Tag: "Toff In Town"

High Highs Return To Australia
0 Comments. 155 Views. Posted 15 May 2013 @ 6:51pm.
The Sydney born and now Brooklyn based High Highs have announced a run of Australian headline shows. The duo released their debut LP Open Season earlier this year and brought their dream pop soundscapes to the stage at Laneway. High Highs are currently touring the US as support for Vampire Weekend will be returning to take to the stage later this year for Vivid LIVE. Read More
Knievel and Toby Martin Announce Joint Tour
0 Comments. 208 Views. Posted 15 Apr 2013 @ 10:36am.
Sydney quartet Knievel and Toby Martin have announced their Songs From the Emerald City  tour. Quite fitting as both bands released albums last year — Knievel released Emerald City, and Toby Martin released Love's Shadow. Knievel are known for their indie music that boasts influences of The Smiths and the Bee Gees; Toby Martin's debut Love's Shadow displays the grandeur of romance through... Read More
The McMenamins Announce National Tour
0 Comments. 352 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2013 @ 2:22pm.
Far North Queensland alt-folk sibling duo The McMenamins are proud to announce a national tour to celebrate the launch of their fourth album, Sand and Stone. The duo’s fourth album Sand and Stone is due for release in March and contains 11 new songs. “The album is built around expressions of our experiences over the past three years,” says one half, Fleur. “That includes stories about our... Read More
Q&A: Humans As Animals
0 Comments. 716 Views. Posted 1 Oct 2012 @ 7:17pm.
Define your genre in five words or less: Tom Waits impregnating Led Zeppelin.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Dave Matthews sweating Pink Floyd.   What do you love about making music? Tying a narrative arc to an aural arc, the way words gain weight when there are fewer.   What do you hate about the music... Read More
Puro Instinct Add Extra Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 1,024 Views. Posted 21 Sep 2012 @ 2:25pm.
California’s Puro Instinct have just announced a performance at The Toff In Town as part of their Australian tour this October. According to their bio, “If you’ve ever wondered what it might sound like if Nico were to start a band with Felt on a beach in Malibu, here you go”. Formerly known as Pearl Harbor, members Piper and Skylar Kaplan began playing together in the summer of 2008 with no... Read More
Regular John
0 Comments. 506 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2012 @ 2:14pm.
With the release of Strange Flowers, their second full-length, Sydney-based psych-rock outfit Regular John have truly found their voice.  While The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb, their debut record, drew critical acclaim it’sStrange Flowers that finds the band becoming more comfortable with their expansive, 60’s R&B-influenced sound. And as guitarist Ryan Adamson attests, it... Read More
The Knocks Debut Australian Tour
0 Comments. 458 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2012 @ 3:21pm.
New York duo The Knocks will be bringing their party times to Melbourne this December for their first tour of Australia.  Described as “the northern hemispheres version of the Bag Raiders” and touted by NME as “one of the '20 hottest producers in music right now', Ben  “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “Jpatt” Patterson have produced original material and remixes for Katy Perry, Britney... Read More
Sugar Army Announce Tour
0 Comments. 552 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2012 @ 12:48pm.
Having just released their second album in early September, Perth now-trio Sugar Army have announced a brief stint of east coast shows in celebration. The band's bassist Ian Berney left last year to join fellow Perth act Birds of Tokyo, however Sugar Army have managed to continue on to complete the band's most recent effort Summertime Heavy, with the three remaining members, Patrick McLaughlin,... Read More
Q&A: Flounder
0 Comments. 549 Views. Posted 13 Sep 2012 @ 12:05pm.
Define your genre in five words or less: A Funky Jiggity Smut   Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? We have just released our new single via Triple J Unearthed which is free to download, and our EP should be coming out around December/January   Why should everyone come and see your band? We play with a lot of energy and have a huge sound... Read More
