hear ye, hear ye!

Ooh yes Arcade Fire have posted a postcard on their website, feast your eyes.



For the folk with shit eyesight - a new single due for release in 2 weeks! Cannot waaait!

I like how everyone is spreading themselves around and forming supergroups of late. Latest one of interest involves lead singer of Snow Patrol, drummer from Belle and Sebastian and guitarsit from R.E.M. calling themselves Tired Pony. Weird mix, doesn't sound too bad at all. Check out the vid up on their official website http://www.tiredpony.com/.

Boys need to wear suits more often. A guys chances of getting laid increase 30% if he is wearing a suit. This may or may not be a completely bullshit statistic I have made up BUT loooook at what The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Junior has done. Gone and made a line of suits for Confederacy for the modern male. Genious. Suit up boys, look at the entire range here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=138832981&albumId=2413220



Here's a lovely song that makes you want to go to Ric's and meet an awkward boy with a beanie and dance to The Kinks. The Divine Comedy with 'At the Indie Disco'. Album is due for release May 31. Could be worth keeping an eye on, eh?



Steve Aoki is pulling some names in for his next album including vocals by Kele Okereke from Bloc Party, Weezer and even Lil Jon will be in the mix to no doubt throw in some 'Yeaaah' 'Okaaaay''s in from time to time.

Did anyone hear this cover of Kid Cudi by Cloud Control on Triple J last week? I relived and downloaded it I enjoyed it that much. Have a gander. Cloud Control covers Kid Cudi | Like a Version | triple j

Over and out. Roger.

Interpol, M.I.A, James Murphy news + just announced Brisneyland gigs

Some good and bad news.

Bad news - Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler has left the band to follow different pathways. Dengler finished recording the latest album with the lads but won't be coming on tour. No word if they will be gracing our shores again, tour dates yet to be released. Fingers crossed!

In good news, Interpol are giving a free download from their website of new single 'Lights'. http://www.interpolnyc.com/



M.I.A song called 'XXXO' was played on BBC Radio . A radio rip on youtube is all I could find on it. M.I.As album is due for release on July 29.



Bit closer to home. CHECK OUT THESE GUYS!! Jinja Safari, a triple j unearthed band that reminds me of Sigur Ros' latest 'Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust' ('With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly'. Its fresh, makes me want to dance around in a pair of gumboots at a full moon gig or something equally as liberating. Their myspaaach: http://www.myspace.com/jinjasafari . The Sydney chaps will be supporting Miami Horrors gig in Sydney. Looking forward to hearing more from these guys.




And what's a post without mentioning James Murphy, really? His comment to the New Yorker about LCD Soundsystems live shows just makes me think 'He's someones dad/husband' Can you imagine the houseparties at that house?! By golly I hope his spawn are muscically gifted, no pressure or anything.
Back from my tangents; perhaps the reason LCD Soundsystems live shows are incredible: "Nobody onstage can hear anything the audience doesn't hear. No click tracks, no guides, nothing can be heard onstage that isn't going to the front of the house. If it's a synthesizer, you have to make that sound onstage happen with a synth. If it's an organic sound, it absolutely cannot be put on a sampler. No 'feeling it'. No sunglasses. No rocking out. No improvising. No noodling. No psyching up the crowd. No pretending you're cool. I understand that if someone's going to make me his idea of cool I can't control that. But no wearing the rock-and-roll hat." MELT.



Some giggities just announced:

25th May - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Hi Fi Bar, West End.

29th May - Katy Steele (Little Birdy) - X & Y Bar, Fortitude Valley.

4th June - DZ - Alhambra Lounge, Fortitude Valley.

17th June - Ash Grunwald - Irish Club, Toowoomba.

ben harper & the relentless 7 - skin thin

Shit I'm excited for these guys at Splendour. They are going to be perfectly suited for the ampi-theatre at Woodford. New vid for 'Skin Thin'. Ben Harper is too good.


