Gareth Liddiard announces November tour
As well as details of his solo debut LP, Strange Feeling, which is due out on October 21 via Shock.
Win: tickets to DBC Pierre and Gareth Liddiard at Oxford Art Factory
Here at Polaroids Of Musicroids (as our name would suggest) we constantly absorb music, suck it through our pores and spit the remains at you. But, occasionally (and this may surprise some of youse), we also enjoying picking up a good book, snuggling up with our loved one (a cat) and really hammering through some literature.
Tours tours tours: The Mess Hall, The Drones, The Kill Devil Hills
What do The Mess Hall, The Drones and The Kill Devil Hills have in common? If you answered "ROCK" you would be half right. If you said "they are all bad ass duos with elaborate hair styles" you would be completely incorrect.
The Drones
My Pal (live)
The Drones farewell The Tote with a blistering cover of the legendary GOD track.
The nominations for the 2009 ARIA Awards have been released. A former Australian Idol runner-up leads the field with seven nominations, ahead of the usual gang of local 'talent' - Jet, Eskimo Joe and Sneaky Sound System. There are a few pleasant surprises though, with The Drones, Dappled Cities Fly and Horrorshow all picking up nominations.
The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 26 at Acer Arena, Sydney and televised live on Channel Nine. General public tickets go on sale Friday, October 16 via Ticketek.
Pitchfork has reviewed The Drones' latest album Havilah and, although their write-up is fairly positive, it seems to be about 1.6 off.
Gareth Liddiard @ The Vanguard
27/02/2009
While you can take the volume and electric guitars out of the songs, with Gareth Liddiard on stage, the intensity of The Drones cannot be diminished.
The Drones are going to play shows in every country on the planet over the next few months
All of the major international stops will be covered - Chicago, Maitland, Hamburg and Noosa.
Laneway Festival, Circular Quay, Sydney
08/02/2009
Gemma took photos. Jonny got drunk. They then joined forces and wrote a review of the day.
The Drones, Eddy Current and Beaches make it onto Australian Music Prize shortlist
The shortlist for the 2008 Australian Music Prize (Da AMP) was officially announced this morning...
De La Soul, Ratatat and Okkervil River return to Australia as part of Groovin The Moo 09
Groovin The Moo (aka 'That Festival In The Middle Of Nowhere') is BACK in 2009, bigger, fatter and more 'not in the major cities' than EVER before.
Our favourite albums of 2008
We close out the year with a look back at our favourite releases of the past twelve months.
Our favourite Australian/New Zealand artists of 2008
Artists that touched us. Artists we touched. A big list of people we think you should try and touch sometime.
More artists have been added to next year's Big Day Out including local acts The Drones, Sparkadia, The Vines, Children Collide, Mercy Arms and (surprise surprise) Little Red, as well as some international peeps - Serj Tankian, Dropkick Murphys, Black Kids, Hot Chip, Holy Ghost, Lupe Fiasco and Z-Trip. These new faces (and old faces - Black Kids were soooo 2007) join the existing line-up which features exciting up-and-coming superstars such as Neil Young, The Living End and Sneaky Sound System.
Laneway Festival line-up revealed
Unfortunately, the early rumour of Wolf Parade headlining wasn't true.
Falls Festival 2008 line-up announced
Unfortunately, the early rumours of The Ripping Dylans, Public Enemy and Weezer turned out to be false.
Final additions to Splendour In The Grass announced
Including Albert Hammond Jr, The Polyphonic Spree, The Drones, Bluejuice, Lyrics Born and some others.
