Tag: "Gramophone record"

Arctic Monkeys : Electricity
0 Comments. 595 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 2:43pm.
  Even heavier than its precursor, Electricity is the B-side to R U Mine?,released to support Record Store Day. This one is a mess of distortion, the vocals buried beneath the slapping would-be Dave Grohl drums and the rolling QOTSA guitar line. Doesn’t sound like it was much of a song to start with, but the production makes it one big forgettable stew of sound. Read More
Bill Brewster Delivers an Education
0 Comments. 685 Views. Posted 29 Apr 2012 @ 4:42pm.
With a firmly-cemented reputation as one of dance music's key commentators and historians as well as an outstanding career as a DJ and producer over the past 30 years, Bill Brewster's voice is one that has played an undeniable role in shaping the landscape of the contemporary dance music industry.  As another writer once keenly noted: what Bill Brewster doesn't know about disc jockeying is... Read More
Synthetic Breed
0 Comments. 665 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2012 @ 8:11am.
  Titanic Melbourne industrial/cyber metallers Synthetic Breed have had a very long and colourful history. They've been through many of the extreme highs and rock bottom lows that hard working bands go through, and have emerged all the stronger for it. 2012 really sees them hitting their straps and kicking on in a big way. Their lineup is solid and strong, after a period of instability, and... Read More
Record Store Day 2012
0 Comments. 808 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2012 @ 11:23am.
  So much industry conversation nowadays is geared to the digitalisation of music and online sales. As comfortable and convenient as it is to have so many sounds at the click of your fingertips, it's also an incredibly insular and limited way to consume music – alone, in your room, as you discover and learn the loops and crunches and BPM that make up your ideal life soundtrack. The joys of... Read More
Q&A: Heartland Records
0 Comments. 640 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2012 @ 10:55am.
Tell us a little bit about your record store. We have been here for 18 years, and mainly specialize in import vinyl, CD and DVD. We cover quite a few genres including alternative, metal, rock, pop, gothic, industrial, punk and have approximately 20,000 new items, plus a selection of second-hand. We are open 7 days a week, located on Peel St opposite the Victoria Market.   What are you... Read More
Sheriff : Sheriff
0 Comments. 777 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
Iowa
0 Comments. 687 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 8:43am.
  Slogging it out over the last few years in the underground of Melbourne’s thriving live circuit, Iowa have been increasingly turning heads and breaking eardrums with their wall of noise sound and are now on the verge of seeing the fruition of their labours pay off in the release of their debut album Never Saw It Coming. Just weeks out from its official release and album launch,... Read More
Core - April 11, 2012
0 Comments. 1,124 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2012 @ 11:25am.
I went away this Easter with a bunch of friends and proceeded to consume my bodyweight in rum and chocolate. As per our usual tradition we took it in turns to choose albums to submit one another to. This is usually tear-free considering we all share spectacular taste in music, but the fun and games came to a dramatic halt when one participant declared they had no preference in music… ever… in... Read More
Skylion
0 Comments. 544 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
Altitude
0 Comments. 1,132 Views. Posted 3 Apr 2012 @ 11:14am.
  The notion of a band getting their 'big break' through their own due diligence isn’t an antiquated one. Certainly, there are some bands that are recognised for their immediate commercial benefits and scooped up by profit-hungry, soon to be exploited. Yet then there are acts like Altitude who received kicked in the door to the industry with a remarkable amount of determination for such... Read More
Core - March 28, 2012
0 Comments. 1,219 Views. Posted 28 Mar 2012 @ 5:48am.
  OK here’s a question: can you create a sound on an album that you can’t completely replicate live? Are you entitled to squeaks, bangs, squeaks and whistles, soprano vocals and ambitious meedly meedly if you know for a fact that you are unable to pull it off onstage? Keeping in mind that very few bands are able to exist entirely in the context of albums and that most bands will need to tour... Read More
