BUILT FOR SPEED, 26TH APRIL 2013 1. THE POWDER MONKEYS – Straight until morning. (Aus) 2. KING TUFF – Bad thing. 3. THE MOHAWK LODGE – Howling at the moon. 4. THE DIVINYLS – I touch myself. (Aus) 5. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Purple toupee 6. WOLFMOTHER – Woman. (Aus) 7. BLACK SABBATH – God is dead. 8. ROLLING
Read moreIt’s time once again for a Built For Speed’s classic album and this month it’s the perennial critics fave, London Calling by The Clash. There’s also plenty of new release music including the latest for The Mohawk Lodge and a soulful new offering from Lucy Durack. We also take a look at the latest cinema releases including outrageous action flick Olympus Has Fallen
Read moreRobert Redford’s latest film The Company You Keep explores the aftermath of 60’s radicalism in the present day. What initially seems like an intense political drama ends up as a well-made but tepid meditation on ageing, community, adult responsibility and the dimming fire of youthful idealism. Redford plays respected upstate New York lawyer and single father Jim Grant. Unknown to
Read moreDespite its minimalist plot and setting within the crucible of Arab-Israeli tension on the West Bank, French film The Other Son manages to deliver a sensitive and moving family drama that lingers in the memory. When Israeli teenager Joseph (Jules Sitruk) applies for military service he discovers that his blood type does not match his parents. A hospital reveals that
Read moreAfter his foray into mindless rom-coms Gerard Butler leaps back into mindless action films as former secret service agent and Special Forces killing machine Mike Banning who battles terrorists in the ludicrous thriller Olympus Has Fallen. This film is basically Die Hard goes to the White House as Butler’s Mike Banning takes on a small army of rogue North Koreans
Read morePLAYLIST, BUILT FOR SPEED, 19TH APRIL 2013 1. DANZIG – Long way back from hell. 2. CHEAP TRICK – Oh Caroline. 3. THE CARS – Bye bye love. 4. THE BEATLES – And your bird can sing. 5. VAN HALEN – Dreams. 6. ANTENNA – Come on spring. (Aus) 7. BILLY JOEL – Only the good die young. 8. THE
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