Is Tree of Life a deeply profound statement of man’s relationship with God, the natural world and death or is it just an annoyingly pretentious load of cobblers? Such will be the heated debate following every screening of Terence Malick’s befuddling epic. This is the notoriously non-prolific Malick’s first film in six years and it certainly exudes the writer/ director’s phenomenal and
Read moreOur feature band this Friday are jamaican Ska legends Toots & the Maytals – be sure to listen in for mind-boggingly sweet lyrics and uplifting beats; these guys did, after all, coin the term ‘reggae’! Find out why 54-46 is THE number in the ska world and why Toots chose this complex-seeming digit combination for a song – all on
Read moreThis week Built For Speed reviews director Terrence Malick’s latest brain boggling epic #TreeofLife and classical music drama #Mozart’sSister. There’s also new music from Gillian Welch and the Beastie Boys as well as a feast of hard rockin’ tracks. We’ll also look at what’s happening on TV for the week and gigs for this weekend. Check out Built For Speed,
Read moreThis week on Ska’d For Life we will be playing our usual mix of new and old Ska music to get your feet stompin’, suspenders rattlin’ and eyes a-poppin’. We’ll also be featuring the Newcastle band Pornskas, with some background info, history and of course songs by this unique ensemble. Warning – this music is not for the faint hearted!
Read moreThis week on Sunday Bloody Sunday we will be playing some new tunes and talking to Matt, the creative talent and voice behind Melbourne’s Mildsparrow. Mildsparrow is a musical tailor. He uses melody and narrative as his threads and seamlessly stitches together diverse elements of life to form the fabric of songs that are timeless, full of emotion and emphatically
Read moreJoin our special guests this Sunday at 4pm for what will be a schweeet session as we find out just who The Merri Creek Pickers are. A little bit folk, a little bit bluegrass and a little bit yee-haw is what you can expect from a group of musos who’s evolution has stemmed from what started out as quiet jam
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