Jonathan Boulet, Bag Raiders and Ajax Groove The Moo
Jonathan "skate rat" Boulet, star shooting production duo Bag Raiders and Modular Agency champ Ajax have been included as part of the line-up for this year's Groovin' The Moo festival. They are joined on the bill by international megastars Vampire Weekend, Spoon and Tegan & Sara, as well local big hitters Silverchair, Grinspoon, British India and many more.
The festival has also expanded to include two extra cities, with this year's circuit hitting up regional hotspots Bendigo, Townsville, Maitland and Bunbury, as well as the national capital.
1 May - Prince Of Wales Showground, Bendigo
2 May - Murray Sports Complex, Townsville
8 May - Maitland Showground, Maitland
9 May - The Meadows, University Of Canberra
15 May - Pat Usher Foreshore Reserve, Bunbury
Full line-up and details over at the festival website. Tickets go on sale nationally on Tuesday, February 16.
February 4, 2010 at 2:20pm in live, Bag Raiders, Jonathan Boulet
Wolfmother Perform FREE iTunes Live Show
While supporting AC/DC around Australia on the legendary rockers' upcoming Black Ice Tour is clearly going to be one of the highlights for Camp Wolfmother in 2010, the FREE show they're putting on at the Apple Store in Sydney is surely a close second.
The band will be kicking out the jams at 9pm on Friday, February 19, with access granted on a strictly limited first-come-first-served basis, so make sure you head down to the store (located at 367 George St) early to ensure you're not left disheartened. If you do miss out on the action though it's not the end of the world, as you'll still be able to download an exclusive recording of the performance via iTunes.
#37: Darcel Disappoints
Darcel doesn't disappoint - well at least in the Modcast stakes. The internet's favourite bespectacled vector cyclops has turned in a smashing (though somewhat one-eyed) selection of tracks that regardless of whether you have 20/20 vision or not, you will thoroughly enjoy. No disappointments here.
Watch and Listen to John Cale's Keynote Online
On February 15 underground rock royalty and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale, cut the red ribbon for Modular and Sydney Festival's Circa 1979: Signal to Noise with a Keynote speech at the Seymour Centre. Hipsters rubbed shoulders with electronic pioneers in a packed out York Theatre as Cale showed off a few snaps and described working with the likes of Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Happy Mondays, The Stooges and LCD Soundsystem before capping things off with a mind blowing rendition of "Heart Break Hotel."
If you missed the speech or want to listen/watch it again, ABC's Big Ideas are streaming it online.
Video: The Making of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Skeletons"
Karen O, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase and crew behind the scenes on the shoot of the 'Skeletons' video.
2009 Triple J Hottest 100 Round Up
Well done team Modular, who represented a tidy 5% slice in this year's Triple J Hottest 100 pie chart, which was unveiled yesterday. Yeah Yeah Yeahs' peaked as the highest Mod act (with 2 songs no less), while Australia's own Wolfmother, Tame Impala and Bag Raiders bigged up the local side of things. Thank you all for taking the time to vote, and a big congratulations to the acts!
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll"
18. Bag Raiders - "Shooting Stars"
25. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
75. Wolfmother - "New Moon Rising"
78. Tame Impala - "Remember Me"
January 27, 2010 at 9:55am in news, Wolfmother, Tame Impala, Bag Raiders, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
#36: Kim Pt. I - Prog-Cast
It's a well known fact that the best things in life come in two parts. Take this week's Modcast for example, put together by the one and only Kim Moyes (aka KIM/Kim from the Presets) who has provided us with a whopping two week's work of musical ear candy. This first installment, the ambient 'Prog cast' is an ode to synthesisers, prog and all things chill. Stay tuned in coming weeks for the 'Clubby' mix.
Trevor Jackson Happenings in Australia
With a Trevor Jackson (Playgroup, Output Recordings) Modcast coming up very soon, now's your chance to acquaint yourself with the prolific UK DJ with two very special shows this weekend.
First up is a show in Sydney this very evening at the Beck's Festival Bar where Trevor will be joined by Yen, Aeroplane and Future Classic DJs, while tomorrow night in Melbourne Andee Frost's world famous weekly club night: 'The House de Frost' will be playing host to an "intimate evening" with Trevor Jackson.
Check the The House de Frost deets on Facebook.
Delphic's 'Acolyte' Available Today
Happy Delphic day, everybody! We're very pleased to announce that Delphic's debut record, Acolyte, is now available everywhere - in good ol' fashioned CD format and new school digital styles. People are going slightly bananas about this record, with NME hailing it as the "first great debut album of 2010." Why not find out for yourself?
