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One of our favourite bands and band member Dappled Dave have been shortlisted for Cleo Bachelor of the Year! Vote for him here.
One of our favourite bands and band member Dappled Dave have been shortlisted for Cleo Bachelor of the Year! Vote for him here.
In case you missed the news, Lisa Mitchell has won the Australian Music Prize for 2010, taking away $30k cash for her efforts. I’ve not heard her debut album, ‘Wonder,’ but am told it’s actually pretty good for a former Australian Idol star. Regardless, I’d probably feel more comfortable with this prize going to smaller, independent bands like it has in the past (The Drones, ECSR, The Mess Hall) who could use the money more than Ms Mitchell. But hey, congrats to LM. Hopefully she can produce something worthwhile with the moolah.
If you like local music you will like this festival.
If your weekly disposable income is spent on rent, goon, Ikea furniture and cheap Thai food, leaving you no money for play – you will like this festival.
If you sound like Maculay Culkin and are still waiting for your southern regions to develop properly, you will like this festival.
If your athletic ability has been reduced to jumping fences at gigs and if you take pride in ripping off door stamps with thick texta, then you will also like this festival.
Fresh off the demand for some decent FREE all ages gigs -comes the brand new SOUNDS LOUD FESTIVAL 2010.
A decent stash of Triple J favourites are headlining the bill; Bluejuice, Philadelphia Grand Jury and Calling All Cars. Joining them will be Hungry Kids of Hungary, Behind Crimson Eyes, Yacht Club DJS, Scientists of Modern Music, Seth Sentry, and more.
Check out www.myspace.com/soundsloudfestival for all the details.
The International Songwriting Competition’s list of finalists is out, boasting a very strong Aussie showing. Maybe the judges are onto us now after Kate Miller-Heidke’s win last year, taking home US$25 000 in cash and a tonne of other prizes. We’ll be taking a look at artists from the list between now and the announcement of winners in April – there are just too many to do justice to in one post.
Philadelphia Grand Jury – ‘The Good News’ (Yacht Club DJ Remix) (mp3)
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In case the large poster above didn’t tip you off just yet, Club NME is coming to Australia this Feb – and is bringing with it Andy Rourke of The Smiths for a DJ set. I have no idea what he is like as a DJ, but he was in The Smiths and you’ll probably be able to touch him at least briefly. “Hey,” I hear you say, “neither Andy Rourke or NME are Australian.” You are correct, have a gold star. Club NME is fortunately taking some cool local acts with it as it travels down the east coast. Joining Mr Rourke will be a live set from the Philadelphia Grand Jury and DJ sets from Yacht Club and Purple Sneakers DJs.
In case you can’t read the above poster for whatever reason, the dates are:
Thurs 25 Feb – The Empire, Bris
Fri 26 Feb – Hi Fi, Melb
Sat 27 Feb – Manning Bar, Syd
Apparently this is to be a regular thing on the gig calendar so keep your eyes out for future Club NME nights.
So this Laneway shit starts today for those of you in Brisbane. Funtimes! In case you missed the news, Echo & The Bunnyman have canceled their slot at the Brisbane show – but have been replaced by The Dirty Three. Which is actually a trade up IMO so yay to that. Below is the full list of local artists and links to our blog love for most of them.
SARAH BLASKO
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
DAPPLED CITIES
KID SAM
THE MIDDLE EAST
WHITLEY
BRIDEZILLA
THE DIRTY THREE (Brisbane, Melbourne)
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney)
OH MERCY (Sydney, Melbourne)
LAST DINOSAURS (Brisbane only)
MARK BARRAGE (Melbourne only)
PANEL OF JUDGES (Melbourne only)
TEETH & TONGUE (Melbourne only)
DANIMALS (Sydney only)
JONATHAN BOULET (Sydney only)
SEEKAE (Sydney only)
THE SWISS (Adelaide only)
BOYS BOYS BOYS! (Perth only)
POND (Perth only)
KILL TEEN ANGST (Perth only)
TOMAS FORD (Perth only)
TIM AND JEAN (Perth only)
VOLTAIRE TWINS (Perth only)
THE SALVADORS (Adelaide only)
COMIC SANS (Brisbane only)
FERGUS BROWN (Sydney only)
THE FROWNING CLOUDS (Melbourne only)
YOUNG REVELRY (Perth only)
THE WHITE GOODS (Sydney only)
Dates and international artists announcement below:
Lost Valentinos - ‘Nightmoves’ (mp3)
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Harmonic 313 - ‘Battlestar’ (Remix) (mp3)
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Sydney music festival Days Like This! have just announced their second line-up – and thanks to the kind peeps behind that festival we have a double pass up for grabs! Celebrations!
