This week on Built for Speed we play new music from Alabama Shakes, Devin and many others. We also focus on 70’s power pop with bands like the Raspberries and Big Star. There’s also plenty of films to talk about including new Jason Statham shoot ’em up Safe and believe it or not, nazis on the moon in Iron Sky.
Read moreIf you search the internet for “Dallas”, you will likely come across an American football team from Texas, but scroll down a spot or two and you will locate something far more unpredictable and interesting. Dallas Frasca has a huge following in her own country. Take a listen to her highly anticipated second major release album “Sound Painter” and you
Read moreCheck out the line up for the next 4 weeks on the 88.3 Live Sunday Sessions, Following stellar performances in recent weeks from the likes of Dakara Dirt, Kim Boekbinder and The Grace Makers, the next month sees brilliant Melbourne Blueso Dallas Frasca, sultry smooth Jazz singer Jessica Isgro, guitar virtuoso Matthew Fagan and nomadic songstress Nicolette Forte gracing the Southern
Read moreWish You Were Here is a new Australian mystery thriller that has nothing to do with the classic Pink Floyd album of the same name. Being a contemporary Australian film it of course stars Joel Edgerton as a stressed bogan family man and has a fragmented narrative structure. The film jumps back and forth through time, feeding the audience slivers
Read moreThere have been plenty of films about US Special Forces battling terrorists and drug lords and most of these have involved outrageous, cartoonish propaganda, racially stereotyped bad guys, simplistic, biased notions of world conflict and Chuck Norris. Acts of Valour has all these things, minus the Chuck Norris. For many critics this film is an abomination but it’s not designed
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, FRIDAY 11TH MAY 2012 1. FISHBONE – Sunless Saturday. 2. THE WALKMEN – Angela Surf City. 3. FLAMING LIPS – Aquarius Sabotage. 4. PAPA VS PRETTY – One of the animals (Aus). 5. FLEET FOXES – Helplessness Blues. 6. DEAD WEATHER – Gasoline. 7. DM 3 – Far from here (Aus). 8. BEASTIE BOYS – Hey
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