The Medics
0 Comments. 556 Views. Posted 13 Sep 2012 @ 11:31am.
The Medics formed in Cairns but, feeling frustrated by the confines of the small town, the young musos made the move south to Brisbane. The city’s music scene can be quite small and incestuous – if somebody is in one Brisbane band, they’re in three or four – and I ask drummer-slash-vocalist Jhindu Lawrie what their experiences have been like thus far in Brisvegas, and whether or not they’ve been... Read More
Roller One Announce Double A-Side Single
0 Comments. 503 Views. Posted 2 Sep 2012 @ 11:37am.
Before embarking on another extensive European tour, Melbourne deep folk duo Roller One will be launching their new double A-Side My Friend, Complication/Someone Like You this month. After releasing their debut album Motorsports, touring overseas, supporting the likes of Okkervil River and playing Melbourne Festival in 2011, Roller One recently bunkered down to record the follow-up, due early... Read More
The Cactus Channel
0 Comments. 632 Views. Posted 1 Aug 2012 @ 6:52am.
Pop Haptics, the debut record from Melbourne ten-piece funk ensemble The Cactus Channel, into your hi-fi stereo system. Turn the volume knob up to its highest setting, sit back and soak in the tasty stew of raw and nasty funk served up alongside the sweetest soul-drenched RnB, then watch, bewilderingly, as your legs begin to shake uncontrollably. By then, you’re standing up and dancing like a... Read More
Don McGlashan To Play The Toff
0 Comments. 619 Views. Posted 23 Jul 2012 @ 5:12pm.
While he is most famous for his work with the Mutton Birds, New Zealand songwriter Don McGlashan will be visiting Melbourne. Now living back in New Zealand, McGlashan has released highly-acclaimed solo albums as well as some collaborations with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes and Paul Kelly. The Mutton Birds recently reformed for a tour in New Zealand and though they will be visiting the UK... Read More
More Harvest Sideshows Revealed
0 Comments. 2,017 Views. Posted 24 Oct 2011 @ 2:52pm.
Following on from Harvest Festival sideshow announcements from giants Flaming Lips and TV On The Radio, a couple of more intimate peripheral dates have been announced for artists Kevin Devine and This Town Needs Guns. Heartfelt Brooklyn songwriter Kevin Devine is the sole Soundwave Revolution refugee on the Harvest bill, and will now also take his intimate acoustic show to The Toff In Town... Read More
Q&A: Tully On Tully
0 Comments. 2,067 Views. Posted 14 Sep 2011 @ 10:28am.
What’s your name then? Oh. And the name of your band… Natalie Foster – Tully On Tully   And what do you do? I write songs and then sing them.   Why did you start doing that? To let out a little of my crazy and explore my thoughts and my surroundings.   Do you think you’re good at doing that? Of all the things I do, this is what I enjoy the most and am really passionate about.... Read More
60 Seconds With Khancoban
0 Comments. 920 Views. Posted 18 Aug 2011 @ 9:27am.
So then, what's the band name and what do you 'do' in the band? Khancoban. I sing and play the guitar.   What do you reckon people will say you sound like ?   We've been likened to Wilco, Belle and Sebastian, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, Yo La Tengo.   What do you love about making music?   The absolute release of making noise and taking chances. I think the more... Read More
Australasian World Music Expo First Announcement
0 Comments. 2,248 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 3:27pm.
Ever since my Greek grandfather used to wake me up by kindly bashing me across the head with his bouzouki, world music has been a part of my life. Luckily for me and thousands of others, the fourth annual Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) has been announced, ready to infuse the city with the finest roots music from around the world. The expo offers Melbourne audiences an exciting lineup of... Read More
60 Seconds With Alexis Nicole & The Missing Pieces
0 Comments. 2,289 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2011 @ 8:24am.
Hullo Alexis. What's your role here, then? Lead singer/songwriter/guitarist.   Splendid. And what do you sound like? Traces of Joni Mitchell, Ani Di Franco, Tracy Chapman… but there's personal gypsy-folk/ alternative flavour that comes from creating songs as kid based on Michael Jackson, Mum's Ella jazz records, my brother's rap and sister's opera/folk.   What do you love about... Read More
