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Music News
Meredith ballots now open
As Splendour in the Grass winds down, the entire world's attention is now solely focused on the upcoming summer of festivities, with various announcements imminent. Today Victoria's iconic cult festival Meredith have kicked things o...4 August 2010
Album Reviews
Basement Birds album review
Supergroups have been one constant of the past forty years of popular music. Having past success with their own respective projects, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played their second ever gig to the million-odd filthy hippies at Woodstock and a...23 July 2010
Album Reviews
Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All
Darren Hanlon's forth solo album sees the artist settle into a cosy, intimate sound. I Will Love You At All, recorded in Portland, Oregon with Adam Selzer (M. Ward, The Decemberists), is an acoustic journey that sees Hanlon hone his skills as an i...16 July 2010
Album Reviews
Jackie Marshall - Ladies' Luck
Truly the antithesis of seemingly every female vocalist out there milking the affected "cute voice" fad, one thing is consistent with Marshall's voice, and that is she has a hell of a set of lungs. Bouncing seamlessly from angelic to ballsy to spo...7 July 2010
Blogs
Getting your hands on Splendour in the Grass tickets
Missed out on Splendour tickets? Given up hope on scoring resold tickets -- or the illusive camping tickets -- because the festival is only a few weeks away? We here at Soulshine HQ have been following the system pretty closely and have plent...6 July 2010
Album Reviews
Jimmy Webb - Just Across The River
For his latest release, Jimmy Webb has revisited his impressive catalogue to reimagine a whole slather of his past hits as a series of duets. It's an interesting proposition, if not a daunting one. So many of these songs have had formidable succes...6 July 2010
Blogs
The Thrill Is Gone
Forget your Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page or Slash riffs. No guitar solo in history comes close to B.B. King's The Thrill Is Gone. This brooding 1969 hit is unquestionably one of the most recognisable pieces of R&B history -- alongside perhaps a ...5 July 2010
Live Reviews
Ash Grunwald - Tivoli Theatre (June 19)
On the road right now for his 'Hot Mama Vibes' album tour, Ash Grunwald played Brisbane's intimate Tivoli Theatre recently.5 July 2010
Interviews
Interview with C.W. Stoneking
Chatting with C.W. Stoneking is an interesting proposition. I picture him calling on something that sits somewhere between a wall-mounted crank telephone and a tin-can and string on the technology spectrum. That I'm on the other end on an iPh...2 July 2010
Album Reviews
Jackson Browne & David Lindley - Love Is Strange
Collaborating extensively over the past five decades, Jackson Browne and David Lindley have had storied careers together and separately. The former is one of rock's greatest songwriters, the latter perhaps the most acclaimed multi-instrumentalist ...30 June 2010
Interviews
Soulshine talks with Midlake
Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour and Splendour in the Grass appearance, Soulshine had a chat with Paul Alexander, bassist from Texas band Midlake , about touring, recording, making the music business work and relaxing i...23 June 2010
.jpg "Just four nights into a tour that'll occupy the next seven weeks, The Beautiful Girls hit Brisbane's Tivoli Theatre for the second of two shows to showcase tunes new and old -- from 2002's Morning Sun EP through to their latest album Spooks, joined by special guests Washington and Vida Sunshyne.")
Live Reviews
The Beautiful Girls - Tivoli Theatre (June 5)
Just four nights into a tour that'll occupy the next seven weeks, The Beautiful Girls hit Brisbane's Tivoli Theatre for the second of two shows to showcase tunes new and old -- from 2002's Morning Sun EP through to their latest album Spooks, joine...9 June 2010
Album Reviews
Ash Grunwald - Hot Mama Vibes
Ash Grunwald returns with Hot Mama Vibes, the fifth album and third to take cues from hip hop production.7 June 2010
Album Reviews
Jakob Dylan - Women And Country
Former frontman of 90s alternative rock band The Wallflowers, Jakob Dylan offers his second solo album by way of Women And Country, a sombre collection of contemporary songs that artfully blend country, folk, blues, gospel and rock under...20 May 2010
Album Reviews
The Beautiful Girls - Spooks
It's been three years since The Beautiful Girls' last album Ziggurats, and in that time the band has extensively toured the globe and frontman Mat McHugh even slipped in a solo album. For the past year they've embarked on the odd tour or festival ...20 May 2010
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