Queens of the Stone Age / Nine Inch Nails Tour in Australia!

I've got tickets!

OK, they're in Newcastle.. but they're GA standing! And it's well worth a roadtrip to Newy to see these 2 acts. To fire us all up and direct the NIN / QOTSA noobs I've made a playlist based on these band's most recent setlists. Make sure you share it around, it's a keeper.


 

James Blake Setlist @ Kapital, Madrid, Spain 29.5.2013

Hoping to check out James Blake at Splendour next month. The re-sale starts on Wednesday so I'm praying that I can score a ticket! Everything I've seen of Blake live is absolutely incredible - he keeps it raw and pure to let his unbelievable musicianship soak through.

James Blake Setlist:

Air & Lack Thereof
I Never Learnt to Share
To The Last
Lindisfarne I
Lindisfarne II
I Am Sold
CMYK
Our Love Comes Back
Digital Lion
Unluck
Limit to Your Love
(Feist cover)
Klavierwerke
Overgrown
Voyeur
Retrograde

Encore:
The Wilhelm Scream
A Case of You

Listen to the entire James Blake Setlist here:

Alt-J @ Radio 1's Big Weekend 2013 20.5.2013

Everybody's 2nd favourite band at the moment Alt-J play a huge set at Radio 1's Big Weekend 2013.

Check out the entire Alt-J setlist here:

1. Intro 
2. ❦ (Ripe & Ruin) 
3. Tessellate 
4. Something Good 
5. Dissolve Me 
6. Fitzpleasure 
7. Matilda 
8. Bloodflood 
9. Breezeblocks 
10. Taro 

Listen to the Alt-J setlist here:

Muse @ Ricoh Arena, England 22/05/2013

Check out the Muse setlist here:

1. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable (First verse dialogue only)
2. Supremacy (Extended intro)
3. Supermassive Black Hole 
4. Panic Station 
5. Bliss (Extended outro)
6. Resistance 
7. Animals (with Muse Money confetti)
8. Knights of Cydonia (Man with a Harmonica intro)
9. Dracula Mountain (Lightning Bolt cover) (Drum and bass jam)
10. Sunburn 
11. Dead Star 
12. Monty Jam 
13. Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
14. Follow Me 
15. Liquid State 
16. Madness 
17. Time Is Running Out 
18. Stockholm Syndrome (Rage Against the Machine's Freedom outro)
19. B-Stage
20. Unintended (First time live since 2010)
21. Blackout (First time live since 2007, … more)
22. Guiding Light (First time live since 2011)
23. Undisclosed Desires 
24. Encore:
25. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable (with Charles the Robot)
26. Plug In Baby (Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child o' Mine outro)
27. Survival 
28. Encore 2:
29. The 2nd Law: Isolated System 
30. Uprising 
31. Starlight 

Listen to the entire setlist here:

Ellie Goulding @ Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany 12.05.2013

Here's Ellie's complete setlist from Essigfabrik:

1. Don't Say a Word 
2. Halcyon 
3. Figure 8 
4. Salt Skin 
5. Hanging On/Wonderman 
6. Joy 
7. Explosions 
8. Guns And Horses 
9. I Know You Care 
10. Your Song Elton John cover)
11. My Blood 
12. Only You 
13. Under The Sheets 
14. Anything Could Happen 
15. Animal 
16. Without Your Love 
17. Starry Eyed

Encore:

1. I Need Your Love 
2. Lights 

Listen to the complete concert setlist here:

Alice in Chains @ Pointfest 21, MO 12.05.2013

The complete setlist of Alice in Chains recent show:

1. Them Bones 
2. Dam That River 
3. Again 
4. Check My Brain 
5. Your Decision 
6. Hollow 
7. We Die Young 
8. Down in a Hole 
9. Nutshell 
10. Stone 
11. No Excuses 
12. Would? 
13. Man in the Box 
14. Rooster 

Listen to the complete setlist here:

Rolling Stones Setlist @ Staples Center, LA 03.05.2013

This setlist is ridiculously orgasmic. Seeing the Stones live is unfortunately still on my bucket list :( .

