Category Archive: events

Howling Bells talk film inspiration

We’ve just heard “Heartstrings”, the upcoming LP from Europe-based Australians Howling Bells, and can confidently announce that it’s absolutely magnificent. Indeed, this fourth offering might just be their finest album to date. There is… Read More →

Winter is Coming: Dark Mofo 2014

It’s been five years since the first annual music and arts festival MONA FOMA started happening in Tasmania. Curated by Brian Ritchie (bass player for the Violent Femmes), the festival has been pretty… Read More →

No Good: double pass giveaway!

The good people at No Good are throwing their inaugural quarterly festival after their super successful monthly parties. The lineup is shit-hot, with our favourites on the Sydney scene, Rainbow Chan, Levins, Reckless… Read More →

Help Fanny Lumsden make her album

When we spoke to Fanny Lumsden & the Thrillseekers a while back, they described themselves as a folk-a-hillbilly outfit that’ll give you a toe-tapping, gun-slinging live show both as sweet as homemade jam and raucous as… Read More →

Face Command: Listen to This Shit

Sydney band, Face Command, deliver a lurid, apocalyptic, surreal soundscape which is highly recommended, says Elfy Scott:  As a writer, it’s an incredibly rare and rewarding experience when you’re designated a film or album that… Read More →

Semi-Permanent – Art Event Preview

Here at Somethingyousaid.com we like to cover all your event bases so you don’t have to trawl the internet yourself. Today, we present to you Semi-Permanent: an event in Sydney that all you… Read More →

Spirit Valley – Music Interview

Oliver Heath has a chat with Dave and Chris from Sydney band Spirit Valley ahead of their free gig this weekend. They talk about baddass drumming, how they came to play some shows with Metric and about… Read More →

British India ticket giveaway

If the idea of wrapping your ears around free live music while wrapping your lips around free booze doesn’t sound double-amazing, then you probably need to re-evaluate your lifestyle choices. If, however, it does whet… Read More →

Twerking on MINI’s interactive dancefloor!

Anyone who’s ever witnessed our alcohol-fuelled flailing limbs knows it’s hardly the greatest secret that we’re particularly partial to cutting some ah-maze-ing shapes upon the dancefloor. So we were pretty darn excited to have… Read More →

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia – Day 1

My first day of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia was the finale to many-a mid-sleep wakes worrying out about what fucking shoes went with that fucking dress/coat/skirt. You can’t imagine my delight knowing that… Read More →

The Standard Bowl opens its doors

On Wednesday night in Sydney, we were treated to the VIP launch of The Standard’s latest incarnation. The Standard Bowl. The ticketed live music venue has reinvented itself to become a commitment-free bar with… Read More →

New Music Video: Kelis, Rumble

The world’s most famous Milkshake-bringer is back! That’s right, American singer-songwriter and (get this, fact fans) certified cordon bleu chef Kelis returns with her brand new cut “Rumble”. The song is the lead-single from the… Read More →