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I, Butthole posted:I prefer how Short Stack basically used the same press release to state their split this morning. Short Stack broken up? I think I can hear the clouds of good music heaven opening up to the angelic sounds of 100,000 crying fangirls. I, Butthole posted:DZ Deathrays are streaming their debut album on Rdio a week before release, starting today. It owns: http://www.rdio.com/#/artist/DZ_Deathrays/album/Bloodstreams_1/ Have you seen their film clip for No Sleep? It has Arj Barker in it and pays tribute to Paul Simon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyNJ-2tH2O0
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magic pantaloons posted:Have you seen their film clip for No Sleep? It has Arj Barker in it and pays tribute to Paul Simon. Yeah, it's an awesome video clip. Just got back from SXSW/CMW were I saw them about six times and was also on tour with them doing some video stuff a while back; I might be bias, but I loving love their stuff.
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The Church are an amazing band, and I buy all the releases I can from them. However, I would argue with the OP that Unguarded Moment was nowhere near their landmark album. They will live on forever on 80's compilations for "Under the Milky Way", which is ok because Starfish is a wonderful slice of shoegazey pop. "Reptile" is still deadly. I kick myself for not making a trip to NYC to see them a few years back, and I heard they've recently been doing shows of the Whole Album Start to Finish flavor. I would commit unspeakable acts to see Priest=Aura live. That is one of my favorite things.
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hatelull posted:The Church are an amazing band, and I buy all the releases I can from them. However, I would argue with the OP that Unguarded Moment was nowhere near their landmark album. They will live on forever on 80's compilations for "Under the Milky Way", which is ok because Starfish is a wonderful slice of shoegazey pop. "Reptile" is still deadly. I kick myself for not making a trip to NYC to see them a few years back, and I heard they've recently been doing shows of the Whole Album Start to Finish flavor. I would commit unspeakable acts to see Priest=Aura live. That is one of my favorite things. They played Homebake last year, which is a music festival comprising only of Australian and New Zealand acts for an all ages crowd in Sydney.
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Jet broke up  Headline: "Aussie band splits after running out of other people's songs to sound exactly like."
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Not enough hip hop in this thread. Here's one I prepared earlier: Aussie hip hop that is not about beers and bbqs: Hermitude - Your Call (feat. Urthboy & Elana Stone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmu-VC35PuA Luka Lesson - Please Resist Me (2011 Australian Slam Poety Champion) Skip to 2:20 for some of the best rhyming flow I think I've ever heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrP_WYqLWqY True Vibenation - Work, Work, Work Feat. Alphamama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFF4ZZhgneg Urthboy - Modern Day Folk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZdrhSj1y6g Astronomy Class - A Brighter Tomorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhTHpYWXZ0 Bliss n Eso - Coastal Kids (pretty cool extreme sports film clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLa32K74Zw Botanics - Simpatico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKhdwEWRilk Daily Meds - No Time Left https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT68XYZExmY The Herd - Only 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns82tHhJOr0 The Tongue - The Punch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mI5V8j2yQc Sketch The Rhyme - a hell of a lot of fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii-3YhnuHsk
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And John Williamson hasn't been mentioned yet: Just a Dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV3cL_dZeM8 A flag of our Own https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNYkHIjFrY Old Man Emu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLx4Os8TBs
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Has anyone mentioned The Presets yet? Let me: They're an electronic/rock/dance band that basically won Australian music in 2008. Here's a youtube of playing the ARIAS (our grammys, basically). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxV7F3Pum6E The song is called 'My People'. It inspired WIll.I.Am to make more electronic styled music. It's also a protest song about refugees. Seriously! Australian electronic music had kind of a weird renaissance starting 2006. Here's another track, again, Live, but a little less of a lame crowd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66bQLdVNZBc well why not fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Apr 4, 2012 |
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The Presets' show at Sound Relief a couple of years back was amazing. There was a loving off huge storm raging when they came on and people went mental. Also: 1) The singer's wife/girlfriend/partner/whatever is outrageously hot and 2) their daughter is  as hell. Sat next to them at a Japanese place on King St and she spent the entire time making faces at me and my friend. True story.
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As much flack as the Presets got locally after a while (because My People was everyfuckingwhere) I still adore their live show. It's stupid fun to dance to.
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Disembowelment were one of the pioneering death/doom bands, they only have one album but it's classic and excellent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4jNutSDUE The drummer and guitarist have a new band called Inverloch that have a CD coming out soonish. On first listen it's pretty good deathy doom. A stream is available here. http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/04/03/exclusive-full-album-stream-inverlochs-dusk-i-subside/
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Shenadigins posted:And John Williamson hasn't been mentioned yet: I was obsessed with John Williamson when I was 7 years old because I was on a road trip with my family up to Far North Queensland and the only music that we played were John Williamson tapes. After we came back home, mum bought me tickets for one of his shows playing at the local RSL and I ended falling asleep midway through the gig. Then I started losing interest. First concert I ever went to (if you don't count going to see The Wiggles as a 3 year old). Now I'll just post Crocodile Roll because you didn't. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqnIXn7DuM8
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magic pantaloons posted:Now I'll just post Crocodile Roll because you didn't. Is it just me or do you not tend to find this kind of humour and creativity in American country music. I mean John Prine is cool but JW just has such a more diverse range. Sure he can be overly soppy and sentimental some times but his good songs are just great.
