Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

The OUTDOOR TYPE – ‘The Outdoor Type EP’

Posted: October 10, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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It’s just a 19 minutes long EP, rather than a full album. But the first recordings by Melbourne Australia’s The Outdoor Type will make you want to hear more. The group has a bright alternative-pop-rock sound, made intimate by folky harmonicas and sweet melodies. Zack Buchanan leads the five man band, using conversational vocals that make obvious his Aussie accent. He’s at his most earnest in , “Day To Day” which features a Groundhog Day-like plot. Even better is the single, , “On My Mind” which may be the catchiest song of this summer. It has a witty, deadpan vocal and a Velvet Underground riff that’s pure bliss.

Melbourne songwriter The Outdoor Type writes of modern Australian suburban life. Sonically, a blend of alt-country guitars and analogue synth drones, his music is reminiscent of home-grown artists from the late 80’s.

COMACOZER – ” Kalos Eidos Skopeo “

Posted: October 10, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Comacozer’s name almost seems like a portmanteau of “coma” and “bulldozer,” and that perfectly describes their sound. Sydney’s three (sometimes four) biggest Monster Magnet and Earthless fans wield cosmically heavy riffs in the service of putting the listener into a trance. Kalos Eidos Skopeo, the title of their second album, also forms a portmanteau in Greek: kaleidoscope. The ever-shifting textures found within hold the same fascination as the beautiful forms created by the glass lenses of the record’s namesake device. These blues for the red sun come in every color.

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Instrumental psych space doom from Sydney, Australia. Recorded JUNE 2017 at FRANK ST STUDIOS. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA . close your eyes….lose your mind….take the journey thru space and time…

Comacozer IS:
RICK BURKE – GUITARS
RICH ELLIOTT – BASS
ANDREW PANAGOPOULOS – DRUMS / PERCUSSION
FRANK ATTARD – SYNTH / EFFECTS

DREAMTIME – ” Strange Pleasures “

Posted: October 9, 2017 in MUSIC
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Hailing from Brisbane’s fertile underground music scene, Cardinal Fuzz, Sky Lantern Records and Tym Guitars are thrilled to present the latest sounds from the premier Australian psych outfit, Dreamtime. After seemingly endless nights spent jamming, writing, rewriting, lamenting, practicing, recording and mixing, the band has sculpted a sprawling interstellar creation that is their third album – and first in almost three years – Strange Pleasures

In Australian aboriginal culture, the Dreamtime refers to a foundational myth, one that attributes the creation of the world to their ancestral spirits. The band Dreamtime consists of four hippies from Brisbane, and they pay pretty serious reverence to their own spiritual ancestors on their second full-length, Strange Pleasures. With nods to Pink Floyd, Ash Ra Tempel, and Hawkwind, it would be weirder not to find pleasure in this heady blend. They deliver something for everyone: mellow folk tunes, spacey sojourns, and freak-out jams—often all at the same time. Turn on, tune in, and drop out of this plane of existence.

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Dreamtime is:
Zac Anderson – Guitar, Lead Vocals
Cat Maddin – Bass, Lead Vocals, Theremin
Tara Wardrop – Drums Percussion, Vocals
Fergus Smith – Synth, Guiar, Shahi Baaja, Vocals

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BEACHERS – ” Second Of Spring “

Posted: October 7, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Beaches have an appropriate name, evoking the California coastline where the first psych purveyors congregated. This Melbourne quintet takes their DIY philosophy seriously—everyone plays an instrument, everyone sings, and the various members design their own album artwork and direct their videos. Their third album, “Second of Spring”, is their most ambitious yet, a double-LP filled with sunny melodies and motorik beats. It swings between brittle post-punk riffing and delightful pop harmonies, occupying that dreamlike state right before sunrise.

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This Iconic Australian psych rock quintet Beaches return with epic double LP Second Of Spring – Chapter Music’s first ever double album by a single artist.

Second Of Spring takes Beaches even further out, to where the pyramid meets the eye – a vast, enveloping sonic landscape, filled with extended instrumentals, overdriven psych-outs and propulsive pop nuggets.
The double album was recorded in Melbourne with engineer/producer John Lee (Totally Mild, Lost Animal) and mastered by David Walker. Artwork is by the band‘s own Ali McCann, with design by renowned artist Darren Sylvester.
Beaches’ self-titled 2008 debut was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize, and included in glossy coffee table book 100 Best Australian Albums. The band released a standalone 12” on New York label Mexican Summer in 2010. They have toured the US twice, playing SXSW and Austin Psych Fest, and shared stages with Roky Erickson, Deerhunter, The Cult, Thee Oh Sees, Lightning Bolt, Mogwai, Best Coast and more.
Already revered as sprawling, swirling psych overlords, Second Of Spring is Beaches’ undeniable magnum opus.

SMOKE – ” Smoke “

Posted: October 6, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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It’s hard to tell if Smoke intend their name as a noun or a verb, but either one feels appropriate. They claim to be influenced by Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Hendrix, and Ornette Coleman; that’s accurate, but doesn’t tell the full story. What’s really impressive is their ability to combine the heavy sounds of the first two with the freewheeling weightlessness of the latter two. After taking a break for a couple years, the group has recently returned, ready to spread their smog all over Brisbane and its surrounding environs once more. Set the time machine dial for 1969.

