These past seven days have been unusually busy for news, especially with the raft of Splendour In The Grass sideshows that came at us in the back half of the week, so more than ever we feel like Second Chance Sunday can really be a mate and give you another crack at some stories that may have passed you by.
No sense yammering on, then – let’s get to it!
in hearts wake get virtual for insomnia release
In Hearts Wake have outdone themselves lately with the preparations for the release of forthcoming album Skydancer, most recently by hiding a new track, Insomnia, in a customised video game starring the band that is also soundtracked by leadsingle Breakaway. Noice.
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matt skiba wants in on blink-182 full-time
Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba wouldn’t mind making this whole ‘playing guitar in blink-182’ thing more than just a part-time venture, saying that going official is “something I would be very excited to do”.
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Too Many Cooks mashed up with Game Of Thrones makes perfect, crazy sense
A YouTube user mashed up 11-minute-long Adult Swim short Too Many Cooks with the truly massive cast of HBO’s hit fantasy Game Of Thrones, and the results are truly wondrous. Come on, as if you don’t have a spare 11 minutes today.
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big increase for triple j puts Adelaide in line with Brisbane as strongest market
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National youth broadcaster triple j has seen a bump in performance in the South Australian capital, putting it on par with Brisbane for its strongest market, while Austereo continues to take a beating.
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Avengers: age of ultron - a bunch of backdoor spin-offs dressed as one movie
“With Marvel movies already plotted out ’til 2019 … it’s hard to be too invested in any standalone episode, to feel threatened by any one villain or scared for the fate of any one hero, to have a singular cinematic experience contained within this 140 minutes.”
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The Music updates the shit out of its mobile app
Seriously, you guys. The shit out of it. Our app development team heard your feedback about version 1’s upsides and shortcomings and went to town on The Music App, and now it works a dream. Take a look.
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plus!
The Smith Street Band are headed to Reading & Leeds
Hasselhoff’s back from the ‘80s
ACT venue Smith’s Alternative Bookshop has survived liquidation and will reopen in June
Fantastic Four is looking really good
Daredevil’s coming back for a second helping on Netflix
and Marlon Williams is hitting the road in honour of his excellent debut full-length.
We told you it was a busy week. Happy clicking!
