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March Music News – Georgi Kay, Madonna, Sanchez

March Music News – Georgi Kay, Madonna, Sanchez

Georgi Kay Tops The Charts Perth artist Georgi Kay has shot to the top of the Beatport dance music charts with In My Mind, her new collaboration with house music producers Feenixpawl and Ivan Gough. The Melbourne based dance music producers approached Kay to record the vocals for their tune after hearing Free, her collaboration [...]

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Xiu Xiu Return

Xiu Xiu Return

Xiu Xiu are releasing Always, their ninth album of beautiful but often melancholic and depressing songs. The new album’s track listing reveals that band’s collaborators are still feeling pretty down with song names like Born  to Suffer and I Luv Abortion. The band’s last album was 2010’s Dear God I Hate Myself. Xiu Xiu is [...]

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Roger Sanchez Heads Down Under

Roger Sanchez Heads Down Under

Roger Sanchez is heading to Perth and playing at Villa on Friday 20 April 2012. The NYC house DJ who has remixed everyone from Michael and Janet Jackson to Kylie, Madonna and Depeche Mode is one of the top house DJs on the planet. He’s released ten volumes of his Release Yourself CD compilation series [...]

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Men Show Rescheduled

Men Show Rescheduled

Last night’s scheduled performance by Men at The Festival Gardens was cancelled due to bad weather, the show has been rescheduled for tonight. Men will now appear alongside Neon Indian and Slow Club. All tickets from yesterday’s show will be honoured. Read our interview with JD Samson.

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Ben Browning Goes Solo

Ben Browning Goes Solo

Cut Copy’s guitarist Ben Browning has released his first solo effort. I Can’t Stay is the first track off his debut solo EP Lover Motion that will be released by the band’s own label Cutters Records on March 19. The song has also been remixed by Knightlife and Juan MacLean. It’s not too different tothe [...]

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A Beginners Guide to Nile Rodgers

A Beginners Guide to Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers and his band Chic are heading to town playing at the Fremantle Arts Centre on March 10. Besides being part of one of the funkiest disco bands ever, Rodgers is the producer behind a host of other great records including works by Duran Duran, INXS and Debbie Harry. Here’s a sampling of his [...]

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New George Michael Song

New George Michael Song

George Michael has given his Twitter followers a sneak peak of his upcoming dance album, revealing a new track called Every Other Lover. From his twitter account Michael linked to two remixes posted to YouTube. One version is by Kinky Rowland and another by Mark Vedo, both remixers have previously worked closely with Boy George. [...]

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New Song from ABBA

New Song from ABBA

A previously unreleased track from ABBA will be included on an upcoming re-release of the band’s final album. From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel was also recorded over thirty years ago but didn’t make the final cut. Released in 1981,The Visitors was the band’s final output. It is significantly different to ABBA’s previous [...]

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Kylie for Mardi Gras

Kylie Minogue is set to headline this year’s Mardi Gras party as part of her K25 celebrations. 2012 is the 25th anniversary of Kylie’s music career and she’s set to highlight the achievement through a series of events. In a video statement Kylie thanked the gay community for their phenomenal support and said she can’t [...]

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George Michael lashes out

George Michael lashes out

George Michael has taken to Twitter to condemn US Christian groups who prayed for his death during his recent illness. The singer cancelled the remainder of his Symphonica European tour when he was stuck down with pneumonia, spending several weeks in a Vienna hospital. On January 4th Michael posted a series of tweets linking to [...]

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