The Festival Awards 2008
Hearted on Tuesday
Do you spend all of your time on the FL forums blagging about festivals you love (and the ones you just love to hate)? Well it is time that Australia hears what you have to say.
QueenNahs joined us ages ago and is a contributor. She was online on Friday.
| QueenNahs is ... |
Opinionated festival fanatic.
Will travel anywhere anytime, rain, hail, or blasting desert sunshine to see a mountain of bands kick it in an open field, under big tops, on islands or in random stadiums.
MUSIC,
, Listens (since in the womb)
, Plays (since age 7)
, Writes (since age 10)
, Sees live (since 1990)
, Reviews randomly (since 2001)
,
, LAUGHS
, A LOT and very LOUDLY,
,
, LIKES
, Vegemite toast
, Crisp sheets
, Smart asses
, Sleeping after a surf
, DRBs (Dirty Rock Boys)
,
, LOVES
, Her friends
, Her dogs
, Her house
, Being cooked breakfast
, Spooning
, See Laughs
, See Music
,
, HATES
, Animal cruelty
, Social and political injustice
, Assumptions
, Rudeness
, Dishonesty
,
, IS
, loyal
, funny
, honest
, self-aware
, arrogant
, smart
, gossipy
, caring
, real
The Beta Band, King Biscuit Time, BRMC, BJTM, Beck, Air, Sigur Ros, Caribou, Aphex Twin, TSOOL, Kashmir, Mogwai, The Delgados, Belle & Sebastian, YAI, Little Barrie, Explosions in the Sky, QOTSA, Eagles of Death Metal, Muse, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Zombie Ghost Train, Nekromantics, Goldfrapp, Howling Bells, Datarock, JJ Cale, Prodigy, PJ Harvey, Royskopp, Verve remixed compilations, the usual tide of UK exports A, Monkeys, Kaiser's etc, heaps of up and coming Aust bands like Dirty Secrets, Treetops etc, and I'm lovin' playing on the vintage Fender Rhodes Seventy Three keyboards my beloved Trukie bestowed upon my domain
Hal Hartley films, Jeune & Caro films, music filled films like Hi Fidelity, Almost Famous, Empire Records, Reality Bites, mostly anything arthouse or foreign, especially if it's French and has a cool storyline, sex and violence is so tres tres chic in francaise
anything that has leanings toward the occult, or is funny and real, literature vs pulp, vice, Q, Mess & Noise, these mags all lie around my loungeroom
Hearted on Tuesday
Do you spend all of your time on the FL forums blagging about festivals you love (and the ones you just love to hate)? Well it is time that Australia hears what you have to say.
Hearted last month on the 5th
FasterLouder proudly present our favourite geezers as they tour around Oz.
Hearted on the 3rd Jul, 2008
Radiohead take their In Rainbows tour to Milano, Italy and FasterLouder's on the ground to review and photograph the spectacular show .
Hearted on the 3rd Jul, 2008
Even have been around for over a decade, with one of the best live shows going around. For the release of new single Sister Rock, they're out on a national tour and launched the mainland leg of the tour at Ruby's.
Hearted on the 1st May, 2008
At fifteen years old, The Brian Jonestown Massacre has lost none of its fire. The iconic band has announced it will be returning to Australia in August for what is sure to be a volatile and exhilarating run of shows.
Hearted on the 1st May, 2008
To many music lovers, the idea of going into a boiling hot desert to see a bunch of bands play isn’t the wisest idea in the world. Yet for the majority of the punters at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, there was no better place to be.
Hearted ages ago
After a decade hiatus, English trip-hop trio Portishead returns with Third. Over eleven intricately-crafted tracks, the album re-confirms why they're masters of their genre.
Hearted ages ago
For many months the masses have been mumbling names under their breath, trawling the internet for clues, and making ever so bold presumptions – but finally the list is in!
Hearted ages ago
KISS sign off on their Australian tour from their 4800th "second home". Brains later removed from the walls of Acer Arena.
Hearted ages ago
Blender Magazine has profiled the ‘20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time’, with plenty of “oh-no-they-didn’t” moments to mull over.
Hearted ages ago
French electronic act AIR will break their Australian tour cherry when they land here this March to play at V festival, good news for AIR fans - the outfit will also be delivering a series of their own headlining gigs.
Hearted ages ago
Jesus and Mary Chain have been serving up music lovers' wet dreams ever since they hit the scene with their debut long player Psychocandy in 1985. So it is with great pleasure that I announce that the Brothers Reid and co. will be making a trip.
Hearted ages ago
OK we all know RATM will be headlining and there were whispers of Bjork - well now we can finally put the rumours to bed as the first acts for the 2008 Big Day Out lineup are revealed.
Hearted ages ago
One of the year's biggest success stories will cap it all off with a headline tour of Australia this December.
Hearted ages ago
This is the big one people… We’ve literally been hanging on the line for years now with the tantalising possibility of Daft Punk bringing their spectacular live show to Australia. Now we can confirm the rumours are true! Check inside for the facts.
Hearted ages ago
BRMC have returned to form with their fourth album, combining all the lessons learned during the tumultuous past two albums to produce the gem that is Baby 81.
Hearted ages ago
Sarah Blasko charms and disarms a loving audience as part of her Autumn Theatre tour.
There doesn't seem to be any…
Following their killer performances around the country for the Big Day Out festival earlier this year, Muse will be back in the country before the end of the year. Check below for dates! Muse are Matt Bellamy (vocals/guitar/keys) Chris Wolstenholme (ba
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