R.E.M. – Reckoning Re-Release : Album Reviews
January 31, 2011 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

R.E.M and their 1984 release Reckoning was the pioneering American Alternative band’s second LP, and now comes to you re-released in a snazzy new package for all to appreciate.
Cypress Hill – It Ain’t Nothin’ : Single Reviews
September 2, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Music, Singles Reviews

Already having released the title track from the album earlier this year, Rise Up – featuring Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello on guitar, Cypress Hill have released the next single off the record, It Ain’t Nothin’ – featuring Young De.
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul
August 30, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

You know that an album’s going to be good when there is that much turbulence over its release. Such was the beginning’s for Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s Dark Night Of The Soul.
Sia – We Are Born : Album Review
August 21, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

Self-confessing that she is “really impressionable about music”, she states that her album decisions in the past were based around her surroundings and the people that she found herself around. We Are Born, on the other hand, is an album for her.
Big Day Out 2011 – Line-up Whispers: Music News
August 17, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Music, Music News

Although the Big Day Out line-up has not been confirmed as yet, there have been ‘whispers’.
We Have Band – WHB : Album Reviews
August 16, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

Having toured at the beginning of this year, performing amidst the Australian musical festival circuit, We Have Band have firmly positioned themselves in the electro music scene.
Brandon Boyd – The Wild Trapeze : Album Reviews
July 22, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

It’s one thing when there is a lead singer consistent enough to hold their band together throughout the bands career thus far. However, it is something else when a lead singer is able to hold themselves equally as strong on their own. Not to say that they’ve split from the band, or that there is [...]
Chemical Brothers – Australian Tour Dates : Music News
July 19, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Music, Music News

UK heavyweights, The Chemical Brothers, have announced that they will bring their world-renowned live act to our shores next year.
Dead Letter Circus – This Is The Warning : Album Reviews
July 19, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

It’s 2010, and Dead Letter Circus are back in the Australian alternative rock music scene with their debut album, This Is The Warning.
Ozomatli – Fire Away : Album Review
June 10, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

Are You Ready? is the perfect opener for the album; creating that overall hypnotic reggae/salsa/hip hop/feel-good element that one would generally find on a Summer’s night out in St. Kilda. That would probably be the perfect way to sum up the feel of the album, actually – with the buskers playing and random hipsters having a joyous ol’ time.
Micah P. Hinson – All Dressed Up And Smelling Of Strangers : Album Reviews
May 3, 2010 by Simone Ziada
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Spread over two discs, All Dressed up and Smelling of Strangers is the next instalment to Hinson’s collection. It is the fifth record that the Texan-born musician has released and consists entirely of covers.
MGMT – Congratulations : Album Reviews
April 27, 2010 by Simone Ziada
Filed under Album Reviews, Music

If Congratulations has taught me anything, it’s that you can actually love a band after hating them. Who knew?