Here's the Rolling Stones setlist from their show at the Staples Center, LA:

1. Get Off of My Cloud 
2. The Last Time 
3. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) 
4. Paint It Black 
5. Gimme Shelter 
6. Wild Horses (with Gwen Stefani)
7. Factory Girl (first live performance since 16 Oct 1997)
8. Emotional Rescue 
9. (live debut)
10. Respectable 
11. (with Keith Urban)
12. Doom and Gloom 
13. One More Shot 
14. Honky Tonk Women 
15. (followed by band introductions)
16. Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
17. Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
18. Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
19. Miss You 
20. Start Me Up 
21. Tumbling Dice 
22. Brown Sugar 
23. Sympathy for the Devil 

Encore:

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want 
2. Jumpin' Jack Flash 
3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Listen to the entire set here:

Bloc Party @ SOS 4.8 Festival 2013

1. So Here We Are 
2. Octopus 
3. Hunting for Witches 
4. Positive Tension 
5. Real Talk 
6. Waiting for the 7.18 
7. Song for Clay (Disappear Here) ('Kele - Tenderoni' intro)
8. Banquet 
9. Coliseum 
10. Day Four 
11. One More Chance 
12. This Modern Love 
13. Ratchet 
14. Truth 
15. Flux ('Rihanna - We Found Love' intro)
16. Helicopter 

Listen to the Entire Set:

Tool Setlist @ Allphones Arena, Sydney 03.05.2013

Here's Tool's setlist from last night:

1. Third Eye 
2. Vicarious 
3. Schism 
4. Pushit 
5. Intension 
6. Lateralus (including 'Orion' snippet)
7. Intermission
8. Jambi 
9. Forty-Six & 2 
10. Ænema 
11. Stinkfist (Dedicated to Jeff Hanneman)

Listen to the Entire Set:

Alpine Setlist @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney 01.05.2013

Here's Alpine's setlist:

1. Lovers 1 
2. Lovers 2 
3. Hands 
4. Seeing Red 
5. Too Safe 
6. In the Wild 
7. The Vigour 
8. Gasoline 
9. Villages 

Listen to the Entire Set:

Temper Trap Setlist @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney 01.05.2013

1. Love Lost 
2. Fader 
3. This Isn't Happiness 
4. Rabbit Hole 
5. Everybody Leaves In The End 
6. Down River 
7. Soldier On 
8. Miracle 
9. Summer's Almost Gone (Brand new song)
10. Science of Fear 
11. Resurrection 
12. Drum Song 
13. Encore: Trembling Hands 
14. Encore: Sweet Disposition 

Listen to the Entire Set:

Tool Setlist @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre 01.05.2013

Seeing Tool tomorrow, hoping they do a similar set! Don't let me down Maynard!

1. Vicarious 
2. Opiate 
3. Schism 
4. Pushit 
5. Intension 
6. Lateralus 
7. Intermission
8. Jambi 
9. Forty-Six & 2 
10. Ænema 
11. Stinkfist 

Listen to the Entire Set:

Flume Setlist @ Hordern Pavilion (Sydney) 29.04.2013

Flume Setlist for Hordern Pavilion (Sydney) 29.04.2013.

1. A Baru in New York (Yolanda Be Cool cover)
2. More Than You Thought (Sleepless Chipmunk Acapella at beginning)
3. Sleepless 
4. Get Free (Major Lazer cover) (What So Not Remix)
5. Holdin' On 
6. What You Need 
7. Slasherr (Rustie cover) (Flume Remix vs HyperParadise Chipmunk Acapella)

Encore:

1. HyperParadise (Hermitude cover) (Flume Remix)

Chet Faker Setlist @ Hordern Pavilion 29.04.2013

I have a mate who actually used to work with Chet Faker at the first ever 'Grilld' back in Melbourne!

Anyway enjoy his setlist and the complete playlist here:

1. Everything I Wanted 
2. Terms and Conditions 
3. Solo Sunrise 
4. Chocolates and Cigarettes 
5. Love and Feeling 
6. I'm Into You 
7. No Diggity 

Listen to the Entire Set:

Radiohead Setlist (Sydney, November 13)

'You're not living, you're just killing time' 

These were the words Thom Yorke sung (pitch-perfect might I add) during the 2nd encore in last night's Radiohead concert in Sydney.

