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Oz Music Scene

Archive for February 2008

February 29th, 2008

The Last Town Chorus Coming in Loud and Clear

Oz Music Scene favourite The Last Town Chorus is back with a brand new single and another Aussie visit.
Her latest single “Loud and Clear” is a beautiful tune which perfectly shows off lead singer Megan Hickey’s ethereal vocals and haunting slide guitar skills. You can hear the new song now on The Last Town Chorus’ […]

By lkatulka -- 4 comments

February 29th, 2008

Santana @ ACER Arena, 28 February

Last night I headed out to ACER Arena to catch living legend, Carlos Santana. Before entering the venue I had one big question on my mind: “How would he handle the duets?” There’s no doubt that Santana’s recent star studded duets album are the key to his latest wave of popularity, but without the likes […]

By lkatulka -- 1 comment

February 28th, 2008

Michael Johns Performs “Go Your Own Way” on “American Idol”

This week was 70s week on American Idol, and Aussie hopeful Michael Johns opened the show with Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way.” I’ve got to be honest, this performance has me worried. Again the judges seemed fairly positive, but from where I sat it was vocally pretty weak and a little bit pitchy.
I’d hate to think […]

By lkatulka -- 3 comments

February 28th, 2008

Ben Lee Writes Square Soundtrack

Ben Lee has just finished working on the soundtrack of Nash Edgerton’s upcoming movie The Square.
But you won’t hear Ben sing any of the tracks. That job will be handled by Jessica Chapnik, who you may know from her role as Sam on Home and Away.
“I’m really happy with these recordings,” Ben says in his […]

By lkatulka -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2008

Delta Dumped By US Label

Delta Goodrem’s bid to break into the US market has faced a major setback after she was dumped by the American arm of SonyBMG.
The record label had originally planned to release Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity as a double album. However now, according to The Sunday Telegraph, they claim Delta is not a viable act […]

By lkatulka -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2008

Kezin’s an Oz Music Scene Winner!

Congratulations to Kezin, the lucky winner of the Guy Sebastian giveaway! Kezin has won a copy of Guy’s latest CD, The Memphis Album.
Kezin, who is from Singapore, said “I want this album for my best friend … she’s CRAZY about him. We pop in any and every CD store we pass so that she can […]

By lkatulka -- 0 comments

February 26th, 2008

Q & A With Gyroscope’s Zoran Trivic

The buzz surrounding Perth rockers Gyroscope is massive at the moment as they prepare to release their third album Breed Obsession next month.
The album’s first single “Snakeskin” recently won WAMI Awards for best single and film clip. Its follow-up “1981″ is the most requested song on national radio network Triple J. And the band are […]

By lkatulka -- 7 comments

February 26th, 2008

Dan O’Connor Gives Music Another Go

Neighbours hunk Dan O’Connor is leaving Ramsey Street to pursue a musical career.
Dan will film his last scenes as sweet single dad Ned Parker in April. He’ll then travel to Britain in June to launch his musical career. He hopes to have a pop/rock record ready to release by the year’s end.
“To try to do […]

By lkatulka -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

Music Blog Spotlight: One Hit Wonders

Earlier today I gave you a bit of a blast from the past with a collection of Australia’s finest one hit wonders. If you’re keen for some more one hit wonders, check out these posts all around the music channel.

Stacey shows us that even hippies create irritating one hit wonders. “Afternoon Delight,” “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” and “Spirit […]

By lkatulka -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

Aussie One Hit Wonders | My Favourite Homegrown Flash in the Pan Bands

If you browse around the music channel today you’ll notice it’s all about one-hit wonders. I’ve got to admit, this list was a lot harder to compile than I first thought!

Firstly, it seems like the New Zealanders are the ones who really have the market cornered on the one hit wonders. It seemed like just […]

By lkatulka -- 2 comments

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