Girl was lucky enough to catch up with Cradle of Filth's Canadian keyboardist Lindsay Schoolcraft on the eve of the band's newest album release, Hammer of the Witches. Here's what she had to say: Hi Lindsay! How have you been? I've been great thanks! It's late here in Canada right now, I've just been hanging out … Continue reading Hammer of the Witches Falls
Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn got carried away at Denmark's Roskilde Festival at the weekend... literally. After being repeatedly asked to stop his mammoth FIVE HOUR set, Albarn was eventually picked up and carried off stage to the boos and jeers of the crowd. Performing with Africa Express, Albarn even performed an impromptu cover … Continue reading Damon Albarn Gets Carried Away… Literally
Facebook has had the suggested tagging function for a while now, so it's little wonder Google has hopped on board the tech train... except... ... yep. This user was clearly none too impressed with the automatic tagging algorithm picking up his friend's face as a primate, not a human. Erm, ya'll done goofed, Google. Luckily, … Continue reading Whoops – New Google App Accidentally Racist
They're already on the road for the Goons Gone Wild tour, so Girl caught up for a super quick chat with Brisbane's Drawcard vocalist/guitarist Paul Durkin this week. You guys have been around for over a decade now - how did you first get together? Well Andi (drummer) and I are bros, and the rest … Continue reading Drawcard – Goons Gone Wild
Our faves Jebediah just completed a sold-out metro city run of dates for the 20th Anniversary tour and TWENTY album release, and now they have announced a regional run taking in North Queensland, Darwin, regional NSW and Tasmania. "What a wonderful Twentieth Anniversary tour we've had," the band said in a press release. "Thank you to … Continue reading Jebediah’s TWENTY Celebrations Continue
Forget predictive text, BBC has got your back, yo. Whomever had the - ahem - enviable task of subtitling Kanye West's Glastonbury performance in live time clearly gave up on life while trying to live-title the performance in a PG-rating. What started as: And: Quickly became: And then, simply: We're not sure what they expected … Continue reading Attention Liggas and Motherduckers…
After The Burial guitarist Justin Lowe has announced he has left the band via a bizarre (and long) statement on his personal Facebook page that raises more questions than it answers. The statement reads: My decision to leave After The Burial... Where do I begin... I've been set up guys by something more powerful than … Continue reading After The Burial Guitarist Leaves Band, Posts Bizarre Manifesto
Byron Bay metal core band In Hearts Wake has enjoyed some ripping success this year, including a #2 ARIA debut with their album Skydancer, following on from previous top five album Earthwalker. UNFD has just released details of the band's forthcoming regional tour, which will take in Tasmania, regional Victoria and North Queensland. With support … Continue reading In Hearts Wake Announces Regional Tour
By now you've probably heard about Jackass star Bam Margera getting knocked out backstage at the Secret Solstice festival in Iceland. Margera was at the festival, headlined by the likes of Wu-Tang, Flight Facilities and Rob Pattinson's 'fiancee' (?) FKA Twigs, with his band Earth Rocker. Footage of the incident shows a scuffle between Margera and at least three guys, … Continue reading Bam Margera’s Backstage Brawl
Former Sydneysider, Cleo Bachelor and all-round hunk Richard O'Bryan has just finished filming his first season on a popular kids' TV show in the USA, after a successful season playing the male lead in Dirty Dancing on London's West End. Girl caught up with Richard to talk names, musicals and... witches? How are you, Richard?! … Continue reading From Bondi To Broadway (well, almost)
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