LOOK: CMW Aussie BBQ
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LOOK: Sound Gallery @ CMW Toronto
Presented by Sounds Australia, the folks behind the Aussie BBQ showcases. Featuring The Falls, Emma Louise and more great Aussie talent in snowy downtown Toronto. Sounds Australia are awesome peeps that raise the profile and visibility of our very fine contemporary music sector on the international stage. Y’know, get people hooked up and out there – like these lucky TTWT kids. Anyho, we’ll be heading along to the Canadian Music Week BBQ to have a beer. Maybe we’ll see Nick Cave (he’ll probably be drinking wine) and bring you more coverage. But for now, feast on these shots from the lovely Church of the Holy Trinity.
LISTEN: Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett is a genius poet. In case you didn’t know. This is her new track ‘Avant Gardener’. It’s amazing. It tells the story of a very hot sunny Monday. Like any other day. You wake up and decide to clean up your front yard because you realise your rental probably looks “like a meth lab”. You know what I’m talking about. A little gardening. It’s good for the soul. It makes every slacker feel productive. And slightly less guilty when the old lady across the road stares at your wheelie bin that you left out cause it’s almost bin day… again. So you pull some weeds. Plant some herbs. And girls plant sun flowers (which I think look creepy) and guys dig up shit and plant way too many tomato plants.
Anyway, all of a sudden our pal Courtney can’t breathe and calls 000 (yeah that’s the right number!) and gets a shot of adrenaline. Nice story. Humbly recounted like spoken word and soundtracked by her friends including Dan Luscombe who makes guitar scratching and squealing sound bloody beautiful. The harmony is great, the tune rolls along like a road trip and Courtney’s matter of fact dry lyrics have inspired this lengthy rant and probably a whole heap more reviews that will detail the story and how good she is. Everyone is getting a piece of her on support slots but get along to one of these single launches. It should be rad:
21 Mar – Black Bear Lodge w/ Grand Atlantic & Dom Miller – Bris, QLD.
23 Mar – Brighton Up Bar w/ Pear Shape & Bec and Ben – Syd, NSW.
28 Mar – Toff in Town w/ Money for Rope & Atolls – Mel, VIC
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NEWS: ATP – Release The Bats
An All-Day Halloween Party Extravaganza!
That’s the tag line. I have always wanted to be excited about halloween. How could you go wrong with a night of dress-up and free candy (lollies). So it’s with much excitement, I tells ya – we are getting a true celebration of Halloween thanks to the folks at ATP. I mean why should American’s have all the fun! So yeah, those amazing peeps who put on a festival in the mountains – without the snow but with Nick Cave. And then made Altona the next Brunswick. That last gig went pretty well so they thought – why not keep it rolling? How bout having The Breeders come play at the Westgate Entertainment Centre and Grand Star reception in Altona, Melbourne. Bringing the classic lineup of Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson to play a full lick of Last Splash. Seriously – Cannonball!
As for the all important Aussie tilt – The UV Race, White Walls, Hoss, and Total Control sound pretty great but expect even more riot awesomeness tba. Now, let’s get real. And quote from the presser “This will be a dark journey, fellow traveller. The core of your very being will be assaulted by the audio maelstrom that is the Jesus Lizard – flying in for this very rare and exclusive appearance – their first Australian visit since 1998. They will summon five kinds of hell, and unleash raw, dark forces that will confront your psyche. They promise the sonic equivalent of staring at the sun. Hope that you are ready for the starkness that is reality when, like all things in this existence, it ends.” Nice eh.
I personally can’t wait for Fuck Buttons and Lightning Bolt on the same day – that shit is crazy!
Tickets are priced at $150 (+ booking fee) and go on sale today at 9am from www.atpfestival.com
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LISTEN: Summer Flake – ‘Where Do I Go?’
Summer Flake has a new EP out called ‘Where Do I Go?’ on Stacey Wilson’s Heavy Lows label. It’s pretty fantastic. I think I played it about 4 times in a row while ‘working’ yesterday. These hooks are brilliant. Surging guitar, deep bass hits over her methodical drumming and then a change of pace here and there to tank you right into gazey bliss. Oh man, this is the real deal folks.
Catch her at SXSW or at least go see her play at one of these homecoming shows:
April 6 @ The Metro, Adelaide SA
April 12 @ The Gasometer, Melbourne VIC
April 24 @ Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney NSW
April 26 @ The Hideaway, Brisbane QLD
And you can buy the Cassette here.
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EXCLUSIVE: Nantes – ‘BeingsBeing’ Album Stream
An update on the Nantes release – ie we have a full record stream live! Produced/engineered by Simon Todkill, written by David Rogers and visual director Jos Eastwood, the new LP Beings Being, is an impressive record. Brooding atmospheric and ethereal drama assembled with dark vocal builds and drum pounds and a splash of well-honed synth. Building on the ‘Avid’ single this is an good way to start your Friday!
The record is out today through Deadhand Music or for a steal on iTunes. Or go vintage and pickup a vinyl copy or just buy a physical CD. Choices, choices. Either way, definitely check Nantes live through March-April:
SAT 30 MAR – AMPLIFIER, PERTH WA
SUN 31 MAR – NEWPORT HOTEL, FREMANTLE WA
THU 04 APR – BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE QLD
FRI 05 APR – THE LOFT, GOLD COAST QLD
WED 10 APR – SOSUEME @ BEACH ROAD HOTEL, BONDI NSW (Free Entry WOO!)
THU 11 APR – TRANSIT BAR, CANBERRA ACT
FRI 12 APR – YOURS & OWLS, WOLLONGONG NSW
SAT 13 APR – GOODGOD, SYDNEY NSW
FRI 19 APR – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE VIC
SAT 20 APR – PLUS ONE @ ED CASTLE, ADELAIDE SA
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LISTEN: Rainbow Chan
I’ve been wanting to post Rainbow Chan for a while. Her excellent cover of Lovefool is just gorgeous. Then I found this single – with seriously awesome artwork! Nice to see original photography and total artist commitment. Shot by supercool bestie Sui Zhen. What a lovely piece of sunshine ‘Skinny Dipping’ is. Very happy days. And it’s available for cash or bandwidth via Silo Arts & Records & Frenchkiss Label Group (Worldwide).
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Still trying to purchase!!!ANTHONY J LANGFORD
Cool track. Congrats Joshua. Hope the release is a success.Tristan
Man I love these guys. I can't believe they are not releasing any new music. I've been to so many…sophie
^^ I love Grimes! Banoffee is one of my new favorite music artists! :) I love With Her, Reign Down,…Ace
Read your review then listened to the EP. Fantastic ! Different to most hardcore punk I listen to. Somewhat more…