For fans of Jeff Buckley/Big Scary/old Coldplay/Radiohead.

Currently on tour. See more info at – www.myspace.com/myescapade

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She Wear The Break Up (mp3)

Nothing’s Going Right (mp3)

Sean Ainsworth who fronts Melbourne’s Fearless Vampire Killers has been out on a solo venture. Solid live shows, Hives & Kasabian support slots and a bit of love from Kingsmill; The Fearless Vampire Killers have built a decent rep about town in the last couple of years. And while FVK’s brand of western infused surf swamp could easily make itself at home on the Death Proof soundtrack, Ainsworth’s solo stuff under the moniker Brainsworth offers a bit more respite.

‘Nothing’s Going Right’ is a tempered, lackadaisical track with a slight Parachutes vibe, while ‘She Wear the Break Up’ is an older track, but a real charmer nonetheless. Brainsworth does subtlety nicely without getting too narcotic. I’m a sucker for understated harmonies, shimmery percussion and lazy tunes to add to my hangover playlist, so this one ticks the boxes.

www.myspace.com/seanainsworth

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I think my favourite thing about posting the last Cut Copy song, ‘Where I’m Going,’ was the comment: “enough of this lame kumbaya shit. where are the SYNTHS guys!?”

I hate to break it to “simon,” who posted that comment, but he won’t be too much more impressed with ‘Take Me Over.’ This song goes even further in the Fleetwood Mac/Paul Simon (c. Graceland) direction of the previous song. This still sounds a lot like Cut Copy – probably on account of the meodic ‘ooos’ that populate every CC song ever (that’s a good thing) – but it’s definitely a move away from the sound that made them big.

That’s two from two now, which suggests the album as a whole (Zonoscope, pictured above) will be something of a departure. I’m excited either way. Even though the past two singles have grabbed me, I’ve loved everything these guys have put out since and including their I Thought Of Numbers EP and have faith that the album as a whole will be great – it has to be, look at that cover art?

Cut Copy – “Take Me Over” (Radio Edit) Premiere by modularpeople

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Collarbones – ‘One Time’ (Justin Bieber Cover) (mp3)

Those crazy Collarbones kids have done a kindof-remix-meets-cover of Justin Bieber’s worldwide smash hit song-of-the-year ‘One Time.’ I was pretty skeptical when I heard about this cover – I hate when bands ruin great songs by doing half assed covers, but Collarbones have put in enough time and creativity to ensure their version maintains the soul and sex appeal of the original and almost stands up next to otherwise untouchable source material. Kudos.

‘One Time’ is pulled from an upcoming release called Tiger Beats, which is a collection of the best Collarbones remixes and covers. This is ahead of their debut proper (I believe), which is coming out next April on Two Bright Lakes.

www.myspace.com/collarbonesband

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Numbers Radio are one of my favourite Brisbane bands. Their (underrated) debut album dropped a little over a year ago, and they’re following it up with a new EP. It has some sweet guitar solos. We failed at organising a phone hook-up, so singer/guitarist Dave Orr kindly answered these questions I sent him.

1. How does it feel to be getting such awesome support from Triple J for Final Day?

Great, Triple J have been so supportive with our music. With “Final Day”,  we just didn’t know what to expect when we sent it in, but this time they actually aired it the same day it arrived in the studio! We were stoked!

2. I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Tell me about the filming of it. Was it weird having cameras all up in your face in such a confined space?

The video was the most off-the-cuff thing I think we have ever done, seriously. We asked a friend of ours who gets into doing filmclips, to just rock up to our jam room at West End.
The intention was to just have something cool to chuck on YouTube, because we have so many crap videos people have done on their mobile phones.

The whole clip was filmed on a Canon hand-held standard picture camera which just has an amazing video function. We couldn’t believe it when we saw the final edit.  After showing it to a few people, we really noticed that it was just so raw and honest and thought – screw spending thousands of dollars, this is the clip! It’s perfect!

3. I got an “industry promotional” copy of the EP. Does the sale-able version have artwork as awesome as the artwork on your de-butt (lol Jessica Mauboy) album, Acquiring Satellites? Please attach examples if available.

For Final Day we didn’t go down the road of having artwork as such, we thought this time, we want something simple. It’s an EP (well,  a mini-album),  it’s short and to the point, so we wanted the artwork to say the same thing.

4. How was Radiowave in Bundy? Were the regional punters as badly behaved as usual?

Radiowave was awesome, we had a great crowd, and it was cool to see punters get into our new material. A few funny things happened, the singer from Comic Sans started stealing all the other band’s drink riders, then last I heard someone got their revenge by locking him in a porta loo for 15 mins!
Also, later on at the after-party, the singer from Grinspoon walked up to me and told me I had a bad hair cut. I thought that was kinda weird, I haven’t had a hair cut in months! Maybe I need one.
[SB -As if Phil Jamieson can point the finger at bad hair cuts.]

5. If today was actually your Final Day, what would you do with it?

Grab a carton of nice beer and go to Straddi.

6. You are an awesome power trio. Who are some of the band’s favourite power trios?

The Living End, Muse, The Police, Supergrass (before they got the keys player), Children Collide.

Numbers Radio launch the Final Day EP upstairs at Tempo this Thursday night, with support from Spitfireliar and Fushia.

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