Posts Tagged ‘Melbourne’

TEENAGE MOTHERS – ” I Hate New York “

Posted: November 29, 2014 in MUSIC
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The Teenage Mothers are  from Melbourne, Australia. band members: Jackson Kay (lead vocals), Raph Brous (guitar, vocals), Vyv Lyde (bass), Troy Ramaekers (drums),Louis Constant (keyboard).
Teenage Mothers are a lively bunch. Jackson Kay got arrested when, on tour supporting M83, he inhaled nitrous oxide, back-flipped into the crowd and almost set the stage on fire, then proceeded to get into a fight with bouncers. The latter allegedly threw him outside and assaulted him, leading to several broken ribs (his) and the intervention of the police, 15 of them “violently arrested” the singer, handcuffed him and locked him up for the night. He was fined $500 for being “drunk on the street” and M83 decided to kick Teenage Mothers off the tour, not least because, according to the headliners, JK looked “like a junkie”

JK, who left school at 16 to become a professional skateboarder, is a self-styled political activist who spent two weeks sleeping at the Occupy Melbourne protest. The songs he has written for the band’s debut EP and forthcoming album – both produced by Jim Sclavunos, drummer for Grinderman / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – are about “broken love, dead-end jobs, injustice, and kicking against the pricks”. Suddenly, the band seem less interesting than their exploits. Their guitarist and joint vocalist, for example, has just written a novel, I Am Max Lamm, detailing the adventures of the eponymous antihero who is “on the run from the internet sex scandal that has derailed his burgeoning tennis career” and flees to London, where he “accidentally kills a 15-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him and inadvertently sets off the worst race riot in a generation”

KING GIZZARD and the LIZARD WIZZARD – ” Slow Jam “

Posted: November 29, 2014 in MUSIC
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from their EPIC latest album “I’m in Your Mind Fuzz”, an instant classic. Melbourne-dwellers King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard not only hands down win the award for band name of the week, but their paisley-coloured psych is as pleasingly trippy as you’d expect from a bunch of reptilian magic-makers. The septet’s forthcoming fifth album ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’, is a prime example. Part 60s jam, part Unknown Mortal Orchestra-style underwater vocal (with a fair heap of flute twiddling doused on top), it comes on like Foxygen,
‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’ hits shelves on December 1, while the band are heading to UK soil in November for two London shows. The first, at the Shacklewell Arms (November 10), is sold out but a second date at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen on November 24 has been added.

SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE – ” Wandering I ” and ” Real Life “

Posted: November 14, 2014 in MUSIC
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The sound from the debut release from Melbourne’s Sunbeam Sound Machine, is rich and kaleidoscopic. Big Bubbles of Sound with thudding percussion where the sound falter’s then builds again. Colorful, bleary and distended. But It’s all the product of one man, Nick Sowersby, It’s an enveloping, thrillingly odd sound, Sowersby’s voice drifts along like a candy boat across a chocolate river, but there’s something unsettling lurking beneath the waters. “What should I do with the life I’m living?” are the first words Sowersby sings, and the rest of the release feels like a kind of dreamy, stream-of-consciousness.

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TERRIBLE TRUTHS – ” False Hope “

Posted: November 13, 2014 in MUSIC
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“False Hope” offers a glimpse of the upcoming debut LP from Melbourne trio Terrible Truths. They’re a band to love; tracks have been drip-fed with each crawling year, and their sporadic shows are prized. And that suspense is mirrored in their music. Tightly-coiled  guitar rhythms and vocal jabs flay by inches, giving “False Hope” a boiling tension with never quite spills over. Stacey Wilson’s bass and Joe Alexander’s drumming lock together in a quick-step groove, while Rani Rose fires off wailing vocals and bursts of guitar.

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The MURLOCS – ” Space Cadet “

Posted: November 7, 2014 in MUSIC
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Five skinny kids with roots firmly placed in their own blown-out, distorted brand of soulful RnB.
Formed in early 2011 by harp player Ambrose Kenny-Smith, The Murlocs have already played alongside Thee Oh Sees, Graveyard Train and Dave Graney. Their up-tempo snare cracks and noisy doom guitar – accompanied by Ambrose’s vocal screech – has been described as a mesmerising demented dance party.
It’s the Australian invasion these days, and The Murlocs are a welcome addition. Favorite track: Paranoid Joy.
Mad take on the blues. Very unique sound.

