Coveleski – ‘Pocket Tyranny’ (mp3)
I like a punch-in-the face rock track as much as the next guy and Perth’s Coveleski deliver one in a furious 2 mins. ‘Pocket Tyranny’ is a catchy piece of work due to the hooky drumming pattern. The break down is bang on and I reckon this would be heavy as shit live. Just signed to Gun Fever, they are set to release their debut ep in October.
Like them here – http://www.facebook.com/coveleskimusic
Bad Dreems – ‘Too Old’ (mp3)
Bloody good track. I’ll let Bad Dreems speak for themselves:
i got a new job, i’m wondering when the hell I’ll ever see your face again. got on that bus and i rode for hours, promise that i’ll never see your face again. i don’t know what’s going on, but yeah, i know there’s something wrong with you. too old for someone like you. too old for anything new. out of my mind, stumbling. sleep for hours, nothing gets done. i go out and i drive around, nothing makes sense. nothing ever found. i don’t know what’s going on, but yeah, i know there’s something wrong. too old for someone like you. too old for anything new.
Check out a bunch of their tunes up on soundcloud here – http://soundcloud.com/baddreems
Bad Dreems are on tour with Children Collide. Catch them at one of these shows -
Thu Aug 2 – Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury WA
Fri Aug 3 – Amplifier Bar, Perth WA
Wed Aug 8 – Fowlers Live, Adelaide SA
Fri Aug 10 – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC
Thu Aug 16 – The Republic Bar, Hobart TAS
Fri Aug 17 – The Standard, Sydney NSW
Wed Aug 22 – Lismore University Bar, Lismore NSW
Thu Aug 23 – The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba QLD
Fri Aug 24 – The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Sun Aug 26 – The Hotel Great Northern, Byron Bay NSW
Wed Aug 29 – The Stro (UNE Armidale Uni), Armidale NSW
Thu Aug 30 – The Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay
Fri Aug 31 – The Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
Sat Sep 1 – Wollongong Uni Bar, Wollongong NSW
Sun Sep 2 – Zierholz, Canberra ACT
Wed Sep 5 – The Crow Bar, Wagga Wagga NSW
Thu Sep 6 – The G (CSU Uni), Albury NSW
Fri Sep 7 – Yahoo Bar, Shepparton VIC
Sat Sep 8 – The Bended Elbow, Geelong VIC
Opposite Sex – ‘A Year On Your Own’ (mp3)
The self-titled record by Opposite Sex was released last November by Fishrider records. The vinyl release has just seen another pressing and it’s also widely available online for legit purchasing. Opposite Sex have banged out a pretty pop piece of music that has a distinct sound because it’s a melting pot of ideas and presented like a quasi vaudeville performance. There are punk European gypsy flavours in the mix as well but at its heart, it’s a straight forward indie pop-rock record that sounds real nice.
Check out the record here – http://oppositesex.bandcamp.com/
Melodie Nelson – ‘Six Six Six’ (featuring Geoffrey O’Connor)
To say that I was easily seduced by the wonderful tone of Melodie Nelson’s opening vocals would be an understatement. It was more an instant obsession. Partnering with Geoffrey O’Connor for this new track ‘Six Six Six’ works a treat as he also has one of the most seductive tones in Australian music right now. So according to the presser, ‘Melodie Nelson is the solo project of Lia Tsamoglou, one half of now defunct Sydney experimental drone duo Moonmilk and ex-bassist for alt-folk group Rand and Holland’. ‘Six Six Six’ sounds like the sort of thing you’d play to a group of people right before you convince them to do something only acheivable under the spell of complete surrender. Y’know, drink their blood or sacrifice them to a worthy god/godess… or just make out. The production has a velvety texture that goes down real easy and the balance of guitar, strings and drums is devine. I may also be eating chocolate as I write this.
Follow Melodie Nelson here – http://www.facebook.com/melodienelsonmusic – you might even help her on the SOYA quest.
The Jones Rival – ‘Mind of a Dreamer’
I sat on this track for a bit as my first listen was brief and ambivalent. I’m now ready to announce that after two more listens, I like it. That’s the level of commitment we offer Australian music here at who the hell. If your track is kinda boring at first… a few more listens might get you over the line. Sydney band The Jones Rival, consisting of the four handsome gentlemen pictured above, have just released their shakin’ vintage rock sounding single ‘Mind of a Dreamer’. It’s a builder for sure and it grew on me mostly because the track has some really nice grooves and a strong, deep and thundering vocal. Catch their shows at the Oxford Art Factory in August.
And follow the lads here – http://www.facebook.com/thejonesrival
Hierophants – ‘The Untimely Death of the One You Love’ (mp3)
Taken from the ‘Bow down to the Hierophants’ ep, ‘The Untimely Death of the One You Love’ is a choice cut of 60′s surfer rock by some rad kids from Geelong. Sheesh, if only all of Geelong felt like this.
Hit them up here – http://www.facebook.com/HIEROPHANTS
Heavy Beach – ‘Good Intentions’
We couldn’t be more excited about the debut album from Heavy Beach due out late 2012. In the mean time they have launched another smash out of the park in the form of ‘Good Intentions’. A track that opens like a dirty Dead Meadow drone and then runs away with Ali E’s warm vocal holding your hand through a tale of dark adventure leading to a happy ending of triumph. Or something like that… it’s good ok.
Launching the single in Melbourne on:
Friday, 10 August 2012 at Yah Yah’s on Smith St, Fitzroy.
w/ Ocean Party (awesome) & Go Violet (brisbane)
The single is available as ‘pay what you like’ from their BandCamp - heavybeach.bandcamp.com
Mining Boom – ‘PDA’ (mp3)
Mining Boom are a three piece from Perth who’ve been making music in Melbourne recently. ‘PDA’ has a real loose, ramshackle sound going on. Those riffs sound like they were plucked straight from Room On Fire…but wahey, what do I care! Makes gravitating to this tune as easy as the big guy above.
‘PDA’ is the first track off Mining Boom’s Dining Room EP. (And while you’re stopping by, do have a listen to ‘Craigie’ – which in my mind sounds like a good (fictional) account of Gareth Liddiard as a 9 year old bully.)
Tim Fitz put out a phenomenal EP called Beforetime which we plugged late last year. This begins as a standard jam, but just keep watching. Don’t even let his smug “here’s a little beatsy kind of thing….yeah” intro fool you either.
The 1.30 mark is mania. No words. Maybe prodigy. I’ve probably said the same for Chet Faker, but this guy is getting marginally close to singeing off that beard.
Props to the talented guys at The Smallest Gig for this video. Strongly advised you head over to their vimeo.
Not quite sure if I just saw God, Gandalf, or Danny Devito dressed as a cherokee woman, but quite certain Nick Allbrook just sounded out the meaning of life through Ben Cousin’s intestinal tract and I can now die satisfied.
Pond play Splendour In The Grass next Friday.
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