And until I witnessed last night's 2-3 hour set, I'd probably have to agree with him. Quite simply put, that was the best concert I have ever seen. Never have I seen a band been able to convert such atmospheric, unique sounds into such an amazing live ensemble.

Every member of Radiohead is ridiculously talented, to the point where they can go off-beat for bars on end before seamlessly returning. Its unbelievable. There were 3 rhythms in almost every song - 2 drummers playing complimentary beats and a drum machine over the top of this.


It just worked so well.

The band has been changing their setlist each night of their AU tour, with yesterday's setlist having far more Kid A than the Sydney show on Monday, which was very TKOL focused. I've done a bit of work this morning putting together the entire setlist from last night - you can find it here .

Once I get my phone internet working I'll get up a few of the videos from last night. You don't want to miss these!

Here's a sneak preview:

Radiohead Set List: Sydney 13 November

Lotus Flower
Airbag
Bloom
The Daily Mail
Myxomatosis
Bodysnatchers
The Gloaming
Separator
How to Disappear Completely
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Reckoner
There There
The National Anthem
Feral
Paranoid Android

Encore:

Give Up the Ghost
Kid A
Identikit
I Might Be Wrong
Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Encore 2:

15 Step
Everything in Its Right Place (True Love Waits intro)

Encore 3:

Idioteque

Infographic on Group Buying

Just for something a little different :) . Source: competitions.com.au
Infographic by Competitions.com.au

Harvest Season

Just over a month out from Sydney's Harvest Festival - and I'm hoping to develop a good idea of the artist's set lists to help attendees pre and post-festival . There's nothing more annoying than finishing off a festival and having no idea of the great song that a little-known act has played.. then searching the internet for ages knowing most of the time you're fighting a losing battle.

Setlist.fm isn't really helping me out.. so any ideas regarding the following acts would be great:

* Sigur Ros
* Mike Patton
* Beirut
* Silversun Pickups (my fav. band over the past few weeks)
* Ben Folds Five
* Beck
* The Dandy Warhols

Anybody who could help - my love to you!

TW

Changing subject Matter

Yes this blog was meant to be about determining formulas in music. Please stop reminding me- I remember!

However I'm very flat out with work and other projects at the moment, so it just seems to make sense to keep this about new releases, concerts, reviews, etc.

Check out my recent post on The xx and their new album Co-Exist. I'll have a review with song-by-song analysis in the next day or so.

TW

New xx Album Co-Exist completes Great day all round!

So Alessandro Del Piero just signed with Sydney FC - I doubt many of you will care but this is pretty much the biggest story in Australian football history (you can read about it here: http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/we-bring-you-the-ins-and-outs-so-far-from-all-10-a-league-clubs-during-the-off-season/story-e6frf4gl-1226465560343) .

Anywho British gems The xx have released their new record Co-Exist, their first album release since their self-titled debut in 2009. I'm currently in my first listen and so far I am VERY impressed.

The xx are really something special in that their music, while ridiculously simple, is so effective. The majority of their songs are very simply structured, and don't sound like they need any huge amount of talent produce.

I think the key to The xx is the fact that they don't try and do too much. Unlike most artist they're not obsessed with making everything as polyphonic as possible. They can appreciate the raw value of each instrument and this as a whole makes their simple structures and chord progressions just that bit more effective.

Check out the album here and prepare to be impressed.

I'm almost through the album and all I can do is smile. Love this shit!

Frank Ocean Releases "channel ORANGE"

"I sat there and told my friend how I felt. I wept as the words left my mouth. I grieved for them, knowing I could never take them back for myself. He patted my back. He said kind things. He did his best, but he wouldn’t admit the same. He had to go back inside soon, it was late and his girlfriend was waiting for him upstairs." Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean may be about to change the face of urban music. Yesterday channel ORANGE was released, and was a game-changer in more ways than one.

With powerful hooks, unique arrangements and a myriad of great guest appearances, channel ORANGE could be the hit of the year so far.

But the story of self-discovery that the record tells is incredibly moving, with Ocean recounting the first time he fell in love with, surprisingly to his fans, a man!

Read more about it here: http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Frank-Ocean-review-Bold-words-on-love-3713927.php