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Music Release
Rat Vs Possum Live @ RRR
Sam McDougall
It was the songs that stood out here. Simple, thick, repetitive beats and pulsing guitar bursts scattered with swelling mantras, animal calls, bleats and barks—all memorable, all unique.
Music Release
The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
The Canadian rock group return with their third album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night.
Film
Green Zone (2010)
Thomas Caldwell
Green Zone continues Greengrass and Damon’s collaboration on making action films for the ‘thinking person’.
Music Release
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Simon Winkler
The latest record from Joanna Newsom is a beautiful, ambitious triple album, with 18 new songs over about two hours of compelling music.
Film
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Thomas Caldwell
You’re not going to lose yourself in the story or the characters but visually Alice in Wonderland is a series of moving artworks that are a joy to gaze upon.
Film
Shutter Island (2010)
Thomas Caldwell
Shutter Island is the work of a true master who is completely accomplished in the art of filmmaking.
Interview
The Cribs
Gary and Ross from the indie rock group joined 3RRRFM's Steve Wide to chat Johnny Marr and the changes involved in being a four-piece band.
Interview
James Lavelle (Unkle)
The Unkle co-founder chats with 3RRRFM about the recording of Unkle’s forthcoming album, Where Did the Night Fall.
Interview
Magic Hour
Gemma Deacon, one half of Australian Folk, Pop group Magic Hour discusses how the band copes with living in different cities and how their geographical dispersion affected the recording of their self-titled debut album.
Music Release
Monotonix
Where Were You When It Happened?
Although the Israeli rock trio has been together since 2005, this is their first full-length release for Drag City.
Music Release
The Ruby Suns
Fight Softly
The third album for The Ruby Suns continues Ryan McPhun's exploration of global musical styles, layering world pop soundscapes with more prominent electronic beats and direct vocals.
Interview
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
A snippet of the visit made to 3RRRFM by Brendan and Mikey from the band. They talked about the release of their third album Rush to Relax and chose tracks by some of their favourite bands.
Interview
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Kip and Peggy from the New York Indie Pop Group made 3RRRFM their first stop, upon arriving in Melbourne, for the start of their first Australian tour.
Interview
Frida Hyvonen
Swedish, singer-songwriter, Frida Hyvönen called into the 3RRRFM studios during her first trip to Australia.
Music Release
Phantogram
Eyelid Movies
On their debut release for indie label, Barsuk Records, Phantogram have succeeded where many more experienced bands before them have failed ... (read more)
Film
Crazy Heart (2009)
Thomas Caldwell
Crazy Heart initially evokes Bruce Beresford’s 1983 Tender Mercies due to the strong similarities between the settings and the films’ leading characters but it is a superior film.
Music Release
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Rush To Relax
Simon Winkler
Melbourne's garage-rock stalwarts Eddy Current Suppression Ring have released their third, and most diverse, record to date entitled Rush To Relax.
Film
A Prophet (2009)
Thomas Caldwell
Directed and co-written by Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) A Prophet is essentially a gangster film with a number of distinguishing differences.
Film
The Road (2009)
Thomas Caldwell
After the success of Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men, the next novel by McCarthy that was the obvious one to adapt for the screen was his Pulitzer Price-winning novel The Road.
Music Release
School of Seven Bells
Simon Winkler
Chat with School of Seven Bells guitarist/vocalist Benjamin Curtis
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