Apparently, there’s a footy game on tonight. Too bad everyone will be glued to the radio and ‘Built For Speed’ this Friday night. We have a feast of music this week with a look at some of Wilco’s finest tracks, favourite indie pop of the last 20 years, some skull crunching heavy tunes, new Aussie tracks and much more. On
Read moreFollowing our exploration of 90’s music last week, ‘Built For Speed’ returns to more contemporary tunes this week with new tracks from Alvvays, The Stevens, The Shins and many more. We’ll still have some classics for you including a selection of favourites from Wilco and plenty of fine Aussie music. On the movie front we take a look at hip/hop comedy
Read moreMany 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 take a look at two Oscar contenders which feature stand-out performances from their lead actors, the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything starring Eddie Redmayne and the adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s account of her cathartic trek across the Pacific Crest Trail in Wild which stars Reese Witherspoon. There’s also plenty of fine
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we review the latest TV to film adaptation as Denzel Washington replaces Edward Woodward in ultra-violent action film The Equalizer. We also take a look at the quirky Aussie time travel rom-com The Infinite Man. There’s plenty of fine music with a selection of favourites from the last five years including Wilco, some of
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
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