Who The Hell February 2012 -

Holland – ‘For You’ (Video)

February 27, 2012, Matt Hickey, No Comment

Holland – For You (Live) from Billy Blue Music on Vimeo.

I’ve recently heard a few reports that these guys have cultivated a decent profile up in Brisbane. I finally stumbled on some (well shot) live footage of them over the weekend and it’s my first proper look at them (although it sounded a bit familiar – maybe I’d heard it before? Unconfirmed). It’s not really the sort of stuff that is up my alley, but they’ve not been on the blog before and seem to have the pieces in place quite well for a relatively new band.

What do you think? If you’re a folk/pop aficionado then let me know where you think this sits…

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National SLAM Day 2012

February 23, 2012, Melissa Tan, 2 Comments

The first live gig I went to was a FReeZA all-ages at Moorrabin Town Hall. I was sixteen and lugged two reluctant mates two hours across the state to see Trial Kennedy, British India, Stealing O’ Neal and watch underage drongos ride a mechanical bull. The same two friends I dragged along ended up carrying me out of the venue after I got spin kicked in the face by an emo kid using the front row as a wall-of-death. Unfortunately my live music experiences waddling around on mouldy carpet these days don’t get as violent as they probably should. Discovering new bands and accessing new music via the INTERNET (lazy portal of convenience) is something that’s out of habit for most of us. But hey, nothing beats waking up with tinnitus and last night’s wrist stamp smeared onto your forehead after all. Without live music, Melb would probably be a wasteland of creatively frustrated people with nothing to harp on about except caffeine and Kerouac. Live music is important to a lot of people around here.

Today marks National SLAM Day and there’s plenty of extra stuff going on to show your support for the people that make this place sound good.

For all the full details of gigs going on around the country today – click HERE or visit www.slamrally.org

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‘Broken Stone Records’ Roadshow hits Horse Bazaar

February 22, 2012, David Payne, 1 Comment

Caitlin Park

Magnetic Heads

I caught the first half of the Broken Stone Records Roadshow at Horse Bazaar in Melbourne on Sunday. Featuring ‘Magnetic Heads‘, ‘Caitlin Park‘, ‘The Maple Trail‘ and ‘Sister Jane‘, the Broken Stone Records Roadshow is currently making its way around the nation. Heading up to Newcastle tonight and then onto Sydney for the last few shows. If you can get along be sure to do so as the sets from Magnetic Heads and Caitlin Park were great and well worth the door charge. You can also check out some original cover artwork and of course pick up some fine merch. Dates are on their site here – http://www.brokenstonerecords.com/

More pictures after the jump. (more…)

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Briscoe – 'Animal'

February 20, 2012, Melissa Tan, No Comment

Briscoe – ‘Animal’

(mp3)

Bart Denaro spent nine years playing drums for Kid Confucius, a year lamenting the post band split and lesser time trying to refine his love of pop hooks repressed behind all that funk drumming. Briscoe is his first outing since KC and it couldn’t be further away from any of his former pursuits. First impressions first though, this is a great track on the assumption that it sounds like a mash-up of all my favourite Wilco albums in three minutes. Homely hooks laying right through and an epic bridge also makes this tune sweet music to my ears. Briscoe’s debut album Friends Ago is set for release soon, and by the sounds of this it should deserve a solid listen.

Briscoe are playing a free show at The Great Northern in Newcastle on March 3rd with Fearless Vampire Killers + The Owls.

Briscoe FB

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‘Pop Singles’ live at EBC

February 16, 2012, David Payne, No Comment

‘Pop singles’ played the East Brunswick Club last Sunday as part of the ‘swansongs’ series. I also caught them on the PBS drive live and I’m very looking forward to upcoming release of their new LP.

Spin some tunes on their bandcamp here – http://popsingles.bandcamp.com/

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