the Milky Way (The Church cover) 02 Shake Aletti – Inside Out 03 L-Vis 1990 ft Javeon McCarthy – Lost In Love 04 Copycat [...]

hier seht ihr ein wirklich schönes cover von miamia horror, die den song "under the milky way" von the church gecovert haben. das ganze für die ...

Miami Horror covers The Church ...and does so brilliantly! Thanks to J.A. for the heads up! Under The Milky Way by Miami Horror

Miami Horror‘s brill cover of Under The Milky Way, originally by The Church recorded for the SNICKERS® SESSIONS