Lisa Mitchell Heavenly Sounds Tour
0 Comments. 1,434 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 9:23am.
Following on from the huge success of last year's inaugural Heavenly Sounds tour, featuring Seeker Lover Keeper, the intimate touring concept returns this year with the incredibly sweet Lisa Mitchell. The tour will present a splendid opportunity for fans to preview material from Lisa's much-anticipated sophomore record - due out later this year.   As a precursor to the record, Lisa has... Read More
Q&A: Hellhounds
0 Comments. 585 Views. Posted 21 Mar 2012 @ 5:58am.
Define your genre in five words or less:  Retro-blues, rock, hairy men.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Check out that drummer! He's a cross between John Bonham and Animal from the Muppets!   How long have you been gigging and writing?Collectively, about 56 years.   What has... Read More
Electrelane
0 Comments. 1,222 Views. Posted 15 Mar 2012 @ 2:27pm.
There are sometimes questions in life that, while they may have been asked a thousand times before, still need to be asked. When it was announced that the thrilling and seminal post-rock act Electrelane were re-uniting after a hiatus in2007 to play a short tour of Australia, the question on everyone’s mind was one that wasn’t exactly answered five years previous: what brought on the hiatus in the... Read More
60 Seconds With... The Philistines
0 Comments. 703 Views. Posted 6 Mar 2012 @ 1:22pm.
So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band?The band’s name is The Philistines, my name is Chris, and I play guitar and sometimes throw things.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?Garage-Punk with a twist of wasted.   What do you love about making music?Playing live shows. When we... Read More
Pete Murray : Let You Go
0 Comments. 1,073 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 8:32am.
  Pete ‘Moist’ Murray, mayor of Blah Town, brings us another single from his mildly successful new album Blue Sky Blue. Repetition and awkward phrasing seem rife on this record. Not only is the album title twee and graceless, but this single includes the phrase ‘I have to let you go just like I want you to stay.’ Beware. It is dangerous because it almost makes sense, especially when he... Read More
Q&A: Ian Rickard
0 Comments. 679 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:30am.
Define your genre in five words or less: Melodic pop/rock.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Dude, that guy can sing!   How long have you been gigging and writing?I’m 23, and I wrote my first song when I was 14 or 15, but I’ve only taken it seriously the last two or three years,... Read More
Lostprophets
0 Comments. 1,637 Views. Posted 17 Feb 2012 @ 9:22am.
  When classic, almost parody-like images of rock'n'roll excess are conjured up, one can’t help but imagine the misunderstood heavy rocker sitting alone in his home, usually somewhere in Los Angeles. And though Lostprophets originally hail from Pontypridd, Wales, many of the members of Lostprophets, including drummer Luke Johnson now find themselves taking up residence in the City of Angels... Read More
I, a Man : You’re Boring Us All
0 Comments. 1,947 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 9:35am.
  It seems that many fresh, young bands these days tout the 'synths are the new guitar' philosophy, with banks of keys, loops, pads, laptops, electronic anythings replacing the familiar sound of the six-string. Not so the curiously-named Melbourne outfit I, a Man.   Following a half-year on from their promising debut EP, You’re Boring Us All further develops their reputation for... Read More
The Baron Vs. Deadly Are The Naked
0 Comments. 613 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 9:10am.
  Mark Turner, guitarist from The Baron takes on Deadly Are The Naked The new EP sounds huge! How did you write and record? The songs were written as a result of touring, rehearsal, and generally hanging out. Most of our songs evolve over time rather than in a few sessions. Recording was completed at Adelaide University’s recording studio, and our home studios.    Where can I get... Read More
DZ Deathrays In The Bloodstreams
0 Comments. 1,105 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 8:12am.
Melbourne's favourite raucous flavoured two piece have announced their debut album and a tour to coincide. Following years of tearing up shady house parties in Melbourne, the duo are expanding their horizons and stretching the globe. Their debut long player, entitled Bloodstreams, will be a 13 track attack on the senses. It'll hit all good record stores on Good Friday, Friday April 6. Read More
