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• Icons: Underground Lovers

  Wednesday, Nov 16 2011|by Darren Levin

  

  On the eve of a pair of comeback shows, The Underground Lovers’ Vince Giarrusso talks to DARREN LEVIN about their early influences, their split with Polydor, working with producer Wayne Connolly and the key to their intoxicating sound. Live photo by SAM WONG. Instinctive and pure. This is how Vince Giarrusso describes his songwriting partnership with guitarist Glenn Bennie. Together, t…

• Icons: Mark Opitz Pt 2

  Thursday, Nov 10 2011|by Doug Wallen

  

  In the final installment of a two-part Icons interview, producer Mark Opitz discusses reinventing INXS, breaking The Divinyls and turning down Guns N’ Roses with DOUG WALLEN. Part one here. INXS’ Shabooh Shoobah (1982) INXS came back to me. They’d done two albums with Deluxe that had done hardly anything. Chris sent me these demos: ‘Johnson’s Aeroplane’, ‘Black and White’ and ‘T…

• Icons: Mark Opitz Pt 1

  Wednesday, Nov 9 2011|by Doug Wallen

  

  If it was a platinum-selling record in the late-’70s, early-’80s, chances are Mark Optiz had a hand in it. In part one of a two-part “Icons” interview, the legendary producer talks to DOUG WALLEN about working with AC/DC, re-branding the Angels and the time tragedy struck during a session with The Reels. Part two tomorrow. Whether it’s his career-shaping work with The Angels and Cold C…

• Icons: Tom Lyngcoln

  Friday, Nov 4 2011|by René Schaefer

  

  From a self-described “bogan Rage Against The Machine”, The Nation Blue have become regarded as one of the most intense bands in the country. But it’s not the only string in frontman Tom Lyngcoln’s bow. Ahead of a special gig at The Tote this weekend, he talks to RENÉ SCHAEFER about finding restraint with his new outfit Harmony and Hobart’s seminal noise-rock scene of the ’90s. Harmony p…

• Icons: feedtime

  Thursday, Sep 15 2011|by Aaron Curran

  

  From a Parramatta scout hall to Kurt Cobain’s playlist, it’s been a strange 30-year trip for primal rockers feedtime. Ahead of a reunion show this weekend, AARON CURRAN talks to bassist Al Larkin about chemistry, feedtime’s violent reputation and the mighty X. Sydney three-piece feedtime released four albums and a swag of singles before calling time on a decade’s work and hanging up th…

• Icons: Ron Peno

  Friday, Aug 12 2011|by Patrick Emery

  

  Ahead of the launch of his debut solo album, PATRICK EMERY talks to Ron Peno about his early days in Brisbane, those heady years with Died Pretty and sharing a mulligatawny soup with Johnny Thunders. In the mid 1970s a young Ronald S Peno, already impressed with the garage, trash and glam rock of the New York Dolls, MC5, Roxy Music and the Blue Oyster Cult, found himself immersed in th…

• Icons: Lucas Abela/Justice Yeldham

  Friday, Mar 25 2011|by Shaun Prescott

  

  Lucas Abela has literally carved out one of the most unique careers in Australian noise. He talks about his transition from Gold Coast goth to glazier and compares scars with SHAUN PRESCOTT. Lucas Abela is best known for shredding his face to pieces with contact-miked glass under the name of Justice Yeldham, a project named after Justice David Yeldham, who in 1996 committed suicide in …

• Icons: Charles Jenkins

  Friday, Jan 14 2011|by Patrick Emery

  

  From The Mad Turks of Istanbul to Icecream Hands and an acclaimed solo career, Charles Jenkins’ 20-odd years in the biz have been marked by constant evolution. He talks to PATRICK EMERY about the lessons learned along the way. The 1980s was a fertile time for the Adelaide independent music scene. Bands such as The Dagoes, Lizard Train, Contrapunctus, Twenty Second Sect, Dust Collectio…

• Lawrence English And ROOM40

  Thursday, Dec 2 2010|by Andrew McMillen

  

  In an age of disconnect, Lawrence English still believes in the life-affirming power of new sounds. It’s what’s kept his label ROOM40 going for 10 years, writes ANDREW MCMILLEN. If you’re an experimental sound artist looking to distribute your music internationally, no matter where you’re based, the name Lawrence English is bound to crop up in your research. English has operated the la…

• Mick Turner: Part 2

  Friday, Nov 12 2010|by Andrew McMillen

  

  In the second and final installment of his interview with ANDREW MCMILLEN, Mick Turner talks about his art, the industry and what he’s learned from Kim Salmon. Part one here. The good life I want to ask about your art, Mick. Where do you think your art fits into your career as a musician? Is there a point where they intersect, or are you happy for them to remain as separate entities?…

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