This week on Built For Speed we hop in the time machine and head back to the period 1983 -1987, a time generally regarded as one of the worst in popular music. Built For Speed’s mission is to prove that the mid 80’s were not a complete musical garbage dump and that some of the finest (mostly alternative) music of
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 22nd MARCH 2013 1. SEBADOH – Keep the boy alive. 2. SASKWATCH – I Get Lonely. (Aus) 3. THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo.(Aus) 4. THE PARTING GIFTS – Keep walking. 5. DIRE STRAITS – Twisting by the pool. 6. JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – Danger. 7. CALEXICO – Black Heart. 8. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful. We also review Russell Crowe’s latest effort, the political thriller Broken City. There’s plenty of new music including Australia’s own Saskwatch and the collaboration between Dave Grohl and Rick Springfield. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and TV
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 15th MARCH 2013 1. FRANZ FERDINAND – Cheating on you. 2. LIVING EYES – Oh Yeah (Aus). 3. ADAM ECKERSLEY BAND – Should have known better. (Aus) 4. INSTITUTE POLAIRE – We can’t wait no more. (Aus) 5. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you’re lonely. 6. NEIL YOUNG – The needle and the
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 8th MARCH 2013 1. ARCADE FIRE – Empty room. 2. JAKE BUGG – Lightning bolt. 3. REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. 4. SONS OF RICO – This madness (Aus) 5. OZZY OSBOURNE – Shot in the dark 6. IGGY POP – Real wild child. 7. BOOMTOWN RATS – Someone looking at you. 8. THE
Read moreThe first two thirds of horror film Mama are so creepy and stylishly shot it’s a tragedy that the film succumbs to cliché and implausibility in its latter stages. This is yet another film with the production imprimatur of Guillermo del Toro and anyone who has seen previous films he has produced will know that this means spooky children communing
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