Australian talent on the second line-up includes Lost Valentinos and Space Invaders, as well as a veritable shitload of Sydney DJs like Ro Sham Bo, Basslines Crew, and Mo Funk. International acts announced include Method Man and Redman, Theo Parish, Flevans, and Neon Indian.
It’s been a year since Jason from The Pop Cop started Music Alliance Pact, a loose group of country specific blogs such as the one you’re reading to showcase to each other’s readership. Each month I choose a song that I think reflect the best of Australian music has to offer to the blogs. They are not necessarily the biggest hits or the most popular songs, but more what I think has the best chance of being listened to in the international blog readership. I hope you’ve enjoyed them because we will continue to do this as long as Jason would want to. I welcome any feedback, let me know if these choices are any good.
My choices for the past 12 months are
November 2008: The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
December 2008: The Philadelphia Grand Jury – Going To The Casino (Tomorrow Night)
January 2009: The Middle East – Blood
February 2009: The Crooked Fiddle Band – The Rom Rebellion
March 2009: Leader Cheetah – Bloodlines
April 2009: Lisa Mitchell – Coin Laundry (link taken down on label request so here’s a remix by No Device instead)
May 2009: Jonathan Boulet – A Community Service Announcement
June 2009: Dappled Cities – The Price
July 2009: Boat Beam – The Rain Pauly
August 2009: The Frowning Clouds – Time Wastin’ Woman
September 2009: Deep Sea Arcade – Don’t Be Sorry
October 2009:Cloud Control – Gold Canary
And here are this month’s MAP entries:
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Lipgloss – Land Of Lords
This band from Buenos Aires released their first EP a couple of months ago and Land Of Lords is our favorite song from it. Lipgloss sound like they’ve been listening to British rock all their life and you sure can feel the influence of bands like The Stone Roses at the end of the song, with the psychedelic guitars and all. If you like it, you can download the entire EP directly from this link.
AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Cloud Control – Gold Canary
New music from the Blue Mountains! Only it sounds kinda like it originates from somewhere deep in America. Cloud Control always had an earthy, pastoral quality to their music but it sounds all the more temporally appropriate post-Fleet Foxes. Less jangle and more twang. Gold Canary is pulled from their debut album expected early 2010. It has some rootsy backing vocals and yelping, tambourine/handclap percussion, references to family members in the lyrics and then… a synth solo. This song is rad.
BRAZIL: Meio Desligado
Constantina – Sobe Ladeira
There is something special about Constantina that goes beyond their music. The absence of vocals never leaves you with a feeling of emptiness. It’s just the opposite. The instrumental songs are so deep and strong that lyrics would limit them to what we can express with words.
CANADA: I(Heart)Music
The Balconies – Serious Bedtime
It’s almost mind-boggling how good and how talented The Balconies are. They have two incredible lead singers (in brother and sister Jacquie and Steve Neville), both of whom are also astoundingly good songwriters, and they’re backed by one of the steadiest drummers I’ve ever seen. They’ve barely been around for more than a year but they’re generating a whole lot of buzz (their debut has just been released and it’s already charting nationally). Songs like Serious Bedtime make it easy to see why.
CHILE: Super 45
Tonossepia – Happy Habibi Te Vez Mas Feliz
Tonossepia (Diego Vergara) is one of the most advanced musicians in the Chilean electronic scene. Constantly evolving in his way of creating music, this year he released his fourth album, Happy Habibi, an effort full of organic textures, warm harmonies and rhythmical variations. By mixing, almost to perfection, IDM and hip hop, Tonossepia has a lot of robot style and rap style.
CHINA: Wooozy
Silkfloss – Mon Amour
Mylène Chan (Muxitu) and Quan Du formed Silkfloss at the start of this year in Beijing. They are electronica, they are trip-hop, they are everything that brings you softness and fills you with love. Mylène also collaborates with many local electronic producers as a vocalist.
