Nu Rave Brain Wave Top 10 Albums, Top 5 EPs, and Top 5 73s of 2011: Top 5 7″ of 2011: 05 Bitch Prefect – 7″ ( RIP Society Records ) This is really breezy and effortless pop songs done in the best kind of way from Aussie upstarts Bitch Prefect . 04 [...]
I always find it really hard to do song of the year posts, so I just put all the music I got in 2011 and picked 25 of my most played and most favorite tracks, some from my favorite albums, some demos and some singles, in no particular order. Enjoy: Nu Rave Brain Wave Top 25 Songs of 2k11 : The Babies - Sunset (from The Babies LP) The Babies - Sunset by nuravebrainwave [...]
We've got three of our fav Canberra bands in Auckland this week for something of a Dream Damage label showcase: Wed 16th Nov :: TV COLOURS - 'Are the N▲RK' at Third and Social Thur 17th Nov :: DANGER BEACH + ROSE QUARTZ DJs at D.O.C. Fri 18th Nov :: TV COLOURS & ASSASSINS 88 - 'Rekkit' at Tabac tickets
Always look down under when rock needs a kick in the ass and a straight shot of raw power. AC/DC. Jet. Men at Work. Assassins '88. Music Player: Assassins 88 - Beach People - 04 Wildwood Girl.mp3 [...]
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Danger Beach is the solo project of Assassins 88 bassist L.A. Thomas, and his debut solo effort, Milky Way released last year somehow missed my radar, but thanks to this collaboration with TV Colours for New Weird Australia's Broadcast Number Two. 'Lakes' comes from a live broadcast on New World Australia's show on TBi Radio [...]
Assassins 88 // Kaneda EP Man, this EP is not for the lighthearted. Lately when people have thrown the term "blown out" around, it has typically referred to bass-heavy darkwave or some funky lo-fi R&B. Well listening to Assassins 88 's Kaneda EP, "blown out" is definitely the first phrase that comes screaming to the front of my mind. Bordering on headache-inducing, this music is loud, fast, abrasive and might cause hemorrhaging in and around the ear area. It's funny that the band references David Cronenberg-like horror sci-fi in [...]
Canberra's crazed noisy gutterpunks Assassins 88 have just released what they're calling The Kaneda EP. The four song EP was written along with their first LP in 2009, and it's taken two years for these puppies to be released via their label Dream Damage, but it's definitely worth the wait. 'Scanners' which you can find [...]
MP3: Assassins 88 - Scanners If you've ever seen the anime classic Akira , chances are you can still remember the incredible, crushing sense of dread that pervades the whole film. Canberra's Assassins 88 took the title of their latest EP from that movie's protagonist, Kaneda, but it's not all they've taken: on this record they adapt their scuzzy punk vibe to match the heightened mood of panic and chaos that seeps through Akira, and basically, it sounds amazing. This four tracker is done at just over ten [...]
If I can say anything about February 2011, it is truly the month in which I can say I lost my mind! But, of course, it's been ultra fun. Spent a part of it in LA and the rest in Brighton and as far as I'm concerned, February is just the month that slides into [...]
I always make jokes like I'm super late on stuff, and this is actually a case where I can tell you, Pinglewood posted this track way back in the beginning of 2009. So I actually am extremely late to this party, but I think this track is literally so good that I just have to [...]
While most of us in the US are blanketed in snow at this point, the Australians are enjoying their Summer right now so Assassins 88 song title isnt so inappropriate for themselves, though it may make you a little jealous. Riff-friendly power chords descend on the ears in "Beach People" - the band maintains the edge of the lo-fi bombardment of bands two Summers ago without the feeling of two Summers ago. Directed by Lindsay Horner. Split 7 available from Dream Damage .
This blog has been up and running for just over 2 years now and i just realised that i've never actually done a proper Valentines Day post. So here is one in the form of a Monday List. Valentines Day divides a lot of people. Some love it and celebrate it to the full with presents, dinner dates, "quiet" nights at hotels, cards, flowers and the general showering of love on their partner. Then there are those who hate (lets be honest it's usually single people) Valentines Day [...]
Danger Beach – Apache More sounds from the final frontier from totally mystic Canberran label Dream Damage. Danger Beach is actually the solo alias for Assassins 88 main man LA Thomas, who's forgone the blistering brutality of his other band to record a set of half-degraded memories and subdued doo-wop on this debut EP. It's rich in melody and "vibe" as well: sounds like surf guitars chiming out over the water in some magical high place. In another dimension it could be the theme to a Hawaii Five-O spin-off, but here it's wistful [...]
Not to be confused with the Jay-Z joint from 2001, or the Mötley Crüe song from'87, its not even a cover of the Liz Phair song from her legendary album; this Girls Girls Girls is from Assassins 88 who hail from Oz (Australia for you laymen). This duo makes thrashy and often abrasive lo-fi tunes that feel as if the band recorded a slick indie-pop record and then someone spilled their rum & coke on the sound board and what comes out is golden. You can purchase a few artifacts from this band through their record [...]
This song opens with a Matthew McConaughey sample so of course we're going to love it, but its charm doesn't end with the romcom Brando. It sounds like the best high school party ever, and Assassins 88 only came to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. Looks like we're almost out of beer.
Assassins 88 - Go Go Second Chance Virgin (LP) Remember Assassins 88 and their bored/drunken supermarket cart antics? Well, they've just made their debut digital release Go Go Second Chance Virgin on Canberra label Dream Damage and it's totally killer AND totally F-R-E-E-! So if you like songs that are fucking right-on and sound like '90s misfit punx kicking the brass band off stage at a high school prom in [...]
Assassins 88 - Age of Consent Assassins 88 - Go Go Second Chance Virgin Assassins 88 seem to write a lot of anthems about sex for kids pushing their pals around in empty supermarket carts in empty supermarket parking lots, walking stoned/bleary-eyed into the sterile brightness of a service station at 3am to buy a pie a Pepsi and jumbo bag of Burger Rings. It's definitely a sound borne of suburban boredom and I believe they're from Canberra, Australia which my friend once described [...]
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