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A Guide to Eurovision 2013

A Guide to Eurovision 2013

Eurovision has its final showdown tonight, as twenty six nations go to battle for the cheesiest music prize in the world. Over the last two nights thirty three European nations have performed in two heats. Only twenty nations progress to the final competition tonight. There they will be joined by six other competitors, Europe’s ‘big [...]

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Review|Craig Hill (Scot): Jock’s Trap

Review|Craig Hill (Scot): Jock’s Trap

 Rolling in from Scotland comes the bumping and grinding Craig Hill, with him he brings a kilt-full of camp and buckets of mockery surrounding different areas of the UK and Australia. Kick-starting the show ‘Craig Hill (Scot): Jock’s Trap‘ with a dance routine that gets the crowd amped, Hill demonstrates a surprising talent in shaking his hips [...]

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Suede Bloodsports Warner Music Ten years after they broke up, Suede are back with a surprising album that’s been heralded as one of their best. From the opening track ‘Barriers’ the sound is distinctive, this is not Suede picking up from where they left us, but sonically travelling back to where their journey began. This [...]

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 Brian McFadden The Irish Connection Island Records Brian McFadden gives up his hopes of being a pop star for this album is clearly targeted at the Mother’s Day market. Taking on the teritory formally held by Val Doonican, McFadden performs ten mainly modern Irish tunes. These are middle of the road takes on The Cranberries [...]

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24 Hours in a Disco Kiki Gyan Soundway Kiki Gyan was born in Ghana and as a teenager in the early ‘70s found employment as a musician, he traveled to London as part of rock group Osibisa. Gyan was soon cutting his own records in the flourishing disco genre. This compilation features only seven tracks [...]

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Review The Presets at Metropolis Fremantle

Review The Presets at Metropolis Fremantle

Last night electronic music duo, The Presets, took to the stage at Metropolis Fremantle, delivering what could only be described as an explosive and prismatic, adrenalin pumped show. Supporting act, local dance duo The Parachute, helped kick the night off with a base heavy set that nailed the task of getting the audience really fired [...]

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New Music: Kiki Gyan, Nico Muhly and many more

New Music: Kiki Gyan, Nico Muhly and many more

24 Hours In A Disco by Kiki Gyan Soundway Kiki Gyan was born in Ghana and as a teenager in the early ‘70s found employment as a musician, he traveled to London as part of rock group Osibisa. Gyan was soon cutting his own records in the flourishing disco genre. This compilation features only seven [...]

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Clubfeet Heirs & Graces Illusive Sounds Electro popsters Clubfeet, hailing from Melbourne, have released their sophomore record Heirs & Graces and they may be on to a winner with this one.  The infectiously catchy Heartbreak, featuring the gorgeous vocals of Chela, has been getting a lot of airtime on Triple J of late and may [...]

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Kiss Carly Rae Jepsen Schoolboy/Interscope Anything that comes with three names should be better than good – it should be amazing. Right…except in the instance that those three names make you sound like your neck is blistering shade of scarlet. That and your home address should be some American backwater swamp or bayou. Fortunately, Carly [...]

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In The Crate – DJ Samuel Spencer

In The Crate – DJ Samuel Spencer

A full time DJ, I love making bootlegs and being creative with my sets. In October I’m heading to Amsterdam to attend their annual dance music conference which I’m really excited about. Top Songs: Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go vs. Zedd – Slam The Cinema (Zedd Mashup) Great little mashup, tonnes of energy and easy [...]

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