Tag: "bar open"

Q&A: Aerials
0 Comments. 284 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 12:02pm.
Define your genre in five words or less:  Rock.    Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?  Usually people say we sound like early Muse, minus the classical influence and Queen-like falsettos. We get referenced to Cog as well, which is flattering, but you get that when you're an Aussie three-piece.   What... Read More
The Dub Captains
0 Comments. 470 Views. Posted 19 Feb 2013 @ 1:36pm.
At the time of this writing, Melbourne’s premier 15-piece “pseudo-reggae” act, The Dub Captains is halfway through a Friday night residency at Fitzroy’s Bar Open, and bassist Jim Grimwade is sounding pretty pleased with himself and his juggernaut of a band. Thirteen people were on the venue’s notoriously small stage the first two Fridays, and the whole 15 will be present for the last two. “Our... Read More
Brian Shimkovitz Announces Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 416 Views. Posted 17 Dec 2012 @ 10:09am.
Brian Shimkovitz, the man behind the widely acclaimed blog Awesome Tapes From Africa, will be heading down under for the first time early next. After researching the local hip hop movement in Ghana, Brooklyn dweller Shimkovitz is a trained ethnomusicologist who has accumulated hundreds of cassette tapes of rare African music from Zimbabwe to Ethipia to Senegal. Bar Open will be throwing a party... Read More
Sleep Decade Announce Single Launch And Debut Album
0 Comments. 816 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2012 @ 3:20pm.
Melbourne quartet Sleep Decade has finally put their dream pop tunes into something tangible with the release of their debut album Into Spinning Lights. The album was recorded in between “eating tim tams, surfing glennies and kicking the footy” at A Pocket Full Of Stones Studios in point Lonsdale, with the help of producer Nick Huggins.   To give the fans a little idea of what to look... Read More
Q&A: Lamarama
0 Comments. 680 Views. Posted 31 Jul 2012 @ 11:52am.
Define your genre in 5 words or less: In five words?! Well I’d…   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A psych-funkadelic-folktronic-auralgasm. But they might have trouble pronouncing that. It’s a bit different to your usual rock line-up, with a saucy horn section of flute and sax, some intoxicating guitar work and some... Read More
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