I fell in love with Melbourne’s Teeth & Tongue earlier this year when I heard their second record Tambourine. Jess plays guitar, bass, keyboards and rocks a drum machine as well as vocals on the album. Rolling Stone has called her a combination of Patti Smith, Kate Bush & PJ Harvey… have a listen [...]

Tags: beyonce, David Bowie, Jes Cornelius, Labyrinth, Lou Reed, Marc Regueiro-McKelvie, New Estate, Popolice, Teeth & Tongue, The Chills

Readers of ConversationsWithBianca.com will know that I love print magazines. A little while ago I posted my favourite magazine covers of 2010. With the year drawing to a close I thought it was time for a post of my favourite covers from 2011. All the covers I’ve chosen feature female musicians. Once again for the most part, [...]

Tags: Adele, Amy Winehouse, Artrocker Magazine, Atari Teenage Riot, best magazine covers 2011, beyonce, bjork, Black Book, Debbie Harry, Eleven Magazine, Elle Magazine, Fault Magazine, gwen stefani, interview magazine, Katy Perry, Kylie, lady gaga, Lovefoxxx, M.I.A, madonna, Natalia Kills, nicki minaj, Out Magazine, PJ Harvey, rihanna, Rolling Stone magazine, Status Magazine, Teri Gender Bender, The Gentlewoman, United Rock League Magazine, V Magazine, Vanity Fair, vogue, W Magazine, Yoko Ono

Being a huge hip hop fan, I was so psyched when I found Sammy G’s music! I’ve never heard an Australian-based (Spanish Filapina) female emcee like her. With her music, confidence and ‘can do’ attitude Sammy has triumphed over all the challenges life has thrown her – both her parents passed away when she was [...]

Tags: Australian hip hop, beyonce, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, brat pitt, Do You Like It, Eve, female hip hop artist, filipina hip hop, Missy Elliot, Oro Gold 24K, P.Diddy, Platinum Sounds NYC, Sammy G, Savage, swagger, sydney hip hop

For some awesome new music check out Living Too Late: Fast Weapons Radio Sundays from 10:00PM to 12:00AM  (Punk, Post-punk, No-wave, and Noise) … you can also listen to previous shows at any time too.  The Little Cupcake and Cookie Shop make the raddest cakes… Exhibit A – a red velvet Hello Kitty cake! Seriously [...]

Tags: 13th Floor Elevators, Australian zines, Beatrix Von Bourbon, Beth Ditto, beyonce, bikini kill, Black Eyed Peas, carine rotifeld, collapse board, corey parks, Debbie Harry, Dolly Parton, Elysian Fields, Fast Weapons, Fast Weapons Radio, Fergie, Goddess Rings, goyte, Graffiti Wars, Hayley Paramore, Hello Kitty Cake, How hip hop changed the world, Jazzi McGilbert, Jedi Kittens Strike Back, Jennifer Herrema, johanna fateman, karl lagerfeld, kathleen hanna, Katy Perry, lady gaga, le tigre, Lemmy, lost children of babylon, Lotus Mendes, madonna, Mark Lobo photography, no doubt, planet rock the story of hip hop and the crack generation, rancid, raw food gold coast, Rolling Stone, Stand and Deliver, The Little Cupcake and Cookie Shop, The Zeitgeist Media Festival, tim armstrong, Vivienne Westwood, vogue, von vintage, zines

It’s been a while since I have posted. I’ve been having a lot of in-depth chats with creative people for Collapse Board. Each person and conversation has been totally inspiring. The individuals I have chatted with are all self-taught, champion the DIY ethic and are doing very worthwhile things. Below you can find extracts and [...]

Tags: Art by Jhonny Russell, Art Throb, beyonce, Bianca Valentino, Bratmobile, Celeste Potter, collapse board, Courtney Love, Designer Imposter, Fast Weapons, Grace Jones, Gunk zine, Hole, Interviews, Joe Cardamone, Molly Neuman, Nathan Howdeshell, Ouch My Face, Patty Schemel, Ramdasha Bikceem, Richard Russell, Riot Grrrl, Simple Social Kitchen, The Frumpies, The Gossip, The Icarus Line, the PeeChees, XL Recordings

Photo by Love Janine Every day is Saturday night, but I can’t wait for Sunday morning – K-OS I try to make Sunday my day of rest although it never usually works out that way, by choice—well kind of by choice. Let me explain, most Sundays I like to take time out from my work [...]

Tags: bad religion, beyonce, big day out, custard, dave mccormack, girl talk, lily allen, lyrics, mars volta, nick cave, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, rancid, rest, rituals, zach de la zocha

Photo by Keith B Smiley Around a year ago, I read Dr Dre’s biography. I found it to be a really interesting read. I’ve always loved reading biographies. Another thing I inherited from my ma, she always told me that ‘Reading is knowledge’. I love to hear the story of people’s lives. I enjoy that [...]

Tags: beyonce, brodie-ann, chuck norris, daniel johnston, dr dre, everett true, felinedown, frank zappa, Inspiration, intro5pect, josephine baker, life, mrs valentino, oprah, productivity, quincy jones, richard branson, roy orbison, work, work ethic, workin' it, your best life