DZ Deathrays Review and pictures by Melissa Tan with additional photography by David Payne. St Jerome's Laneway Festival returned to the gates of Footscray Community Centre on Saturday. Walking through the gates at 11, it felt more like a small gathering on a residential road rather the large franchise patron St Jerome would have intended. The crowd dribbled in small droves as the morning went on, but the sun did not. As the afternoon went on, the raging celsius turned the pale, insipid skin of punters down [...]
Pop Singles live in PBS Studios PBS 106.7FM is running 'Drive Live' this week in Melbourne and I rocked along to catch Pop Singles, Extreme Wheeze and Lost Animal. The week is presented by APRA and Arts Victoria and features a tightly curated selection of bands each day between 5-7pm. The best part is you can rock up for free and check it out. PBS members also get free beer! Seriously. Don't miss the critically acclaimed 'Twerps' on Friday, who ended up on almost everyone's best of 2011 album list. Check out details on [...]
DZ Deathrays definitely played my fav set by an Oz band at Melbourne's Laneway Fest on the weekend. This is the first single from their soon to be released debut LP out on I Oh You. Kinda reminds me of the Beastie Boys 'No sleep to Brooklyn' but less punk and more guitar licks. Catch these guys at the final Laneway shows this weekend. Pick up the single from the itunes link on their site here . DZ Deathrays - 'No Sleep'
Click here to view the embedded video. Rodeoclash is (one dude? band? soloproject?) out of Melbourne. Not sure. Obscurity seems to be the thing these days, and no search engine is helping my plight. In this case, it's gonna be the ghost of David McComb dragging ET's corpse across the Nullabor. Highly unlikely what the track is about, but you get the picture. www.soundcloud.com/rodeoclash
Cat Cat - 'Keys And Locks Don't Work' (mp3) Like the regional NSW town it's named after, this release isn't overambitious. However, it does manages to capture a nice expanse of sound without trying to sound like a Steve Kilby tribute. All this shoegazey/pop stuff can wind up like a stale story, but luckily Cat Cat have thrown in enough tweaks and variations here to keep your interest. Those variations are probably sandwiching more sluggish tracks ('Hate Me, 'Romance') between the goods, but there are [...]
Matt posted details of the last Wintercoats ep here. I caught his excellent support slot for Julianna Barwick at The Toff in Melbourne. Check the Wintercoats bandcamp page here.
Click here to view the embedded video. This video starts out like some friends having a dinner party in the park - all very pretty. Then features the lovely voice of Kristina Miltiadou doing a version of her track 'Carousel'. All shot and edited well but the location sound by Ed Denton is really good. I like seeing videos like this - nothing too serious but very well recorded. 'Who By Fire' have this style down and have been releasing a bunch of stuff over summer. I posted Lester The Fierce [...]
more photos after the jump Harpoons launched their new single 'Walk away' at the Toff in Town. Check out the details of their cool new single here - [...]
The Ruminaters - 'Deadstuff' (mp3) Since everyone overseas is frothing at the mouth over every slacker jam that comes out of this country right now, this should be a welcome addition. 'Deadstuff' doesn't stray too far from the formula. Braindead poetry, general precociousness and a few recycled Babyshambles riffs probably won't change your life, but those lead vocals are surely a good thing. Also note, awesome outro. The guys even have their old folks running around in their vid below. What a loveable bunch. [...]
Brisbane's Last Dinosaurs have asked us to reveal the tracklisting+ album artwork for their debut In Million Years . The album was recorded at BJB before being sent to the UK to be mixed by Eliot James (Two Door Cinema Club, Kaiser Chiefs). Being continuously flanked on JJJ has obviously helped along the way, but I've been a fan of these guys since their first EP, so looking forward to hearing this. In A Million Years is out on March 2nd through Dew Process. Tracklisting: 1. Zoom [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. New video from 'The Panics' featuring footage from Indonesia, probably shot on a 5DII and very well edited. Catchy tune with some twisted foreign scenes of gambling and cock fights. Warning - indie guy Jae Laffer smoking too many cigarettes. Check out The Panics at the Laneway Festival and here - http://whothehell.net/vHsz
Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a .zip file of the whole 36-track compilation here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nubes En Mi Casa - Aceleremos Nubes En Mi Casa is an indie-pop band led by singer Josefina Mac Loughlin. Aceleremos is a preview from their upcoming second studio album, Me [...]
With the release of his new mixtape album, Sine & Moon , dropping earlier this week, I caught up with Jonti to talk about his signing to Stones Throw, the Australian electronic music scene, and his highlights of the past year and plans for 2012. Well first up, how was your Christmas and New Year? You played the No Years Festival in Brisbane – how was that? Yeah, that [...]
With the release of his new mixtape album, Sine & Moon , dropping earlier this week, I caught up with Jonti to talk about his signing to Stones Throw, the Australian electronic music scene, and his highlights of the past year and plans for 2012. Well first up, how was your Christmas and New Year? You played the No Years Festival in Brisbane – how was that? Yeah, that [...]
Some extremely overdue props for Wintercoats' debut EP. This was uploaded late September and it's woeful that it took so long to make it onto the site. Definitely worth listening to, if only to alleviate my guilt. Wintercoats - Sketches by CASCINE
Some extremely overdue props for Wintercoats' debut EP. This was uploaded late September and it's woeful that it took so long to make it onto the site. Definitely worth listening to, if only to alleviate my guilt. Wintercoats - Sketches by CASCINE
Grinderman may be gone, but they've left us a parting gift in the form of a remix album. Although there are probably only three or four remix albums that are actually worthy of a place in the main artist's back catalogue, I can't help but think that there'll be at least a few gems on here given the source material and the first taste we've been given below.
Grinderman may be gone, but they've left us a parting gift in the form of a remix album. Although there are probably only three or four remix albums that are actually worthy of a place in the main artist's back catalogue, I can't help but think that there'll be at least a few gems on here given the source material and the first taste we've been given below.
Click here to view the embedded video. Woollen Kits battle the breeze in a housing estate in the outer-western suburbs. Make a video. Drop their debut LP on Monday 16th of Jan via RIP Society. Launch said LP on Fri 20th at the John Curtain (Carlton) + on Sat 21st at The Roxbury (Glebe) to many happy patrons and thunderous applause. Tour the USA throughout Jan/Feb. The release winds up on a few 'best of' prediction polls, gets championed by a certain chicago based music mincer and then flogged by [...]
Motion Portrait #1 (HD/mastered audio version) from Heinz Riegler on Vimeo . From Heinz Reigler's forthcoming installation exhibit.
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