By Billie-Jean Bullard Seattle indie-folk band The Head and the Heart have come a long way since meeting at an open mic night. Their songs have been featured on How I Met Your Mother and Silver Linings Playbook, and they’ve been selling out tours and playing to full festivals crowds throughout the world. We’ll be lucky […]
The most wondrous and enchanting singer-songwriter out there, James Vincent McMorrow, is touring Australia next month. His angelic falsettos, his ethereal, otherworldly lyrics and his lovably scruffy beard have already graced our shores this year, as he helped us bring in 2014 at Falls Festival, alongside a string of solo shows. We caught him in […]
I admit, until recent months I wasn’t familiar with the man, the myth or the legend that is James Vincent McMorrow. Traditionally, I’ve not been a big fan of singer-songwriters. They bore me. The music puts me to sleep. But I couldn’t look past McMorrow’s unique and utterly angelic voice, nor his talent for creating interesting […]
Raindrops and London Grammar and whiskey and dumplings, cinnamon-scented portaloos and 4 am campsite sing-alongs…. These are a few of my favourite things (from Falls Festival) Falls Festival is a wonderful way to bring in the new year. The vibe is fantastic, the crowd is diverse, relaxed, and here to party . This year, one […]
If you haven’t yet listened to London Grammar, you are missing out on something special. If you have listened to them, you probably know exactly how amazing this would sound live. The British trio will be visiting us for Falls Festival at the end of this month. They’re playing three side shows, all of which […]
Here it is folks, the one and only Falls Festival lineup! Absolutely ridic. ALL ACTS: !! (CHK CHK CHK) ASTA BIG SCARY BOMBINO BONOBO THE CAT EMPIRE CHET FAKER CRYSTAL FIGHTERS CYRIL HAHN FLIGHT FACILITIES GOSSLING GRIZZLY BEAR HANNI EL KHATIB HERMITUDE JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW LONDON GRAMMAR MGMT NEIL FINN POND THE PREATURES THE ROOTS […]
How did he “make it” with a name like this. Fuck sake, it’s got to be the name of a scene out of the Jurassic Park or an archaeologists seedy porno collection stashed in his mantle piece. Enough of that, as he ain’t fooling anyone. His obscure artist name is by far eclipsed by his […]
The Falls Music & Arts Festival reaches not one but TWO milestone years, celebrating the 20th and 10th anniversaries in Lorne and Marion Bay this year.
The impressive Falls Festival lineups were announced this morning on triple j with organisers heavily favouring USA bands. The trend of featuring bands from a wide range of genres, set by festivals such as Parklife, looks set to continue with Falls boasting artists ranging from Klaxons to The Cool Kids to Paul Kelly.
If you aren’t aware the Falls Festival ballot has opened for 2010/2011. The first lineup is announced on August 11 with The Soft Pack already indicating they’ll be on the bill, and i’m throwing it out there that Arcade Fire will be down under over the new year!