Many thanks to everyone who said they enjoyed our Radiohead special last week. This week on ‘Built for Speed’ it’s a feast of fine Australian music with tracks from Palms, Ruby Boots, Belles Will Ring and many more. There’ll also be some music from other parts of world including a selection from Wilco’s latest album Star Wars. We also take
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we celebrate the music of one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years, Radiohead. Join us as we explore their remarkably diverse catalogue of albums from ‘Pablo Honey’ to ‘King of Limbs’. On the movie front we take a look at the cinema adaptation of 60’s TV show The Man From UNCLE and
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we look at two very different films, the controversial reboot of yet another superhero movie franchise in The Fantastic Four and the more thoughtful Aussie movie Last Cab to Darwin which stars Michael Caton. There’s also a fine selection of music with classic American indie tracks from REM, The Replacements and Dinosaur Jr as
Read moreIt’s Victorian Music Week so this Friday night ‘Built For Speed’ will play artists exclusively from the balmy, sun-drenched state of Victoria. There’ll be many fine tunes from the likes of Saskwatch, Courtney Barnett, Teeth and Tongue and The Cosmic Psychos. On the movie front we’ll take a look at Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and for something slightly different Sir
Read moreTomorrowland, which stars George Clooney, Britt Robertson and Hugh Laurie is based on the Disneyland exhibit of the same name. Adapting an amusement park concept to the big screen generally produces diabolical results; Pirates if the Caribbean anyone? Tomorrowland is even more confused and convoluted than anything in the Pirates franchise but it is occasionally a visually spectacular sci-fi adventure.
Read moreSan Andreas is an old school disaster movie cliché fest. It’s basically a remake of the questionable 1974 film Earthquake just with better effects, less interesting characters and few nods to recent real life disasters such as 911, Hurricane Katrina and the Fukushima earthquake. Set in California the film plays on the well-established fear that the San Andreas Fault, which
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