Jónsi, lead singer of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, is set to release his first solo album. The release date for Australia is April 1st 2010 and will feature 9 songs that have been developed over his years with Sigur Rós and arranged with the help of composer Nico Muhly.

Details of a world tour will be announced tomorrow, February 1st 2010.

Check out jonsi.com for more details.

I hate cats - plain & simple, I just don’t like them.

They sleep, they eat & they shit - they’re me with slightly more fur & I think that this world ain’t big enough for the two billion odd of us.

Having said that, I need keyboard cat in my life - nay, I can’t live without the little fella. Put it down to ranga solidarity, whatever, if he can provide me with comedic moments like this, then I’m down.

And hey, he even comes with a t-shirt.

Now, onto the clip, I know its childish, but my girl & I bought a puppy for XMAS & what you’re about to say is just another day in the life right now…well, not this extreme, but let’s just say that if his toy zebra was real, then we’d have some pretty interesting looking zeb-dogs running around these days. …read more

Yesterday saw the iconic Collingwood hotel The Tote close its doors for the last time - or does hope still exist?

The Tote is/was a venue which has nurtured up & coming bands whilst headlining some of rocks big names for over 30 years. However, last Thursday (14/01/10) proprietor Bruce Milne released this statement announcing the Tote’s sudden closure:

It’s last drinks at the Tote.  This weekend…..

I know it’s sudden.  I didn’t plan it to be like that.

I can’t afford to keep fighting Liquor Licensing.  The “high risk” conditions …read more

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It’s Friday, it’s the end of the week, it’s time to blow off some steam and so for pure shits and giggles value, today’s FFC is another stumble-find c/o the good people at YouTube.

So may I present to you a little clip called, Bad Ass Breakdancing with Just Fingers - Fingers Breakdancing which features the talents of a ridiculously dextrous young man who likes black turtle neck jumpers & miniature Adidas kicks and whom can do some pretty impressive things with his fingers.

…I tried pretty hard to not make that sound dirty & am fully aware that I didn’t quite achieve it - sorry, but hey, the gutter maybe a dirty place to live, but its never without a view laughs! …read more

So, with the Soundwave Festival just around the corner (yeah, its 2010 already!), I’m beginning to get pretty amped for another great day of awesome bands, sunshine, good tunes & a little mayhem!

One band that I’m aching to catch is Gallows and thankfully they’re one of few bands whose timetable doesn’t clash with another bands schedule so if you’re anywhere near stage 5 at 12:40pm then keep an eye out for me & come say hi.

Gallows have a reputation for being a band that goes out on stage & leaves it all out there, giving everything they’ve got & delivering a passionate show both musically & performance-wise so if you’re still finalising your SW timetable then make sure you don’t overlook these guys. 

This weeks FFC features the Gallows first single from their second album Grey Britain and lead singer Frank Carter states the inspiration of this song as, ”I was thinking about all the forgotten children who die before their parents, and this song is about one of those poor bastards becoming Death’s apprentice.” wiki, the clip also states quite clearly his feelings on religion & what he deems as corrupt governments. Regardless, the song & clip speak for themselves so check it out. …read more

As many of you will be aware, each year in the UK there is much attention placed on who will get the coveted Christmas number one on the music charts. Personally, I don’t really understand it as it’s basically just who is holding the number one place the week of Christmas but it’s a big deal over there and I guess a big sales driver.

For the past three years the winners have all been X Factor winners (Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This, Leon Jackson - When You Believe, Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah), providing big publicity for the show and lining Simon Cowell’s ever expanding pockets. This year, one fed up British music fan, Jon Morter, set up a facebook page that aimed to stop the X Factor winning streak.

The Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No.1 page seemed to do the trick with thousands of people joining the groups, and presumably buying the 1992 hit, Killing in the Name Of. Sales of Killing in the Name Of sold 50,000 more copies of than X Factor winner Joe McElderry’s cover of the Mylie Cyrus song, The Climb, which, by the way, is horrible on so many levels. …read more

After the wonderful and successful Volume One, released in 2008, Jooey Deschanel and M Ward (together She & Him) have announced details of their second album, Volume Two. According to sheandhim.com the album will be released on March 23rd, 2010 and will contain thirteen tracks: eleven originals and two covers. …read more

Canadian singer/songwriter, Rufus Wainwright, is set to hit our shores again early next year. Unfortunately for most of us, it looks like Sydney is the only city Wainwright will be playing at with two shows at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Verbrugghen Hall. The show dates are February 28th and March 3rd 2010 with tickets going on sale December 8th 2009.

So, the gaming side of the evening was covered by Trev yesterday so I thought I’d give the music side a it of a look in. For the most part I was less than impressed. A DJ played throughout the night, which was fine except there was a lone saxophone player and a guy with his own Latin rhythm section playing along to the tunes. Weird.

Then there was the surprise guest, two of the girls from the Pussycat Dolls, Melody and Ashley perhaps…I’m pretty sure they were there because of their inclusion on the Lips line up but it was all just a bit odd really. They yelled into the microphone and then danced around with the fellas mentioned earlier, then left. I don’t know if two of the less recognisable Pussycat Dolls were the right act for a room full of gamers. …read more

Last week, Medianator went down to the Xbox Insider Event at Billboards in Melbourne. The event was put together to showcase the Xbox 360 Dashboard update that launches today and to also preview some of the upcoming games that will be available over the next few months.

The day started off with a press conference with none other that MC Hammer. Yep, the guy that is responsible for this. MC Hammer was brought out to demonstrate the Twitter element of the new Xbox update. Hammer currently has over 1.6 million people following him on Twitter and he is listed as one of the top 20 most influential people on the social media service. …read more