As we have told the story a few times, we'll repeat it because its a good one: Isidore composed of Jeffery Cain and Steve Kilbey formed in 2004 when lead singer Steve Kilbey of Australia's The Church and guitarist Jeffrey Cain from Alabama's alt-rock outfit Remy Zero formed - Isidore. Then, they recorded their debut while the Steve was Down Under and Jeffrey in L.A. Now many years down the road , they have again united for their sophomore effort, Life Somewhere Else . In the past [...]
Post Rockers Hammock team up with the ever talented Steve Kilbey of The Church on "No Agenda," an ethereal piece that is both allaying and powerful. The 2011 album "Asleep in the Downlights" is officially being released today (October 25th). Order it, pick it up, do whatever you have to do to purchase this one because you will not be disappointed. Contributed by Trevor Meyer Hammock - No Agenda (feat. Steve Kilbey) Hammock ( Official ) [...]
Australian guitar player Peter Koppes' cinematic solo music goes far beyond that of The Church.
Having listened to The Church 's Steve Kilbey for 30 years, the prospect of seeing him live at one of Sydney's renowned dinner/music restaurants was something not to be missed. Tucked away up a small flight of stairs, the venue is a music lover's dream. Small and intimate, with lounges down back and candlelit tables up front, the room was filled with not only music memorabilia but also roughly 100 middle-aged rockers ready for a night of wining, dining and being entertained by 2010 Australian Aria Hall of Fame Inductee Kilbey, along with Ricky Maymi [...]
Having listened to The Church 's Steve Kilbey for 30 years, the prospect of seeing him live at one of Sydney's renowned dinner/music restaurants was something not to be missed. Tucked away up a small flight of stairs, the venue is a music lover's dream. Small and intimate, with lounges down back and candlelit tables up front, the room was filled with not only music memorabilia but also roughly 100 middle-aged rockers ready for a night of wining, dining and being entertained by 2010 Australian Aria Hall of Fame Inductee Kilbey, along with Ricky Maymi [...]
The second collaboration between the Church frontman and All India Radio instrumentalist is a bit more lax than the first. When Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy's first album, Unseen Music Unheard Words appeared in 2010, it was hardly a surprise. The surprise was that it took the two Australians so long to get together. The two Australians' approaches to music and art seem to have been made for one another. Both are serious artistes in the old school, classical sense. They work in multiple mediums, including poetry, painting, animation, and, of course, music. On a...
This past Thursday, The Church brought their "Future Past Perfect" tour to a full house at B.B. King's in Times Square. The concept of the evening was that the band would play the following albums in their entirety: Untitled #23 (2009), Priest=Aura (1992), and Starfish (1988). Over the last few years, some indie and alt-rock bands have played one of their classic albums from start to finish, this is the first time that I've heard of any band taking this concept to such a grand scale. [...]
STREAM : The Church - Live on KEXP 2/8/11 There was a guy on my hall in college who ran out to buy R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction right when it came out and the only song he would play was "Driver 8" over and over (and over) again. This is the sort of person that I think singles compilations are designed for. When Pink Floyd won their court case blocking iTunes from selling single song downloads, David Stubbs lamented in The Independent that [...]
DOWNLOAD : The Church - "Tantalized" (free download on Amazon.com) Aside for the bad 80's mullets on the cover photo, Heyday is a major leap forward from Seance . This is the first disc that sounds like The Church were working as a cohesive unit and eight of the disc's original ten tracks were co-written by all four members of the band. As an interesting footnote, Steve Kilbey co-wrote one track, "Youth Worshiper", with then girlfriend Karin Jansson who later co-wrote "Under the Milky Way" [...]
The Church's third disc, Seance , was released in May 1983 and, while there are some stand-out tracks, the overall sound of the disc is a step in the wrong direction. This time out, Steve Kilbey wrote all of the tracks, aside for the glorious space-rock jam "Travel By Thought". The band self-produced the record and utilized engineer Nick Launay for the final mixes. While the band continues to move yet further toward the textured, neo-psychedelic sound of their later discs, the mixing left the disc sounding flat and the dated "80's" [...]
The Church's second disc, The Blurred Crusade , was released in March 1982 and the songwriting seems more focused than on Of Skins and Heart . This is the first disc where other band members outside of Steve Kilbey contributed to the songwriting and that may have played a role as the band's music moves further toward the neo-psychedelic sound of their later discs. Even as the band embraces more of an atmospheric melancholia across different track on this disc, they haven't fully given up the ringing Byrds-ish guitars or the psychedelic-tinged post/power-punk sounds [...]
To mark the 30th anniversary of the band, The Church started ambitious campaign last fall to reissue their back catalog (via Second Motion Records). All of the reissues come with bonus tracks and new liner notes from Marty Willson-Piper. As most of The Church's discs were previously out of print in the US, these reissues should strike a positive chord with both new and long-time fans and the digital remastering does a wonderful job of bringing out all the dimensions of the band's music. Starting with the band's first disc, Of Skins and [...]
All India Radio's new The Silent Surf exists in a place all its own.
Steve Kilbey: My Birthday, The Moon Festival
Having been a fan of these guys ever since first hearing "Under The Milkyway" I approached lead singer and bassist Steve Kilbey of The Church on Sunday night right after their June 21st show at the Varsity, interested in an interview. Since they were leaving for their next tour destination the next morning, it was [...]
Get yo' ass to the Church.Just announced: world-renowned Australian pop band the Church is coming to the VooDoo Lounge on June 19, with support from former Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin. Nostalg... Continue reading "Incoming: The Church, Adam Franklin to VooDoo Lounge" >
Many people, much to the band's collective chagrin, think the Church came and went in 1988 with that year's Starfish and its hit single, "Under The Milky Way." While that slick, streamlined effort is fantastic, the melodic, poppier stuff that preceded it and the trippy psych rock that continues to follow are equally enthralling. The [...]
There are few active bands that have released material as often and consistently as The Church. They have averaged an album every year or so since their 1981 debut, releasing over 20 albums and a handful of EPs over the span of 28 years. While it is impressive that the core members have remained throughout the entire duration and they continue to work well and often together, it is their consistency that has allowed The Church to be widely considered one of the best Australian bands of the past two decades. Western fans are likely to associate The Church with [...]
Steve Kilbey has put out several solo CDs that have been just as good if not better than the widely known releases by The Church. read more
Steve Kilbey covers a song from one of his own side projects.
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