Bellusira Vs. I, Said The Sparrow
0 Comments. 789 Views. Posted 14 Feb 2012 @ 11:39am.
  Crystal (Bellusira) questions Sean (I, Said The Sparrow)...   You guys are from Perth, a rich area for bands to come out of. Is the scene still thriving over there? The scene is definitely thriving here. I've always thought that because we have a dwindling number of venues to perform at, bands are in a way forced to get their game to a higher level so there is a demand for them to... Read More
Scaramouche
0 Comments. 977 Views. Posted 7 Feb 2012 @ 12:52pm.
  It’s been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Yet this isn’t the case for Scaramouche, the Melbourne via Canberra five-piece act. Known for their propulsive rhythms and old-school, classic rock-influenced mentality, Scaramouche is remarkably content in their new surroundings. “It was the music scene that brought us here,” says drummer John Milton, on the line from his... Read More
British India
0 Comments. 1,486 Views. Posted 6 Feb 2012 @ 4:19pm.
  The St Kilda Festival is one of Melbourne's most enjoyable music events, and that's saying something. One of the big drawcards of the festival for 2012 is Melbourne-based indie rock band British India. This four piece have been treading the boards in venues across Melbourne and the country for eight years now, and have attained solid success in that time. Three albums (two of which charted... Read More
Extra Tickets Released For M83 Sideshows
0 Comments. 1,180 Views. Posted 27 Jan 2012 @ 10:10am.
After extraordinarily high demand for both his Laneway Festival sideshows, Prince Bandroom have announced extra tickets to French musician M83. M83's latest LP, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, is an ambitious 22-track record that has received critical acclaim and has also become his highest-selling record. Touring with his band, including the winner of an open audition hosted by Gonzalez for a multi-... Read More
Mogwai: Earth Division EP
0 Comments. 1,108 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 10:43am.
Scotland’s hardest working merchants of distortion are back with a follow-up to their mostly acclaimed Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. In typical Mogwai fashion, the five man band have taken what is perceived to be their sound on yet another detour. The Earth Division EP finds their tried-and-true aggression being expanded to explore all of its melodic scope. Hell, you could go as far to... Read More
Engine Three Seven
0 Comments. 1,000 Views. Posted 20 Dec 2011 @ 11:25am.
If their sophomore EP Atmosphere cemented them as a bonafide Melbourne rock juggernaut, then the upcoming DVD video album is set to put ex-Byron Bay lads Engine Three Seven on the map as one of the nation's most ambitious and sonically impressive live acts. Frontman Casey Dean reckons it's been a while coming, and the rest of Australia is about to find out why…  "We finished our... Read More
Noisia, Danny Byrd and the Brookes Brothers at Brown Alley
0 Comments. 1,581 Views. Posted 20 Dec 2011 @ 10:18pm.
Beats fiends of Melbourne have a spectacular few months ahead of them, and the latest party to land courtesy Twisted Audio, Mixed Messages and Bass Bin Laden is no exception.  The first Friday night of 2012 is looking pretty big at Brown Alley, with a lineup of internationals to make any raver’s heart beat a little faster.  Dutch beats trio Noisia are certainly qualified to lead the... Read More
The Strums
0 Comments. 2,184 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 2:11pm.
How cool is this for a first ever show? Supporting Peter Combe in front of a crowd donned in paper pirate hats - yep, The Strums can claim it as their debut on the live circuit a mere 11 months ago. Even cooler, their first ever tour around the country came a few months ago alongside the rockabilly-punkers King Cannons, an experience that guitarist/vocalist Eric Mewburn describes as eye-opening... Read More
Snakadaktal
0 Comments. 6,179 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 9:09am.
Triple j unearthed winners and latest signing to I Oh You records, Snakadaktal seem almost too good to be true. The teenaged band are a perfect synthesis of the best lo-fi pop produced in the last decade. All strange, laid back but urgent arrangements with catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics, they're at times reminiscent of the retreating wave of French pop vocalists in the tradition of air and... Read More
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