Archive for 'Brag 407 (April 11)'
[FEATURE]: Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham From Youtube to Comedy Central and laughing all the way. By Peter Neathway At 20 years old, Robert ‘Bo’ Burnham is the youngest person ever to have recorded a Comedy Central Special, is represented by the same manager as Dave Chappelle, has a slate of international tours. and won the Edinburgh Fringe Awards [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2011 under Arts, Arts - Interview, Brag 407 (April 11).
Tags: Bo Burnham, Peter Neathway, The Brag
Interview: Pez & 360
Pez & 360 Change It For The Better By Chad Parkhill Sydney-based rapper 360 became involved with the Federal Government’s The Line initiative simply enough. “It really just came from Pez – he’s one of the main faces of it,” he tells me. “We’ve been making music together for years and years now, so I [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2011 under Brag 407 (April 11), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: 360, Chad Parkhill, Pez, The Brag
Interview: Shane Nicolson
Shane Nicolson The Story Machine By Mike Gee Shane Nicholson tells a lot of stories. On his new album Bad Machines, primates, vampires, enchanted household tools and the odd ghost all fight for your attention. Talk to him and he tells even more – in fact, he’s the kind of guy you’d be quite happy [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 407 (April 11), Music.
Tags: Mike Gee, Shane Nicolson, The Brag
Interview: Kimbra
Kimbra Taking Her Vows By Jonno Seidler Melbourne-based songstress Kimbra Johnson has been popping up on radars all over the world since she moved from New Zealand and launched herself onto the music scene with considerable aplomb last year. With a swag of songs but only one publicly released single (‘Settle Down’) under her belt [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2011 under Brag 407 (April 11), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Jonno Seidler, Kimbra, The Brag
Album Review: Seekae – +Dome
Seekae +Dome Rice Is Nice/ Popfrenzy **** Seekae’s live show has become quite a spectacle. It fuses exhilarating live instrumentation with their signature chilly pinpoint precision electronics, a combination that adds countless further dimensions to the band’s already considerable fractured beauty. It comes as something of a disappointment that their follow up, the slyly beautiful [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 407 (April 11), Music.
Tags: Luke Telford, Seekae, The Brag