Nu Folk duo The April Maze bring us ear candy all the way from Melbourne!

April Maze are an Alternative Folk duo. Sivan (aka April) plays cello and sings (at the same time) - her voice is soulful and bluesy. Todd accompanies her on guitars, banjo, vocals and stomp box. Their music is primarily cello, and stomp box driven, coloured with strong vocal harmonies, and occasional samples and loops. Musical influences include Fleetwood Mac, John Butler Trio, Pearl Jam, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Tracey Chapman, Carole King, Cat Stevens, and “all music that comes from the heart”.

Enjoy Electric Picnic 2011!

To those of you making your way to Stradbally this weekend, have a fab one ye jammy gits!

Those who aren't? Well wet a cuppa tea there, and watch the most viewed Electric Picnic video:



Sandalwood, (aka Dylan and Lauren) aperform their favourite track ‘Everlong’ (Dave, Grohl, Foo Fighters) in the OxJam tent.

Where's Wally?

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A cash-strapped 22-year-old who sought to have an entire Where’s Waldo scene inked on his back got a proposition from tattoo artist Rytch Soddy: Raise £500 (~$815) for London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, and the full-back piece is yours, free of charge.

John Mosley, a music producer, did him a few hundred better, raising a total of £2000 (~$3250) for the hospital that saved Soddy’s life when he was stung by a bee many years ago.

All told, the back-tat took 24 hours to complete. “It is the longest tattoo that I have ever completed in terms of the time taken,” Soddy is quoted as saying. “It was certainly more fun than the average tattoo and I am really pleased with it.”

The Norwich-based tattooist didn’t tell his client when it came time to draw in Waldo, because where’s the fun in that?

Daily Mail 

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Have some Johnny Flynn of a Thursday!

I don't even like cats, but this made me smile

Unfinished Beach Boys Album Is Set for Release, 44 Years Later

One of the most famous unfinished recordings in the history of popular music –The Beach Boys’ “Smile” sessions — will be released in November, 44 years after it was scheduled to come out, Capitol/EMI records has announced.

The recordings were made in 1966 and 1967 and were intended to follow on the band’s critically acclaimed album “Pet Sounds.” But “Smile” was left unfinished and shelved after the group’s co-founder, Brian Wilson, suffered an emotional breakdown and the group’s legal dispute with Capitol Records over the formation of the band’s label.

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