Tag: "2006 albums"

Sheriff : Sheriff
0 Comments. 784 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 3:19pm.
  If you’re looking for slick production, atmospheric soundscapes or catchy pop hooks, you best look elsewhere. If you dig fat, bawdy grooves, lots of exuberant hollering and music that’s generally free of spit and polish, then Sherriff are your bag.   This is the Melbourne three-piece’s debut EP, and it’s a raw and beer-soaked as it is fun. This band’s music sounds like it’s the... Read More
Skylion
0 Comments. 545 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2012 @ 10:40am.
  Forming only a couple of years ago, this Melbourne based pop-rock four piece have literally dreamt up a very unique and different way of marketing their music and getting it out there to music loving punters across Australia and the rest of the world, as lead vocalist/guitarist/keysman Ryan Wodson explains.   “We were burning two of the tracks off our EP [for people], but we wanted... Read More
Tiesto to Headline Stereosonic
0 Comments. 1,676 Views. Posted 3 Apr 2012 @ 3:00pm.
Cat's out of the bag, thanks to a sneaky tweet some of us at the Beat offices were sharp enough to catch! Stereosonic - the yearly festival synonymous with the beginning of the summer party season for many a clubber in Australia is one we all look forward to year in and year out, and with none other than Tiesto taking out the headline slot, it should be a non-stop party. Many of you would have... Read More
Yacht Club DJs
0 Comments. 1,076 Views. Posted 3 Apr 2012 @ 10:59am.
  Has it really been a full twelve months since we’ve heard or seen from Yacht Club DJs, Australia’s leading purveyors of mash-ups par excellence? Having spent nearly three solid years touring Australia, in both regional headline tours as well as a regular fixture of major festivals like Big Day Out, Splendour In The Grass, Parklife and Falls, the partners in crime – Gareth ‘Gaz’ Harrison... Read More
Castaway with Warwick Thornton
0 Comments. 835 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2012 @ 3:35pm.
This April, writer, director, cinematographer and artist, Warwick Thornton, will join the team at ACMI as he reveals his top five films of all time in ACMI’s popular Desert Island Flicks program.  Having developed an extensive body of work as a cinematographer and short film director, with titles such as Green Bush and Nana, Thornton made a splash with his debut feature, Samson &... Read More
Xavier Rudd
0 Comments. 1,396 Views. Posted 15 Mar 2012 @ 2:18pm.
It's been quite a while since Xavier Rudd has released a solo album. His last release was 2010's Koonyum Sun, credited to Xavier Rudd and Izintaba, and before that his most recent solo record is 2008's Dark Shades Of Blue. Rudd recently returned to the studio to record a new batch of songs and an interesting theme to knit them together, the first taste of which is Follow The Sun, a... Read More
60 Seconds With... Bearded Gypsy Band
0 Comments. 656 Views. Posted 13 Mar 2012 @ 1:59pm.
  So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band?  The band name is The Bearded Gypsy Band. We draw sounds and influences from around the world, and throw them together to create an eclectic sound.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? People often have mixed responses, but in general I believe we... Read More
Oscar Mulero's First Australian Tour Announced
0 Comments. 615 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 1:47pm.
Oscar Mulero's enduring presence in the world of techno is a testament to his continued relevance as a passionate collector of timeless techno classics with a finger on the pulse of electronic music - from the end of the eighties all the way up to today. No stranger to the endless crowds of Sonar and Movement, last year saw him release his debut full-length album Grey Fades to Green, warmly... Read More
Single Of The Week - Graham Coxon : What'll It Take
0 Comments. 772 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 8:39am.
  I like Graham Coxon. When I was eighteen, he told me I my life was full of possibility. It was 1997, and we were having a drink in the bar of a shitty hotel in Adelaide and I was complaining about having a small life in a small town, my fear of being trapped in a small town forever, and he told me I shouldn’t assume anything about the future. He also said be careful what you wish for. And... Read More
Molly Meldrum Thanks Friends, Family And Fans For Well Wishes
1 Comments. 1,299 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 9:16am.
Molly Meldrum has publicly released a statement expressing his appreciation for the support he's received throughout his recovery from a horrifying fall while putting up Christmas decorations in December last year. "Although I am not ready yet, I can't wait to go home, to look after Ziggy, to see my friends, and to properly thank them, my family and the hundreds of people who sent their best... Read More
