Your Daily Feature: 'What Am I Supposed To Do?' by Sietta (2011)

Your Daily Feature track for today is What Am I Supposed To Do? by Australian electronic-soul duo Sietta. Sietta is the duo of James Mangohig (producer/instrumentalist) and Caiti Baker (vocalist) and they originate out of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Now its interesting because when I first heard this song I thought it was a new Beyonce song, but turns out its this great new duo from Darwin! What Am I Supposed To Do? is a new single release, and it can be heard and downloaded for free on their Facebook page HERE, so check that out if you like it.

A Brief Movie Review for: 'One Fine Day' (1996)

Movie: One Fine Day (1996)

Director: Michael Hoffman

Rating: 3/5 Stars ***

One Fine Day is a romantic comedy from the 90's starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer. There isn't much substance in this film (much like most romantic comedies) as the focus is all on the star-power of George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer, which is really what makes the movie worth watching. So if you like romantic comedies you will probably like watching this one.

Your Weekly Classics Shuffle: 'Dancing In The Moonlight' by King Harvest (1972)

Your weekly classics shuffle has landed on the 1972 hit song Dancing In The Moonlight, by American band King Harvest. King Harvest were formed out of a group of four American-expats living in Paris, France in 1970, with core members (amongst many fluctuating members who came and went) Dave "Doc" Robinson (lead vocals, bass guitar, and keys), Ron Altbach (keys), Ed Tuleja (guitar), and Rod Novak (sax), all of whom had previously attended Cornell University. Dancing In The Moonlight was the group's most well known song, and it reached #13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was released as a single in 1972, and can be found on the self-titled King Harvest album. Another classics-post will come next week. Stay cool out there.

Your Daily Track: 'Meet Me Under Neon' by Pluto Jonze (2011)

Today's daily track, which has hardly been daily as of late, but I hope to start getting back into the swing of posting daily so bear with me. The track is Meet Me Under Neon, by Australian indie-electronic artist Pluto Jonze. Pluto Jonze ( Lachlan Nicholson) originates out of Sydney, Australia and Meet Me Under Neon comes off of his forthcoming EP so looking forward to that. For more artist info and music you can head over to his MySpace page HERE, or you can visit his Facebook page HERE. Summer is here everybody, so get out there and play!!Pluto Jonze

A Brief Movie Review: 'The Burning Plain' (2008)

Movie: The Burning Plain (2008)

Director: Guillermo Arriaga

Rating: 3/5 Stars ***

This is not a light-hearted film, but rather serious, dramatic, and intense. The plot follows what seems at first to be different characters but turns out to be the same characters at different ages in their lives and then ties it all together towards the end. Charlize Theron is quite good at playing those haunted/serious characters and seems to have landed lots of roles like these since her Oscar win, and it has been ages since I've seen Kim Basinger in anything. This movie is worth watching once, but again, it is a tragic-drama, and not unbelievable.

Your Daily Feature: 'Run' by Elke (2010)

Today's daily feature track is called Run, and its by Australian indie-electro band Elke. Elke, which consists of members Zack, Joel, Dave, Jim, and Jesse have been making music together since 2007. They originate out of the Brisbane, Queensland region of Australia, and they in my opinion they are severely under-rated, and I find it shocking that they haven't been signed by a major label. This band also operates as the band Dolphins, which does mostly indie-surfie style rock, which is also incredible stuff that I recommend checking out! Run comes off of the groups latest EP release simply A and B. You can check out most if not all of that EP at their Soundcloud site HERE, and if you just want some more artist info and such then head over to their website HERE.   Run by elkeband

The Last Days of House: 'It's Too Late (Dirty South Remix)' by Evermore (2006))

This week's Last Days of House feature is the 2004 song It's Too Late (Dirty South Remix) by New-Zealand-band Evermore, and remixed by Australian DJ Dirty South.  Evermore are Originally from New Zealand, but are now based out of Australia and they started out in 1999 and consist of brothers Jon Hume (guitar and vocals), Peter Hume (keyboards, bass guitar, piano, and vocals), and Dann Hume (drums and vocals). The original version of It's Too Late was released in 2004 on the band's Dreams album. Dirty South remixed the song into a house-version in 2006 where it achieved the #1 position on the Australian Club Charts, and it can be sound on various house compilation albums.

A Brief Movie Review for 'The Hangover' (2009)

Movie: The Hangover (2009)

Director: Todd Phillips

Rating: 3.9/5 Stars ***'

Allright, so after many people telling me how good this movie was, and then hearing that the sequel is already old hat, I decided to finally watch the first one. I must say that this movie was funny and worth watching once, although I doubt I will watch the sequel as its been reviewed by others as a just quick and easy money-maker for Hollywood, and just a poor re-make of the first one. What makes this movie funny really isn't the situations or the formulas, but the actors and their ability to play off of each other well, which I think most people would find funny. So, watch the first one at least, its good to have a dose of humor once in awhile.

Your Daily Feature: 'Bumper' by Cults (2011)

Today's daily feature is a song called Bumper, by Manhattan-based indie-pop band Cults. Cults started out in 2010 with New York University-collegues and duo Brian Oblivion (vocals, guitar, and percussion) and Madeline Follin (vocals) who rose to fame with the release of their digital 3-track EP in 2010. Bumper comes off of their debut self-titled studio-album Cults, which was released on June 7th, 2011 and is still pretty fresh. Head over to their website HERE for more music and info. 

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Your Daily Feature: 'Monsters' by Antonio Paul (2010)

Today's song goes to Australian indie-pop group Antonio Paul and their song Monsters. Antonio Paul are based out of Bunbury, Western Australia and consists of members Marc Antonio, Michael Paul,  Jordan Gianfrancesco (live synth), and Sam Maher (live drums). City Dreams appears on their Treasures EP, which was released in September of 2010. You can check out their Unearthed Page HERE, their Facebook page HERE, or even purchase their EP HERE.

Your Weekly Classics Shuffle: 'Sunny' by Bobby Hebb (1966)

We're back again with Your Weekly Classics Shuffle, and the result isn't actually a shuffle result this time around. I decided to feature the 1966 song Sunny, by African American singer/songwriter Bobby Hebb as I recently featured the house-remake of this song in another post. Bobby Hebb (born Robert Von Hebb) was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1938, and past away in August 2010 at the age of 72. Sunny was his most well-known song and it appeared on his 1966 Sunny album, and it has been covered by many artists over the years including Cher, Boney M., Boogie Pimps, Georgie Fame, James Brown and many more.

A Brief Movie Review for 'The Return Of The Pink Panther' (1975)

 Movie = The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975)

Director = Blake Edwards

Rating = 2.2/5 Stars **'

The Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies are actually quite funny and consist of the well-known clumsy/hopeless French detective who manages to cause incredible amounts of damage and mayhem in the process of his pursuit of jewel thieves. Good for a laugh, although this one was a bit longer than it needed to be in my opinion. I read somewhere else that this was the lowest rated of all of the Seller's Panther movies made, so I will have to watch the others I suppose.