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WTH PRESENTS: Fifth Floor Warehouse Party #2

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We presented Fifth Floor’s first warehouse party back in early August. The Murlocs and a host of other bands played to a packed warehouse, while Thom Russell from Astral Projection and a selection of other local visual artists had their work projected onto the roof. 

We’re stoked to reveal that we’re presenting the next Fifth Floor event on the 23rd of November. Wolf & Cub and WTH faves Damn Terran, Hollow Everdaze & ESC are headlining a huge 12 band bill over two stages. The party’s taking place before the Fifth Floor troupe heads overseas to host Fifth Floor #3 in an arts warehouse in Berlin on the 30th of November.

Footage from the last party filmed on 16mm was released over the weekend, check it out below.

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PS. No-one told us about the go-go dancer (necessary but unnecessary) someone hired to flay about during The Murlocs set at the last party. Since it’s 2013 and there’s no room for gender/motor skill bias stuck in the 60’s – if you’re a slightly overweight male willing to shake some action during Damn Terran’s set, we are volunteering you.

Looks like this lineup is going to be EXCELLENT. Ticket details below!

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Who The Hell, Tonedeaf, Beat & Faint Magazine present:
FIFTH FLOOR #2

Wolf & Cub
Damn Terran
Hollow Everdaze
I, a Man
ESC
Warmth Crashes In
Meth Leopard
The New Pollution
Sooky La la
Mangelwurzel
Lands
Jack Barclay
Visuals by Astral Projection

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PREMIERE: Unity Floors – ‘Day Release’

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Here’s the first listen of ‘Day Release’ from Sydney duo Unity Floors. Words that could be used to describe this track are ‘shabby’, ‘friendly’ and ‘pleasurable’ (especially the former). Those descriptors sound like real estate copy for a fancy smack-den, but mouldy suburban lounge rooms do plenty of good for the imagination. Following ‘Nice Fit’, ‘Day Release’ is the next excellent track off the band’s upcoming debut LP Exotic Goldfish Blues (which I’m assuming is the shitfaced, slightly more humorous cousin of ‘Sharkfin Blues’).

‘Day Release’ is an exemplary snippet of ‘polite’ garage. The band have a mutual affinity for bands like The Clean and Dinosaur Jr, as much as they like digging on lost love, petty theft and women’s golf. The new track is a fun cut-and paste project with Henry Gosling’s nod-along drumming at the wheel and Gus Hunt’s choppy riffs chugging away back and forth on all ends of the good-time spectrum. All I can hear when I listen to this is Gerling’s 4 record – eternally chuffed. I’m so glad Sydney bands are bringing back some optimism, because the sad majority of what I’m wringing out of Melbourne at the moment are skinny things wanting to 2 B THA FUTURE, trying to fart out appropriations of R&B in drop-crotch pants and double-mounted hair buns (prove me wrong).

Unity Floors have been quick to dismiss their jams as ‘scrappy rock music’, but the whole two-piece setup lends Unity Floors a weird connectedness that’s both slapdash and completely engaging. I’ve been nodding along to this one for the last hour. You’d be hard-pressed not to as well.

‘Day Release’ will be available on Unity Floors’ debut LP Exotic Goldfish Blues, available on November 15th via Popfrenzy.
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PREMIERE: Sleepy Dreamers – ‘Bike Song’

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I listen to reasonably aggressive music when I ride my bike on the morning commute (makes me pedal faster, bro). Not condoning multi-tasking or listening to music while on the road (don’t do it) but if it’s any indicator of personality, I’d imagine that the Sleepy Dreamers guys would probably be the gentle, passive, half baked folk who give you creepy smiles at the lights and always give way to traffic.

‘Bike Song’ is the brand new track from the Melbourne band. The band’s previous Creatures EP was full of  ‘homecoming’ tracks – you know, the type of soft, lulling folk-acoustica stuff that used to make you reflect on nice things and feelings before you became a hard arsed adult with a shit job and a need for music to match. The wager for upbeat, ‘feel-good’ tracks seems to be getting more complex, so it’s kinda nice to hear something simple once in a while. ‘Bike Song’ effectively ticks the trifecta – graduating treble hooks, handclap things and the sort of bouncy drumming that bands like Givers and Crystal Fighters flash when they want to good time. Sweet, simple travellin’ music indeed.

 

‘Bike Song’ will be available for purchase on Bandcamp from the 18th of October. The band are gearing up for a stint at Inca Roads Festival during Nov 29 – Dec 1st, more details here.

 

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MAP October 2013

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MAP (Music Alliance Pact) – the global new music initiative we’re lucky to be a part of is back for October! It’s easy to get caught up in our little ‘scene’ happening here, but it’s really exciting to hear all the other wonderful music pursuits happening around the world.

While you’re there, make sure you check out MAPCAST,  a free podcast of Robbie’s favourite picks from this month’s list! Robbie’s whipped up this month’s podcast at a ridiculous pace – listen/download/update your playlist pronto HERE.