Slow Club
0 Comments. 682 Views. Posted 17 Feb 2012 @ 8:58am.
  Almost two years ago to the day, Slow Club stole my last twenty bucks. At Sydney Festival to see Camera Obscura, I was stunned by the opening act who all but blew them off the stage. Unsure if I’d ever be able to hear their music again, I almost had to fake a seizure to get through the crowd at the merch stand to grab their first album, Yeah, So?. The long, penniless walk home was worth it... Read More
Due Paesi, Due Cuori
0 Comments. 1,607 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 9:02am.
  Due Paesi, Due Cuori began as one of those rare true tales told to the director that so captivated him, he had to share. Translating to ‘two countries, two hearts’, Rob Lo Bosco offers the story fully formed, but in actuality it was revealed to him in snippets. The genesis of the story is almost as unique as the production itself. Lo Bosco, a practitioner of Chinese medicine, was regaled... Read More
The Dead Leaves
0 Comments. 1,327 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2012 @ 9:02am.
  It might be a peaking summer day outside, but in the air-conditioned confines of a label office, half of Melbourne’s The Dead Leaves are looking, as always, extremely dapper. “We heard you were coming, so we dressed up” jokes guitarist Andy Pollock, bedecked in a neat pressed shirt framed by a waistcoast and full Windsor-knotted tie. He is flanked by frontman Matt Joe Gow, he of the cool... Read More
Tex Perkins - The Man In Black
0 Comments. 1,495 Views. Posted 10 Feb 2012 @ 9:27am.
  The date was January 13, 1968. Johnny Cash was in the midst of performing two now-legendary shows at California’s infamous Folsom Prison. The performance was being recorded, the inmates were going positively nuts, and Cash was hitting his stride. But then a photographer invaded his personal space. In a moment of rage, Cash flipped the bird to the unfortunate snapper. The resulting... Read More
60 Seconds With... Grande Flash Vs. AlithiA
0 Comments. 779 Views. Posted 7 Feb 2012 @ 11:00am.
  So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? GF: Grande Flash. We started from 'Chico Flash', and invited musos that we like combining drums, bass, guitar, violin, sax & flute! A: I'm the video guitarist from AlithiA. I cue & mix live video using a custom made guitar and software.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon... Read More
Opiuo Returns For Hometown Glory
0 Comments. 667 Views. Posted 5 Feb 2012 @ 5:59pm.
Fresh off the Rainbow Serpent lineup, the party don’t stop for our much-adored Melbourne favourite Opiuo – prodigious producer of glitchy, funked-out beats to get any party bouncing. Originally hailing from the New Zealand countryside, Opiuo now represents the northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he's been busy developing a solid international reputation for his vibe-ridden party-rocking tunes... Read More
Evanescence
0 Comments. 901 Views. Posted 2 Feb 2012 @ 6:57am.
  Amy Lee from American gothic rock outfit Evanescence turned 30 years old in December 2011. Her band formed in 1995, and so if you do the maths she was just in her mid teens when she put together the outfit that has gone on to sell records in the tens of millions, win Grammy Awards and gain all sorts of other awards, accolades and successes since. However, she tends not to view this in such... Read More
Circa Survive
0 Comments. 756 Views. Posted 31 Jan 2012 @ 10:29am.
  Band names can be funny things, and the way bands come up with them can be just as curious. Sometimes they just appear and everyone in the band agrees (although it's safe to assume this is pretty rare.) Sometimes they come after a drunken night raiding dictionaries, thesaurus' and other similar reference works. Occasionally band members throw words into a hat and draw them out. And in the... Read More
Saves The Day
0 Comments. 963 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2012 @ 10:02am.
  Interviews are often a necessary evil that musicians must endure ‘til no end. Tired and weary of answering questions that sound no different from the last batch, it’s not always the most enriching process for the creative mind. Yet there are times when the process helps musicians better understand the music they’re being quizzed about. It can be a therapeutic event, one where the musician... Read More
Cathedral, Paradise Lost and Turisas Sidewave
0 Comments. 3,956 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2012 @ 2:17pm.
Closing the curtain on a stellar career spanning two decades, doom metal legends Catheral have announced their last ever headline shows as part of two exclusive sidewaves.  In over 20 years on the scene, Cathedral have proved themselves to be a band who not only transcend metal, but all or any genre classifications one might attempt to restrict them within. Yet far beyond all expectations,... Read More
