R.I.P Gil Scott-Heron

This weekend the world lost the amazing poet/rapper, Gil Scott-Heron. Who has passed away in New York at the age of 62.

His work is truly meaningful, honest and inspirational.

This is one of my favourites:

Also...

thought I would share just a couple of examples of what comes out of my amazing friends with you...

A friend of mine (Sophie) takes rather rad photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoot_at_everyone/

A friend of mine (Nathan) opens his mind to you:
http://curiouserthanusual.blogspot.com/



(photo from Nathan)

This week...

Am digging the latest Tv On The Radio album '9 Types Of Light', especially loving the track 'You', amazing!
Ok so this clip is kinda shakey, but close your eyes and listen bitches...so cool...

or even better, just go and buy the album and listen to the studio version!


Also enjoying the new album 'Blood Pressures' from The Kills. Can't wait to see them do their thing in Australia in a couple of months!

Darwin Deez at the HiFi....

here's a review I did for thedwarf.com.au....
Darwin Deez
HiFi Melbourne 29/4/11
By Annie Mullen




I was skeptical, surrounded by a crowd of fashionable moustaches and all the hype that the New Yorkers Darwin Deez bring. Although the show was not sold out, the HiFi was packed with trendy Melbournians and an energetic buzz.
Opening was Owl Eyes, an up-and-coming Australian chick and her support band. Although they may not have captured the whole audience (which is hard for any support act), they were quite sweet and agreeable. Her, Brooke Addamo aka Owl Eyes, has a lovely, interesting voice which presents simple and relatable lyrics. The general vibe was upbeat, cruisey and cool. I am sure we will be hearing more of her name in times to come.
Soon after an extremely lanky, skinny man with an amazing set of curls, neat moustache and a brown typically ‘retro’ jumper enters the stage to adjust guitars and sound pedals. It’s him, the face of Darwin Deez, Darwin Smith! He fixes stuff, looks around then leaves the stage again.
About 5 minutes or so pass and he returned, with the band; guitarist, bassist and drummer. They rock onto stage to a mash up of noise and voices before opening with ‘Up In The Clouds’. Darwin’s skinny legs wrapped in skinny jeans energetically bounce around the stage as he belted out the songs from their self-titled debut album. Lead singer Darwin clearly relishes in being on stage, so it’s easy to get swept along and enjoy watching him enjoy himself.
The band was tight, the backing vocals were great, there were choreographed synchronized dance moves, and a pretty hilarious rap.
The audience ate it all up, and it was clear Darwin and the band loved every second of the set too.
The only let down was Darwin telling everyone to “Buy a t’shirt”….umm…not necessary, just tacky. Stick to the music, leave marketing to someone else.
As expected the poppy hit ‘Radar Detector’ was last song of the set. But was then followed by an encore which ended with another hit- the upbeat and fun ‘Constellations’, in which both the band and the audience really let loose. It’s poppy, but with a lot of quirkiness chucked in there for good measure.

There is a very talented (and fun) man behind that indie mo of his!

news....

There has been some major news headlines recently; a royal wedding and Osama being killed by Americans to list a couple that everyone was talking about non-stop and I care little about....

There has also been some really sad news, that I do really care about. One of my favourite bands Tv On The Radio lost a member last week. Gerard Smith, Tv's bassist has passed away at the age of 36 after battling lung cancer.
This is a big loss to the music world, and no doubt the world in general.
The band wrote this message on their website:

"We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer. Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly."