In a stunning afront to public taste it’s Dr Nick solo on Built for Speed this week. He’ll be reviewing the latest Aussie movie Red Dog and French Animated flick The Illusionist. For fans of American indie rock there’s a big centrepiece of classic American alternative music from the 80’s. We also explore some different shades of Aussie rock. As if
Read moreAugust sees a great line up of talent on our Live Sunday Sessions. the 14th sees our first heavy rockers for a while with Destroy She Said coming in to lift the roof off the studio, on the 21st we re-aquaint ourselves with Dreamboogie who are creating a big stir in the blues world right now having just released their
Read moreI’ve checked out three films at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) so far. Not all of them have further screenings but you can be sure they’ll pop up on SBS at some time in the future. Here are my thoughts on: Boxing Gym (Director: Frederick Wisemen, 91 mins) Veteran filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s Boxing gym is an extremely minimalist documentary
Read moreThe latest Marvel Comics movie adaptation, Captain America: the first Avenger, takes the comic book mythology & turns it into an Indiana Jones style WW2 romp with Nazis, ray guns and bald-headed villains. Captain America aka Steve Rogers is at first the stereotypical 90 pound weakling who, in 1943 is desperate to join the army and fight Hitler. He becomes
Read moreBecause there were so many great tracks that only reached number two on the charts, we could not get through them all in two hours last week so we will be re-visiting more great and not so great tunes that made it to number 2!! Tune in from 10am until noon to hear some beauties that almost reached the summit
Read more7-piece local Ska band The Kujo Kings on Ska’d for Life this week, presenting their brand new EP ‘Kujo Kuddles’ – they’ll be introducing tracks from this album, giving background info on the band and generally tooting their own horns! We’ll also be playing Ska that influenced them along the way, and contemporary bands they’ve played with. This is one
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