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The Drums – Interview with Johnny Pierce, Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick (Static, 2010)

By |August 5th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , |

The cross overs. Every year has them; bands that get touched by the hand of hype and go from being blogged about to actually selling significant quantities of records/MP3s along with world wide tour schedules and high billed festival slots. This year one of those bands is Brooklyn’s The Drums who have certainly enjoyed a lot of column pixels and radio play on the strength of their back to basics c86 indie-pop as imagined by Phil Spector self titled debut album and its omnipresent lead single “Let’s Go Surfing”. Static’s Chris Berkley has a drink with three quarters of the band for a lesson in how to avoid being drowned by the waves of success.

The Faint / Ladytron – Atlanta – 17 April 2009

By |April 18th, 2009|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA 17th April 2009 The black-clad kids were out in force as the rolling The Faint/Ladytron sideshow pulled into Atlanta, Georgia, offloading what could be unkindly dubbed an ‘electroclash revival’ as both

Vivian Girls – Australian Interview (Static, 2009)

By |September 29th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Cassie, Katy and Ali aka Vivian Girls are back again with their sophomore album Everything Goes Wrong and we caught up with them in a place where nothing ever goes wrong, unless you have a show scheduled at the Hopetoun Hotel this week (fyi girls - it's closed).

Headless Chickens – Gaskrankinstation

By |February 18th, 2009|Categories: Features, Secret History of Australian Music|Tags: , , , , , |

Continuing our exploration into the Secret History of Australian Music, we open the doors to our New Zealand neighbours and welcome the Headless Chickens as we fill our tanks in their "Gaskrankinstation"

Is Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” the Greatest Pop Song Ever?

By |September 12th, 2010|Categories: Features|Tags: , , |

Inescapable, inexplicable, infuriatingly addictive and an irrefutable pop phenomenon. She is Lady Gaga and she has come to take your children. If this were true, I'm sure it would be a fair trade but in reality, her goals are much, much higher. She is Lady Gaga and you know full well why she is here. A fashion and style icon, Gaga has made her two years in the public eye seem like a special kind of Chinese water torture. Chances are you’ve either succumbed to her spell, or fighting the effects with all the strength you can muster.

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