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Hobo Erotica posted:Is it just me or do you not tend to find this kind of humour and creativity in American country music. I mean John Prine is cool but JW just has such a more diverse range. Sure he can be overly soppy and sentimental some times but his good songs are just great. To be honest, I hate country music in general like a lot of other people but at least JW has humour in his work. All these contemporary Australian Country Music stars poo poo me to tears. Nothing will ever beat Slim Dusty though.
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magic pantaloons posted:To be honest, I hate country music in general like a lot of other people but at least JW has humour in his work. All these contemporary Australian Country Music stars poo poo me to tears. Nothing will ever beat Slim Dusty though. Look into Wagons. http://wagonsmusic.com/
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I, Butthole posted:Look into Wagons. I've heard of them, never listened to them. Maybe I'll try them sometime.
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Count Chocula posted:When I first moved here I met a girl at O-Week. She took me to the campus concert. Dave McCormack opened, and I loved it. George (Katie Noonan's band) were so bad I ended up leaving. At the end of the night I found Dave and hugged him. Dave's awesome. The first time I met him he hugged me for having a large face. Also he's known to have hurtled through the Brisbane CBD singing along out of a car window to his first solo album. magic pantaloons posted:
This may explain - The DC3 - Henry loving Wagons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7igqDDLMw Damien from The DC3 used to be in TISM. As explained by 'I Was The Guy In TISM'. They're great live if you ever get a chance to see them, but like TISM, their performances are rare. Speaking of rare performances, someone else who never loving tours these days is Pinky Beecroft. There's already been some mentions in this thread of Machine Gun Fellatio, but after their (not so amicable) split in 2005, Beecroft went off and did his own stuff, releasing 2 albums - Somethin' Somewhere Better and Pretty Black, as well as writing a fairly forgettable telemovie about zombies at a rock festival in Sydney Harbour. Anyway, he's pretty cool and very friendly (unless you're a creepy stalker type - he has a few of those). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUQpQUv4VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0NH1jCxI2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki1PDAUdZRg
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Snowman were definitely one of my favourite Australian bands of recent years, pretty sad that they couldn't keep it together over in Europe. Their drummer played until he looked like he was about to die every time they did a gig. I think it's a shame The Jezabels didn't release Prisoner as a single because it's easily the best track on the album of the same name, instead I got sick of hearing endless summer all year  .CaptainYesterday posted:Jet broke up. Turn that frown upside-down 
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Joe Mckee of Snowman is touring his solo stuff, I saw him recently in Sydney. It's... not very good. Think of all the really slow bits on Horse Rat and the Swan, reduce it down to one person and remove any semblance of melody or excitement. I'll still probably buy it though... DC3 on the other hand are absolutely fantastic and I had a great time at the tiny club where he played set by both Root! and DC3. I really think that songs like "Danni from Dan Murphys" and especially "Back to Mine" are the best and most honest 'Australiana' songs of the last few years. It's definitely an improvement over the last releases of TISM. On the subject of Pinky Beecroft, when he was starting his solo work I remember hearing a song called "I like films about morons" on TripleJ and could never find it again. Does anyone know if it exists in any form somewhere?
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I'm going to plug my friend's band (a band I was in for a time from it's inception, but other stuff forced me to re-prioritise). Aside from my connections to them, I legitimately think they are an excellent band which I reckon local goons will like. They're doing an EP launch on friday night at the Cherry Bar in Melbourne. They put on a good show. Here is the BandCamp if you wanna give it a listen. I would suggest "Gouge Out A View" as a starting point. http://magicbones.bandcamp.com/
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I like Wagons on record but they're too jokey live. Try Dead Letter Chorus, who make alt country that's just as good. Don't get them confused with Dead Letter Circus. The lead singer of the Rumjacks got arrested for domestic violence. I've supported them for ages and I didn't know how bad he was but I still regret it. On the bright side my current favorite Australian band, Wil Wagner and the Smith Street Band, are playing The Fest this year! It's a massive punk festival in Florida that should get them new fans. If you're in Melbourne check out their Old Bat residency. Sydney's glory comes from Royal Headache getting the national tour support for Black Keys. Can't wait to see them at Dig It Up this weekend. Anyone else going? Hoodoo Gurus, Sonics and Died Pretty will be amazing.
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Shunkymonky posted:On the subject of Pinky Beecroft, when he was starting his solo work I remember hearing a song called "I like films about morons" on TripleJ and could never find it again. Does anyone know if it exists in any form somewhere? 'Films About Morons' is just one in a long line of songs he's never released. Same goes for 'Rock Boots', for which he even did a video but it was only screened once at its launch show. There's also an entire album of electro pop he recorded with 3K Short (ex MGF bandmate) that he's been sitting on since at least 2008.
