Eagles of Death Metal are soon to be soaring into Australia for a bunch of dates aviator Ray bans, studded belts and tattoos in hand and on sleeve, so lock up your wives, sisters and, possibly, mothers. Jess Hughes leads the current live version of EODM (which doesn’t include Mr. Hommes) in support of [...]
V Festival The behemoth of the V Festival roles into the country at the end of the month. It features the usual mix of mainstream and up and coming rock/pop and electronic acts including The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow, The Human League, Madness, M83, Louis XIV, Howling Bells, The Kills and more. Apr [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, the envelope please! Webcuts favourite albums of 2008 as argued and fought over by us, including star-studded appearances from Beach House, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Nick Cave, Santogold, Okkervil River and many more…
The Too Pure Singles Club returns in 2012 with a bang (or is that a rattle) with the sound of Icelandic mantra magicians Dead Skeletons. For the uninitiated, Dead Skeletons came into existence in 2008 when band member Jon Saamunder needed music for an art installation in the Reykjavik Art Museum. Enlisting the help of friends Henrik Bjornsson and Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt the trio penned the songs which would eventually become the Dead Magick album, a 72 minute, 12 song journey through space and time, life and death. “Om Mani Peme Hung” is the sound of Neu! on a meditation retreat engaging in a spiritual hypno-chant. Now repeat after me… Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung… (subscribe to the Too Pure Singles Club here).
