If you were to ask some casual music fans on the East Coast, West Australian stalwarts Eskimo Joe all but disappeared following 2011’s commercial radio hit Love Is A Drug. But, indeed, the guys are all still gigging together, working on new projects and, as lead vocalist Kav Temperley explained to Girl this week, gearing … Continue reading Eskimo Joe Preparing Their Party Pants (and shoes) For 21st Year
As a teenager growing up watching summer festivals like Livid and Homebake, with Aussie bands taking the main stages with gusto, women fronting bands like The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod were held by yours truly in the same regard as Chrissie Amphlett, Stevie Nicks, Blondie and Joan Jett: revered as true rock n roll heroes. To … Continue reading A Super(jesus) Summer Festival Ahead
It’s no secret that Matt Colwell, aka 360, has had his share of close calls. In fact, the Melbourne native may just be the proverbial cat of the rap world. From an eye disease claiming part of his vision and ending his basketball dreams, to massive injuries caused by a go-karting accident, to convulsing on … Continue reading How 360 has turned his life around
words + photos: Jasmine Aquino Photographing the 2017 ARIA Music Awards Red Carpet last Tuesday was a one of a kind experience. Getting to the venue, The Star Event Centre in Pyrmont, was already an experience in itself. Since I had never photographed an event as major as the ARIAs before, I was getting paranoid … Continue reading Popping The ARIAs Cherry – A Photographer’s Review
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The biggest night in Australian music was held with minimal disruption in Sydney last night. Kirin Callinan, AKA 'that Aussie muso whose song was deemed so bad it was bagged out by Jimmy Fallon in America' rocked up to the ARIAs wearing a kilt and showed the photographers - including our own Jasmine - whether … Continue reading ARIA Awards Winners Are Grinners
Get out your raincoat, music fans - there's a shit storm a'brewing. For the last week or so, we've been seeing posts on social media about bush doof EDM festival Earthcore that haven't exactly left a pleasant taste in people's mouths. Trance duo Coming Soon pulled out of the event with this announcement on Facebook: … Continue reading Another Aussie Festival Bites The Dust
After multiple calls for triple j to change the date of the annual Hottest 100 away from Australia Day (or Invasion Day, as some Australians like to call it) and a public survey, the results are in - Saturday 27th January will host the countdown next year. It will be backed up on Sunday 28th … Continue reading Change The Date: Hottest 100 New Date For 2018
Violent Soho is putting on a bit of a Christmas show at the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, and some Grinch decided to try to flog two tickets to the sold-out gig off for triple their original price today. The band caught wind of this, so they asked their ticketing agent to refund the bloke his … Continue reading Violent So-Ho Ho Ho
Next year's Vans Warped Tour will be the last full, cross-country North American tour, according to founder Kevin Lyman. It will not, however, be the final ever Vans Warped event, with Lyman promising a 25th anniversary event in 2019 as he reflected over the past 23 tours: "In 1995, I had already worked many years … Continue reading Vans Warped Tour A Wrap
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