Ben Harper and Relentless7 - Skin Thin

Ben Harper and Relentless7 | MySpace Music Videos

After a loooong hiatus..

Third year uni schedules have prevented Smeared Frost posts for a while.. so here's a quick post with the latest music news off the top of the ol' noggin'.

Well what more need to be said music-wise than Splendour in the Grass... purely amazing. www.splendourinthegrass.com for the ridiculous line up details of the Woodford-bound festival.

Other quick snippets in music news of late:

LCD Soundsystem announce Splendour will be their last Australian tour for the band and are planning on making the last shows something else. James Murphy, a god in his own right, (listen to 'All My Friends' and try not connect it with everything beautiful and sad you've ever experienced all within 7 minutes) is set to let loose as he says this will be the last time they will have the chance to do any of the wack shit they have ever wanted to do on stage.
Their latest album 'This is Happening!' has caused stirs as they take a step away from the instrumental side of 2007's 45:33 and back to the epic artform of repetition, 8 minute tracks and some amazing alternative dance music. Skip 'Drunk Girls' that shit is as disappointing as your parents found you when you asked them for money for Splendour tickets.

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has announced he will be releasing a solo album called The Flamingo. No mention of dates as yet.



Friendly Fires have made the greatest call of 2010 saying they will not be doing a MGMT on their next album, guitarist Edd Gibson stating 'I really hope we are not going to do what MGMT did. Whatever it is they have done, we want to steer well clear of it. I don't understand why they would make such a leap, go from great pop songs to just any old acoustic music played in anyone's bedroom."
Ahhhh feels good not sucking MGMTs arse. The scene kids cry - 'Its just more indie that's why you don't like it as much' eff off I love indie, 'Congratulations' (which was not all that bad an album just not anything more than that) was a blatant attempt at trying to be as queer as possible to steer clear of commercial fame. Successful boys, now have fun playing below par music to the kids who haven't realised how shit you are live yet. Pet hate: pretentious bands who make music to not be as commercial as their last album instead of just making music they love. (queue The Presets next release haha) END RANT.

Frightened Rabbits: Scottish, playing Splendour and this song 'The Twist', which is not their best musically (try 'Swim till You Can't See Land' for best judgment) has been in my head all afternoon. Lyrically amazing. Human heat - we all need some from time to time.



Kasabian are returning to Australia and playing Riverstage 25th July.


The Fratellis have called it quits due to the ol' musical differences thing.

And did I mention Splendour? Frost everywhere.

Bloc Party's Kele Solo Album

Kele Okereke, best known as the frontman for Bloc Party, is set to drop his first debut album in June. The album is meant to be more dance than what the Bloc fans are accustomed to but really, can this man do wrong? First single will be released one week before the official album release.

New FOALS!

MASSIVE news. Foals have released a video of 'Spanish Sahara', the first promo single from their forthcoming album due May 10.

The Foals steer away from the manic 'you-put-that-song-on-and-there-will-not-be-normal-dancing' vibe. Instead it's this slow yet insanely intense melody but still undeniably the Foals. The cinematography is pretty amazing too. Wait till you get mid-song.. queue intense build up and wa-lah.. you have goosebumps.

No Waves

Finally! The culturally deprived Sunshine Coast receives a morsel of art and live music goodness. Local lads have brought No Waves to a Kawana Waters warehouse for a night of art, photography, graphic design and delicious bands.

Artists Jayden Osbourne, Jake Springthorpe, Joy French and many more will be covering the wall with their masterpieces. Plus the Bats girls will be showcasing their live art.

If that wasn't tempting enough, the night is BYO which spells big house party in my eyes. With sweet decor and the likes of Rogerthat, Vacations (debut show) and Revolver & Son providing the soundtrack, its going to be one for the scrapbook.

Bring out your finest Fruity Lexia and head up the coast on Friday, 26th March.

