San Cisco on 'Awkward': "It was just this weird monster"
By Freya Jones 23rd May, 2013
In the midst of a headline tour, San Cisco’s drummer-singer Scarlett Stevens speaks to FL about the band’s success overseas, her transition into vocals and the pet nickname that she just can’t stand.
Airbourne In The Firing Line: "If we met AC/DC we'd probably just get drunk"
By David Swan 22nd May, 2013
We put Airbourne's Joel O'Keeffe in the firing line to talk sex, drugs and AC/DC.
Cloud Control: "I don’t really know how popular we are in Australia anymore"
By Sarah Smith 21st May, 2013
Cloud Control frontman Alistair Wright channeled Roy Orbison and the Beastie Boys to make a more "playful" second album.
Danny Rogers talks Detroit and Laneway's future: "Anything is possible"
By Sarah Smith 21st May, 2013
Laneway Festival co-founder Danny Rogers on his plans for Detroit - and why he wants to take the festival to even more US cities in 2014.
In Defence Of: Taylor Swift
By MAx Quinn 21st May, 2013
Guilty pleasure is taking a piss in the shower, not liking Taylor Swift.
10 years on from ‘Source Tags’ and Trail Of Dead still want to burn indie
By Tom Mann 20th May, 2013
Trail of Dead founder Jason Reece on the classic 'Source Tags & Codes' album and why the indie scene has been plagued by apathy for the past decade.
9 things we learnt from Daft Punk’s Wee Waa launch
By Melanie Mahony 18th May, 2013
Melanie Mahony reports from Daft Punk’s album launch in the regional NSW town of Wee Waa.
Everything you need to know about Eurovision 2013
By Tom Mann 15th May, 2013
Eurovision is sport, politics and war at it’s finest. It’s 39 proud nations willing put aside centuries of bickering for one night of extreme public embarrassment, impossibly tight white pants and vaguely “ethnic” costumes.
The inside story of San Cisco and Gold Fields' US assault
By Andrew Murfett 14th May, 2013
Ballarat’s Gold Fields and Fremantle’s San Cisco are part of a contingent of young Australian acts making significant strides overseas, and they’re doing it the old-fashioned way: by clocking up miles in a van.
The National: "We’ve always been a band that likes to go to different places"
By Doug Wallen 13th May, 2013
Ahead of their new album and an appearance at Splendour In The Grass we speak to The National about graduating from indie rock once and for all.
Bernard Fanning: Life after Powderfinger
By Sarah Smith 9th May, 2013
Bernard Fanning talks to FL about his new solo album 'Departures' and life after Powderfinger.
The art of gigging alone
By Madeleine Watts 9th May, 2013
Put your anxiety aside and see a gig alone. You might actually listen to the music instead of your friend yammering away in your ear the whole time.
Jared Leto: Kurt Cobain, Twitter and severed ears
By David Swan 8th May, 2013
30 Seconds to Mars frontman/actor extraordinaire talked to FL about severed limbs, the new album, and that shitty shitty Kurt Cobain video.
Real punks react to the Met's 'Chaos to Couture' exhibit
By Darren Levin 8th May, 2013
What does Johnny Rotten think about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, Punk: Chaos to Couture?
James Blake: "I wear special trousers that keep my organs intact"
By Melanie Mahony 8th May, 2013
James Blake speaks to FL about Splendour in the Grass, fucking up on stage, falling in love and all the big names he didn’t actually work with on his latest album ‘Overgrown’.
Don’t forget the lyrics: Top 10 brainfades
By Tom Mann 7th May, 2013
They might have forgotten, but we haven’t.