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Aussie Rules: Radio Spectacular!!!

March 25, 2008

A Free Man’s Antipodean Musical Safari is in full swing this week with another Australian pop outfit - Adelaide’s Radio Spectacular!!! A partnership between Harry Whizkid and his lady love Pheebs, Radio Spectacular!!! is making wonderfully clever synth-pop Partners in more than music Harry and Phebe met, in true 21st Century fashion, online a couple […]

Australian Artists, Interview - 3 Comments

teenagersintokyo: Proudly not footballers’ wives

March 20, 2008

My search for the best Antipodean bands continues today with Sydney’s teenagersintokyo. Like most of my gender, A Free Man is a sucker for girls with guitars, or bass, or keys. The Sydney quintet offers a little bit of each plus a lanky lad on drums. They are sexy and sassy, but in this era […]

Australian Artists, Interview - 5 Comments

Aussie Rules: No Through Road

March 17, 2008

A Free Man’s Best of South Australia series continues with Adelaide’s No Through Road. Founded by Matt Banham in 2000, No Through Road has been churning out fetching lo-fi tunes at a heady pace. Matt’s hooked up with a regular band these days and their most recent record “Too Much or Not Enough” has just […]

 
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Australian Artists, Indie Pop, Interview, Lo-fi - 2 Comments

Aussie Rules: We Grow Up

March 12, 2008

As you may or may not know, A Free Man is bound for Down Under. In anticipation of the imminent move, I’m on a mission to discover the best up and coming bands from my soon to be home. We Grow Up is an Adelaide quintet that got some attention last May after winning […]

Australian Artists, Interview - 1 Comments

The Best of South Australia

March 10, 2008

A Free Man will be headed Down Under in a matter of weeks. In anticipation, South Australian music blogger Ringo Stalin at Champignons for my real friends hooked us up with his choices for the best bands from SA. Head over and see what Adelaide and environs have to offer. My fav was Home For […]

Australian Artists - 1 Comments

MP3s of the Week: International Idol Edition

March 8, 2008

One of the guilty pleasures, among things like beef flavored Rice-a-Roni, that I hang onto from the States is American reality TV. We get the king of that genre, American Idol, a couple of days after it airs in the U.S. I have found a way to get completely hooked again this year. I rarely […]

 
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Australian Artists, British Artists, European Artists - 0 Comments