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Oh Mercy Announce Final Melbourne Shows For 2013
0 Comments. 257 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 1:39pm.
Oft-lauded champions of Australian songwriting Oh Mercy have announced their final headline shows for the year before making a start on their new LP. Oh Mercy frontman will also open for the full band in solo modeAlexander Gow will perform solo, playing songs from Privileged Woes, Great Barrier Grief and some new songs and rarities, while being joined on stage by different special guests each... Read More
Oh Mercy : Fever
0 Comments. 263 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2013 @ 2:30pm.
Oh Mercy continues to deliver the funk. Fever has a grotty sax line, some warped guitar notes and a bluesy swagger that follows confidently behind The Black Keys. Read More
Oh Mercy Joins A Day On The Green
0 Comments. 525 Views. Posted 12 Feb 2013 @ 12:45pm.
The Neil Finn & Paul Kelly a day on the green concert just got a whole lot tastier with the addition to the bill of special guest support band – Oh Mercy. Headed by songwriter Alexander Gow, Oh Mercy is the perfect addition to this wonderful evening of music in the beautiful surrounds of Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley. Read More
Oh Mercy : Pilgrim's Blues
0 Comments. 320 Views. Posted 12 Dec 2012 @ 4:12pm.
More meaty, swinging beats from Oh Mercy’s Deep Heat, not massively dissimilar to Drums. The rhythm is different but the feel is the same, a kind of choir-boy-gone-bad-meets-bottle-of-whiskey pop, complete with hot organ heat and some ominous piano notes. Nice. Read More
Oh Mercy @ The Hi-Fi
0 Comments. 452 Views. Posted 6 Nov 2012 @ 10:27am.
A balmy Melbourne night was the perfect night for some warm vintage-inspired tunes. There was a certain electricity in the air as the crowd made its way casually into The Hi-Fi Bar. While it was understated it was there and only grew as the night went on. Perth up and comers Split Seconds warmed things up and impressed those that made it to the venue early. Their modest acoustic-driven rock... Read More
Falls Announces More Acts And Comedians
0 Comments. 984 Views. Posted 10 Oct 2012 @ 11:42am.
Just when you thought that Falls Music & Arts Festival had a sweet enough line-up with UK indie-rockers Maxïmo Park, The Vaccines, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Irish dance-pop band Two Door Cinema Club, it just got better. You'll get to immerse yourself in Deep Heat  with Oh Mercy, Pope Innocent X with Bertie Blackman, while Fremantle indies San Cisco and The Jungle Giants will let you get... Read More
Oh Mercy : My Man
0 Comments. 1,224 Views. Posted 12 Sep 2012 @ 8:45am.
The smouldering My Man, one of the highlights from Oh Mercy’s stellar Deep Heat, is a lot of things Australian music usually isn’t. Taking cues from late ‘70s, early ‘80s heroes such as Roxy Music, the track is powered by an intoxicating bass groove with tasty lashings of horn action. Breezy, sexy and decidedly cool. Read More
Oh Mercy : Deep Heat
0 Comments. 1,677 Views. Posted 29 Aug 2012 @ 7:01am.
Success. It’s the reason why most musicians are in the music industry to begin with. What someone defines as success however varies depending on who you ask. It could be having a loyal fan base who go to all of your shows, having enough money to pay the rent or being a celebrity and trashing hotel rooms. While not indulging in typical rock star antics the Melbourne five-some (having recently... Read More
Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 948 Views. Posted 28 Aug 2012 @ 11:06am.
Alexander Gow, lead singer and progenitor of oft-lauded Melbourne outfit Oh Mercy, is a free man. With Deep Heat, the band's third full-length record, Gow's inhibitions have confounded expectations, retaining the championed pedigree songwriting virtues and parlaying them into something imbued with a resounding sense of fun – something decidedly sexier. Noticeably calm on the eve of the LP's... Read More
Oh Mercy Bring Deep Heat To A Tram
0 Comments. 1,473 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2012 @ 2:47pm.
The hugely successful Tram Session have announced the next act to surprise lucky commuters, with Oh Mercy touching on to perform this evening. At 7.15pm tonight, Friday August 17, Alex of Oh Mercy will board a tram at a mystery location and showcase material from their upcoming sexy new record, Deep Heat.   Check out the Tram Sessions Facebook page for the location closer to the performance... Read More
The Elvis Presley Tribute: 35th Anniversary Show
0 Comments. 1,206 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2012 @ 7:51am.
As far as tribute shows go, there could be few more exciting in the land than that planned at Yah Yah’s for the 35thanniversary of Elvis Aaron Presley’s death. The King (of babes) had a lustrously versatile voice and received unusually widespread success covering many genres, which is why hearing a stack of your favourite and varied musicians play his material is going to be so amazing. With a... Read More
Oh Mercy : Drums
1 Comments. 870 Views. Posted 11 Jul 2012 @ 12:19pm.
Oh Mercy embrace the funk, swinging low, loose and bass-heavy on Drums. The melody rolls and pitches, playing out one way on the lead guitar, another way on the piano, the layers distinct but subtly intertwined. When the brass kicks in, it’s squat and grimy; a big dirty sound to offset Alex Gow’s Prince-emulating falsetto. Nice work. Read More
