Australian Penthouse

THEM CROOKED VULTURES
Self-titled
Sony

THE debut album for the supergroup of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones. Whether you buy it out of curiosity or a genuine passion for the trio’s back-catalogue, rest assured that Them Crooked Vultures is no Audioslave.

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HIS GENERATION
Shaun Micallef
Shock

ALTHOUGH he’s written, produced and starred in award-winning TV programs such as Full Frontal, The Micallef P(r)ogram(me), Micallef Tonight and Newstopia, and helmed the popular game show Talkin ’Bout Your Generation, on His Generation, Shaun voices every interview, character, scene and song featured throughout the 29 tracks.

From murderous doctors and Satan-obsessed gospel singers, to boorish fruit shop owners and Oprah-watching al-Qaeda operatives, Micallef is pants-wetting funny.  His interpretations of Charlton Heston reading the Bible and Christopher Walken singing a David Bowie song are undoubted highlights.

Monty Python madness runs richly in Micallef’s veins, and it’s damnable that this man isn’t minting money on commercial TV, as he is clearly one of our nation’s finest natural comedians.

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