Panel Of Judges

Panel of Judges

Moods on the Move

Monday, Jul 18|by Steph Kretowicz

If Bad Vibrations was Melbourne’s Panel of Judges most “fully realised”, then this fourth album is the nebulous indie four-piece at its zenith. Even as the band appears to be reaching a tentative end, with founders and core songwriters Dion Nania and Alison Bolger diverging – one to New York, the ot…
St Helens

Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, May 30 09

Tuesday, Jun 2|by Ruth McIver

Last night Doc Brown and his DeLorean DMC-12 were up to their old tricks again; whisking unsuspecting punters back to future. But Like Marty McFly, we had to go back to the past first: the early ’90s, a time where indie rock, grunge and shoegaze blasted from every speaker and giants like Kim and Thu…
Mistletone’s Summer Kiss

Wednesday, Mar 4 2009|by Darren Levin

Melburnians from north and south united under the Mistletone banner on Saturday for one last summertime fling. Photography by BEN BUTCHER. It’s easy to be parochial when you live in Melbourne, a city divided by a dirty, polluted river. To the north, there’s art and rock’n’roll, good Lebanese food and cheap beer. To the south, it’s dance music, yuppie bars, overpriced tapas and beaches (the lower case kind). But th…
Label Of Love: Part 2

Friday, Feb 27 2009|by Darren Levin

In part two of our interview with Mistletone’s Sophie Best, we discuss the label’s unique collectivist spirit, trans-Hume expansionism and the state of the Melbourne music scene. Part one here. There seems to be a real collective atmosphere at Mistletone; a diverse line-up of like-minded bands. How important is that and how do you maintain it? We don’t think about that when we sign people. But, especially with the …
Label Of Love: Part 1

Thursday, Feb 26 2009|by Darren Levin

From a bedroom in North Fitzroy, Ash Miles and Sophie Best have developed Mistletone into one of Melbourne’s most successful indies. Ahead of their Summer Tones series of gigs, DARREN LEVIN speaks to Best about Mistletone’s unique collectivist spirit. Indie labels through the ages have always been painted, unfairly perhaps, with a unified sound. Flying Nun had jangle, Sub Pop grunge, early SST was synonymous with h…
Panel In Sydney

Tuesday, December 30 2008 at 12:00 AM

Lethargic pop songsmiths Panel of Judges will launch their new disc, Bad Vibrations, at Sydney's Hopetoun Hotel on January 16. Another quality release from Mistletone, Bad Vibrations was recently described by Mess+Noise as "a band at the height of their songwriting powers, confident about the direc…