Tag: "Harmony"

Harmony
0 Comments. 442 Views. Posted 26 Mar 2013 @ 1:02pm.
There are two recurring themes in Tom Lyngcoln’s songs: the harsh, Fatal Shore landscapes of his Tasmanian upbringing and the equally desolate squalor of the mainland cities. “Geography’s probably played the biggest part in everything I’ve done,” Lyngcoln says. “I think it created my particular sound, allowed me just to concentrate on what was just going on immediately around me. Part... Read More
Harmony Announce 7" Launch
0 Comments. 244 Views. Posted 26 Feb 2013 @ 12:23pm.
After a stellar showing at the return All Tomorrow's Parties, Harmony have announced a headline Mebourne show. The performance marks the launch their a brand-new limited-edition 7” single Do Me A Favour.   Also performing on the night will be The Stevens, Mere Women, and more to be announced.   Check out our Beat TV interview with the band at All Tomorrow's Parties. Read More
ATP I'll Be Your Mirror @ Westgate Entertainment Centre and Grand Star Reception
0 Comments. 810 Views. Posted 26 Feb 2013 @ 10:56am.
Precursor to everything, it was hot! Held in the scant, industrial confines of Altona North, the site for ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror was a wonderfully dated oasis, desperately in need of refurbishment on the outside, sparsely adorned inside: no doubt a hub for gymbaroos, bookish tennis and '80s consumerism.   Rolling into the large Stage One at the most intense moment of the day I’m witness... Read More
The Good Hustle at Abbotsford Convent
0 Comments. 1,188 Views. Posted 20 Oct 2012 @ 9:45am.
The Shadow Electric Bar and Abbotsford Convent are proud to present The Good Hustle – November Music Salon, bringing some of Melbourne's best musicians to one of the city's most beloved locations. The Good Hustle is a series of shows by handpicked artists over six intimate nights. The delightful double headers will feature the likes of World's End Press, Collarbones, Lost Animal, Harmony, The... Read More
Die! Die! Die! : Harmony
0 Comments. 734 Views. Posted 4 Oct 2012 @ 9:59pm.
With each album Dunedin trio Die! Die! Die! release, they prove themselves to be the complete opposite to a one-trick pony – each album striving forward, displaying an evolution and maturity in the band’s composing abilities, all the while maintaining the raw aggression they became known for way back in 2005. Now with album number four Harmony on the loose, they have once again taken a giant... Read More
Beat's 2012 Mid-Year Wrap
0 Comments. 1,607 Views. Posted 10 Jul 2012 @ 11:04am.
Hey 2012, I just met you, and this is crazy, but amidst all the YOLO, bath salts zombie breakouts, #stopkony, Gina Rinehart takeovers, venue closures, errant cocks, there was some pretty amazing music released and some incredible gigs taking place. Looking back on the first half of 2012, Taryn Stenvei, Tyson Wray and Lachlan Kanoniuk put forth their favourite tracks, gigs and LPs. BEST TRACK I... Read More
36th Port Fairy Music Festival @ Port Fairy
0 Comments. 2,240 Views. Posted 27 Mar 2012 @ 12:53pm.
  As always the fantastic Port Fairy Folk Festival was jam-packed with so many interesting acts that it was hard work trying to see everything. Our weekend began with the Cat Empire’s Harry James Angus who proved to be an engaging solo performer and Tinpan Orange who nailed some truly amazing vocal harmonies on Bottle of Whiskey. The shuddering life-affirming funk of The Bamboos provided a... Read More
Pajama Club : TNT For 2
0 Comments. 631 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 8:20am.
  The family Finn brings us another strange and evocative tune, carrying Neil’s simple but plaintive song writing in fresh new directions. The vocal echo is heavy as hell, warping the beautiful, sailing melody into something dark and uncertain. TNT For 2 has incredible texture, but a strong chorus too, scribbling organ runs and some very odd “Gregorian-tinged harmonies” at the end. Really... Read More
Brous
0 Comments. 836 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 8:46am.
  Last October, to cap off an already accomplished 2011, Sophia Brous was astonished to hear of her nominations for not one, but three EG Awards – Best Song (for Streamers), Best New Talent and Best Female Artist – but for fortunate music fans who had already witnessed the talents of this truly versatile artist, the acknowledgement was hardly unexpected. The Melbourne singer-songwriter was... Read More
