Max Quinn speaks with the ultra-cool Caroline Polachek, of New York indie-popsters Chairlift (more like Chyeahlift! Geddit?), on the eve of their appearance at the 2012 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Caroline! Hello! How are you? I’m going well! I’m just getting home from finishing our brand new album cover. Holy dooley....
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For DZ Deathrays, reminiscing about the year 2011 will be no easy feat. The two-piece hailing from the suburbs of Brisbane and your local house party have had a whirlwind past 12 months and 2012 is already shaping up to be just as hectic. The relentless garage-thrash sounds of drummer Simon Ridley and singer/guitarist Shane Parsons...
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Whilst awaiting his set at Brisbane’s leg of the Harvest Festival (beginning in just over two hours!), Brooklyn soloist Kevin Devine took some time out to have a quick chat about touring Australia, living and growing old in Brooklyn, and his vast catalogue of music. Kevin, you are a hard working musician. You’ve released...
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The Jim Jones Revue should not exist in the 21st century. They belong to the rock and roll psychosis and cannon of the late 50’s sitting next to Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. But somehow, The Jim Jones Revue have made rock and roll look cool again. Something our grandfathers would be thankful for, especially in a world full...
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Currently on the road touring Australia with fellow indie rockers Papa Vs Pretty, I took a few moments out of The Vasco Era’s Michael Fitzgerald’s time to discuss surfing, working with Steve Schram and their third release release. Good Morning, wherever you are in this world! I’m in Torquay, which is a...
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