This 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 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
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we celebrate the vast, intriguing and amazingly fruitful career of David Bowie. We’ll play plenty of classic Bowie tracks and review the ACMI exhibition ‘David Bowie Is’. We’ll also take a look at some new release films: Australian documentary Freedom Stories and Sir Ian’s latest film Mr Holmes. Don’t forget our regular preview of
Read moreIt’s a huge week on ‘Built For Speed’ as we recount our experiences of some of the major entertainment events happening in Melbourne over the week. We’ll let you know about the live show by mega star comedienne Amy Schumer, the Leaps and Bounds bus tour of Melbourne’s iconic music venues and the Sunday night gig by local legends Even. There’s
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