June 2011
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Mastodon reveal new album title
Those beardy metal folk in Mastodon have christened their next studio album the very macho title of The Hunter.
Sticking with all things sci-fi and bloodthirsty, the follow up to their 2009 album Crack The Skye will feature the tracks “Curl Of The Burl”, “Dry Bone Valley”, “Blasteroids”, “The Octopus Has No Friends”, “All The Heavy Lifting” and “Stargasm”. It was recorded in the band’s hometown...
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Fight Club writer signs up for TV miniseries based...
Fight Club is an awesome movie. Nine Inch Nails are an awesome band. Put them together and what do you get? Well, hopefully an awesome TV miniseries. Ok, to be honest it’s not a literal combination of the two (don’t expect Trent Rezor to be running around shirtless with Brad Pitt, beating up wayward band groupies and dropping malevolent one-liners like, “We are all part of the same...
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prepare to be Washed Out
Ernest Greene - aka Washed Out - makes music that sounds exactly like his stage name suggests: it’s wispy, airy, dreamy and free flowing. So it’s no surprise that his music has been categorised as part of the so called `chillwave’ movement. What is surprising though is that Washed Out has generated a great deal of hype online and in certain music circles despite not having released a single...
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for… Battles!
Inject some incongruity into your Friday with Battles’ `Ice Cream’. It’s a beautiful and quite zany clip.
And for those hoping to catch the band in a live setting soon, keep those fingers crossed! Battles guitarist Ian Williams recently let it slip to triple j’s Zan Rowe that they intend to head to Australia over the New Year. “I think we’re talking about coming down there the end of this year...
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Radiohead - ``Staircase’’
It’s no secret that I absolutely love Radiohead (this blog is of course named after one of their songs).
I have all of their albums, a couple of their t-shirts and a poster of the Ok Computer artwork adorning my bedroom wall. Therefore, whenever they announce new material, I’m always all ears.
Below is a video of Radiohead performing a new song titled “Staircase’’. It’s a long, spirally...
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Parklife 2011 lineup revealed
The 2011 Parklife lineup was announced yesterday and there’s plenty of electro, rock and electro/rock crossover goodness on offer. The festival will wind its way around Australia, beginning in Melbourne on the 24th of September and concluding in Adelaide on the 3rd October. This year’s lineup features another eclectic mix of artists, with everyone from Swedish pop darlings Little Dragon through...
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Mastodon + Dillinger Escape Plan + Jane's...
Does liking heavy metal make you a bogan? Kinda. Metal’s pretty daggy with all its black t-shirts, long hair and devil hand gestures (you know the one: \m/ > . < \m/ ). But I still love a bit of metal every now and then and today I found out about a new and very exciting metal supergroup currently in the production stage. Mastodon guitar shredder Brent Hinds (pictured) has apparently...
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Harvest festival to hit Australia in November?
Keeps those ears to the ground and your eyes peeled! There’s rumours going around of a new music festival with a killer line-up headed Australia’s way in November! Leaks and speculation suggest that the people behind the Soundwave and Soundwave Revolution festivals are about to announce a new alternative music festival named Harvest.
Differing from the metal/emo/punk stylings of the Soundwave...
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Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian albums of all...
So, I just finished voting in Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian albums of all time and I’m mentally exhausted. I always struggle with top 10s in music because, for me personally, it’s like singling out my favourite family members or choosing one sole best friend and awarding them a prize – I just have so many that I like I can’t possibly decide! However, after much pondering and hair pulling, I...
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Dananananaykroyd - There Is A Way
Dananananaykroyd. It’s a great name isn’t it? Here’s a review I wrote of their upcoming album, There Is A Way. I think I’ll post it on Killyourstereo when the album is officially released.
They have one of the most ridiculous names in music today, but Scottish six-piece Dananananaykroyd are a band concerned with more than just silly puns and excessive syllables. Following...