24 Innovation Park Way, Kawana Waters.

Brisbane Soundwave 2010 Review

After purchasing a ticket after Jimmy Eat World were named, I was prepared for the all-moshing, rat-tail bearing idiots to be right up in everyones grill. What I got was mainly utter disappointment, all the kooks were part of my itinerary; cop sweat from the greasy guy jumping up behind me, covering me in his Carlton Mid during Placebo; the emo kids letting loose at Taking Back Sunday and the sweethearts to swoon with me at Jimmy Eat World. Instead I got folded arms and straight faces. If there were fans there they were seriously not showing it.

The beginning of the day was not showing much promise with Closure In Moscow given the flick after organisers claiming the lads to be rude, demanding and not worth the amount they were being paid. Ouch. These guys remind me heaps of The Mars Volta, give them a listen if ya dig.


The queue at the gates, which ended up rounding the streets, meant we missed The Gallows, terrible effort on our behalf.


We got there in time for Taking Back Sunday, one of the ultimate in punk bands back in 2003. A great proportion of the set were new tracks from their latest LP 'New Again' which personally I thought to be silly. I do like the album, its just I see Soundwave as bringing together all the bands you would never expect to see from the hay days, half expecting they would play more songs from 'Where You Want To Be' and 'Louder Now' to satisfy the kids who were too young to come see the guys all those years ago, but maybe that's just me.


Frontman Adam Lazzara seemed lack lustre in his performance. Halfway through the set he proclaimed 'I should have eaten a sandwich or something'. Whether that was the reason he was rubbish or not, who knows, but a friend who had seen them at Taste of Chaos said they were so amazing and looked like they loved what they were doing. This was definitely not the case today. She also added a sly 'And he got fat'. They ended the set with 'Makedamnsure' where Lazzara climbed the side of stage and hung upside down whilst singing. Fair play to him for trying to excite the motionless crowd but it just seemed like a big gimmick. Very disappointing set.





Eagles of Death Metal were next. I was excited, these guys were bound to move this crowd. Out they came with the delicious moustaches and big personalities. There were some killer sing-a-long moments and it was an overall energetic set. Borrowing the drummer from Queens of the Stone Age, they smashed through their set. As young wasted girls fell over and then preceding to continue laying on the ground, it appeared the kooks were coming out of the woodwork. This is what an all ages gig is all about, right? Highlights included 'Wannabe in LA' and '(Only Nineteen)'.





The time of day came to line-up for drink tickets and then line-up to actually get drinks. The glee to this is when the 30 year old, boisterous sheilas, which made queueing up that much more painful, were told they don't do EFTPOS and that they lined up for nothing. Karma at its finest.

We hit the grand stand for Alexisonfire. SO GOOD! Impossible to stay still watching these guys. 'Boiled Frogs', 'Young Cardinals' and watching the intense death pits from above were bullshit. The Canadian fellows know how to let loose, with frontman George Pettit somehow defying gravity when he jumps and the angelic voice of Dallas Green. Nice.





Paramore were an unexpected gem. Turned out to be the best act of the day for myself. 19 year old frontwoman Hayley Williams hammered out every soaring note to impossible perfection whilst jumping around in her leopard print pants. She's a fresh addition to the 'would turn gay for' list. All the big hits including 'Misery Business' stirred the crowd into an absolute frenzy.


Waiting at least half an hour for a hotdog to be told they were all out was pretty amazing. And in queue hearing all your favourite AFI songs was probs even better. Running back with dagwood dog in hand, sauce dripping down my arm, I still managed to see more than half the set. The AFI boys were looking as homosexual as ever, I mean this in the nicest way possible of coarse. Davey Havok is legendary live. Highlights included 'Miss Murder' with the whole crowd singing every word, 'Leaving Song' was a nice reminiscent memory from Sing the Sorrow way back in 2003. Thems the days.

