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Rhys Darby in full flight
Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:38 PM EST
If you’ve seen the TV series Flight Of The Conchords, then its likely you have quoted its scene-stealing character, Murray Hewitt, to one of your friends. The Kiwi actor who plays Hewitt, Rhys Darby, has amassed a worldwide fan base with his dithering, innocent portrayal o …
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Wolfmother's new musical offspring
Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:18 PM EST
After a year of writing and recording, Wolfmother are preparing to give birth to new musical offspring. The hard rock band from Sydney, who have become internationally famous during the past decade, are almost ready to release their third record. But first they're going to play …
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Ed Kowalczyk's continual faith
Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:59 PM EST
Ed Kowalczyk admits that writing his new solo record, Alive, didn’t feel noticeably different to working with the group that made him famous. “Well, being the main songwriter in Live, my craft in that sense didn’t really change to this record,” says Ed Ko …
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Final hours of Thursday
Mon Feb 6, 2012 2:58 AM EST
Music critics have never really known how to categorise Thursday. Emo? Screamo? Punk? Post-hardcore? Post-rock? Pop-punk?Labelling the sound of the powerful New Jersey six-piece since their 1999 debut record, Waiting, has proven a futile exercise.
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Martha Wainwright's French connection
Fri Feb 3, 2012 12:45 AM EST
Since her first trip to Australia, where she performed alongside her mother Kate McGarrigle and brother Rufus in a magical homage to Leonard Cohen, Martha Wainwright has made a point of returning here on a regular basis. This month will see the enchanting singer fly back to perf …
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Many sides of Ice Cube
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:59 PM EST
Since emerging in 1987 alongside Dr. Dre in the gangsta rap group N.W.A., who would become a blueprint for most rap and hip-hop to follow, Ice Cube has never rested on his laurels. After leaving N.W.A.
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How Saul became Slash
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:48 PM EST
His discovery of guitarists Joe Perry and Jimmy Page put teenager Saul Hudson on the musical path. When the band he played guitar for, Guns N’ Roses, very quickly became the world’s biggest rock band in the late 1980s, Hudson’s household name was Slash. Now his …
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Il Divo's wicked ways
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:35 PM EST
When television personality Simon Cowell approached French pop star Sebastien Izambard to join an opera crossover group he was creating called Il Divo, the singer’s reaction was simple. “I was like ‘no way’,” Izambard says from his London home.
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Sharon Corr lives to make music
Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:21 PM EST
The Corrs farewelled their fans in 2006, announcing that they were going to take time to focus on their families. They had definitely earned a break. Since releasing their debut record in 1995, which fused the traditional Irish folk of their homeland with modern pop music, siste …
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The Decemberists go back to basics
Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:04 PM EST
The Decemberists could never be accused of lacking ambition. Since singer songwriter Colin Meloy formed the Portland, Oregon, group out of the ashes of his alt-country outfit Tarkio in 2000, their folk-rock music has been growing in vision. They dabbled in 2004 with the EP The T …
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Behind the doors of Bret Easton Ellis
Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:50 PM EST
Whether it be gang-rape, the screening of snuff movies, terrorism plots, torture or prostitution, much of Bret Easton Ellis' stories take place behind bedroom doors. His latest book, Imperial Bedrooms, is a sequel to his debut, Less Than Zero.
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The days of The Triffids
Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:24 PM EST
There have been a number of compilations of The Triffids' music released in the past, but the latest - Wide Open Road - The Best Of - comes at a time when a new generation is slowly discovering one of this country's most important bands. The band's pedal steel guitarist, Evil Gr …
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The amazing journey of The Who
Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:15 PM EST
When an unknown group called The Detours changed their name to The Who, it began a chapter that would not only change the face of rock music, but would define it.
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Writer shows his Dexterity
Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:12 AM EST
While many Dexter fans discovered the charmingly creepy character through actor Michael C. Hall’s television portrayal, the serial killer and forensic blood splatter analyst is the dastardly creation of American author Jeff Lindsay.
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Stranglers singer returns to his roots
Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:29 AM EST
The Stranglers never really fitted in anywhere. They were too polished to be properly accepted by the punk movement. They were too punk to be embraced by the mainstream. But three decades on and their genius is now commonly accepted. Songs like Golden Brown, Peaches and Strange …
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Colin Hay still hard at work
Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:00 AM EST
Although he co-wrote Down Under, a song widely regarded as Australia's unofficial national anthem, Colin Hay says he receives an equally positive crowd response no matter where he performs in the world."[Australia's] a great place to play, but the whole idea is to try to introduc …
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