Oh Mercy Deep Heat 2012 Tour
0 Comments. 1,196 Views. Posted 5 Jul 2012 @ 11:47am.
Oh Mercy, one of Australia's foremost beacons of pristine songwriting, are gearing up to rub in a bit of Deep Heat this August with their third full-length LP. To celebrate, the band are hitting the road for a massive national tour. After hitting the States to plug away in the studio and tour extensively, the band led by Alex Gow have returned to unleash the fruits upon the ears of their local... Read More
Georgia Fair : All Through Winter
0 Comments. 1,114 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
Oh Mercy, November 25, The Hi-Fi
0 Comments. 1,169 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 10:02am.
In a week that saw praise for Cold Chisel, Hoodoo Gurus and Dolly Parton, it is satisfying to witness healthy numbers for local, emerging artists too. Owl Eyes, Brooke Addamo, warms up with synth-driven, pop; vocals airy and clear. She's raided the Underbelly Razor wardrobe department and her crowd is staging a sit in. Perhaps this is where Occupy Melbourne has relocated to.   It's nice... Read More
Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 1,144 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 10:04am.
On a chilly Sunday afternoon in August, in a festival tent at Splendour In The Grass, young Aussie band The Middle East played their last ever show. Nobody knew except the band themselves, who announced in the middle of their set that they were officially no more. A murmur of shock and surprise ran through the crowd, and for the members of Oh Mercy, who had played on the same spot just moments... Read More
Kins : Dancing Back And Forth, Covered In Whipped Cream
0 Comments. 2,401 Views. Posted 21 Jul 2011 @ 10:00am.
Alexander Gow and Thomas Savage are both talented but palpably distinct singer-songwriters. It was no surprise, then, that this would underpin Savage's decision to depart Oh Mercy for his own creation, Kins. Whereas Gow writes with an unabashedly romantic, personal and candid fervour, Savage's style is more metaphorical/abstract, observational and inquisitive (Savage wrote Met A Wizard on Oh... Read More
Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 4,602 Views. Posted 9 Mar 2011 @ 9:00am.
Three of the vibrant colours splashed across Alexander Gow's shirt are represented on the fruit platter in front of him. Endearingly, the Oh Mercy frontman confesses of being fruit-deficient, as if needing to justify his order's disparity from my Yirgacheffe latte. Despite being tucked away in an unsuspecting laneway, the cafe in which we meet on this warm mid-week afternoon is... Read More
Gossling To Support Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 2,003 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2011 @ 3:34pm.
Victorian songstress Gossling will be joining forces with Oh Mercy on their national ‘Great Barrier Grief’ tour.   Gossling (aka Helen Croome) has quickly gained popularity after the release of her EP If You Can’t Whistle in late 2009. Since then she has appeared at Woodford Folk Festival as well as touring with her current EP Until Then.   Supporting acts such as... Read More
60 Seconds With Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 2,030 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2011 @ 10:44am.
With Oh Mercy just having released their latest musical masterpiece, Great Barrier Grief, and about to head out on a three month tour I could think of no better time to talk to the genius behind the band. I chatted to Alexander Gow about everything music.   Tell me about the making of Great Barrier Grief. "I went to Brooklyn where I stayed a couple of months working on the album tracks... Read More
Oh Mercy : Stay, Please Stay
0 Comments. 2,400 Views. Posted 27 Jan 2011 @ 2:17pm.
A simple indie pop tune from the Oh Mercy album Great Barrier Grief, due out March 4. Vaguely twee, mostly sweet, the song is a low-key lover's lament employing scaling xylophone notes and a popping 4x4 beat, with a very retro fade-out at the end. A fade out! I didn't realise until just now that the fade out was so passé.   Read More
Potential Falcon
0 Comments. 1,207 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Melbourne-based indie-rock/classic-rock band Potential Falcon are playing at The Grace Darling Hotel on January 13.   Don, their long-time drummer, is leaving town this month so they thought they'd organise a final show to send him off in style.   Previewing an entire set of new material from their upcoming second album, they'll be joined by the fantastic Kins (Thom Savage of Oh Mercy... Read More
Oh Mercy Video Shoot
0 Comments. 1,264 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Do you wanna be in a music video? Do you live in Melbourne? Do you love Oh Mercy?   If yes, yes and yes, read on!   These young Melbourne songwriters are looking for males and females aged 18-25 to perform as unpaid extras in their new music video.   You don't need to be professional, you just need to be confident. Interested? Of course you are!   Shoot an email to... Read More
New Album By Oh Mercy To Be Released Early 2011
11 Comments. 2,483 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Young Melbourne songwriters Oh Mercy are proud to announce the forthcoming release of their stunning new album Great Barrier Grief, coming out on March 4.   But the album name has more to it than a play on words. Oh Mercy were heavily influenced by the classic Australian sound and lifestyle in crafting this gorgeous album full of timeless, acoustic pop tracks, and its title has been in... Read More
Oh Mercy for Christmas Eve
0 Comments. 862 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Christmas Eve just got that little bit brighter with Oh Mercy set to play at the Espy.   They spent the bulk of this year touring America for the SXSW festival and it seems to have paid off. With album number two just about done and dusted, Oh Mercy are set for a massive 2011, kicking off this silly season.   Come and get a taste of this wonderful blend of harmonies and a sneak peek at... Read More
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