The distinctive voice of frontman Brian Molko from Placebo rings through the RNA Showgrounds and you instantly know he's still got it. Playing favourites 'Meds', 'Every Me, Every You' they proved to be one of the most entertaining acts of the day.

Jimmy Eat World were the act I had been waiting for all day. Opening with 'Sweetness' frontman Jim Adkins' voice is the dream of every teenage girl. He tells the crowd how excited they are to be playing in Australia on such short notice and that it had been a while since the lads had gotten together and played. The setlist consisted mainly of all the slow, pretty songs which was kind of a mood killer, although slow dancing ensued; dips and twirls included. The set wasn't in any way mind-blowing. The boys didn't interact with each other or get the audience involved, they just... played. Ending the set with 'In the Middle' got the crowd going but even that seemed slower than normal. Expectations were probably set too high for a lot of fans, forgetting these guys have been out of action for a fair while.

Dying of thirst and feeling the effects of sun stroke, I stumbled out of the crowd in search of water, in turn missing the first three songs of Faith No More. I won't lie. I did a YouTube search on these guys before the day to see what the guys I only knew did an amazing cover of 'Easy', actually sang. What I found I really, really liked. 'Epic', 'Ashes to Ashes'.. the list of 'Bullshit they sing that!' songs just kept coming. Mike Patton has the energy of a 20 year old, he is amaaaazing. The suits, the ritzy walking stick the awesomely lame 'Bris-sexy' calls. Ah loved it. The headliners were impressive playing all the hits and amping the crowd with what was definitely hailed a killer comeback.

Sunburnt to a crisp and slightly disappointed in a lot of the day I wasn't surprised to hear some complaints on the way home about the atmosphere and performance of some of the bands being less than average. The buzz was missing and I pretty much felt like it was an 'ah well.. another band to add to the seen live list' which isn't what it should feel like. Live music shouldn't be like a cheap slut, another notch on the ol' belt kinda thing. I wouldn't say it was the worst festival I've ever been to, Sounds of Spring 08 takes that cake, but it was a close 2nd. Disappointing with a few diamonds amongst the filth, it would take an amazing act to get me there next year.

OK GO // Hungry Kids of Hungary review

Okay boys, we're headlining tours through Australia, just double-check we've packed everything.. feathered light-up guitars, lasers for the end of our feathered guitars, cameras for our microphones, confetti cannons, shirts that spell OK GO in lighting and a set of hand bells with the special gloves. Sweet, looks like we're good to go.

WTF is right, the whole night was a set of 'WHAT?! No way!'s. Rare is one word for these guys, in saying this, rare is what these guys do well.

The night started with local favourites Hungry Kids of Hungary which set the amazing atmosphere already within the Hi Fi Bar in West End. The crowd had come early to support the boys, the place was already packed. Anyone within the local music scene was no doubt familiar with their tunes like 'Scattered Diamonds' and 'Set It Right'. A shock cover of M.I.A's 'Paper Planes' was amaaaaazing, they know how to make something theirs and this is why they've done so well. It's obvious how comfortable they are on stage in front of their home crowd, absolutely killed it. And just a quick shout-out to the keyboardist, if you're up for marriage, I'm always here haha.

Between sets a swift visit to the Sling bar is always in order. That place is a gem.

I won't lie, my friend and I got a little carried away with our lychee cocktail and missed the first song of OK Go, which I'm still curious if it was 'Get Over It' or not seeing as it was missing from the set. The boys played a lot of songs from the new album 'Of the Blue Colour Of the Sky' which usually is a let-down for the crowd who are there to sing along and get all loose-like but the new album is pretty amazing. If you haven't had the pleasure, I highly recommend it, it has some surprising softer tracks which if you aren't already swooning over frontman Damian Kulash, you will be dropping on one knee. Seems I'm prepared to marry a fair few people from this night. But really, Kulash is one of those people far more attractive in real life who you just stop and have to say 'He is SO good-looking!!' Ah that little sexy smirk, you can just tell he loves what he does. Kulash is the glue to this band, the other members are pretty much blank throughout the set with the keyboardist showing no motion at all, even at the end of the night he robotically throws something out into the crowd without even the shadow of a smile.

