Posted by Danni Le Toullec on March 4, 2010
Flightpath Festival will take over the Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle on the 28th March from 12pm – 6pm with local music, art workshops and rumour has it there will be a chocolate fountain. Oh, did we mention it is free?
Local musos the Snowdroppers, Cuthbert & The Nightwalkers and Lolo Lovina will be stepping in to continue the quest of aural pleasure delivered onsite here - most of you will recall heading down to SCA for Laneway Festival earlier this year.
The festival is an expansion of the once roots-inclined Acoustica. Flightpath Festival is presented by FBi and Leichhardt Council.
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Posted by KB on March 3, 2010
Sydney’s annual Vivid festival is returning for another year, this time with the legendary Lou Reed and his co-performer Laurie Anderson as curators.
Last year, the lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails as part of Vivid was seen by 60 million people globally, but the festival has so much more to offer. It’s essentially a festival of four complementary parts: Vivid Live, Sydney Opera House Live shows; Vivid Lights, Macquarie Visions and Fire Water; Vivid Music, Song Summit 2010; and Vivid Ideas, Creative Sydney and the X Media Lab.
According to co-curator, Laurie Anderson, the Vivid Live section of the four-part festival will give attendees a chance to "jump off their street"; out of their comfort zone and into new creative experiences.
Vivid Sydney will be lighting up the city from 27 May to 21 June.
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Posted by KB on February 8, 2010
With four days of music, camping and frivolity on offer, how could Playground Weekender possibly get any better? Well, how about free tickets? That’s right, you could be kicking back listening to Brian Jonestown Massacre, Lupe Fiasco, The Polyphonic Spree and Jamie Lidell for zip!
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Posted by kluster on February 5, 2010
For the last few years running St Jeromes Laneway Festival organisers have proven that they know how to successfully curate an independent music festival. Thankfully 2010’s efforts allowed them to maintain their unsoiled reputation. We use the word thankfully because we all know how ugly a festival line-up fall from grace can be. Yes, Big Day Out, we are looking at you.
We managed to squeeze in quite a few bands during the course of the day and not one disappointed. The new venue provided ticket holders with more room to move - in space imparting a rather 20th-century-institutional vibe - and the fact that all stages were completely removed from one another meant that they each ended up developing a vibe of their own.
Speaking of institutions, Whitley, post beginning their set with sounds twinged with musical grandiosity, admitted there could think of no better place to play than somewhere reminiscent of an insane asylum. Over on the Clock Tower stage (Playschool imagery, anyone?) Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit were warming up with a spot of ethereal guitar-driven indie rock. ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ rounded up what proved, for us, a pleasing first-time FR experience.
Wild Beasts win Kluster’s non-existent award for Most Pleasant Surprise of The Day in The Form of a Band. Stepping out onto the stage to the sounds of an extended si-fi-esque voiceover they won over the audience with their delightfully discombobulated sound – encapsulating theatrical vocal lines, pulsating beats and windswept hair served on a bed of singer swapping, with a side of Jamaican undertones.Continue...
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Posted by KB on January 28, 2010
Get ready for a legendary comeback, as dance music superstars Orbital announce an Australian tour on the back of their Playground Weekender appearance. In their first Australian appearance in 18 years, the electronic improvisers have added Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne dates to the schedule.
Orbital will be appearing:
Friday 19th February – Billboard, Melbourne
Sunday 21st February – Playground Weekender, Del Rio Resort
Tuesday 23rd February - The Forum, Sydney
Wednesday 24th February – Family Nightclub. Brisbane
With the band dubbed as one of “50 bands to see before you die” by Q Magazine, you’d better make the most of this rare appearance.
Tickets are on sale now from Moshtix.
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Posted by KB on January 15, 2010
Yes, the video speaks the truth. The Wild Beasts have just announced that as well as joining the awesome Laneway Festival lineup, they will be headlining their own shows in February.
The UK band burst out with their debut album Limbo Panto in 2008, following it up with Two Dancers last year, and album of perfectly paired guitars and vocals that’s earned them rave reviews.
The Wild Beasts will be playing Oxford Arts on February 1st, and the East Brunswick Club on February 4th. Tickets are on sale now.
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