After only five years, Bonjah have a rather impressive CV under their collective belt. The Kiwi ex-pats have played over 500 shows and even in this tumultuous musical climate, they’ve still managed to sell 20,000 CD units (before they were signed to Shock Records), and now they’re sitting pretty within the music scene, about to…
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According to the facebook event page, around 385 men and women marched down King William Street on the afternoon of June 11. And even though I invited people to Slutwalk, and encouraged my friends to go, and argued with strangers on the event page, I was not with them. The simple answer as to why…
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Now that I’ve been with Julio for over five (continuous!) months, I fancy myself a bit of a relationship expert, quite frankly. I am super happy, filled with gooey love, and I think I know the secret: Stay Single. Granted, this seems counter intuitive, but bear with me a moment. Depending on what exactly you…
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Acoustic folk duos don’t typically form out of hard rock and indie roots and yet, this is but one of the unique things about His & Her Majesty. Since forming around a year ago, Emma Boatswain and Symon Madry have won the Songsalive Songwriters’ competition, done a residency at the Old Fitzroy in Woolloomooloo, and…
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A lot of my friends are certain that they are never going to love anyone like they loved their first love. Depending on how many times I’ve already heard them say this, my response differs from ‘I’m sure you’ll find someone just as great’ to ‘There’s a reason you broke up. You will definitely, definitely…
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While countless Australian bands fight for local airplay, Cosmo Jarvis, a rather precocious 21 year old Brit, has had his single, ‘Sure As Hell Not Jesus’ swooped up by triple j and whose star is quickly rising, with his controversial video clips and broad subject matter, from religion to gay pirates. But despite first impressions,…
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The tortured artist is a rather common cliché, though usually associated with unrequited love, insomnia and excessive drug use, than actual mental health issues. As both a psychotherapist and musician, William Fitzsimmons is putting the two together. An intensely personal songwriter, he shares experiences such as familial disintegration during his youth, his divorce from his…
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Based on some of my previous posts, I may have given the impression that I have an uncommonly good relationship with some of my ex-boyfriends. This is true in at least one case, but in the rest, I pretty much adhere to the stereotype that ex-partners are rarely on better-than-okay terms. My parents have been…
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When most bands celebrate a single release, they might organise a launch. Find a venue willing to host them, get someone on merch and ticket sales, and hope it sells out. Granted, The Fearless Vampire Killers, did do this (May 28th at The Toff), but before that, they organised a secret house party boasting ‘free…
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Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. -John Lennon I was not supposed to have a boyfriend this year. At some point towards the end of 2009, I decided that I was due for another boyfriend in 2010, rationalising that I’d consistently had a partner in even years (probably because…
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Although this column is ‘supposed’ to be about my experiences, I write it with the general hope that it’s going to be relevant to more people than just me. Yet, I am aware that there are a lot of things that aren’t all that pertinent to me now that probably are to many others, and…
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How did YellowFever get started? It started with me and a friend of mine, Isabel, we used to make funny 30 second joke songs and weird little melody collages. And then we decided to start a real band so we started writing songs together and played a couple of shows and the drummer, Adam, came…
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Several days ago, one of my friends remarked that at least it’s Gone with the Wind that I can quote with ease, and not just Anchorman (although I can do that too), to which I responded that although this is true, it’s still only my dad’s edit that I can quote, only having watched the…
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When I took on the role of lip’s music sub-editor, I found out that I wasn’t required to feature female musicians above male ones. And if I’m completely honest, I was relieved. The bands I was listening to most at the time were predominantly male, often with one female (usually a bassist or a keyboardist),…
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