The top news stories, interviews, blogs, reviews, videos and streams of the past seven days.
NEWS
1. Iggy Azalea Speaks On Her Kanye West Affair
Sydney-born, Los Angeles-based rapper Iggy Azalea has opened up on her alleged affair with Kanye West, which has been dominating tabloid and gossip papers around the world.
2. Artists Named For Wee Waa Daft Punk After Party Festival
Artists for Weekend Vines, the festival being held in the New South Wales country town of Wee Waa for the Daft Punk premiere, have been leaked this week.
3. Groovin' The Moo Set Times Announced
The all important set times have just been released for regional festival favourite Groovin' The Moo.
4. Sherbet To Appear On Daft Punk LP
How do we know The Sherbs will appear on the new Daft Punk LP? Well, it all goes back to an Amsterdam nightclub in 2002, believe it or not…
5. Tracy Morgan Responds To 'Sexist Hate Speech' Critics
In front of a sold out Regal Theatre in Perth last night, 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan addressed the bad press he received in Melbourne on the weekend.
6. Rebel Wilson Makes 'Adele Fat Joke' At MTV Awards
Australian comedian Rebel Wilson has given American audiences another taste of her take on the 'Aussie bogan' as host of the MTV Music Awards
7. EXCLUSIVE: Tom Ballard Weighs In On Tracy Morgan Sexism Row
Comedian and triple j breakfast presenter Tom Ballard has sided with 30 Rock actor and comedian over allegations from feminist groups that his stand-up routine is 'sexist hate speech'.
8. Punters Stretchered Out Of Coachella
The end of Coachella's second day resembled "a scene out of a war film" as punters caused a stampede while exiting the event.
9. WIN: Jump Out Of A Plane With San Cisco
Thanks to Skydive Jurien Bay our friends at Drum Media Perth will be interviewing San Cisco whilst skydiving, and we have one more chute for one lucky (brave) winner!
10. Gotye Video Parody Wins Short Film Award
One of the multitude of parodies for Gotye and Kimbra's Somebody That I Used To Know video has won the FilmLife short film award, which was announced in Sydney over the weekend.
INTERVIEWS
1. Russell Hopkinson - Let's Get Physical
"A good record store will provide you with the thrills of finding things you never thought you'd own and an education in things that you probably should put on your list. No algorithm is ever going to replace that."
“You can look at how you organize yourself, how you work within the feminist and intersectional ideas that you have. For us, we have been really looking into who we work with, for example."
3. Hungry Kids Of Hungary - In The Details
“It's those things you do in the studio you end up loving and you end up fighting for… And you end up completely stoked if they make the cut."
4. Pennywise - Like Sands Through The Hourglass...
"Strangely, at that point Jim actually bumped into Randy and Byron at a bar in our hometown and I got a photo texted to me with those guys together and the caption 'Pennywise motherfucker'. And from that point it was done."
5. Russell Morris - For The Record
“Without the Leading Edge record stores and JB Hi-Fi supporting this record and playing it in-store, it never would have done what it's done.”
"We want a long career out of this. We don't want to be some one-hit wonder band; we want to play and actually grow with our fans as well."
“I feel like that, because I'm still here and there's so many others who are still here, we'll still continue to make music – so that means I'm excited to make music."
8. Eliza Dushku - Finding Faith
“I was fooling around on one of those family-tree websites, and that's something I just found out, even though I've known Joss for 15 years."
9. The Hillbilly Killers - They're Gonna Sing
“Originally it was a dream of Bill Chambers; he came to me maybe four years ago now and said he'd always wanted to start a Hank Williams tribute band."
10. Tracy Morgan - The World According To Tracy
“I don't even see how people can ask me that question. Like they don't know the difference between what's TV and what's real."
BLOGS
1. Benny Doyle - Coachella 2013: Day Two
The second day of the epic Cali fest Coachella finished in fine fashion - resembling a war film.
2. Benny Doyle - Coachella 2013: Day One
Plenty of shit eating grins were on display during day one.
3. Record Store Day 2013 - What's In Store?
With Record Store Day on the horizon we got in touch with a select few record stores along the east coast of the country to get a bit of an idea as to what they have planned for the occasion.
4. Andrew Mast - The TV Set: To Live And Applaud In LA
At an LA taping of a tonight show, The TV Set discover no one can hear you smiling.
5. SPA Confidential - Music Industry 'Drug Staff' Offered Aus Footy Jobs
Music industry staff embroiled in the American Universal drug lawsuit are being offered career lifelines by Aussie footy clubs.
ALBUM REVIEWS
“Ghost BC could well have been a one-shot wonder, but with Infestissumam they've managed to remain interesting and even enigmatic.”
2. The Delta Riggs - Hex.Lover.Killer
"The Delta Riggs have shown that they don't care what you think – they're just here to give the music world a shot in the arm with a no-holds-barred mix of rock, retro glamour and a hell of a lot of life."
"Nightswim feels like a dance pop record from a session vocalist trying to make it on her own rather than a breakthrough release from a prodigious talent."
4. Major Lazer - Free The Universe
"Diplo, now the only 'real' Lazer left after Switch's departure in 2011, has come up with a masterpiece here. Let's hope the third is not so delayed."
5. Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll
"Though there's still plenty of Wentz's neat, sassy little phrasings in the lyrics, this album is a long way from the band's teenage emo beginnings."
The Amity Affliction: Pic by Rick Clifford
LIVE REVIEWS
1. Live It Up Festival - RNA Showgrounds
"These guys have been on the scene since most members of the audience were in primary school, and they still know how to shred."
"What made the show so damn good was the impressive state of Lydon's voice, now a strong instrument of demonic operatics and something akin to Tuvan throat singing."
"Allen Stone is reinventing quality live performance for a new generation."
4. Hungry Kids Of Hungary - The Hi-Fi
"Their buzzy, fuzzy New Pornographers-inspired sound was everything the hipster-heavy crowd could have dreamed of tonight."
5. Black Breath - Hermanns Bar
"Black Breath left the stage having cemented their reputation as a live act not to be missed."
STREAMS
1. Gay Paris - The Last Good Party
2. The Delta Riggs - Hex.Lover.Killer
3. Vance Joy - God Loves You When You're Dancing
VIDEOS
1. We Lost The Sea – Barkhan Charge
