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23rd August 2010
Last week rumours started going around that U2 are touring Australia. Well it's true, they're touring in December. That's the meh news. The exciting part is that Jay-Z will be opening for them. Hey, stranger things have happened. Nosebleeds seats start at $40. So yeah, go see Jay-Z.
If you needed further proof that it's good to be Shawn Carter (apart from getting bootylicious with Beyonce whenever he damn well pleases) it came to light that he was the highest paid rapper of the last year. Forbes reported he earned $US63 million through sponsorships, his clothing label, albums and whatnot. Unfortunately Puff Daddy came in at number two. No hard feelings Diddy, you'll always be number two to us as well.
Check out the Dead Meadow tour poster and tell me what's wrong with it:
They're playing The Lair in Sydney; That crazy place where MTV holds their TOTP-esque show and there's free beer and Jagermeister and many afternoons has been lost there due to singing along to Arrested Development's Mister Wendell. Two shows: One at 4pm and one at 8pm. Why The Lair?
So apparently Soundgarden are playing Big Day Out.
Matthew Newtown is an asshole and a wifebeater. Not only did he strike the awesome Brooke Satchwell he also struck the awesomer Rachael Taylor.
So if you see Moonface's son Assface in the Inner West where he lives, normally frequenting the Bank Hotel on a Saturday night tell him he's a douchebag of the highest order.
How bummed are we that we missed the 10th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos? Fret not, relive the awesome memories from this gallery.
Good times, great classic hits.
14th August 2010
Remember back when your parents first got Windows 95 and you saw the video for Buddy Holly by Weezer? Those were the good old days. They released their great self-titled album (also known as the Blue Album) and subsequently forged a large following. The next few years saw them being on top of the nerdpunk world with some pretty decent releases (Maladroit and the Green Album that had the awesome single Hash Pipe).
These days however it seems that Rivers Cuomo and Co aren't even trying. Remember their last album cover?
Yeah. Sad days. Who'd have thought they can out-shit themselves? Well they have. I introduce to you, Hurley.
Named after the dude from Lost who also sold weed to Larry David.
I can imagine it will sound as good as it looks. If I were them I'd have taken cue from many other hairy dudes. Here's my top 3 picks for an alternative album cover:
Falls Festival lineup is OUT and it looks fairly decent. Here.
As previously predicted by us here at the 'Scene The National are playing. Other hipcats include Interpol, The Rapture and The Cool Kids. Booyah.
There's also rumours of a punk festival happening in December featuring Descendents and NOFX. Let's all be 15 again.
My boy Ben Kweller is touring soon, Sydney show at the Factory. Yo Benjamin, let's hear more Sha Sha vibes, that country album you did smelled like my dirty socks. Fix it up yo. I need some lo fi shiz like this:
So PVT are on Warp Records, everyone knows that. What you might not know is why they dropped the vowels from their name. Turns out an American band had the same name and was threatening to sue. PVT has also added vocals to their new stuff as presented here by new single Church with No Magic.
9th August 2010
Today was a pretty decent day for festival announcements and touring bands:
First up Peats Ridge announced their first lineup (meaning of course there's more to come)
Built to Spill. Indeed.
Then it got announced that Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are playing some festival in Port Macquarie in December.
AND THEN we heard that the Manic Street Preachers are touring in December too. No word yet if Richey Edwards will be joining them. Too soon? No.
Very important news obviously with a headline such as Lady Gaga stagedives wearing nothing but undies. Oh the controversy.
Anyone else thinks she's starting to resemble Peaches Geldof? No, just me then? Okay. Here.
With great power comes great responsibility. Especially if you're Wyclef Jean and you think running for Haitan presidency will get him assassinated. Here.
So this isn't a mashup album. It's a song about Wayne. And it's called (500) Days of Weezy. But it's mashed up with the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack. Get it here. But it's not a mashup album (but it is).
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5th August 2010
Holy shit a snapshot of the Soundwave Festival lineup leaked and it looks great!
Amazing, as reported by us 2 days ago Iron Maiden will headline. But amongst others we have:
Queens of the Stone Age
Slayer
Slash
Social Distortion
Rob Zombie
The Melvins
Gang of Four (damn!)
The Bronx
Monster Magnet
and punk veterans Pennywise.
I'll know where I'll be on Sunday 27th February.
It also appears that The National are confirmed for the Falls Festival
Speaking of, ballots are open for Falls and Meredith Festivals.
It was only a matter of time until the worst genre of music the world has ever seen invaded Australia. Yep, the Juggalos have hit town.
These cool cats are based in Fairfield (where else?) and tried to rob an RSL last week. Brilliant. I can't wait for the very first Australian gathering of the Juggalos. Story here.
Now us here at the 'Scene generally don't give a shit about politics. Everyone lies and is full of shit. But for some reason we're warming to the Australian Sex Party. Fiona Patten seems to be in agreement with everything we stand for. As opposed to Family First bird Wendy Francis who really has no idea what the fuck she's talking about. We urge you to watch this video. It's well worth it. We know who we'll be voting for!
3rd August 2010
Slash is playing too. No word whether Fergie's joing him yet.
Thank God Splendour is over right? I've had it with peoples' constant status updates saying how awesome The Strokes are. Just enjoy the show and keep the happiness confined to the other 319999 people around you. Apparently it was a shit fight to get out of the grounds yesterday.
Groovy cat Spencer Tunick's Opera House image has been revealed. If you were part of the shoot you can collect your print this weekend. See Mardi Gras' website for info.
Arcade Fire's new album is out and everyone's raving about it. Except me. Apparently it's grower. We'll see. Also, what's with the 8 different album covers? They're all kinda similar aren't they?
German electro glitch pop freaks Mouse on Mars are touring Australia imminently. Tickets on sale now, Sydney show at Oxford Arts. Get on it.
Poor Dick Ashcroft and his United Nations of Sound. Apart from the fact that Pitchfork shat on their new album (3.2 folks) he apparently didn't even last an entire song at Splendour. That's right, Dickie stormed off halfway through the first song. Of course it's not because no one was there (very empty stage apparently), it's his voice that gave out. Of course. Read the statement here.
New Interpol and Les Savy Fav albums have been spotted online.
Speaking of Interpol, check out their performance on Letterman the other night. Sounding pretty good and looking damn fine.