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Smoke is:
Jimi Kent (Guitar, Vocals)
Rick Wallett (Guitar, Vocals)
Fergus Smith (Bass)
Joel Bourke (Drums)

 

Hotel Wrecking City Traders – ” Passage to Agartha “

Posted: October 5, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Hotel Wrecking City Traders (HWCT) have been dislodging earwax, busting strings and sticks and blowing minds since 2007. HWCT are an instrumental noise rock duo with a heavy focus on improvisation and a love of loud volume and the psychedelic. Their sound is ever-evolving and expansive, breaking down genre’s and throwing them in a melting pot with hypnotic results.

Passage to Agartha references both a legendary city at the Earth’s core and the name of a seriously whacked-out electric joint by Miles Davis. Hotel Wrecking City Traders certainly aren’t jazz, but the Perth rockers share a similar love of sonic exploration. The mix of post-rock tension-and-release with guitars run through broken amplifiers and concrete slab bass makes for a truly bruising take on heavy psychedelia. Their last album, Phantamonium, played with those discordant elements. This one uses the jagged edges to burrow straight towards the center of the planet.

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The BLACK HEART DEATH CLUB – ” Black Rainbow – EP “

Posted: October 5, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Black Heart Death Cult

If you’re going to have a death cult, it may as well be a black-hearted one. These Melbourne natives appropriate ‘60s imagery in their lyrics and visual presentation, but their sound is firmly rooted in ‘90s neo-psych. They prefer to lay down a fog bank of fuzz to cover their Britpop hooks, like Oasis experimenting with My Bloody Valentine’s gear. They’ve been slowly working on their full-length for a few years now and, if the Black Rainbow EP is any indication, it should be filled with hazy shoegaze, mumbled vocals, and blissful riffs. The Black Rainbow-EP contains the best pop psychedelic music I’ve heard this year. The Black Heart Death Cult create a sonic wall of psychedelic goodness, which lights up the listener. These Aussie musicians are the real deal. The psychedelic flame burns bright within them and their great music. Highly recommended.

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Sparkly magic mountain-drops fall from the outer cosmic reaches in the re-imagined mind-forrest of The Flower Captain. Gloom/doom singer/songwriter Sasha L Smith envisions a brave new dark age of droney bliss in the sonic bazaar. Fret wizard Bill Patching, sub-sonic vibe dealer Deon Slaviero & human time-machine Andy Nunns are well on the magic bus, which we call “The Black Heart Death Cult”.

The ASTEROID BELT – ” Do Whats Right “

Posted: October 5, 2017 in MUSIC
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Like the movement of the rocks in the astronomical body for which they are named, The Asteroid Belt’s improvised instrumental jams feel simultaneously unpredictable and well-choreographed. These Adelaide-based space cadets know how to lock into a solid heavy psych groove similar to Earthless and Hawkwind. After playing together for a decade, they work their effects pedals like seasoned road warriors. Their first LP in five years, Do Whats Right, makes it hard to go wrong. It’s fun to disappear in smoke under their guidance.

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CREPES – ” Mild Conversation “

Posted: October 3, 2017 in MUSIC
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Mild is the very best word to describe Melbourne’s Crepes, but that is in no way a slight. This gentle, affable new single from the quintet, is hazy bit of sepia-stained summer pop, centred on a throwback electric organ break. Taken from their forthcoming debut full-length Channel Four, the track feels like an idyllic trip through a 1970s garage sale. Led by the fanciful charm of singer/multi-instrumentalist Tim Karmouche, Crepes came about in Ballarat, Australia through high-school friends Nick (drums) and Pat Robbins (bass). The band later grew to include lead guitarist Sam Cooper and keyboardist Jackson Dahlenburg, after relocating to Melbourne.

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Band Members
Tim Karmouche
Nick Robbins
Pat Robbins
Jackson Dahlenburg
Sam Cooper

ANNA of The NORTH – ” Lovers “

Posted: October 1, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Norwegian-born Anna Lotterud met Australian Brady Daniell-Smith whilst studying in Melbourne. The two began making music and Anna Of The North was born.

Anna of the North‘s ‘Someone’ is the second single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album Lovers.  This is delicious pop production: laced with triggered drums and swooping layers of synths that echo M83‘s ability to sound cinematic and intricate, steeped in the best of 1980s electro pop but appreciating how to make it sound like the Future this backdrop is crafted by Brady, who’s from New Zealand and grew up partly in Australia. But it’s Anna’s dexterous expressive tone, delicate, evocative and infectious at the same time that steals the show, this is the sound of an epiphany, bristling with the bittersweet experience of being human and alone in a world that’s so confusing. Fresh eyed, bright and affecting this is a vibrant slice of pop possessed of the longing of a unrequited heart.

Of creating the video, Anna says “It’s a video made in Miami but it’s certainly not a stereotypical Miami video. The ‘party’ side to cities like Miami can feel vacuous, making them the loneliest places in the world, so it’s a fitting backdrop to the story. It’s set the day after a big night when you instantly regret something that happened. It’s about the internal battle of the day after; trying to accept that you’re human and how hard it is to forgive yourself for your own mistakes. It gets more desperate throughout as the realisation sets in.”

The band have announced a full EU tour for the Autumn whilst Friday will bring the release of Tyler, the Creator’s album Scum Fuck Flower Boy featuring vocals from Anna of the North on ‘911 / Mr Lonely’ and ‘Boredom’.

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Taken from the debut album ‘Lovers’ our September 8th.

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