Lanie Lane – ‘Ain’t Hungry’ 2011 has seen me discover a number of female blues and soul singers, but I would have to say that Lanie Lane’s ‘Ain’t Hungry’ just edges ahead of the pack in terms of my favourite such song (and indeed, any song) for the year. This all-too-short track was produced by…
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A veteran and darling of Australia’s music industry, Melbourne singer and songwriter (not to mention, writer and painter), Jess McAvoy, has now moved to the US to show the northern hemisphere why her home country fell in love with her. Have a read of her inspiring Q&A with Lip, and just keep your fingers crossed…
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Read Dunja Nedic’s interview with Australian blues rocker, Abbe May, ahead of her appearance at the Pyramid Rock Festival! Check Lip Magazine every day for new music content!
Being in a cover band doesn’t tend to net you a whole lot of “real” fans. Altogether reinterpreting classic songs is perhaps an even greater risk, it is one that the New York City-based reggae collective, Easy Star All-Stars, has undertaken with passion, love, and success to boot. Easy Star All-Stars have indeed become best…
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There are few artists who have ever had as much attention as has Britney Spears: the woman’s been around for 13 odd years, and has had her various successes and failures on public display for our viewing pleasure. Most recently, she has gotten engaged – something we can only assume at present to be good…
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When I innocently came home from work the other day, the video ‘Shit Girls Say’ was sitting at the top of my newsfeed. Several of my friends, most of them female, had posted it, and as I clicked play, I thought ‘oh fuck, here we go’. This was mainly because I was expecting it to…
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A few days ago, a friend correctly assumed that I would enjoy reading this, documenting a neurotic email sent by a NY banker to a woman with whom he went on one date. Even if you’re the slowest reader in the world, I assure you that reading said email is time well spent, but here…
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At some point in my quest to be a “writer”, I became certain that editors hated me. Looking back, there is little grounding for this, except having heard hoards of stories about cruel rejection letters and cliquey types who would only publish the work of those within a/the literary canon and/or their friends (which are…
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The laws of operant conditioning and its methods of shaping behaviour have been applied to numerous situations and purposes in our ever-changing world since the reward/punishment model was pioneered by Burrhus Frederic Skinner many moons ago. One such situation is the quest to find a romantic partner – a task that continues to be one…
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Describe your sound in five words or less. Poppy – Folk – Fun – Lyrical – Multifaceted Was there a particular moment or artist that made you want to pursue music when you were growing up? Who were your early influences? I didn’t grow up wanting to be a rock star… but as a kid…
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A couple of weeks ago, I was at a friend’s place and decided to mosey on over to his shelves of DVDs and find something to entertain me while he cleaned. After a ridiculous amount of time spent trying to decide what to watch, I settled on season one of an old favourite, The OC….
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Describe your sound in five words or less. Ghost on a lost highway. Was there a particular moment or artist that made you want to pursue music when you were growing up? Who were your early influences? I grew up in a household that was always filled with instruments, rehearsals and musicians coming and going….
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Recently, I was slut-shamed. I was slut-shamed by someone whose facebook comments I questioned when they showed ignorance or a fundamental misunderstanding of the inequality that has propelled feminism, and he predictably got sick of me taking issue with the things he was saying, and deleted me on facebook. When a friend jokingly asked him…
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Describe your sound in five words or less. Eclectic jungle African indie dance Was there a particular moment or artist that made you want to pursue music when you were growing up? Who were your early influences? Harrison: Not a single moment, but, as a 90s kid, like everyone else, I was obsessed with Nirvana….
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