Jason
Stollsteimer, chief songwriter for young Michigan upstarts
The Von Bondies, has received as much attention for his recent
punch up with Jack White as he has for his band's first major
label release on Sire Records.
The handsome singer/guitarist was made to resemble the elephant
man after a bar brawl with the White Stripes superstar a few
months ago. Now it seems, Stollsteimer has both recovered
and put the incident behind him...
The Best and Worst...
Festival season is finally over. Read our Arts writers final
words on the whole thing...
It
seems that John Butler and his band can't put a foot wrong at
the moment. Their 'Living' live album from early last year remains
in the top 40 album charts 12 months later and current single
Zebra has been hugely successful not just with his long-standing
"alternative" crowd, but also with more commercial-friendly
audiences. In fact, this album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA
charts - almost unheard of for an independent artist....
Love
of Diagrams &
Carus & the True Believers.
Frenetic
Melbourne trio Love Of Diagrams have recently returned from
a six-week tour that saw them take in Finland, Germany, Holland,
the Czech Republic and the Baltic as well as a couple of shows
in Japan.
Playing with fellow Melbournites in deconstucto rock unit Baseball
in Europe, guitarist Luke Horton and band were chuffed at the
response...
Jason
Stollsteimer, chief songwriter for young Michigan upstarts
The Von Bondies, has received as much attention for his recent
punch up with Jack White as he has for his band's first major
label release on Sire Records.
It
seems that John Butler and his band can't put a foot wrong at
the moment. Their 'Living' live album from early last year remains
in the top 40 album charts 12 months later and current single
Zebra has been hugely successful not just with his long-standing
"alternative" crowd, but also with more commercial-friendly
audiences. In fact, this album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA
charts - almost unheard of for an independent artist....
Frenetic
Melbourne trio Love Of Diagrams have recently returned from
a six-week tour that saw them take in Finland, Germany, Holland,
the Czech Republic and the Baltic as well as a couple of shows
in Japan.
