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We give an in-depth rundown on 2009's Splendour in the Grass festival including the good - The Flaming Lips, Happy Mondays, Bloc Party, Doves, Sarah Blasko, Specials, You Am I, MGMT and the frankly rather appalling - Kram, Grinspoon.
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Splendour in the Grass (Day 1) – Byron Bay – 27 July 2009
Splendour in the Grass (Day 2) – Byron Bay – 28 July 2009
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The second splendid day of Splendour in the Grass 2009. We catch Kram, Jack Ladder, Bob Evans, The Gutter Twins, White Lies, The Doves, The Flaming Lips and er, Grinspoon.
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Simon Goddard – Mozipedia
The ultimate bible for Morrissey and Smiths fans, Mozipedia sorts the Suedehead from the Southpaw.
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The Beasts of Bourbon – Psycho
Before his Ladyboyz. Before his Darkhorses. Before TNT. Before Tex, Don and Charlie and The Cruel Sea even, Tex Perkins fronted the ethanol fueled Sydney group The Beasts of Bourbon. Punk, jazz, blues and rock collided to form a volatile combination and their first three album's -- The Axeman's Jazz (1984), Sour Mash (1988) and Black Milk (1990) -- are regarded as classics in Australia's altern...
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Blur – Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide To Blur
The predictable commercial foibles of a greatest hits compilation are largely avoided here; each of the tracks have been carefully selected by the band and many of them are touched-up or alternative versions.
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Jarvis Cocker – ‘Further Complications’
Help the aged. The king of Britpop is back with his second solo effort, which sees a surprising teaming up with Steve "king of rawk" Albini.
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Dusting off the Magic Dirt with Adalita
Having first dipped her toes in the solo waters for the soundtrack to the movie Suburban Mayhem in 2006, Adalita Srsen has remained steadfast fronting Melbourne's mothers of sonic invention, Magic Dirt. Webcuts catches up with Adalita to discuss her transition into the solo arena.
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Top Ten – Australian Music Videos
Webcuts shows their ignorance for the modern music video and selects a top ten made up almost exclusively of 80's Australian music videos. What, no Hilltop Hoods or Empire of the Sun??
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Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
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Turn left off Apathy Street, hang a right on Take It or Leave It road and there you'll find Ambivalence Avenue the new offering from Bibio.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Los Angeles – 25 July 2009
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks played to an audience brimming with the intoxicating scent of bearded, checked-shirt sporting aging rock dudes. Vanessa From Queens was missing but the gang was all there.
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Mélanie Pain – My Name
Pain by name and by nature? Leaving the confines of Nouvelle Vague, French singer Mélanie Pain releases her debut album sung in both English and French.
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The Dodos – Time to Die
There's a time to be born and, as The Dodos, given their extinct namesake should know, a Time to Die. But man, what a way to go.
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Dandy Warhols Return to the Monkey House
On August 7, music fans will be having their own private deja-vu moment as the Dandy Warhols return from a time machine back to the year 2003 with a copy of an album they recorded then, but like different, man.
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Various Artists – Brand Neu!
Just say NEU! to drugs. Or NEU! to Oasis. A hit and miss compilation of acts influenced by this seminal German outfit.
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Loosegoats Shake Loose for Swedish shows
Sweden's masters of lo-fi grunge and alt.country Loosegoats reform for three summer concerts including Gothenburg's Way Out West festival.
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Deerhunter in Our Headlights – Bradford Cox Interview
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Deerhunter's willowy singer-guitarist and stand-up comic in the making Bradford Cox entered the 2Ser studios to trade words with Static's Chris Berkley about all things in the Deerhunter-verse.
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Trance Ascending – Deerhunter – Brisbane – 13 June 2009
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Webcuts delivers the verdict on Deerhunter's recent Australian assault with reviews of Brisbane, Sydney and also the secret Atlas Sound Sydney show. Let the hunting begin.
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Trance Formation – Atlas Sound – Sydney – 19 June 2009
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I'd be surprised if the majority in attendance were familiar at all with Atlas Sound, but the crammed in masses of which Webcuts was one of the last to make the cut, were calling out requests that even Cox felt too obscure and unplayable.
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Trance Ending – Deerhunter – Sydney – 20 June 2009
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Having caught them a few weeks earlier in London, it was like witnessing an entirely different band in the throes of conquering new territory and playing to new audiences.
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Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
Will Jason Molina blossom on Magnolia Electric Co.'s third album Josephine?
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