The Maccabees : Given To The Wild
0 Comments. 967 Views. Posted 8 Feb 2012 @ 10:06am.
  Given To The Wild is the third album by inventive English five-piece band The Maccabees, who are enjoying the heady delights of receiving that rarest of treats: popular success mingled with critical caresses. This atmospheric thirteen-track opus stormed into the Number Four spot on the Official UK Album Chart upon its first week of release and has been praised heartedly by English music... Read More
Harmony, Saturday December 17, Phoenix Public House
0 Comments. 974 Views. Posted 17 Jan 2012 @ 3:26pm.
    I’ve walked past the Phoenix Public House a million and one times and never so much as had a beer in the cosy front bar, let alone seen a band in the venue. As I stepped in there, I found myself wondering how this could possibly be the case. I nervously propped myself against a questionably structured railing in the corner of the room and was completely smitten with the place. It... Read More
Georgia Fair : All Through Winter
0 Comments. 1,112 Views. Posted 13 Jan 2012 @ 8:54am.
When I first saw Georgia Fair play it was in a support slot for Oh Mercy, and the Sydney duo of Jordan Wilson and Ben Riley performed a sublime rendition of Crosby Stills & Nash's Helplessly Hoping. A gutsy play no doubt, but they were able to pull it off - so much so that the pedant in me didn't even get riled up about the ignored third harmony part.   The wistful acoustic finger-... Read More
Björk : Biophilia
0 Comments. 1,261 Views. Posted 11 Jan 2012 @ 9:45am.
Biophilia is easily Björk's most ambitious project to date. While it's easy to get distracted by the technological innovations that she has facilitated around it - the educational iPad apps alone may have far-reaching effects on future artistic endeavours - the fact remains: Biophilia is also Björk's most musically potent record since 2004's Medulla, and arguably since Homogenic back in 1997.... Read More
The Miserable Little Bastards : Misery Loves Company
0 Comments. 3,078 Views. Posted 15 Dec 2011 @ 8:27am.
Super groups can be risky. Too many strong personalities can cloud the vision of an album, too many cooks in the kitchen can spoil the broth, and so on and so forth. With the amount of local talent brimming from The Miserable Little Bastards cup this could have been the case but the first album from the collective is anything but a spoilt broth. In fact, the eight musicians that make up the The... Read More
Lester The Fierce : The Summer Deluge
0 Comments. 1,787 Views. Posted 25 Nov 2011 @ 12:00pm.
Though still largely unknown, local artist Anita Lester has already done more in her four year career to push the envelope in music and performance than many do in their lifetime. Lester's first exposure was as the singer songwriter of unorthodox acoustic trio Me And The Grownups, a group whose rich fusion of folk melodic sensibility, classical composition and poetic lyrics, was all the richer... Read More
The ReChords
0 Comments. 3,391 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 10:09am.
" There are a lot of bands in Australia that perform many of the standards in the rockabilly genre and that's not a bad thing, but The ReChords are taking a different path," says double bass player Tyron Shaw. "We believe in the songs we are performing, whether they be a cover or one of our many originals, and I think that comes across to the audience." The ReChords formed in 2009 when... Read More
Brous : Brous
0 Comments. 1,500 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 9:26am.
It's a seldom occurrence to hear a debut record as accomplished and beautifully articulated as Brous' self-titled debut EP. But, then, this is Sophia Brous - an incredible vocalist who has weaved her eclectic artistic gifts through various sectors of our local music scene. Having studied jazz at VCA, Boston's New England Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music, Brous brought a wealth of... Read More
Single Of The Week - Winter People : Wishingbone
0 Comments. 2,384 Views. Posted 6 Oct 2011 @ 8:55am.
Sydney six-piece Winter People have a luscious sound that falls in between Temper Trap and Arcade Fire, a beautiful but distinctly Australian take on baroque pop. Wishingbone is their first single and it storms out of the gate, a rich blend of vocal harmony, violins and thundering drums, and flighty lyrics about far borders and animals in the rain. A hugely accomplished debut. Read More
Julian Abrahams From Mustered Courage
0 Comments. 1,998 Views. Posted 6 Sep 2011 @ 2:29pm.
Who are you and what are you doing here?   I'm Julian Abrahams. I flatpick the shit out of the acoustic guitar 'til my wrist hurts, sing some harmonies 'til Nick says I don't suck and write some tunes until someone says they like one. W hat do you reckon people will say you sound like?   Now that banjos and mandolins are 'cool' again I think we're gonna get the Mumford and Sons... Read More
Little Dragon : Ritual Union
0 Comments. 2,071 Views. Posted 2 Sep 2011 @ 8:34am.
Ritual Union is the third full-length album from Swedish electronic-happy quartet Little Dragon. 'Less is more' is used in play with Ritual Union. Little Dragon have created an album that despite its scarcity, still maintains a graceful pop sensibly, unforced and weirdly natural.  What is instantly engaging about Ritual Union is the songs are almost naked; every track delicately... Read More
