Ok you can stop what you’re doing now; we’ve found the perfect way to cap off your working week. Lull yourself into the mood with the world’s first and only Ned Flanders-themed metal band: Okilly Dokilly. This works on so many levels, and there’s really...
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August 2015
Jagermeister has teamed up with Vice for a branded content piece that follows the lives of four electronic music artists who’ve relocated to Berlin, casting the spotlight on the magnetic pull of its clubbing-culture and vast disparities in nightlife-stamina (where parties regularly run for longer...
Read MoreWhile Holden was busy the other week wantonly battling drones against the new Astra in what can only be described as an overly-slick and brightly-illuminated synchronised dance-off, stateside Lexus took light fanfare to the next level with a life-size Guitar Hero rendition played out on...
Read MoreNASA has busied itself over the last few years recording sound in the virtual vacuum of space (in the form of electromagnetic vibrations that pulsate in similar wavelengths) and the results are breathtakingly beautiful, or absolutely terrifying – you decide. Although popular belief is that...
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18
Aug
4 weeks into Apple Music’s launch and its arrival is short on revolutionary industry-changing impact
Which raises some interesting questions about the mainstream appeal of streaming, and its price point. With Apple Music reportedly hitting 10 million users ‘opting in’ to the 3-month free trial, it will be interesting to see how many will translate into paying subscribers. Meanwhile the...
Read MoreNational department store chain and fashion powerhouse David Jones has collaborated with local musician and former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns to create a truly innovative music video/fashion shoot hybrid titled ‘Shot By Sound’ where the cameras are sonically-triggered by the band’s instruments. It’s an exciting...
Read MoreIn August 1997, the infamous first-person shooter ‘GoldenEye 007’ hit the stores and fast became a defining classic in the era of cartridge gaming. Solidifying itself in pop culture history and changing the lives of video-gamers everywhere since, nearly 20 years later the game’s soundtrack...
Read MoreThe mammoth social media channel will be hosting native music videos in users’ news feeds, with Facebook making haste in licensing deals with major record labels so the pilot can kick off as soon as possible. With its users watching 4 billion videos per day,...
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18
Aug
Sydney’s Studios 301 named one of 12 world-class studios to join forces with Converse Rubber Tracks
Having just opened registrations for 2015, Converse Rubber Tracks is a program designed to provide musicians with free access to some of the best studios in the world and assist cultural influencers on their paths to fame. Launching in 2010, Converse set up the original...
Read MoreComing across this new piece of tech was a pretty exciting moment: the notion of being able to mix/engineer your audio environment yields untold potential. Imagine being able to EQ your very own live concert experience, or precisely notch out the jarring sound of planes...
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