Tune-Yards
0 Comments. 1,932 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 2:04pm.
If Tune-Yards hasn't bleeped upon your radar at all this year, run to your nearest rock and keep hiding. Merrill Garbus's second LP, w h o k i l l , is sure to sneak its way into many critics' end of year Top 10 lists for its rowdy, bold - and above all else, loud - melding of sirens, saxophones, percussion, shattering glass, loops … and voice, used as much as an instrument as a tool of... Read More
Cameras
0 Comments. 1,200 Views. Posted 1 Dec 2011 @ 9:03am.
Cameras have been giving Australians their daily dose of exquisite moodiness for over three years, so it's about time something good happened to them. The Sydney band are hitting the trifecta this month; they just got back from a killer stint in the US, they're about to embark on a headline national tour, and their debut album has been released on both sides of the equator. Not bad for a group of... Read More
Husky
0 Comments. 1,940 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:43am.
You could forgive Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss for being nervous. Their self-produced debut full-length, Forever So , is just days away from release. Yet in the late afternoon sunshine at Southbank, vocalist/guitarist Gawenda and keyboardist Preiss sound remarkably self-assured and mature, all things considered. Over a few ginger beers and chips, half of Husky don't look like a young... Read More
Frivolous
0 Comments. 753 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 2:33pm.
Daniel Gardner might have been raised in Canada, spending time disassembling appliances and building strange gadgets, but today his main focus is travelling the world and spreading his love of jazz-infused minimal beats - and he makes no bones about it. "School for me was really lame. The kids were all super tough assholes. I know I am complaining and I guess a lot of people had similar... Read More
Straight to You: Triple J’s Tribute To Nick Cave
0 Comments. 1,933 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 8:51am.
There are few artists who have maintained a career that is bold, sweeping and durable enough to be placed into their national pantheon. Nick Cave has earned the right to be considered an Australian treasure throughout his illustrious, almost 40-year career as a musician, actor and writer. It was only a matter of time then, before his legacy was to be celebrated by the legions of musicians he has... Read More
Donny Benet Announces Return
0 Comments. 1,400 Views. Posted 7 Nov 2011 @ 11:18am.
It looks like Melbourne is once again set to feel the heat, as everybody's favourite Sophisticated Lover Donny Benet has announced his return to our fair city. The upcoming single launch tour follows on from Donny's absolutely amazing album launch earlier this year, giving Melburnians another well-deserved opportunity to feel the touch.   As well as announcing the new tour, Donny has... Read More
Koraly Dimitriadis vs Ben John Smith
0 Comments. 2,564 Views. Posted 7 Nov 2011 @ 8:29am.
There's a theory that art must be confronting in ord er to be genuinely experienced. Like an evening news bulletin indulging a regular diet of death and destruction to attract and maintain its audience, art has frequently come wrapped up in an abrasive political covering. Ben John Smith, publisher of poetry online zine Horror Sleaze Trash , loves his confrontational poetic rhetoric... Read More
I Am The Avalanche
0 Comments. 1,334 Views. Posted 28 Oct 2011 @ 8:24am.
Sitting in amongst such luminaries of the world of heavy music such as Slipknot, System of a Down, Devin Townsend and Machine Head, I Am the Avalanche may not be the absolute biggest name on the Soundwave Festival bill, but according to the band's drummer and producer Brett Romnes, they are still a band you should avail yourself of a look at. They are a melodic punk band that project a raw and... Read More
Q&A: Apache Medicine Man
0 Comments. 691 Views. Posted 28 Oct 2011 @ 8:24am.
We hear you're taking time out of the studio to play Alcatraz At The GH tomorrow night. Have you seen the new look Greyhound since it's transformation? Apparently it's the shiz. We haven't had the privilege of seeing it first-hand yet but we've seen a few online pics and it looks like it might get pretty loose in there.   You recently made the Melbourne finals of the National Campus... Read More
Single Of The Week - Tully On Tully : Hard to Breathe
0 Comments. 1,384 Views. Posted 26 Oct 2011 @ 3:13pm.
Formerly Tully & the Thief, Natalie Foster has relaunched herself as Tully on Tully and released this very excellent debut single. Hard to Breathe is a lovely big tune, full of thundering beats and a huffy, determined melody. Nat’s voice is raw but honest, and hearty as hell – she sounds like a sweet, parochial version of Florence Henderson. Read More
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