Rage On

Nina las Vegas is the cutie presenter/DJ that fills our airways every weekend on Triple J with her gushy presenting style and awesome beats.

Nina Las Vegas 

A role model to yours truly, Nina is nothing short of kooky and extremely talented.

In the lead up to the opening of the 'rage' exhibition tomorrow night as part of Vivid Live in Sydney, she speaks to Oyster magazine about her memories of growing up with the iconic ABC music program.

The following excerpts are Nina's own words from Oyster magazine's online blog.  To read the full article head to www.oystermag.com.

"I'll happily admit that I'm an 80s baby who obsessed more over Dave Grohl than Kurt Cobain (I blame having no older siblings for this one), and I remember staying up, taping and re-watching Dave and Franz (I think) over and over. 


When I first started at Triple J, I stumbled across a bounded book which had listed all the video clips EVER made. I saw a few of those in the early years of my time at the ABC, often with artist’s names on the front. I'd green out at everything back then, so touching a book that Lily Allen or Andre 3000 had once touched felt pretty damn cool.


Lately I've been relying on rage for late night 'random hotel' company. I need to wind down after a gig and regardless of where I am and which hotel I've found myself walking into around 2am-ish, I always know that rage will be on. And as soon as they start making sense, it usually means I’ve sobered up enough to go to bed and avoid a hangover the next day..."

http://oystermag.com/rage-memories-with-nina-las-vegas
June 5, 2012

"happy half century"  - follow her on twitter @ninalasvegas
#weheartnina

You can tune into to listen to Nina Las Vegas Saturday's from 6pm on Triple J, or head to their website to check out any of their podcasts at triplej.net.au.

"rage - Celebrating 25 Years" is on from June 6-17, at Carraigeworks, Sydney. Check out rage online at www.abc.net.au/rage

Shut up and play the hits

Yesterday, Sunday June 3rd, as part of Vivid Live 2012, Australian fans were invited to view LCD Soundsystem's concert movie and ultimately farewell, "Shut up and play the hits."

James Murphy - LCD Soundsystem 

To most people LCD Soundsystem is an electro/indie/pop group that are behind hits such as Drunk Girls, Dance Yrself Clean, North American Scum and the haunting yet soulful New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me  Down.

In reality, LCD Soundsystem and James Murphy are ultimately interchangeable, with Murphy recording most of the instruments on the "bands" three albums, LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver and This is Happening.  

When performing live, Murphy fronts this 10 piece alternative / electro band producing, in his own words,  music that sounds like "records that you used to hate but are kind of cool now that you heard them again years later at your friend's house," ...amongst other things.

LCD Soundsystem - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 2010

Between 2001-2011 and the three studio albums,  LCD won 3 Grammy awards proving that great music comes in quality - not necessarily quantity.

LCD Soundsystem brought their music to Australia in 2010, (supporting act: Hot Chip) only months before they were to part ways.  Energetic, inspiring and funky are a few words that could describe the atmosphere produced when Muphy took the stage with the band.  The experience of seeing LCD Soundsystem live was incredible.

In 2011 LCD Soundsystem performed their farewell concert, which took place at Madison Square Garden, New York.  The movie documentary follows James Murphy and the group in the days leading up show, where the band played for a spectacular 4 hours.

Some of us were lucky enough to get tickets to the movie screening yesterday at the Opera House...

...some of us were not. 

But no worry - It has been announced that there will be DVD release of "Shut Up and Play the Hits" so we can all follow Murphy in the days leading up to LCD Soundsystems final hoorah.

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