COLOMBIA: Colombia Urbana
Jiggy Drama – Contra La Pared
Direct from San Andres Island, Heartan Lever – better known in the artistic scene as Jiggy D – comes loaded with cool rhymes and party beats. Jiggy mixes Antillean dancehall with old-school hip hop and Contra La Pared proves that when something is good, it doesn’t have to be forced. The combination of typical Colombian sounds (papayera in this case) makes him the perfect choice to represent the nation in MAP. Jiggy is currently working on his new album, Nerdside.
DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Sebastian Lind – Stay
A pop natural and excellent singer, 20-year-old Sebastian Lind excites with an enticing mix of singer-songwriter acoustics and crackling electronica. He has just released his first single Stop These Feet, but here’s Stay – a strong contender when it comes time to select a second.
ENGLAND: The Daily Growl
The Voluntary Butler Scheme – The Eiffel Tower And The BT Tower
This month’s song comes from the English Midlands courtesy of awesome one-man-band Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme. He’s a little scruffy around the edges but he serves up a tasty dish of pure pop. Although probably best experienced live, his debut album At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea (how old-school English is that title?) is full of sprightly tunes, huge hooks and amusing lyrics and is well worth checking out.
ESTONIA: Popop
I’ll Hit Her – Noise In Your Mind
There’s not much info about Estonian electro-poppers I’ll Hit Her and Googling that name will probably get you some quite disturbing results. Listing Aqua, 2 Unlimited and Joy Division as influences on their MySpace page, that’s really as diverse as you can get.
FINLAND: Glue
The Capital Beat – Feel The Reggae
This is not the kind of song you would expect to hear from a Finnish band, but The Capital Beat phenomenally recreate the warm sounds of Jamaica on their first album, A Greater Fire. This eight-piece combo takes Jamaican music to a new latitude and there is only one condition – feel the reggae and do the ska.
FRANCE: ZikNation
Pascal Comelade – Two Maniaco Depressive Beatnicks Squabbling Over A Jane Russell Mozarella’s Stereokini
Pascal Comelade is a really special musician. He mixes common instruments with some toys he found in a flea market. This way of working gives his music a unique tone and makes the listener feel the soul of his work. In some ways, his music reminds us of Yann Tiersen – nice piano, accordion and a lot of percussion. Two Maniaco…, with its happy leading saxophone and ringing xylophone, is a track dedicated to a happy life, which makes it a must-hear before beginning a day at work.
GERMANY: Blogpartei
Rhytm Police – Ghosttrain
Rhytm Police sound like they live in a metropolis as they reduce music to a strong bass line, synth sounds and sometimes quite snatchy vocals. However, they come from the rather rural Augsburg in western Bavaria. The only way to figure this out is by listening to their songs with German lyrics. But the featured song Ghosttrain shows their international attitude.
GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda
Coin – Error 687
Coin draw their influences from the Manchester scene of the 80s and American grunge of the 90s. In their third studio album they shift their best qualities into different, equally dazzling guitar-pop shapes, sounding unclenched, enchanting and energetic. Popstitute is a beautifully balanced album filled with tremendously rich highs, unfailingly tuneful music, jagged guitars, drums and bass, which supply the rhythmic pulse and captivating hooks.
ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
FM Belfast – Synthia
FM Belfast was formed in late 2005 by Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (aka Árni Plúseinn) and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir. For the Iceland Airwaves festival in 2006, the band expanded into a live act with up to eight (or even more) members. The core of the band is now a quartet with Árni Vilhjálmsson (of Motherfuckers In The House) and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (of Múm). Synthia is taken from their debut album, How To Make Friends, released on the band’s own World Champion Records label last year.
INDIA: Indiecision
Teddy Boy Kill – Tonic
New Delhi’s Teddy Boy Kill represent the new Indian electronica soundscape – instantly international, slick and unrestrained by the need to reflect any inherent Indian-ness. This unsigned act from the country’s capital released their debut album, The Exit Plan, as a free download. Tonic is one of the highlights of the record – an immediately catchy dancefloor anthem that’s as temperate as it is energetic. Get ready to do something stupid.
INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
The Super Insurgent Group Of Intemperance Talent – Money Making
The Super Insurgent Group Of Intemperance Talent are the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in Indonesia. Their straight-to-the-point songs, killer hooks and good attitude has already seen them play some big venues and sell out concerts, which is very rare in Indonesia.