Tracks like 'Skyscrapers' and the slow, pretty part of the night, 'Last Leaf' from the new LP were actually some of the highlights of the night. Kulash was pretty much solo on both of these tracks; 'Skyscrapers', which I now rate as one of my favourite OK Go songs, flaunt his vocal talent with a sexy screeching. Screeching is probably not the most favourable word to use but it was talented screeching none the less.. listen to the track and you'll know what I mean.

Old favourites 'A Good Idea At the Time' and that treadmill song 'Here It Goes Again' were always going to pump up the crowd. One of the strangest, coolest things I have ever seen at a gig came about when the table of hand bells was put to use. The boys all stood around the table with their special white gloves and, with what would have taken hours of practice, sang and played the bells in time and tune to 'What to Do'. Epic. Wow.

Then it was time to put the crowds vocal chords to use. Introducing the latest single 'This Too Shall Pass', Kulash did the ol' copy me and sing 'LET IT GO THIS TOO SHALL PASS' which made me like this song far more after seeing it live. Gold stars for audience interaction, and kudos for jumping into the crowd of 'lovers'. I clearly have nothing bad to say about OK Go's frontman, he was a general smart arse, told stories and he can fucking sing.

Definite highlight of the night was the encore. New single 'WTF?' saw the boys coming out into the darkness with feathers light-up guitars with laser beams that shot into the audience when they moved around, shirts that looked like tetris and then turned into OKGO with each member wearing one letter oh and did I mention the mass amount of confetti shot into the crowd at various points of the night. These guys obviously agree live music should be fun and exciting. One of the better gigs I've been to in a long time.

Can you just look at this jaw line haha..

photo courtesy of stillpixels

stereophonics return

The UK lads from The Stereophonics are gracing our shores once again in April. They will hit The Hi-Fi Bar in West End on 19th April.

Hi-Fi members' log in quick and snare the pre-sale tix. www.thehifi.com.au

'Maybe Tomorrow' taken from their album 'You Gotta Go There To Come Back' still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I've raped it. Swoooooon.

Friendly Fires Cancel Aus Tours

Good Vibrations festival punters: some bad news, Friendly Fires have cancelled all Australian tours including the good vibes gigs and their support slot with The Gossip. The band sound like they are trying to get out of the Sunday shift at work claiming they have a family emergency, but who hasn't used that one really.

The Good Vibes crew aren't having much luck with their acts turning up, headliners The Killers have also cancelled their Perth and Sydney shows. Unruuuccky!

howl & comic sans this sat night (13th)

The latest triple j unearthed high winners howl are set to play the Cubby Hole (Rosies) this saturday night (13th feb) with comic sans. $5 cover charge. Its fuckin' cheap. See you tomcats there.

feb gigs

FEB GIG GUIDE - please note i have only included things i would consider going to. rob thomas and vanessa amorosi just didn't quite make the cut.

12th
Jackson Jackson - The Zoo

13th

• Ash Grunwald/ The Funkoars - The Zoo
• CHEAP THRILLS MUSIC FEST - Bag Raiders, Van She Tech, Canyons, The Cairos, Comic Sans, BMX DJ's and more

14th

• The Dodos - The Zoo

17th

• OK Go - Hi-Fi Bar, West End

20th

• SOUNDWAVE!!!