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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 full 29-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Juani – Déjame Entrar

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Juani’s involvement with music began during his teenage years and it hasn’t stopped since. Songwriter, singer, musician, producer, cultural manager… you name it. In between his multiple projects (one of them being involved with Rosario’s biggest independent label Planeta X), Juani managed to pull out a new solo album called La Paz Ciencia (a pun between the words “peace” and “science”), with songs that range from Argentine folk to pop and acoustic rock. Déjame Entrar is our favorite track but you can download the whole thing from the website.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
White Caves – I’ve Lost

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White Caves is the new venture from Melbourne songwriter Darren Cordeux. The former Kisschasy frontman has completely left behind the acoustic teen psyche of 2006 for a much looser sound. I’ve Lost carves a completely uplifting vibe out of sombre song content. Thanks to some clear-cut production, soaring vocals and a vibe that sounds like MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden fronting a slacker-pop band, White Caves is lending a new dimension of fun to typical ‘pop-jams’ right here.

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Amere Meander – Something I Am Not

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Three kindergarten friends form a band and make pop music. Viennese Amere Meander appeared out of nowhere with songs that are sometimes dreamy and sweet, sometimes mysterious and noisy, drawing inspiration from anything from shoegaze to Fleetwood Mac. Always catchy but never unpredictable, Something I Am Not is taken from their debut album To Lead Astray.

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WTH PRESENTS: Cull – ‘Inside Your Head’ Tour

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Cull sort of sound like Deerhunter and Brian Eno at a scientologist’s housewarming party. If you can get your head around that, then you’ll probably dig them, as we do.

If you’ve heard ‘World Inside Your Head’, ‘Good People Disappear’ or managed to grasp an earful of the band’s strange, starry-eyed schtick, you’ll agree it’s pretty special. Cull’s sound is warm enough to feel familiar, but the odd face-melt of a solo makes keeps things interesting and makes the rest of our exports look a bit Lame Impala.

We’re presenting the band’s upcoming ‘Inside Your Head’ tour. We’re also giving away a double pass to each show – email editors@whothehell.net with your details and why you’d like ’em.

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Cull – ‘Inside Your Head’ Tour

Friday November 1st – World Bar, Sydney

Friday November 9th – Grand Central Hotel, Brisbane

Sun November 19th – The Den, Wollongong

Sat November 30th – Reverence Hotel, Melbourne

 

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PREMIERE: The Murlocs – ‘Space Cadet’

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The Murlocs are impressive for a number of reasons. The main being that they’re one of only a few lo-fi/ garage bands that don’t bore me to death. I don’t know if it has something to do with growing up in near Geelong and having limited things to complain about, or the good influence of having The Dingoes frontman as your frontman’s old man. If ramshackle ‘jangly’ garage tunes constitutes something OTHER than writing whingey songs about day jobs, I think these guys are great advocates. ‘Space Cadet’ is the newest single from the five piece, taken from their forthcoming record. It’s another simmering slingshot of rhythm and blues with Ambrose Kenny-Smith’s respiratory snarl at the helm. Plus, this track is about space zombies…ROCK ‘N’ ROLLA.

Ambrose says that ‘Space Cadet’ was “one of the only songs saved from the original recordings we did with Stu (McKenzie) at Cook’s mum’s house in Colac. We had it sent to Mikey Young to mix. Sadly not long after, the rest were gone with his laptop that was stolen so we’ve since been re-recording the rest…”
There’s a clip that’ll be rolling out from Zonk Vision in the next few weeks too. The video was filmed by Jaso Galea on the egde of Lake Corangamite near Colac. We’ve been told that the finished deal looks like ‘Black Sabbath with computers in the 70s’. Looking forward to that.
Murlocs tour announcement happening soon, we’ll keep you posted.

 

 

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WATCH: The Golden Awesome – ‘Autumn’

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So a shoegazer falls in the forest. They probably won’t make too much of a sound, especially in this EDM climate anyway. I like m b v, JMC, Ride and everything The Laurels have ever committed to. But you know, on a good day – sometimes I think I’d feel more stimulated watching Mazzy Star’s corpse eat a bowl of porridge. Although, when G R E A T, atmospheric bands somehow trod my path, I digress.

I came across The Golden Awesome recently. The Wellington band released their debut album back in 2011, but the video to the title track ‘Autumn’ was only released in March this year (my justification for being late to this). The band pluck their prime cuts off early NZ bands of the 90s – there’s echoes of Bailter Space and some of the other early acts spawned by the Flying Nun label in their early days. The result is a slower accolade of the ‘Dunedin sound’, that’s still equitably lush and glorious without seeping your attention. Stef Animal on vocals is Hope Sandoval with a power chord. There’s a whole lot of harmonizing and not a whole lot of lyrical staunch but as with any bout of expansive, hazy shoegaze – ‘feeling’ is probably the only feeling happening here.

There’s an immersive weight that backs ‘Autumn’, and the band have channeled all of that into the accompanying video.The video features an array of helicopter shots panning over an expansive North Island, combined with some pretty intense animation of trees scaling the colour spectrum. I’m not sure whether I’m meant to feel intoxicated or entirely motivated, but I like it.

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The Golden Awesome are playing a show at Public Bar (Vic) this Thursday, 10th of October. They’ll also stopping by The Gasometer this Friday for a headline show with Contrast and Glaciers.

 

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