What a festival!
Best festival I have ever been to. Whoever is in Brisbane - make sure you go.. there is absolutely no reason not to!
I saw:
Silversun Pickups: Wasn't a huge fan of their setlist but they were very very good live. Finishing with Lazy Eye was a great move - not one member of the crowd wasn't singing.
Ben Folds Five: Didn't get a chance to watch their entire set but we saw the first 5-6 songs. 2nd song in was 'Jackson Cannery', which had everyone dancing! Would have loved to have seen more, but we all know what festivals are like!
Beck: THE BEST! Honestly amazing. Had the whole crowd dancing like idiots, there was not one person who wasn't smiling. Best part of the day - 'Loser' was probably the best, although 'Devils Haircut' and 'Where Its At' came very close!
Sigur Ros: Incredibly emotional and epic, I wish we could have seen their whole set - we saw about the first 4 songs and was nearly in tears being dragged away :( .
Santigold: Sigur Who?! Santigold was incredible, and was close to the highlight of the day. She is so much fun and she really throws a great show.. had about 50 people from the crowd up at one stage!
I know I missed a few key acts but thats always the case with a festival, and I have no regrets seeing the acts I ended up choosing.
Best festival ever? Prove me wrong, Stereosonic!
Monday, 19 November 2012
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Harvest This Week! Poncho Brigade
Get your ponchos ready kiddies.
Harvest is coming to Sydney on Saturday, along with absolute bucketloads of rain.
From my experiences with Harvest it is far edgier than your typical Sydney festival, with the older creating a far more relaxed environment.
However on Saturday I challenge you all to bring along your best wet weather gear. Because yes, in my paralletic state I will still be able to judge you, pending of course that you are at the right stages at the right time (Ben Folds, Silversun Pickups, Sigur Ros, Beck to name a few)
Here's a few you can draw inspiration from:
Harvest is coming to Sydney on Saturday, along with absolute bucketloads of rain.
From my experiences with Harvest it is far edgier than your typical Sydney festival, with the older creating a far more relaxed environment.
However on Saturday I challenge you all to bring along your best wet weather gear. Because yes, in my paralletic state I will still be able to judge you, pending of course that you are at the right stages at the right time (Ben Folds, Silversun Pickups, Sigur Ros, Beck to name a few)
Here's a few you can draw inspiration from:
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
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
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Infographic on Group Buying
Just for something a little different :) .
Source: competitions.com.au
Infographic by Competitions.com.au
Infographic by Competitions.com.au
Monday, 8 October 2012
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
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
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
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
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!
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!
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