VanityFair’s Impossible Interviews: Martha Stewart chats with Tom Waits

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By Low Lai Chow in New Events on Wednesday 1 May 2013

Vanity Fair recently had paired personalities who would probably never meet and imagined the conversations they would have. These are hilarious: Martha Stewart, for instance, moans about Tom Waits’ dismal gardening skills, to which he wisecracks, ‘I’m the killer, Martha, but you’re the one who’s done time’.

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Optus RockCorps: 5 questions with The Potbelleez

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 24 April 2013

AdvertisementLast week we were hanging out at Sydney’s Optus RockCorps to bring to bring you all of the action from in the crowd and backstage.

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Optus RockCorps – 5 questions with The Script

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 17 April 2013

Last week we were hanging out at Sydney’s Optus RockCorps to bring to bring you all of the action from in the crowd and backstage.

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Interview with Example ahead of Groovin’ The Moo

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Friday 29 March 2013

Example is one of Britain’s most renowned acts – bringing a unique mixture of rock, rap and dance to the music scene. We caught up with him ahead of his visit to Australia for the Groovin’ The Moo tour to talk London, dubstep and getting married.

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Interview with Australian band Birds of Tokyo

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Tuesday 12 March 2013

Coming from humble beginnings (a collaboration between members of Tragic Delicate and Karnivool), Birds of Tokyo have gone on to become one of Australia’s most influential bands. Their ability to adapt, build and totally recreate themselves has been impressive. The writing and recording of their fourth album, March Fires, has seen them rip apart anything [...]

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Interview with Shawn Petersen ahead of Semi-Permanent Portland

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Design on Wednesday 6 March 2013

If you haven’t already checked out our chats with Holly Wales and GMunk ahead of their appearances at Semi-Permanent Portland then you’ve been missing out. We caught up with amazing designer and Portland local Shawn Petersen ahead of his appearance at Semi-Permanent to talk the digital age, Rolling Stone, and all things Portland. LAEM: As [...]

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Beach House: Digging to the roots

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Sunday 23 December 2012

Music that stays with you isn’t always the most complex in structure or elaborate in sound, but rather the most emotionally connective and thought provoking. The really good stuff can implant a new idea in your mind, feeding and watering it as it germinates and blooms.

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Interview with Sydney band Collarbones

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Thursday 20 December 2012

Collarbones are Sydney’s Marcus Whale and Adelaide’s Travis Cook, a couple of friends that met over the internet and used to chat about music after school on MSN. What they didn’t know in those days was that their chats would lead to them being one of Australia’s most interesting and exciting electronic music duo’s.

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Flume: An interview with Australia’s rapid success

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Monday 17 December 2012

J Award nominee, remix king and festival essential Flume (aka Harley Streten) is almost certainly Australia’s man of the moment. Going from playing small shows as a relatively unknown artist to playing festivals like Splendour In The Grass and Falls, it’s definitely been a whirlwind year for Streten.

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Interview with FISHING ahead of OutsideIn Festival

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Saturday 10 November 2012

Sydney’s electronic kings FISHING are set to reel in punters during their set at Sydney’s OutsideIn festival today, where they will join the likes of Africa Hitech, Flume and HTRK. We caught up with FISHING’s Russell Fitzgibbon before their set to talk about sampling, rapping and remixing.

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Interview with Alt–J (∆) ahead of their Laneway shows

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 31 October 2012

Alt-J (∆) only released their debut album months ago, but the English lads are already considered favorites to take out the 2012 Mercury Prize. We sat down with drummer Thom Green to talk shrooms, finding video directors on the internet, and studying fine art.

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Interview with HTRK ahead of their Australian tour

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 24 October 2012

HTRK, pronounced Hate Rock, are set to return to Australian shores next month for shows at the OutsideIn festival in Sydney and All Tomorrow’s Parties in Melbourne. Sounding like a bad trip dipped in desire laden synths, pounding drums and stuttering guitars, we sat down with Nigel Yang and Jonnine Standish to talk death, desire and chess.

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VIDEO: 1984 interview with Madonna on Ear Say

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By Philip Dunne in Video on Friday 27 April 2012

I’ve been obsessed with Madonna lately. I think she is one of the most fascinating people alive today. People are very quick to dismiss her, but her level of creativity is something that is very aspirational to me as an artist. Everything is always fresh, yet familiar, poppy and explosive, but greatly controlled. Try to label her and [...]

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Lenka talks Bowie, her music, and the sound of her heart

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By Danielle in New Music on Wednesday 16 February 2011

Australian pop siren Lenka takes a 360-degree approach to her music, cultivating a fantastically quirky visual aesthetic to match the lighthearted lilt of her compositions. Our friends at Flavorpill are featuring an exclusive interactive video interview with her where she talks about the making of her new album, why she wants to work with David [...]

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Pat Stevenson on Australia’s inspiring nightlife

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By Andy in New Photography on Friday 17 September 2010

We asked Hobogestapo photographer Pat Stevenson what Australian nightlife means to him: ‘I believe the main characteristic that makes Sydney and Australia stand out from the rest of the world is how tightly knit our community is, everyone knows everyone. This may sound like a bad thing, but it actually makes things great. I find in Sydney we are like one big family, everyone is on good terms with each other and for the most part it’s a very positive, supporting group of very talented musicians and creatives pushing each other to achieve something truly unique’.

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