Second Chance Sunday: The Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
Think of it as one great, big, "ICYMI"
Holy hell, another seven days have passed already, so that means it's time again to bring you Second Chance Sunday, our weekly wrap of some of the best stories this week that might have escaped your attention because you're all so "busy" and "important".
Because as it turns out, regardless of what label you want to slap on it, while you were frantically snapchatting pictures of your junk to your coworkers, stuff happened. A lot of it.
Look, we said stuff happened; we didn't say it was important stuff. But mash-up whiz kid and internet pop-culture king Neil Cicierega has created the most sexually charged remix of Ghostbusters ever and, moreover, it's actually really good.
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Renowned electro duo and Elefant Traks vets Hermitude have inked a worldwide distribution deal with esteemed US indie label Nettwerk Records, ahead of their Groovin The Moo shows and a national tour this June.
Stalwart Sydney outfit The Snowdroppers saw the winds of fate blow in their favour this week after publicising their plight with an allegedly dodgy digital distributor saw them paid their rightful earnings - to the tune of more than $8000.
We all know that Mushroom pulled the plug on Future Music Festival this week, but we went a little deeper and spoke to Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski about why he believes the event failed, from the death of the touring festival to unsustainable cost blowouts and beyond.
It's a nerd confluence of planet-shaking proportions as beloved Game Of Thrones actor Maisie Williams is announced as an impending guest star in the ninth season of the BBC's Doctor Who revival, with her character set challenge The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) in unexpected ways.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has confirmed that age ratings are now being displayed on music videos from the three big labels — Sony, Warner and Universal — uploaded to streaming-video platforms YouTube and Vevo, with further countries likely to follow.
If you're after some more reading to get you by, check out our most recent album reviews, live reviews, and interviews. there's another whole week of melbourne comedy festival reviews up for your pleasure, too, so get clicking!
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