Posts Tagged ‘music’

Playing the ‘what song is that?’ game

DJ mixes created by your favourite artist are one way to find new music – but how do you find out the names of the songs you’re listening to? In the ‘good old days’ before the internet you were flat out of luck, unless you had an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. But today the job […]

The Avalanches rock the New York Subway

In October 2016 The Avalanches’ released a music video for their track “Because I’m Me”. Featuring a young Michael Jackson look-alike dancing along to the music, it was the subway station backdrop that stood out to me.

The Avalanches - Because I'm Me

Hunters & Collectors at St Kilda railway station

I spotted something interesting in a Hunters & Collectors music video the other week – St Kilda railway station.

Hunters & Collectors - Talking To A Stranger video clip, St Kilda railway station 1

I’m a bigger Architecture in Helsinki fan than you

On the Saturday night just gone I saw Architecture in Helsinki live at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre – not to be confused with [the design of buildings located in the capital city of Finland], Architecture in Helsinki is a Australian indie pop band. When I first saw them play live in 2005 the crowd was a lot smaller…

Architecture in Helsinki: Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 10 September 2011

Ben Lee – Catch My Disease

A thought about his song "Catch My Disease"… What is the disease he is singing about? Do I really want to be catching it? And finally, how is it transmitted? Because if he is singing about a sexual transmitted disease, it […]