Melbourne’s icy misery has set in and it’s not even Winter but to paraphrase Dr Smith from Lost in Space “never fear Built for Speed is here”. Tune in this Friday and have your ears and pretty much every part of your anatomy warmed by our smoking hot selection of tracks including a tribute to the late Tim Hemmensley whose former band The Powder Monkeys
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 22nd MARCH 2013 1. SEBADOH – Keep the boy alive. 2. SASKWATCH – I Get Lonely. (Aus) 3. THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo.(Aus) 4. THE PARTING GIFTS – Keep walking. 5. DIRE STRAITS – Twisting by the pool. 6. JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – Danger. 7. CALEXICO – Black Heart. 8. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 8th MARCH 2013 1. ARCADE FIRE – Empty room. 2. JAKE BUGG – Lightning bolt. 3. REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. 4. SONS OF RICO – This madness (Aus) 5. OZZY OSBOURNE – Shot in the dark 6. IGGY POP – Real wild child. 7. BOOMTOWN RATS – Someone looking at you. 8. THE
Read moreIt’s classic album time once again on Built For Speed and this week we go back to 1996 for Wilco’s alt country game changer Being There. There’s also plenty of new Australian and overseas music for you. On the movie front we look at sinister goings on in the sweaty Southern swamplands in The Paperboy and an astonishing story of deception in
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 1st MARCH 2013 1. KING TUFF – Bad thing. 2. THE GRATES – Lies are much more fun. (Aus) 3. THE PICTURES – See you home tonight. (Aus) 4. BILL WYMAN – Je suis un rock star. 5. THE LIARBIRDS – The Growl (Aus) 6. LOON LAKE – Cherry lips. (Aus) 7. THE MODELS – Barbados.(Aus)
Read moreThe Academy Awards screen this Sunday and Built For Speed will give their predictions for winners in all the major categories. We’ll also take a look at some new cinema releases including the violent adaptation of 70’s Brit cop show The Sweeney and the astonishing documentary West of Memphis. There’s also plenty of new music with Abbe May, The Bronx
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