This week on “Built for Speed’ it’s classic album time as we head back to 1996 and re-visit Manic Street Preachers’ masterpiece ‘Everything Must Go’. There’s also plenty of contemporary indie rock from Australia and overseas as well as another sampling of Queen’s sensational Rainbow Theatre concert from 1974. On the movie front we take a look at the Australian family
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we review two of the bigger new releases to hit cinemas, Taken 3 and the Russell Crowe-directed WW1 drama The Water Diviner. There’s also plenty of fine music from Australia and overseas including DM3, Urge Overkill and The Jesus and Mary Chain whose debut album ‘Psychocandy’ turns 30 this year. Don’t forget our regular preview
Read moreLast week ‘Built For Speed’ looked at the music of the 1970’s and this week we continue the Summer series with a selection of favourite tracks from the 1980’s. The mainstream music of the 80’s might have been horrible but there was a magnificent indie rock scene spawning thousands of amazing bands including The Replacements, REM, Sonic Youth and Died Pretty. We’ll
Read moreOn this Boxing Day edition of ‘Built For Speed’ we play more of our favourite tracks from 2014 as well as some classics and even a few Christmas songs. We also review Iranian/ American vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the latest Night At the Museum film Secret of the Tomb and animated action adventure Big Hero
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we review Ridley Scott’s latest film, biblical epic, Exodus: Gods and Kings. We also take a look at Jason Reitman’s latest examination of modern day spiritual emptiness in Men, Women and Children. There’s plenty of fine music including “Built For Speed” favourites from Radio Birdman and You Am I and new tracks from the likes of
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we take a look at the latest film in the blockbuster teen dystopia franchise The Hunger Games with Mocking jay Part 1. We also review David Cronenberg’s creepy new drama about the seedy underbelly of Hollywood, Maps to the Stars. There’s plenty of great new music from the likes of Ty Segall and Tweedy
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