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I might still have a bunch of Pinky Beecroft EPs at work I can send out. The whole Australian humor in music thing reminds me of one of my favorite articles: http://m.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/let-there-be-rock-stars-20101001-160hm.html It's Bernard Zuel explaining how self-conciousness prevents Aussies from being pure rock stars. I thought Nick Cave was the rare exception but even he has his moments where I suspect the joke is on me. Or Brenden Suppression from Eddy Current, who never seemed fully comfortable. I'm typing this from the Beach Road Hotel, watching somebody try and sound like Jeff Buckley. For some reason.
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You guys can keep Shihad it's fine. I don't think anyone has mentioned Foetus yet and he(Jim Thirwell) is pretty amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1aNC7tmGfs edit: Gave Nail a listen in honour of my post and it really is brilliant. Foetus is to Nine Inch Nails as Nine Inch Nails are to Marilyn Manson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4lHWn7t_y0 Ratios and Tendency fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Apr 20, 2012 |
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Gotye currently has the #1 single in America.   There should be a Belgian flag emoticon as well. magic pantaloons fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Apr 20, 2012 |
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screaden posted:I'm going to plug my friend's band (a band I was in for a time from it's inception, but other stuff forced me to re-prioritise). Aside from my connections to them, I legitimately think they are an excellent band which I reckon local goons will like. The Magic Bones are indeed great, and very nice people too, so I'm seconding this recommendation. My band's played with them a few times and it was consistently awesome.
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Morning Bell posted:The Magic Bones are indeed great, and very nice people too, so I'm seconding this recommendation. My band's played with them a few times and it was consistently awesome. Hey cool! Someone else does know who they are, didn't expect that. Can I ask which band you are in?
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Having seen them a bunch of times at SXSW and now their home tour, I can definitively say that POND is better than Tame Impala by like, a million. And the new album owns.
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screaden posted:I'm going to plug my friend's band (a band I was in for a time from it's inception, but other stuff forced me to re-prioritise). Aside from my connections to them, I legitimately think they are an excellent band which I reckon local goons will like. CD in the mail, God I love bandcamp. Thanks!
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Shunkymonky posted:CD in the mail, God I love bandcamp. Thanks! No worries, glad you liked it enough to buy it!
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A Sound Mind My friend bought their CD on the street at random one day and they turned out to be quite good. Mix of orchestral music with alternative rock. A few of the stand out tracks are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJ1knUddbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fP0aDKiU9k Bandcamp I think they've split up though.
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I'm obsessed with The Bombay Royale currently from here in Melbourne. They just released their debut album last week, but are one of the best live acts you'll see around. They mix Surf rock with Bollywood soundtrack style tunes, an 11 piece band with classically trained singers that sing in Hindi, world class musicianship. But really don't take themselves seriously with crazy cheesy 70s Bollywood action film inspired costumes and names like "The Kung Fu Dentist" "The Bandit Priest" "The Railways Mogul" They got an album launch coming up at the Hi Fi bar in Melbourne next month, last time they played a gig there they had Indian DJ's, Bollywood dancer chicks, these awesome Indian drummer guys and then every so often huge 12ft costumed Ganesh Elephant God things would wander into the crowd and dance. Total party atmosphere. Worth taking a few minutes to check. A live track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXFC7YArcLw and a studio track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR2Mn_-RIJA&feature=channel&list=UL
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Was anyone else at Dig It Up yesterday? I hate to say this, but after a day of amazing music the Hoodoo Gurus were a bit of a let down. Most of the other garage acts on the bill emphasized simplicity and directness, but the Gurus seemed twisty? Off? It's hard to describe. Or maybe it's just impossible to follow The Sonics, The Fleshtones, and Steve Wynn. Straight Arrows and Royal Headache were fantastic as usual, of course. I dare anyone to go to a Royal Headache show, watch Shogun bounce around the stage, and not smile.
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Count Chocula posted:Was anyone else at Dig It Up yesterday? I hate to say this, but after a day of amazing music the Hoodoo Gurus were a bit of a let down. Most of the other garage acts on the bill emphasized simplicity and directness, but the Gurus seemed twisty? Off? It's hard to describe. Or maybe it's just impossible to follow The Sonics, The Fleshtones, and Steve Wynn. They're supporting The Black Keys when they're coming to Australia in October. I didn't get to see them at the BDO in 2011 when they pulled out. I wonder if there's still tickets for the Newcastle show.
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I, Butthole posted:Obligatory-is-anyone-heading-to-Splendour-post No. Too poor to go to Splendour even though I want to see At The Drive In.
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Shittest line-up since Splendour has started. I'm too poor anyway.
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bowmore posted:Shittest line-up since Splendour has started. I'm too poor anyway. yeah man, coldplay and kanye over fukken at the drive in and jack white **~~~~gently caress the haterz nicki minaj erry day~~~~**
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I, Butthole posted:Obligatory-is-anyone-heading-to-Splendour-post Nah, only bands I like are Shins and Jack White, and I'm nervous that they may have strayed from their roots. And they've both announced sideshows.
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