Taking Back Sunday : Taking Back Sunday
0 Comments. 1,302 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 8:41am.
Attractive cover art, my existing regard for their music, and news of the original band reuniting after seven years separation, roused my curiosity about alt-rockers Taking Back Sunday's self-titled album. As if returning to an old lover, embracing memories glossed with retrospect, only to realise that the past can't be recaptured, I was subconsciously hoping to hear another Tell All Your... Read More
Stratified Mantra
0 Comments. 1,537 Views. Posted 9 Aug 2011 @ 2:36pm.
I've always been told that when you want to reach inner peace, meditate. It's the best form of healing and creating a clear mind. But then there are those moments when meditation won't help, and people feel the need to express themselves through other means. David Freney-Mills has taken this search for inner peace and harmony and expressed it through a diverse range of paintings in his new... Read More
Taking Back Sunday : Taking Back Sunday
0 Comments. 2,172 Views. Posted 27 Jul 2011 @ 3:13pm.
Attractive cover art, my existing regard for their music, and news of the original band reuniting after seven years separation, roused my curiosity about alt-rockers Taking Back Sunday's self-titled album. As if returning to an old lover, embracing memories glossed with retrospect, only to realise that the past can't be recaptured, I was subconsciously hoping to hear another Tell All Your... Read More
The Laurels : Black Cathedral
0 Comments. 1,756 Views. Posted 20 Jul 2011 @ 2:50pm.
The Laurels are a psych rock outfit from Sydney and Black Cathedral is the opening track on their Mesozoic EP. This warped, grinding, bluesy tune has all the hallmarks of the stoner come wall-of-guitar sound - a churning rhythm, spacious, climbing riffs and a hypnotic melody, all brooding storminess and agitation. If it doesn't advance the genre much, it at least demonstrates how good it can be... Read More
Times New Viking : Dancer Equired!
0 Comments. 1,443 Views. Posted 8 Jul 2011 @ 10:35am.
Listening to Move To California, one of the highlights off Times New Viking’s prior LP Born Again Revisited, you almost had the sense that there was a gentle pop track whimpering to be released from underneath the relentless pounding of drums and overblown, but not exactly distorted, guitar licks.   Funnily enough, it was none other than masters to the apprentices Yo La Tengo who nurtured... Read More
The Demon Parade : To The Mountain
0 Comments. 2,253 Views. Posted 20 May 2011 @ 12:11pm.
Another dreamy track from another local four-piece, but leaning here towards country-tinged West Coast psychedelia. It's a worn sound, but they do it well; the lush guitar layers and vocal harmonies on To The Mountain create a warm, drawling, cinematic air. Lyrically, it's all abstract images of distant peaks and amnesiac strangers - a surreal, prog-influenced tapestry. Read More
Popboomerangs Various Artists : Electric & Eclectic: Rarities Volume One
0 Comments. 2,255 Views. Posted 12 May 2011 @ 10:35am.
Local independent label Popboomerang Records has shone a deserving light on great melodic guitar-pop for the past decade and they've assembled a diverse gem here with Electric & Eclectic: Rarities Volume One- a compilation comprising previously unheard originals, covers and alternate versions.   Electric & Eclectic opens with a cover of Tom Petty's Straight Into Darkness from... Read More
Jamie Robbie Reyne : Remember To Breathe
0 Comments. 1,952 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2011 @ 10:47am.
Bullshit! Jaymz: Oh man, that’s the fucking melody and chord progression from Sweet Child O’ Mine! Mel: Bullshit! Listens in silence. Jaymz: (sings) “I said, ‘Hey, hey, hey, What’s going on?’” Jaymz and Mel in unison: It’s also Four Non Blondes! Mel: What’s this song called? Amelia and Jaymz (in unison): Sweet Child O’ What’s Going On?   Read More
Hazelman Brothers : I Put You in a Song
0 Comments. 1,394 Views. Posted 6 Apr 2011 @ 11:53am.
A lovely, fragile tune from Chris, Mick and Stu Hazelman, three brothers who all play guitar and sing a mean harmony. Sweet notes drop like water through I Put You In A Song, which combines a Medieval folk aesthetic with a kind of melancholic, minimalist chain gang blues. This delicate tune is the lead single from the Hazelman Brothers’ debut album, Eyesight Like An Owl.   Read More
Icecream Hands : Live At Manchester Lane
0 Comments. 2,038 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2011 @ 11:52am.
The Icecream Hands, along with other sadly missed Australian legends such as The Dead Salesmen, shimmered with a poetic and evocative lyricism. These thought-provoking storytellers, capable of sharp witticism, always seemed to be armed with a knowing grin, a bucket-load of melody and the types of songs that lock happily in the memory banks for all eternity.   With the band vanishing... Read More
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