23rd

• The Temptations, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss - BEC - $65-185

27th

• FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL - The Prodigy, Empire of the Sun, Franz Ferniand, David Guetta, Does It Offend You, Yeah? and more - Doomben Race Course. $115 if your lucky

rodriguez plays tivoli

light up the spliff, rodriguez is coming to town.

he plays the tivoli 31st of March.
if you have no idea who this fine fellow is please listen to 'sugar man' below. no doubt the best song you have heard all day

Jimmy eat world take my chemical romance slot at soundwave

the latest announcement from soundwave sees my chemical romance cancelling all tours due to front man Gerard Way's severe throat problems, which if he continues, could be damaged permanently. the extremely blinding bright side to this however, is the fill in JIMMY EAT WORLD!! JEW will be doing a clean swap with MCR's scheduled slot so there will be no changes to timetables.
JEW joins the killer line-up including: Faith No More, Eagles of Death Metal, Taking Back Sunday, Paramore, HIM, Jane's Addiction, Placebo, AFI, Motion City Soundtrack, Gallows, Enter Shakiri (definitely worth seeing live), Closure in Moscow and more.

and with that i scour ebay for a ticket.

beck's record club

this has been going on for a while now but beck has created 'record club', a collaboration with HEAPS of different artists which go in and sing an album a day without any prior training etc. he has some pretty awesome names in on this magnifico creation such as feist, devandra, vanwyngarden and more importantly beck himself.


this is off his website:


Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. The album chosen to be reinterpreted is used as a framework. Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. The songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering. There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens


if you havent already check it out on his website its pretty amazing stuff.

http://www.beck.com/record_club

eddy current national tour

Eddy current suppression ring have announced a national tour with the fellows dropping in on the zoo april 8th. I'm yet to see these guys live, but they have caused quite a stir with the audiences who have.

Here's a clip of them at meredith. A+ for interaction with the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPmutUrIE4c

spoon sideshows

Looks like its going to be a busy May this year with the groovin' the moo festival pumping out some amazing side shows.
Spoon has announced a gig at the hi fi bar in west end, may 5th.

Or for the gold coasters, may 7th at cooly hotel

Put away the rest of the cutley.. Spoon will be all you need. Dad joke? Spoon last came out for the big day out shows in 2008 and lost major points for not playing 'the way we get by'. fingers crossed we hear the epic masterpiece this time around.

jay reatard's cause of death found

an autopsy has reveled the late jay reatard has died from cocaine toxicity.

R.I.P jay reatard. your matador singles 08' was one of the most surprising releases.

below is a clip of 'see saw'

tegan and sara announce aus tour!

weeee! the best news ive heard all day. tegan and sara are set to return in may 2010 with a string of dates around the country for the groove 'n the moo festivals. this is from their website teganandsara.com

Tuesday 4 May - The Tivoli - Brisbane, QLDWith special guests Astronautalis and The JezabelsTickets on sale Feb 12 at www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849Doors 7.00pm

let the lesbian convention begin

so here goes..

ah the big task of the first post..

lets get the introductions aside shall we?

smeared frost is a brisbane/sunny coast based blog giving you the music news, gig and album reviews and upcoming events on both the sunshine coast, brisbane and occasionally the gold coast. ray ray, the creator spends far too much time and money on music when really she should be studying. and to make more procrastinations she has started a blog of the latest music news she believes everyone should discover. smeared frost is pretty much the excitement you feel in the pit of your belly before seeing your favourite band or going to a festival. or the goosebumps that come up everytime you remember the best day of your life with all your friends singing and dancing to that band. for all the sods which havent felt this, keep your eyes on this page for the latest news and gig guides. time to get frosty

heres a Brisbane St. Jeromes Laneway Festival review:

after aquiring a ticket at 8am that same day from an amazing stranger off the laneway forum, i was pumped for one of those amazing laneway experiences id been hanging out for for 2 years.

having not seen the new venue at the RNA showgrounds, i was extremely pleased with the set up. queues were never an issue aside from the toilets after mumford and sons, which was to be expected really; the crowd was there for the music and not to get off their faces like the majority of the festivals nowadays.

