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The upcoming national tour for The Screaming Jets is going to be something very special, for fans and the band alike. The iconic rock band, originally from Newcastle, will be celebrating 25 years – yes, a quarter of a century – of great Aussie rock. 25 years seems like a hell of a long time to stick
This month again saw me throw back to my teen years. I was lucky enough to speak to one of the forming members of Boom Crash Opera, Peter Farnan. Still creating music close to 30 years on and keeping the fresh sounds coming from Boom Crash Opera. With songs like Onion Skin, Hands Up In the Air, Bett
When someone mentions the name Ian Moss to me; it brings back great memories of listening to Cold Chisel, songs like Never Before, Flame Trees & Bow River. Hard Rock, something that was always played in my boyfriend’s car. Fast forward close to 34 years and my now husband – that boyfriend from years
UK electropop rockers AlunaGeorge are coming to Australia to play at Phillip Island New Year’s Eve festival Beyond the Valley December 30 2014- January 1 2015. The duo AlunaGeorge combines the distinctive, almost childlike vocals of Aluna Francis with George Reid and his talent for arranging and mix
Continuing in the vein of recently successes with Katie Noonan, The Australian Queen Tribute Show and the Absolutely 80s Show, the Grand Hotel in Mornington is proud to present two of Australia’s most enduring songwriters and performers, together on the same bill, right here in our backyard again. M
This month I chatted with Reuben, who makes up one half of the delicious duo Peking Duk. The guys graced our airwaves in 2012 with a remix of Passion Pit’s Take A Walk, following this saw the release of tracks Way You Are, Feels Like and High (feat Nicole Millar) which has just gone double platinum.
Say Hello to German High-Tech Minimal mastermind – Mr. Boris Brejcha. PEARL: How did your career in music begin? I have read that you played drums from a young age? BREJCHA: That´s right. My father was already playing drums in a band when I was a little child. It was interesting for me and so I had
It came out of nowhere, the SVD x OH colab ‘This’ all of a sudden struck #1 in the Beatport Overall Charts, check it out and see why. The boys released a mixtape to accompany the release which depicts an electrifying hour of dance music’s hottest tunes from two of the most talented artists around. S
Years & Years – Real Band trio ‘Years & Years’ out of London have put together one of the ‘catchiest’ and perfectly assembled pieces I’ve heard of the genre. This alternative sound is heading into this ‘new sound’ territory with its creative vocal hooks and its pop synths. It’s a song that you’ll wa
HAYLEY WILSON: INTERVIEW Age:12 Sponsors: Simply Skateboarding Hometown: Mansfield, Victoria PEARL: How long have you been skateboarding for what got you into it? WILSON: I started skateboarding at the age of 6 and I got into skateboarding when mum and dad went shopping and gave me $10 to spend on s
Opening Saturday, October 4 at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is Australia’s most prestigious portrait award, The Archibald Prize. Often controversial, sometimes contested, this exhibition represents the pinnacle of portrait painting in Australasia showing the fabulous faces of contempora
Mount Eliza born author and playwright Joanna Murray-Smith is one of Australia’s most successful playwrights. Her plays have been staged around the world from London’s West End to Broadway and home again. She’s also written three novels, a libretto and several screenplays garnering numerous prestigi