IRELAND: Nialler9
Trophy Boyfriend – Black Ship
Despite the silly moniker, Gregor Ruigrok aka Trophy Boyfriend still managed to impress us with his first self-titled EP. He’s still at the embyronic stages having not played live or formally released anything in Ireland yet, but judging by the electro-indie of Black Ship, we certainly hope he gets out there soon.
ITALY: Polaroid
Damien* – Confidants
Play this song and fly back in time, to around the first half of the 90s, when Britpop was full of hope and strength. Well, this is just how Damien* are today. This young and promising band from Pesaro, on the Italian east coast, is able to mix a post-punk background with a more pop attitude. The incredibly catchy Confidants is taken from their second album, out this week on Suiteside.
JAPAN: JPOP Lover
Henrytennis – Valencia Raincoats
Another progressive band in the Tokyo music scene, Henrytennis feature instrumental dynamism influenced by post-rock, IDM, jam and progressive rock. Their members come from such outstanding Japanese bands as 4 Bonjour’s Parties, Hula Hooper, Kuruucrew, Oceanlane and Shugo Tokumaru. Their excellent second album R.U.R. is released on November 11.
MEXICO: Red Bull PanameriKa
Radaid – Shine
Shine is the opening track of L’Intent, the most recent record by Radaid. Hailing from Guadalajara, Jalisco, the eight talented musicians produce a peculiar mix of pop and original rhythms. That is why traces of Indian influences echo in Shine, while the vocals are by Sofía Orozco, who not only wrote the English lyrics but also invented the dialect which has nods to the phrasing of Hindu MCs.
NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
O’Lovely – A Different Day
O’Lovely are from Christchurch in New Zealand’s South Island and they have a glistening, ringing guitar sound on this song that reminds me of some great bands from that city’s past such as Bailterspace and Loves Ugly Children. The band has morphed from the more poppy The O’Lovelys with singer and keyboardist Laura Lee remaining at the centre of the band. She’s joined by Perry Mahoney of Bang Bang Eche, whose guitar gives a darker, noisier feel than the earlier band. A Different Day comes from the five-track Lost Luck EP.
NORWAY: Eardrums
Firefly Effect – Never By Your Side
Oslo quartet Firefly Effect recently released their brilliant debut album, Everything Is Beautiful And You Are The Reason, on Perfect Pop Records/Solerød Records. It is full of charming indie-pop songs with organs, boy/girl harmonies and jangly guitars. They call their style “retro-futuristic sunshine pop” which is a definition of their sound I can agree on. Perfect pop!
PERU: SoTB
Emergency Blanket – Next Passenger
The music of Emergency Blanket is fully charged with life and energy, taking influences from rock classics from the 60s, 70s and 90s to achieve a vintage yet fresh and original sound. Emergency Blanket recently released their debut album, Combi + Nation, which includes songs in Spanish, English and even a combination of both languages. Next Passenger has taken them to the final of The People’s Music Awards and you can vote for the band here.
PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Real Combo Lisbonense – Oh!
Real Combo Lisbonense (Lisbon Real Combo) play music that takes us back to a time when everyone would dress up to dance to the sounds of an orchestra or a small ensemble. RCL is the band you would expect to hear in the casino lounge of an Ian Fleming novel. They remade some Portuguese and international popular classics of 50s and 60s and have become one of the pleasant surprises in the Portuguese indie scene this year. Shall we dance?
ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
Vive La Noiz – Bird Song
Vive la Noiz could be seen as the usual alternative/indie band. Two girls and two boys starting a band in the finest DIY ethic. However, their eclectic influences and pure, melodic sound label them as post-everything because you can find anything there, genre-free. Dark Clouds And Silver Linings is regarded as one of this year’s most interesting EPs.
SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Meursault – A Small Stretch Of Land
Edinburgh six-piece Meursault’s otherworldly, experimental folk seems almost tailor-made for the music blogging cognoscenti. But as A Small Stretch Of Land shows, Meursault (pronounced “mer-so”) also know when less is more, stripping the song to just acoustic guitar and vocal with crushingly beautiful effect. It’s no surprise Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison described A Small Stretch Of Land as “one of my favourite songs of last year, or indeed any year”. You can buy Meursault’s album, Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues, and other releases here.
