From his early days in the Warumpi Band almost three decades ago to a solo career that has seen him release 10 albums, Neil Murray is an Australian musical treasure. Touring in support of his new album, Witness, Murray is soon to return to WA. Catch him on Thursday, April 22, at Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle; Friday, April 23, at the Quindanning Hotel; Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25, at Duckstein Brewery, Margaret River; and Tuesday, April 27, the Perth Blues Club, Charles Hotel.
Henry Rollins is a busy man. As a DJ, stand-up comedian, writer, actor and spoken word artist, Rollins barely gets a chance to pump iron – but that’s just the way he likes it. In 2010, Rollins’ busy schedule will see him stop off in Australia for a quick tour, with shows at the Astor Theatre on Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2. Rollins’ Frequent Flyer Tour will be a spoken word affair, focusing on travel – an occupational hazard! Tickets are on sale now from BOCS.
Local lads Gyroscope are going to be making a very special in store appearance at 78 Records next weekend, playing an acoustic set of tracks from their upcoming album Cohesion, as well as signing copies of the album. Coming off the back of their #1 album Breed Obsession in 2008, Cohesion is set to be a record with enough power to rock even the strongest stadium foundations. Head to 78s (914 Hay St, Perth) at 5pm on Friday, April 9, to grab your copy and see Gyroscope up close and personal at the same time.
Western Australian Students will rally for continued Student Support Reform today.
The rally with have an Oliver Twist theme to help emphasize student poverty.
The WA President of the National Union of Students Bascha Stasak spoke to Travis Collins on The Mag.
With about 80 new major resource projects expected in Australia in the next five years, our National skills shortage is firmly on the agenda.
The Federal Government’s National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce was set up to look at upcoming projects, the number and types of jobs they will create, as well as education and training programs.
Morning Magazine’s,Travis Collins spoke to Taskforce chairman Gary Gray and asked him how many new resource industry jobs we can expect in WA in the next 5 years.
Harlequin League are back with a a debut album and some new sounds on the way.
James and Chris from the band joined Stacey Gougoulis on Brekky.
Have you ever wonder what a manface is?
Well, it’s many things but one definition is Jason Chatfield and Ben Russell in a combined comedy act.
Jason Chatfield joined Stacey Gougoulis on Brekky.
The Fremantle Street Arts Festival is taking over the port city this weekend.
There’s a whole lot to see and do, and we’ll be covering it in detail here on Morning Magazine.
Today, we’re introducing you to the Cloghoppers Banjo Circus Duo.
This weekend sees their debut at the Fremantle Street Arts Fest where they’ll combine blistering banjo bluegrass, with circus skills like juggling, unicycling and acrobalance…
Interested? …me too.
Jamie Macdonal caught up with the world’s smallest banjo band on Morning Magazine
Formula One Driver Mark Webber labelled Australia a “bloody nanny state” over the weekend, after fellow F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton had his car impounded when he was caught hooning in St Kilda.
Webber says he feels like he needs an Instruction Booklet just to get out of bed.
The Institute of Public Affairs says Webbers call was spot on.
Jamie Macdonald spoke to Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the IPA Tim Wilson this morning.
If you disliked volume one of Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward’s ‘She & Him’ collaboration don’t bother picking up the second expecting any change in style. M. Ward’s subtle production once again allows Deschanel’s voice to be the focus within the 60’s country-pop sound. How you respond to this will more than likely depend on your feelings about Zooey’s slightly-weak-on-range but full-to-the-brim-with- personality voice. I find it an odd mix of both charming and irritating with my opinion swinging depending on the song. In a track such as ‘In the Sun’ the vocal weaknesses in the chorus are somewhat distracting but in ‘Me and You’ both the song and her voice maintain a general aura of loveliness – with a refrain of ‘you got to be kind to yourself’ and a nice slide guitar in the mix.
M.Ward’s rough baritone comes as a welcome respite when he chimes in for a verse on ‘Ridin’ in My Car’ and a little more Him in the She & Him dynamic would have been welcome. Tracks such as ‘Don’t Look Back’ and ‘Over it Over Again’ get the top tapping and it is hard to deny the album has an easy charm to it. Deschanel has written all but two of the songs contained in the album and peppers the lyrics with the kind of cutie-pie moxy you would expect from her. One song in particular begins with the question ‘why do I always want to sock it to you hard?’ She & Him do justice to the music they are paying homage to and though this album is not ground-breaking it is, like bows and kittens and polka-dotted dresses, sweet and enjoyable.
