Virtual Kris Kringle #12: Magic Happens
Wildcat Magic Happens returns the favour and sends a well-executed Kris Kringle gift smack bang into Dreamtime's lap.
Album of 2009: Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
Song of 2009: Shit Robot - "Simple Things (Work It Out)"
Favourite Xmas Dish: Prawn Cocktails!
Favourite Xmas Song: Stiff Little Fingers - "White Christmas"
Complete this sentence: "I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but __________ had one of the greatest __________ of all time."
Finish this sentence "I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Dreamtime had one of the greatest Saturday night chicken burgers of all time".
$20 present for Dreamtime: This shit is on sale yo!
Stuck for Xmas ideas? Check out the Modular Xmas Party Stockings.
Jonathan Boulet Triple J Feature Album All This Week
His debut album has barely been out on shelves for a fortnight, but it still seems that 21-year-old Jonathan Boulet is on nothing short of a winning streak. After career highs most artists can only dream of (ie - the infamous Kanye shout out), Jono is well and truly on a roll: having scored the illustrious "Feature Album" slot all next week on Triple J.
Virtual Kris Kringle #11: Dreamtime
Who ever said Modular DJs didn't get in on the Xmas spirit? Dreamtime makes Magic Happens' dreams come true with a $20 game changer.
Album of 2009: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Song of 2009: Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"
Back To The Future with Severed Heads
When you meet Tom Ellard it's hard to ignore a resonating desire to forget about the past. His groundbreaking ideas as a musician came about from a contempt for rock 'n' roll and guitar oriented bands. It was a formula Tom had seen for years, one that felt tired and repetitive as the seventies drew to a close.
Gallery: Modular Xmas Party, Sydney, 12/12/2009 Pts. II and III
Two more galleries from the Sydney edition of the Modular Xmas Parties have made their way online for your viewing pleasure. Featurng Tame Imapla, Jonathan Boulet, Canyons, The BangGang, The Swiss and a stack of punters knee deep in the spirit of Xmas.
December 17, 2009 at 10:28am in photos, The Bang Gang Deejays, Canyons, The Swiss, Jonathan Boulet, Tame Impala
Virtual Kris Kringle #10: Tim Cutters
Tim Hoey of Cut Copy gets up close and Xmas-y with Nick Foley and a $20 note. And turducken.
Album of 2009: Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Song of 2009: Lily Allen - "Not Fair"
Virtual Kris Kringle #9: The Swiss
Adelaide's finest, The Swiss, talk trash, sci-fi movies, Rihanna and what the heck to get Jonathan Boulet for $20.
Album of 2009:
Sid - Holy Ghost.
Luke - They didn't have an album.
Sid - That Holy Ghost remix of that Panthers song then.
Tony - Who Made Who - The Plot.
December 16, 2009 at 1:45pm in news, The Swiss, Jonathan Boulet
Modular Melbourne Xmas Party Playing Times
The Melbourne Xmas Party playing times have just been announced and if Sydney's seasonal bash last weekend was anything to go by - this weekend's is bound to be an absolute corker. The good times will start rolling from 4pm at The Espy, St. Kilda. If you haven't already got your tickets, now's the time.
December 16, 2009 at 11:35am in news, Canyons, Jonathan Boulet, Tame Impala, Muscles, The Bang Gang Deejays
"It's Blitz!" In Triple J's Top Ten Albums of 2009
Over the weekend Triple J listeners voted Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It Blitz! as the 7th best album of 2009, in addition to making many Triple J staff member's own top ten lists. While we were busy celebrating their latest record, YYYs celebrated 10 years of All Tomorrow's Parties by playing the entirety of their debut, Fever To Tell (including hidden track "Poor Song") in Minehead on December 10.
Tickets to the It's Blitz! Tour are on sale now.
Virtual Kris Kringle #8: Muscles
Melbourne Xmas Party maestro, Muscles, tells us what he'd drop 20 smackers on for Andee Frost and just what makes prawn cocktails so damn delectable.
Album of 2009: Lusine - A Certain Distance, Annie - Don't Stop, Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay
Song of 2009: Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"
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