SINGAPORE: I’m Waking Up To…
Inch Chua – Devotion In Reality
Like the wet leaves after a thunderstorm, Devotions In Reality bring a melancholic hope to past hurts, as the first step after grief into a new light. Inch Chua is more well known in Singapore as the little dynamo of a frontwoman with rock stalwarts Allura. Taking time off to record her solo EP, she brings to the forefront another facet of her versatility, especially on this number that is best described as a cross between Lisa Ekdahl and Stars.
SOUTH AFRICA: Musical Mover & Shaker!
Ameen Harron – Techicoloured Oblivion
Ameen Harron is a force to be reckoned with in the South African music scene. He is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, and one of the country’s up-and-coming producers, who has worked with a range of the best local musicians, garnering national and international attention. Technicoloured Oblivion shows not only his skills as a producer but as an artist. He has strong ties to hip hop, which is evident as his combination of hip hop, punk and electro creates his own distinctive sound. The song has an almost soulful feel to it and wouldn’t be out of place on the international charts. Ameen Harron is set to take over. Watch out.
SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Julia Hart – Korean Girl’s Winter
Always delightful guitar-pop act Julia Hart decided it had been too many years since the release of their last album in 2007 and consequently released a digital single with a couple of new songs for people to hear last month. One of them, Korean Girl’s Winter, shows Julia Hart at their loveliest and is a perfect indie-pop piece well suited for repeated play hours on end.
SWEDEN: Swedesplease
Leaving Mornington Crescent – Seventeen
From the sound of Seventeen, Leaving Mornington Crescent have ventured into new territory. Unlike the sunny 60s-inspired indie-pop of April Song from their Cloudberry split CD, Seventeen is a rather heavy, shoegaze number with buzzing and churning guitars and a solid backbeat. Still the vocals retain the cheeriness of April Song with a chorus of “I’m seventeen on the inside, the only difference is…”.
TURKEY: Reset!
Kim Ki O – Serbest Kalp Dusmesi
Kim Ki O’s songs are self-written, self-played and self-sung in the name of self-pleasure and self-impulsion. Kim Ki O, which is the Turkish expression for “who is that anyway?”, is a name chosen for its phonetic beauty. The duo like to play with synthesizers and drum machines but do not to use computers in their music, preferring to create all the action live with enthusiasm and tension. The two members of the gang are former high school buddies who had been out of touch for years. Now they are back, clasped together, making great things.
UNITED STATES: I Guess I’m Floating
That Ghost – The Red Bow
That Ghost is the musical moniker of one crazy kid from the coast of California. Ryan Schmale, a youthful 19-year-old, creates lo-fi pop that evokes the warmth of bedroom recordings. He has a new EP on the way titled Get It And Get Out that IGIF will certainly be writing more about in the near future.
VENEZUELA: Deaf Indie Elephants
Ulises Hadjis – Lunes
The warm voice of Ulises Hadjis and his guitar are suddenly interrupted by a theremin, a trumpet from a gypsy story and a dialogue between Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and Zulu. These are some of the big surprises you’ll find in his debut album, Presente, which without doubt was one of the best debuts of 2008. His original indie-pop contains lyrics as melancholic as Bon Iver’s or Elliott Smith’s and a musical diversity that in its best moments resembles Beirut or Neutral Milk Hotel. On a Sunday morning this album will be your best company.
To download all 34 songs in one file click here
The 23rd Aria Award Nominations were announced today. It has a lot of usual suspects in there, but thankfully there’s also some new talent getting the attention they deserve. Empire of the Sun don’t necessarily count as new talent since both members have been around for a while, but they’ve basically re-colonised the globe and I’m especially happy about their nomination since they’re likely to stop AC/DC from winning any of the big awards.
Also, Ladyhawke curiously made the list – curiously since she’s from New Zealand. Not that she doesn’t deserve the plaudits, but surely that means Flight of the Conchords should be nominated/hands down walking away with the ‘Best Comedy Album’ award.
Nominations after the jump.
Birds vs Human, you’ve got my attention.
Two weeks ago I received a rather cryptic email:
Hey Jerry,
We have been trying to get in touch with you for sometime now. The
situation is thus: there is a struggle taking place between Birds and
Humans and your kinds needs you.
