Tag: "Eddy Current Suppression Ring"

Hoodoo Gurus' Dig It Up Expands
0 Comments. 676 Views. Posted 19 Mar 2012 @ 3:04pm.
  As if the Dig It Up! invitational announced by Hoodoo Gurus wasn't huge enough, the celebration has now been extended to take over four stages across three venues this coming Anzac Day. With the first announcement including The Sonics, seminal Australian outfit Died Pretty, US hard-rock outfit Red Kross, Japanese rock and rollers (and Tarantino favourites) The 5.6.7.8's,... Read More
Golden Plains Sixxx At The Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre
1 Comments. 2,525 Views. Posted 12 Mar 2012 @ 8:16pm.
The picturesque drive down the final stretch toward the Supernatural Amphitheatre was made a little more golden this year, with a horizonless ocean of sunflowers rising to face the day as a line of earlybirds made their bid for Bush Camp settlement. It was like a metaphor or someshit. Being a slightly-later-than-earlybird, we managed to score one of the final remaining Bush Camp plots – no bush... Read More
Eddy Current Suppression Ring : So Many Things
0 Comments. 1,285 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 2:57pm.
Eddy Current Suppression Ring are the greatest Australian band of the past decade. Is that the consensus? Did they end up cracking the mainstream? "They're playing Eddy Current at the football. You would like," read the text from my sister at quarter time at this year's first preliminary final. Have they in fact risen to the ranks of lowest common denominator, adrenaline/testosterone pumping... Read More
Total Control
0 Comments. 1,122 Views. Posted 7 Dec 2011 @ 8:06am.
If bands like Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The UV Race and Twerps have collectively proved anything, it's that Americans love a good helping of candid, Aussie garage rock. Various installments at different American music festivals, coupled with releases on renowned international labels like Goner and Iron Lung, records have seen the proliferation of these Aussie bands in the thriving American... Read More
Super Wild Horses
0 Comments. 661 Views. Posted 21 Nov 2011 @ 8:23am.
It's safe to say that things were pretty wild for Super Wild Horses at this time last year. Riding high on the acclaim generated by debut album Fifteen , the band found themselves setting off on a sprawling US tour which included a set at renowned musical showcase Gonerfest. With the craziness that comes alongside an album launch subsiding, the band has initiated preparation for their... Read More
Meredith 2011 Rumour Round-Up
1 Comments. 2,452 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2011 @ 12:23pm.
With the lineup to the 2011 Meredith Music Festival due to drop any day now, we thought we'd take a look and try to decipher the many acts rumoured to be gracing the Supernatural Amphitheatre. We already have official confirmation that Grinderman will be taking the stage around midnight Saturday - coinciding with a lunar eclipse, no less!   Preceding the announcement of Grinderman,... Read More
Cloud Control Win The AMP
0 Comments. 1,589 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2011 @ 9:10am.
 It's been a great year for Cloud Control, and now they've gone and won themselves the Australian Music Prize, $30,000 and some very, very well-earned praise.   Beating The Holidays, Dan Kelly, Sally Seltmann, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Gareth Liddiard, Tame Impala, Pikelet and Richard In Your Mind (although The Holidays snagged The Red Bull Prize for $15,000) they'll now... Read More
Seamus Anthony
0 Comments. 1,525 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2011 @ 10:59am.
Name: "Seamus Anthony."   Define your genre in five words or less:   "Thirsty zen pirate music."   How long have you been gigging and writing?   "Writing for 24 years and gigging for 19 years. Still a newbie, really. " What has been your favourite gig you've played to date?   "It's a choice between the biggest (supporting The Tea... Read More
Who Will Succeed? The AMP Shortlist Announced
0 Comments. 1,032 Views. Posted 2 Feb 2011 @ 1:30pm.
The shortlist for the Australian Music Prize was announced today in Sydney.   Last year the saccharine and generally bland Lisa Mitchell took out the prize of $30,000 and Oh Mercy also nabbed $15 000.   This year the entries are all pretty solid and it will definitely be a tough competition.   The artists and their nominated albums are:   Cloud Control – Bliss... Read More
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