Grace.

It's a while since this thread's been so quiet... nothing happening on the aus music scene at the mo?

^ that is AWESOME :awesome:

Haha, it did surprise me when I realised they had no lyrics. But before I realised that I was really enjoying it so I just appreciated it for what it was :awesome: I'd rather have an awesome instrumental band than a band with a crappy singer!

^^ I actually do, I think they'd be great! I only just discovered them but they're really cool :cool:

I like the fact we have a representative from each capital city on the east coast! I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing: Foals Two Door Cinema Club (these top two are priority, the rest I just want to see) Beach House Cut Copy Local Natives The Holidays Deerhunter Yeasayer EXCITED.

I sure can make a good veggie pesto pasta :wacky:

Today's your day! :P

DP

^^Those two (Foals and Two Door) are pretty much the reason for me going! :D And I've just figured out where the festival actually is, it's literally within walking distance to my house. Awesome.

Wooo, just got my ticket!! Though the two people who said they were going to come pulled out, they don't want to spend the money :dozey: Still, going to be EPIC :awesome:

Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks sig

Listened to the Triple J recording. EPIC. Disappointed to be missing them when they come out here! :disappointed:

Foals Two Door Cinema Club Editors Arctic Monkeys Hungry Kids of Hungary :wacky:

That was the richest, most delicious chocolate cake I think I've ever eaten :sick:

... :curtain:

I really need to listen more to their older stuff. But I LOVE the new album. Mary, Pony Up and The End are my favourites.

*takes hat off* Mmmm I love that new Sparkadia song too. Any news on when the album's going to come out? Going to have to miss all those sideshows. But that doesn't really bother me all that much.

Also, listening to The Drum's set from Splendour on Triple J, I'm really not sure I like their live sound. I'm so so glad I saw TDCC over them.

Mmm, I see what you're saying :smiley: Anyway, I was looking through the first few pages of this thread today (no particular reason) and realised that as of 4 days ago this thread is a year old! :awesome:

^Listening now :wacky: his voice is so amazing! And no I missed his set, I was too busy securing myself a spot for Passion Pit and Mumford and Sons, and watching The Vines smash things :P

tis ok. I was going to ask you if you got that, I completely forgot to listen to it lol. Shouldn't it be on a again today though? Like, now? :P

^^ From the site,

Cheers, great explanation! I had an idea it was something along those lines but you cleared it up a lot for me!

I've never really fully understood what actually constitutes "stadium" rock. I mean, if a band gets big enough they'll fill stadiums and as long as they know what they're doing they should sound great regardless... am I making sense? :P Is there, in your opinion(s), a defining aspect of stadium rock or am I looking at this the wrong way? Also, I've got a lot of friends up north that have seen Powderfinger in their shows in the last couple of weeks in Townsville and Rockhampton. Everyone I've talked to about it were blown away by the show. I've put my name down to be working at their last 3 gigs here (last 3 EVER) so I really really hope I get to do that!

I'm in my first year of uni (after a gap year last year spent working), studying acupuncture :D. I worked casually at a cafe for most of the year but recently quit to concentrate on my studies for the rest of the year, plus I don't want to work there again next year! I earned about $150 a week from that, and I get about the same amount of that through centrelink because I've moved out of home. Pretty much all my money goes towards my rent and food, but I'm lucky in the way that my parents help me out a bit so I can afford to go to gigs - just :P I think they understand that since I've moved to the city going to gigs and listening to music has become my 'release' (for want of a better word lol) because I was forced to give up my sport. However I plan on moving to a cheaper place next year which will actually mean I'll have less money to spend on this kind of stuff, which doesn't sound like it should make sense but I'll be more able to support myself by myself than I have this year... Seconded re the thesis, I'm curious to see what you've written! As for gigs, I've figured out that including Splendour I'll have spent a total of about $1,200. Which is about 6 weeks rent for me... :P And my first concert was only last year, I was almost 18. It's only really this year that I've really started going hardcore with the gigs. It's not disgusting! Haha. Expensive, but it's better than, say, doing drugs on the weekend :P Also, NOT TRUE haha. I have 24 hours of class per week, and I'm at uni at least 6 hours a day 5 days a week. And then I work on weekends. But I know that's an abnormally large number of contact hours, lol. But I love uni, it's much more fun than high school :P