Tag: "Ben Salter"

Q&A: Ben Salter Vs Mike Noga
0 Comments. 252 Views. Posted 12 Dec 2012 @ 12:21pm.
Ben asks Mike: What is your favourite album at the moment / of all time? Man, that's a tricky one. If we're judging using a system of "most plays at home" it's probably got to be Van Morrison's Veedon Fleece, which is strange because I don't really consider myself a huge Van Morrison fan. I find that album very soothing. Makes me feel like porky little angry Van has come into my lounge room and... Read More
Ali E @ Workers Club
0 Comments. 1,342 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2012 @ 11:44am.
  It was a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, perfect for an afternoon of melancholic yet inspired music from some of the cities promising young stars. It was the launch party of Ali E’s debut solo album Landless, and she'd brought along some like-minded musicians to help her celebrate the occasion.   First up were Elephant Eyes, a four-piece fronted by Kate McMahon, who despite... Read More
Ben Salter
0 Comments. 3,137 Views. Posted 8 Sep 2011 @ 9:24am.
Ben Salter needs no introduction. Well, he might, but he shouldn't - dude has been a founding member of seven bands over his career: from the raw, hard rock of the Giants Of Science, through the more middle of the road stylings of the Wilson Pickers to the experimental garage briccolage of The Young Liberals. He may be best known to readers of Beat as one of the mesmerising frontmen of The Gin... Read More
The Wilson Pickers : Northcote Social Club
0 Comments. 1,682 Views. Posted 28 Apr 2011 @ 11:42am.
Arriving in time to catch Sweet Jean, we were pleased and surprised to see that one of the Wilson Pickers himself, Sime Nugent, was half of the duo. Performing some nice vocal harmonies with Alice Keath on guitar/banjo duties and Sime on guitar and harmonica, the pair and their songs about “sex and death” provided a good opener for the night. Although in their very early stages, the duo will be... Read More
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