@undrgrndlvrs @RubberRecords Género: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Electronic. Underground Lovers , sexteto de Melbourne, VIC, Australia, dando guerra desde 1989, planean largo para el 16 de abril, que se titulará Weekend . Filtran Au Pair , deliciosa muestra, voces de transistor, arranca con tímidos punteos de guitarra pero se enfada, estupenda producción, dosis de electrónica, fluye y todo está en su perfecto lugar, el protagonismo se lo llevan las cuerdas, que siendo australianas es lo mejor que podían hacer.
Aussie vets Underground Lovers return with album number seven ' Weekend ', out April 5 through Rubber Records (April 16 USA). This marks their first record in 14 years, take a listen to the lead single 'Au Pair' below. The five piece rock act started a campaign on pledge music which successfully made target this week. Victorians can catch Underground Lovers live at the Corner hotel on April 20 (the same spot they had their first gig more than twenty years ago). Underground Lovers - 'Au Pair' [...]
5 more songs that were better then anything this pustule of a year brought. Interestingly enough, these songs put together form a pretty apropos statement: It's obvious; black and white. We're getting nowhere fast... sitting still. So what!
Now that I have a great turntable and pre-amp, I've been visiting the archives to see which albums and singles deserve to be re-recorded and re-posted. Obviously, the soundtrack to Urgh! A Music War was one of the first on the list. These new recordings sound light-years better than my last attempt, and I highly recommended you download them even if you have an older copy I posted. I've talked about Urgh! several times over, so I'll keep the intro brief. It's an amazing document of a time period in music, when the punk [...]
We're so cool - Au Pairs Has there ever been a song title more fitting, more incontrovertible, to a band. I know that's not what this song is about, but the boast of the title holds up entirely to any scrutiny. So cool. So, so cool. Is there a cooler band? In essence, resolution and effect, i don't think so.
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life Three weeks ago, the six-piece Canadian punk band Fucked Up released David Comes to Life , a record which is likely to stand as their magnum opus and one of the best of 2011. It's an 18-song, 77-minute epic about a lightbulb factory worker named David who falls in love with a young activist named Veronica, only to watch her die in a grand protest, blame himself for her death, meet a woman named Vivian who was witness to her death, meet a man named Octavio who was [...]
Does feeling a little alienated from the post-punk records you own signify a healthy engagement with daily life or deeper alienation from your snarling inner self? It occurs to me that I've been wrestling with this question for a while now, given my attraction to bright, upward-pulling sounds over the last few years. Digging out some Au Pairs and digging this tune in particular doesn't really clarify things. But it does spark some happiness. Maybe it's the crosseyed horns. Au Pairs - That's When It's Worth It
It's obvious - Au Pairs It just occurred to me that i am three days late in celebrating the two year anniversary of me wasting my time with this thing. That's a pity. I should have done something to commemorate it. Or given it up. How many mornings can i waste trying to bring about something from ineffable nothings? Like this song - this perfect force of a song. I can't think of a thing to say other than that: It is perfect. And [...]
au pairs - "it's obvious" (download) From their 1981 debut release Playing With A Different Sex . The UK's Au Pairs were a very important "post-punk" band, and this record is considered by some to be a forgotten post-punk classic. Highly recommended for fans of Gang of Four or Delta 5. buy
Grass Widow From: San Francisco, California, United States This blogging lark ain't as easy as it looks. How do you describe the sound of a band without resorting to tired and worn cliches? How do you find the words without referencing the usual motley collection of bands old and new that sound vaguely familiar to the music the new objects of your affection are producing. For some reason this [...]
I need to level with you, my loyal readers. Sleater-Kinney is my favorite band. End of story. I have seen them more times than any other band, and, quite happily, only once has seen them as a support act. (As sub-headliner at This Is Not A Festival in 1999) Since their hiatus began in 2006, [...]
finally a new podcast, though crayola actually recorded this last halloween - it's just taken me this long to get it online - prompted by the fact that he's just sent me another. so look out for that in a week. meanwhile, this one is brimming with ace tunes, as always. ::: labor exchange band - anti-dam militia's march ::: birthday party - nick the stripper ::: summer cats - fulton girls ::: harry pussy - 1986 ::: yat-kha - karangailyg kara hovaa ::: host - young and bulletproof ::: international karate plus - give it [...]
Yes, that's right! Today marks six months of me doing this. Of being dull (in print) and recording 6 months of songs in my head. Of inadvertently exposing my prejudices, lackings, my stick in the mud-ings regarding music and my commentary on it. Of playing this kind of roulette. It was really easy to do. I missed only those few days i was on holiday. There lies a testament to my ability to wake up in my own bed every morning. And to what a rut i am in. Sliding this experiment into such a rut was no difficult thing. [...]
The entrance to Long Kesh prison We only made it to one play at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and what a play it was. Chronicles of Long Kesh at the Assembly Hall told the story of the prison situated outside Belfast that was variously known as Long Kesh, the Maze and the H Blocks. The prison opened as HM Prison Maze in 1971 and housed thousands of paramilitary prisoners before its eventual closure in 2000. This two-hour play could have been heavy going for its midday audience, but it managed to blend a hearthy dose [...]
Back in 1981, one of the problems with liking the Au Pairs was that no other bugger did. You couldn't meet up after school and listen to them with your mates, because the crossover between radical feminism and post-punk wasn't especially large amongst teenage boys. With time, thankfully, comes a significant upside, in that I can enjoy nostalgia for music that doesn't actually suck. If your 1981 was all Shakin' Stevens and Joe Dolce, that's a luxury you don't have. Sorry. If there are any flaws in It's Obvious , then I remain [...]
First things first - RIP Lux Interior... Now, onto the business, and this business was much, much delayed. In April of 2006 I put up the soundtrack Urgh! to much fanfare around the blogosphere (God I hate that "word") so much so that I had to get a server upgrade. Unfortunately, as it was pointed out to me several months ago those files were recorded on a turntable that spun too fucking fast. Since then I had been meaning to re-record the tracks and repost them, but life can be a bitch. Well, I [...]
As some of you may have heard, Twilight star Kristin Stewart is slated to play Joan Jett in an upcoming movie about The Runaways. As writer Gil Kaufman aptly put it in an MTV.com article , this raises the question, "Just who were the Runaways?" I assume, reader, that you know the answer to this query, but what about the Twilight fans? And will they care? If biopics are going to vacillate from better-known figures, like Harvey [...]
As some of you may have heard, Twilight star Kristin Stewart is slated to play Joan Jett in an upcoming movie about The Runaways. As writer Gil Kaufman aptly put it in an MTV.com article , this raises the question, "Just who were the Runaways?" I assume, reader, that you know the answer to this query, but what about the Twilight fans? And will they care? If biopics are going to vacillate from better-known figures, like Harvey [...]
Invisible Sex Klaus Nomi The Cramps The Au-Pairs The Alley Cats Magazine Youtube megapost, I know! All these performances are from the 1981 music film, Urgh! A Music War. Probably my two favourite songs from the film... Invisible Sex - Valium Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse The following songs weren't actually in the film itself but I think they're better than those featured by the bands in question. [...]
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