Felix Reibl
0 Comments. 2,708 Views. Posted 5 Aug 2011 @ 9:26am.
When Felix Reibl found himself alone in New York after a devastating break-up, the best therapy turned out to be songwriting.  "I honestly didn't plan for this album - it found me. It tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Felix, go and write instead of chain smoking and not eating.' I got a plane back to Australia, finished the songs, and within ten days we were in the studio." For anyone... Read More
Teeth & Tongue In Store
0 Comments. 1,781 Views. Posted 25 May 2011 @ 3:32pm.
Beat's 1269 cover darlings Teeth & Tongue will play an in-store performance at Polyester Records this Friday May 27. Jess Cornelius (vocals) and Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie (guitar) along with Damian Sullivan (bass) are armed with sumply an old 50 drum machine, an electric guitar and some beautiful songs.   Together, they make Teeth & Tongue and they've just released their sophomore album... Read More
JK-RUFF
0 Comments. 2,925 Views. Posted 20 May 2011 @ 4:06pm.
Name/Band: "JK-RUFF."   Define your genre in five words or less: "Psychedelic folk rock."   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? "'In this musical landscape of disposable gimmick pop, these guys have re-instilled my belief in rock!' (fan - Espy April 27, 2011)."   How long have you been... Read More
Buchanan To Support Tim & Jean
0 Comments. 2,061 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2011 @ 1:15pm.
Coming somewhere out of Melbourne and almost directly into stardom Victorian boys Buchanan have scored another support slot worthy of praise. Without even a debut EP to their name Buchanan have been wowing crowds with their live show alone.   But with five star reviews from the triple j music director and an opening slot at the Melbourne Laneway Festival this doesn't appear to have... Read More
Tim & Jean
0 Comments. 2,961 Views. Posted 8 Apr 2011 @ 4:55pm.
While some have already pigeonholed electronica sensation Tim & Jean into the MGMT and Passion Pit box, one half of the duo, Jean Capotorto, claims critics are getting a little ahead of themselves. To prove them wrong, the pair are currently planning a brand new album which is set to surprise both the nay-sayers and the fans alike. “We’ve been sitting on this album [Like What] since October... Read More
Seekae
0 Comments. 3,539 Views. Posted 31 Mar 2011 @ 3:01pm.
After building upon their primitive chiptune-heavy infancy, Sydney three-piece Seekae emerged with their debut album The Sound Of Trees Falling On People, then going on to cement a reputation as a killer live act. The outfit now look set to establish themselves as one of the nation’s premier electronic artists with the release of LP number two, +Dome. “It’s actually pronounced ‘plus dome’,”... Read More
Tim & Jean on Facebook Like What?
0 Comments. 3,309 Views. Posted 25 Mar 2011 @ 2:42pm.
Every day until the release of their new album Like What, Tim & Jean are streaming one of the tracks from the new serve of electronic sounds on Facebook. And all you have to do in order to hear the stream is Like Tim & Jean on Facebook.   And on the eve of the album's release the whole album will be up for streaming. After making their way into the finals of triple j's unearthed... Read More
Gabby Young
0 Comments. 875 Views. Posted 17 Feb 2011 @ 9:17am.
Putting Gabby Young in a black and white newspaper is a bit like switching off the colour on a rainbow; it’s just not the same show. Thankfully audiences will get to experience the full colour extravaganza when she and her band tour Australia this year. Their album, We’re All In This Together , has already got off to a good start in... Read More
The Buegs
0 Comments. 1,891 Views. Posted 28 Jan 2011 @ 9:08am.
What’s your name and the name of your band?   “Dan, The Buegs.”   And what do you do in the band?   “I play guitar, sing and write songs.”   Who else have you and your band worked closely with?   “We're good friends with Canos and had heaps of fun with I Heart Cusack. Sam Lowe from Salt Studios recorded us recently, he's a champion... Read More
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