You have been chosen because of your unparalleled expertise in the
Aussie music scene. Your kind needs your delivery address so we can
send you 2 x vital (and entertaining) packs and give you the
opportunity to do your bit for the cause.
You’re under no obligation and you can always send us a message if
you’d like to opt out at any point.
The Feral
http://twitter.com/birdsvshumans
I replied saying I don’t take postal submissions anymore, assuming it’s someone wanting to send in a cd for review, and promptly forgot about it.
About an hour ago, a woman came to my office and delivered a metal box to my desk. She did not introduce herself before walking out. I opened the box and inside was a birds nest, some eggs (not sure if they’re real?), some polaroids, and a message in a scroll. Needless this was a WTF moment of the day for me. I checked the link that was in the scroll: www.birdsvshumans.com.au/nogigs, more cryptic message. According to this, I shall expect another package soon, and something will happen 12 October.
Even though the whole thing has given me some sort of Blair Witch vibes to it, I applaud them for their promotion initiative. Whoever they are has put a lot thought, effort and attention to detail into this, including the photos of bands whothehell.net blogged recently on the customised flash movie. It reminds me of similar Alternate Reality Game marketing done by 42 Entertainment for the The Dark Knight movie.
I’m looking forward to the next package, and if it is a band, I hope they’re good.
In other glorious tour news, Leader Cheetah and recently-pimped Cloud Control are heading out on a joint tour Nov/Dec. As mentioned yesterday, Cloud Control have their debut due on Ivy League early next year (click here to check out their new track ‘Gold Canary’). Meanwhile, tourmates LC have a deluxe vinyl edition of their acclaimed debut The Sunspot Letters out to coincide with the tour, which new artwork, green vinyl, and a 7″ with three unreleased outtakes.
Dates below:
Fri 6 Nov – Jive, Adelaide SA (Licensed + All Ages)
Sat 7 Nov – Jive, Adelaide
Thu 19 Nov – The Harp, Wollongong
Fri 20 Nov – Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Sat 21 Nov – Annandale Hotel, Sydney (ALL AGES SHOW 12-4pm)
Sat 21 Nov – Baroque Night Club, Katoomba
Thu 26 Nov – Pelly Bar, Frankston
Fri 27 Nov – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Thu 3 Dec – Troubadour, Brisbane
Fri 4 Dec – Troubadour, Brisbane
Before beginning work on their highly-anticipated debut, Townsville’s The Middle East are heading out for a quick jaunt down the East Coast. This is on top of their previously-announced appearances at Meredith, Homebake and Sunset Sounds, which makes for a fairly busy few months again (not that they’ve been taking it easy all year by any stretch). Dragging Pianos are supporting all dates.
As an added bonus for the band, lead track from their EP ‘The Darkest Side’ was recently featured over at Pitchfork and given some decent props. All good signs. If you’ve missed what all the fuss is about,make sure you get along to one of the below shows.
Thursday October 8 Princess Theatre, Brisbane (w/ Dragging Pianos & Jake Core)
Friday October 9 Manning Bar, Sydney (w/ Dragging Pianos & Jonathan Boulet Saturday)
October 10 ANU Bar, Canberra (w/ Dragging Pianos & Margaret Helen King Sunday)
October 11 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (w/Dragging Pianos & Oliver Mann)
Tickets for all shows available from Posse (www.posse.com)
Philadelphia Grand Jury - ‘The Good News’
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We were a bit behind the 8-ball on this one – our bad – but here it is now, streaming for your pleasure in celebration of the release of the Philadelphia Grand Jury’s debut album ‘Hope Is For Hopers,’ which is available TODAY. Yes, that’s right, you can go and get your mitts on one of these bad boys right now if you wanted. If you were in Sydney, you could even see these guys more times than you could count on one hand in just one day. They’ve already done three out of their planned seven gigs today (that’s Friday the 25th), but if you’re fast then you can probably the next one starting at 1pm. Details for the remaining gigs below:
1:00pm
Wentworth Building street-side
City Road (near University footbridge), Sydney University
4:00pm
UNSW Roundhouse forecourt
Anzac Parade, University of New South Wales
6:00pm
Newtown Square
King Street (entrance from Bedford Street), Newtown
11:00pm
Purple Sneakers Rooftop
The Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway
As well as stopping over at Merideth, Sia has just announced she’ll be taking in some of her own shows this Nov/Dec. Tickets are on sale this Friday, September 18. Dates below:
Nov 24 – The Astor, Perth (All Ages)
Nov 28 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (All Ages)
Dec 3 – The Hi-Fi, Brisbane
Dec 10 – Palace, Melbourne
Dec 13 – The Gov, Adelaide (All Ages)
You may have been wondering where Expatriate cavorted off to after the release of their brillant debut In The Midst of This back in 2007. The Sydney quartet have clearly been living up to their title, residing and wowing audiences in Berlin for the past year or so. Expatriate are set to do an epic list of shows supporting Placebo, beginning on the 21st of October and concluding on the 27th of November, blowing minds and temporal lobes all over France, Poland, Latvia, Austria and Germany. It’s been exciting to see bands like Expatriate, Temper Trap and the Howling Bells getting a fantastic run on the international circuit lately. Keep an eye and and ear out for an impending second album, and the possibility of the lads returning to our shores, fingers crossed. The Europeans can borrow our local talent. But just not for too long.
