It’s the summer holidays and I’m in the heart of Midnight Oil’s turf on Sydney’s northern beaches. The house where I’m staying is just off Powder Works Road, the winding piece of bitumen that paved the way down to the coast and brought the wax heads from the city’s leafy north shore and beyond down to the nirvana of one of Sydney’s best breaks. It’s also the road that gave name … [Read more...]
Living In The 70’s – Skyhooks
Skyhooks exploded as an entity in 1974 with Living In The 70’s. It was an astonishing debut that changed the face of Australian music and went on to become the highest selling independent album by an Australian artist, a record held until the release of The Whitlams' Eternal Nightcap in 1997. The album’s success ensured the fledgling Mushroom Records would go on to become a … [Read more...]
Ella Fence – Podcast
2016 has been quite a year for Ella Fence. A graduate of Griffith University’s Bachelor of Popular Music program she recorded her debut EP with Dan Swift (Snow Patrol and Passenger) at Brighton Electric UK - the studios of choice for bands like The Cure, Gomez and Mumford & Sons. That EP spawned the much lauded single Unknown Water, a song that scored big time at the Gold … [Read more...]
The Swing – INXS
If ever you needed a reminder of just how good INXS were, one listen to The Swing is all you need. It may not have had as big an impact overseas as its successors Listen Like Thieves or the multi-million selling Kick, but The Swing was the pivotal album where INXS truly defined their sound. The Swing was the first INXS album where all the elements of their musical influences … [Read more...]
Martha Davis – Podcast
In 1979 I remember listening to the radio and being stopped in my tracks as one of the sultriest, sexiest and arresting songs I’d ever heard hit the airwaves. Now being in my mid teens and suddenly having an interest in the opposite sex may have had something to do with it, BUT – almost 40 years later I still think it’s one of the sexiest songs ever committed to vinyl. The … [Read more...]