HundredPennies

Hi all just a quick post to show you what bands I will be hitting up for soundwave in a few weeks time. If you have any recomendations where you can see a free slot please let me know.

Apparently the ex keyboardist of Operator Please, Sarah Gardiner has entered the world of porn.

After Gardiner’s departure from the band late last year it’s been alleged that she has posed for the amateur porn site Abbey Winters under the alias of Tracia L.

While I was initially sceptical about the story, so far there’s been no denial from the band or Sarah and I have to admit that the pictures do look pretty authentic.

If you can stomach them then go check out the censored pics here & make up your own mind.

The latest round of sideshows for the 2009 Soundwave festival have just been announced and tickets are now on sale for all the following shows in Melbourne.

Alkaline Trio, Rival Schools, Saves The Day and The Subways

When: Tuesday 24^th February

Where: The Hi Fi Bar

How Much: $45.10 + bf. Tickets available here

Billy Talent and Emery

When: Wednesday 25^th February

Where: The Hi Fi Bar

How Much: $45.10 + bf. Tickets available here

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Forever The Sickest Kids, Jack’s Mannequin and Bayside

Well as I promised on the latest hundredpennies podcast (Ep 26) here’s my weekly post.

The first timetables for 2009’s Soundwave Festival have been released so if you’ve got a ticket, now would be a good time to start planning your day. Even with the impressive band line up there shouldn’t too many timetable clashes as the bands will be spread out amongst a total of 6 stages. I’ve also heard that the beer zones will be situated closer to the stages & there will be better food options than last years grot dogs.

I thought today that I would let you know about a new music management/player called Songbird. They have just released version 1.0 to the public and it is looking good. Songbird is open-source and works on all operating systems. Some of the cool features are:

• Mashtape – discover flickr photos, YouTube vids, biographies, Google news and more for the currently playing artist.
• Easy import from iTunes.
• Customized Add-ons

OC’S original skanking pranksters Reel Big Fish have finished mixing and mastering the tracks that will make up their new album, a 10 song serving of high-energy covers which they’ve dubbed, Fame, Fortune and Fornication.

The release is set to include the band’s signature ska take on such classics as Poison’s Talk Dirty To Me, Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down, John Mellencamp’s Authority Song, and The Eagles The Long Run. For good measure, Reel Big Fish pay tribute to their early ska/reggae forefather’s with versions of Desmond Dekker’s Keep A Cool Head and Toots and The Maytals Monkey Man.

The lineup to Soundwave 2009 has been announced check it out below:

Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Scars On Broadway, Lamb Of God, Alkaline Trio, Billy Talent, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Face To Face, In Flames, Rival Schools, Anberlin, The Subways, Every Time I Die, Devildriver, Funeral For A Friend, Less Than Jake, Poison The Well, Madina Lake, New Found Glory, Fron First To Last, Bedouin Soundclash, Hellogoodbye, Finch, Goldfinger, Say Anything, Chiodos, Silverstein, Saves The Day, Lacuna Coil, 36 Crazyfists, Straylight Run, Evergreen Terrace, Minus The Bear, Moneen, Ace Enders (The Early November), I Am The Avalanche, Jaguar Love, Unearth, Bayside, Emery, Houston Calls, The Audition, Attack In Black, Innerpartysystem, Valencia, In This Moment, Riverboat Gamblers, Alesana, Horse The Band, Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and more to be announced!

While most of the world is currently obsessed with all things Olympic (Come on Australia!), a few items of music news have recently caught my attention.

I’m really pumped to hear that Brand New have announced that they’ll soon be working on a new album after they finish touring in September. Their last sublime release The Devil & The God Rage Inside Me is probably my favorite album of all time so I can’t wait to see what they bring to the table for their latest release.

During the 90s there was a little thing called Britpop that came out of the UK. At the forefront of the Britpop invasion were Pulp, Oasis and Blur.

Now this isn’t going to a history lesson (I just don’t have the time) but if you do have a moment go read up on Oasis vs Blur (wiki link) and Britpop (wiki link) in general. It’s great reading and a little Britpop should be part of any music lovers music collection.

Blur are my band of choice closely followed by Oasis but Blur were just so damn interesting and creative where Oasis were good at what they did and stuck to it like glue.

It is not often that I go to see a band live and after seeing them continue to play their songs on my iPod. I can say after seeing these guys live and picking up their EP Señor and the Queen that they are currently my favorite band of the year.

If you have never listened to The Gaslight Anthem then I highly recommend that you pick up this 4 track EP. I don’t normally like EP’s as they don’t have enough songs but this EP really just smashes you with the sound that is The Gaslight Anthem. Now after 15 plays of this EP I still can’t stop listening to it. Their sound is hard to describe but I guess I would call it folksy punk.