 

 

 

ELA STILES – ” Kumbh Mela ” and ” Legs Won’t Bend “

Posted: November 7, 2014 in MUSIC
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Ela Stiles singer songwriter based in Sydney, Australia. I’m not sure what the self-titled debut album from Australian musician Ela Stiles is supposed to be. an album recorded completely  accapella with no instruments utilised bar Stiles’s vocals, in order to capture her at her most striking and vulnerable. But in practice, it just doesn’t feel complete.

The album is split into two distinct sides. The first half contains six short vignettes no more than two-and-a-bit minutes in length. There are some good things about these tracks – Stiles does have a strong and distinctive voice, which allows her to carry off the more conventional songs like the folky ‘Legs Don’t Bend’ quite well. However, at the same time it feels as if this whole section has been rushed and left unfinished. ‘Nothing Remains’ is over in 0 seconds, which doesn’t even give it a chance to start, let alone finish, whilst the titles of two of the songs, ‘Untitled Drone’ and ‘Untitled Man’, seem to suggest that these are merely the embryonic beginnings of some future track, not finished products in their own right.

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BUSHTALKING – ” No Enter “

Posted: November 6, 2014 in MUSIC
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Bushtalking signed to Chapter Music  from Melbourne Australia, formed in 2011 when bass player Ela Stiles was about to make her first solo record and enlisted Nisa Venerosa and Karl Scullion to record with her, they soon realised it was more than a solo attempt and decided to make it a permanent band project, the result was the hypnotic “First Time” psychic harmonies and piercing guitars.

HAYDEN CALNIN – ” Shutters ” Acoustic Re-work

Posted: November 3, 2014 in MUSIC
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A particular favourite here is singer/songwriter/producer Hayden Calnin and his musical career were drawn in his teen years after his father gave him a guitar at age 14. He hasn’t gone a day since without playing it. Dabbling in bands through his teens led him to add drums and piano to his repertoire, until at age 17 he finally decided to take on vocals. A degree in film, with a major in sound design became Hayden’s entry point into the world of music production. From here on it was only natural that Hayden would begin recording his own songs at home.

Since releasing his independent debut EP ‘City’ in 2012 Hayden has supported the likes of Tom Odell, Matt Corby, Willy Mason, Oliver Tank and Missy Higgins. He’s played festivals including Falls Festival, Gorgeous Festival and NYE On The Hill and has received significant attention with international syncs for his songs on USA TV series ‘Suits’, MTVs ‘Awkward’ and new CW series ‘The 100’.

Debut EP ‘City’ and sophomore EP ‘Oh, Hunter‘ are out now worldwide on iTunes.
Visit Hayden at www.facebook.com/haydencalninmusic

 

GALAXY FOLK – ” Is There Out There ” and ” Honeygarden ” EP

Posted: November 3, 2014 in MUSIC
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I came across “The Galaxy Folk” after following the Blog site “All I do Is Listen” a while back, a fantastic band. Listen to The highly recommended “Honeygraden” EP, its just the sounds of melancholic beauty and hushed vocal harmonies, they have released a video clip to their track ‘Is There Out There’ shot and edited beautifully by a talented Brooke Altmann.

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GRANDSTANDS – ” Getting Out “

Posted: November 3, 2014 in MUSIC
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Melbourne band Grandstands are back with their new single ‘Getting Out’. It’s a song ostensibly about breaking up and the realisation that Finishing the relationship is the best thing. The video for ‘Getting Out’. Shot at Melbourne Zoo, it gets that whole everydayness to a tee. There’s a strange calm to the close up shots of zoo animals doing what zoo animals do.

There is a really wonderful three track single with ‘Getting Out’ as the lead.  The guys also have a debut album in the works, due for release in early 2015. Featuring ‘Getting Out’, it’s been mixed and produced by Josh Bach who worked onMilk Teddy‘s wonderful debut.

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