One of my favourite Sydney bands of the moment Sherlock’s Daughter are touring with the Devoted Few.
We are giving away a double passes to each of these shows, to win join our mailing list!
Last time we headed out to see the Philly Jays there was a queue that went halfway down the block and into the dodgy Thai restaurant around the corner. And no amount of industry haggling/bribing the doorbitch/hiding in our friend’s pockets could get us in to see the show. And that stuff almost always works.
So we know you kids must love Philadelphia Grand Jury a hell of a lot.
Luckily we have the dates of their next few shows right here… and if you live in Sydney or Melbourne you could win free tickets right here.
To enter for your chance to win a double pass to either the Melbourne or Sydney (Spectrum) shows, leave a comment below and tell us who the Philly Jays wanna kill, and why. Make sure you leave your email address so we can contact you.
The Philly Jays go national
Thursday 16 July – THE TROUBADOUR, BRISBANE
Supported by DZ and Ball Park Music
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from troubadour.oztix.com.au, www.skinnysmusic.com.au or
www.rockinghorse.net/tickets.php
Friday 17 JULY – SPECTRUM, SYDNEY
Supported by We Say Bamboulee and Halal, How Are You?
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets
Saturday 18 JULY – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE
Supported by The Harpoons and TST
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday – Saturday 2 – 6PM (301
High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and www.northcotesocialclub.com/
Wednesday 22 JULY – BEACH ROAD HOTEL, BONDI
Supported by Kill Teen Angst and Villains Of Wilhelm
Tickets: FREE
Details: www.myspace.com/beachroadbondi
Since Coolfer stopped I went back to reading Billboard online. Their article on twitter made some good observations about how it affects music sales. Last week Yves Klein Blue’s team made the announcement that it was going to distribute a free download by signing up to follow their tweets. Unfortunately for them, launching the promotion on Friday meant they were over shadowed by the biggest newstories of the year. I would like to hear from anyone who downloaded the track?
Danimals - Fox Loon Lake - Into The Office Zeal - Wasps Jonathan Boulet - Continue Calling Love Connection - I Know You're Real The Ruby Suns - Closet Astrologer The Temper Trap - Fader (Pivot Remix) Yucuna - Bogota Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Isn't It Nice Collarbone - Kill Off The Vowels (Cleptocleptics Remix)
If you like local music you will like this festival.
If your weekly disposable income is spent on rent, goon, Ikea furniture and cheap Thai food, leaving you no money for play – you will like this festival.
If you sound like Maculay Culkin and are still waiting for your southern regions to develop properly, you will like [...]
Sydneysiders: we have a double pass to giveaway for you thanks to Smirnoff Festivals Experience and Future Music Fest in Sydney. The vodka people are setting up a bar next to the main stage so you and a friend can check out Empire Of The Sun, Bag Raiders and Jump Jump Dance Dance, as well [...]
Well I’ve been smitten by Danimal’s production recently, so I was pretty happy that they won the competition run by Tooheys (yep another one), but the prize of this is that they got flown to the US to work with Mark Ronson for a week, with artists like Santi(o)gold, Kaiser Chiefs and others dropping in [...]