first up - local favourites last dinosaurs. unfortunantly i only got to see the last few songs but as always 'honolulu' puts a massive smile on your dial and 'as far as you're concerned' which has been copping a fair few plays on triple j, shows these lads will be making a name for themselves outside of bris. delicious boys. check out their freshly produced take on honolulu on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/wearelastdinosaurs they release their ep in the not too distant future and are playing the lost weekend early march so keep your prehistoric eyes peeled for these boys.

those provocotive boys from hockey were up next. with the frontman wearing one earring and the drummer sporting a divine moustache they had dived into their set. i had higher expectations with these boys, i think their shows will pick up once they have more live experience but regardless they had the crowd dancing and as an added bonus the lead singer can play some mad drums.

the time of day came when corn on the cob was a priority and the rain decided it could hold off no longer. the ony decision i regret was not staying at the wild beasts and seeing middle east. the first two songs from wild beasts were incredible, if it were not for the peer pressure to see middle east, i would have stayed quite happily for the entire set. middle east played an average set and the rain on the tin roof would not have helped. the energy they showed at sunset sounds was missing and although their voices are undoubtedly amazing this set was below par.

the half hour intervals which have been complained about (?!) i found were the best part of the laneway experience. there was no running around, it is the only festival i bought drinks because there was no fear of missing the next act. the relaxed line ups showed this was the case for everyone. no pushing in, no disgruntled looks in the line. instead of disgruntled i did manage a rat-tailed encounter which proclaimed he had spotted me at bdo dancing with 'some poof' at kasabian with detailed descriptions of both what him and myself were wearing. this story was entirely false. i was then told my florence and the machine bag was rubbish and that eddy current are all time, much to the pleasure of my mate who is the worlds biggest eddy current fan.

next up were mumford and sons. no matter your perspective on their hottest 100 win, there was no denying the majority of the crowd (especially the oldies!) were here to see these boys perform their first Australian set. and perform they did. the whole band was spot on, so tight and their humble folk nature elated the entire crowd. one older crowd member suggested to her husband they should come out to maleny so she can make a bonfire for them to play around and then invite them in for a cuppa - very fitting. 'little lion man' and 'the cave' were the sing-a-long favourites which had the whole crowd yelling profanties about effing up this time. one of the highlights of the day.

after catching 10 minutes of the xx and being sorely disappointed in both the sound and the crowd surrounding me, i had to run off to see blasko in an environment built for her. sarah blasko is an australian creature like no other. her sweet personality and amazing vocals make her a crowd favourite. her new album 'as day follows night' has some pure gems i was yet to see live, she sings them to perfection. since following her from 2005, my only complaint is her improvement in dancing! her old groove used to put the biggest smile on my face. that being said i cant compliment her enough on her latest release, she is truly epic on all accounts.

by this time of night the crowd was oozing with love and were all a little tipsy.
in one of my better decisions i decided to see the very best. i walked in to hear a cover of M.I.A 'paper planes' with everyone pointing thier guns and 'taking ya monaayy'. these guys know how to work a crowd, regardless if the crowd actually understands what they were saying. nothing could top off their set except for the presence of ezra from vampire weekend. they also did a cover of architecture in helsinki which may i say was bullshit good.

and then there was florence and the machine... ahh florence. could i frost anymore over this lady? would explain the recent cold snap. she is amaaaaaazing. no wonder her album is called lungs, her voice is the strongest most amazing thing i have ever seen live. this may not seem much to people who don't know me, but i have seen a shightload of bands and artists in my time and nothing has compared to her voice except maybe cedric from mars volta. the range, the intensity and just how much she was enjoying herself haha i sound like a dick. ah i cant stress enough how much she needs to be seen live.

her red locks and the smoke billowed around her in her one-piece. magic. if the xx came out to play one of the best remixes of 2009, 'you've got the love' it would have made the best evening of my life. but they didnt.

all in all florence and mumford and sons reigned the stages. florence showed up at the afterparty at the empire where she was goggled at by everyone and even hugged by one of my friends - the poor amazing lass.

first post complete :)