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Also, we continue to feature yarns from Stereo Stories: A Song. A Place. A Time. edited by Vin Maskell. This caters for the specific writing genre – the music and memoir style Vin prefers – outlined on the Stereo Stories site. It’s an excellent idea on an excellent site. Check it out.

 

Stereo Stories: Live at Williamstown Library

April 22, 2015 by 1 Comment

Our partner site Stereo Stories got the band[s] back together for their April gig at Williamstown Library…

Stereo Stories Tour Dates: April 19 coming up

April 16, 2015 by 4 Comments

Stereo Stories, the music and memoir project founded by Almanacker Vin Maskell, has two shows coming up. Pop in if you’re in the neighbourhood. April 19 is the first one.

If Footy Teams Were Bands… or Something Like That

April 2, 2015 by 14 Comments

Put aside the pre-Easter stresses, relax and match wits against the leviathan musical intellect that is Trucker Slim: If AFL teams were bands. Brilliant!

Almanac Music: Songs to Brush By

March 24, 2015 by 8 Comments

Nothing like classic rock-and-roll anthems to turn even the most mundane chore into a festive jam session. Dips O’Donnell shares some of his favorites.

Almanac Music: On Record

March 23, 2015 by 2 Comments

Everything old is new again. As the demand for music on vinyl experiences a resurgence in the digital age, Keiran Deck interviews Phil Place from Dynamite Records in Canberra

Pure XTC

March 23, 2015 by 21 Comments

All the world is football shaped, so why didn’t XTC kick that ball well and truly into space? Jeff Dowsing looks at a band who should have been one of the biggest groups of the U.K’s New Wave movement in the early 80s

Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Dan Sultan “Blackbird”

March 13, 2015 by 7 Comments

Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson continues his Australian album series, this time with Dan Sultan’s 2014 album, “Blackbird”. Dan’s wonderful voice gets the recognition it deserves.

Almanac Music – Stereo Stories: “This is Their Paris”

March 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Blues and Roots music: A great read that appeared recently on Almanac partner site Stereo Stories about chaperoning dedicated Aerosmith fans through the group’s $600 per-ticket Velvet Rope Experience. “You know how some people have always wanted to go to Paris? This is their Paris.”

Archie Calls the Grand Final Before the First Bounce of the Season – When His Gazza’s Stalking Around the Gee- Arch See’s Red, He Sees Red, He’s Sees Red

March 12, 2015 by 8 Comments

Inspired by Luke Reynolds’ ode to Shane Watson, Archie draws heavily on Eric Bogle’s ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ for this hymn to Gary Ablett [and throws in a clever use of Split Enz’s ‘I See Red’ in his title for this post. – Ed]

Almanac Music: There’s Never Been More to Adore Than in ’84

March 10, 2015 by 31 Comments

Call me hopelessly out of touch but I have an altogether borderline theory the world hit peak music in 1984. Sure, wearing your sunglasses at night was advised to protect peepers from pastel polos and assorted fashion crimes.  And swallowing the ’84 vintage mush served by Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, George Michael and Stevie Wonder would make [Read more]