Tag: "rock"

Trigger Jackets : Hurricane
0 Comments. 1,505 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2011 @ 10:00am.
Perth's Trigger Jackets peddle a fierce brand of rolling stoner rock. The production is crisp on their latest EP, allowing three expertly crafted tracks to shine. Taking their cues from Queens Of The Stone Age and Foo Fighters, they've written ballsy, masculine tunes, complete with curt-but-dirty guitars lines, whomping rhythms and a smooth, crooning vocal. Hurricane, in particular, has all... Read More
Wire
0 Comments. 1,250 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
London’s Wire have, in some form or another, existed now for 37 years. But the band mostly associated with post-punk and experimental albums Pink Flag , 154 and Chairs Missing, have seemingly stood at the cusp of dissolving for most of their musical life. They rarely communicate, and spend more time on solo or side projects than ‘doing’ Wire, and... Read More
Potential Falcon
0 Comments. 1,229 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
Jack Colwell & The OWLS
2 Comments. 2,443 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Jack Colwell & The OWLS will play at vintage venue The Butterfly Club on February 1.   This chamber folk rock/electronic artist from Sydney independently released his EP, White Noise, in 2008, and is now debuting songs from his first upcoming album Picture Window, which will be released in April this year. Pigeons & Peacocks is Jack's first show in Melbourne to be performed at The... Read More
Stone Temple Pilots Australian Tour
0 Comments. 3,287 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
  US rockers Stone Temple Pilots often top wish lists of which bands punters would most like to see.   Early hits such as Plush, Sex Type Thing, Vasoline and Interstate Love Song established them as a force to be reckoned with.     Their distinctive sound, comprised of glamorous riffs and howling arrangements set to an enviable swagger has marked Stone Temple Pilots a staple... Read More
The Scenic: Bipolarid (Victory Records)
0 Comments. 992 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
  Bipolaroid, the second album from American pop-rock band The Scenic, suggested itself (on its cover) to fans of Taking Back Sunday. This recommendation couldn’t be more accurate, considering how reminiscent of their pop-rock peers The Scenic are upon first experiencing them. Even the image of children on Bipolaroid’s cover art prompts recollection of the child on TBS’s... Read More
The Poor
0 Comments. 2,454 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
They say that if you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t there (yes, ‘they’ talk a lot, don’t they? Apparently it was actually Robin Williams who said it originally). Maybe the same could be said about the weirdest of all decades, the ‘80s. Aussie hard rock band The Poor formed way back in the era of cheesy glam rock, high-waisted trousers and mullets, although... Read More
Dili Allstars
0 Comments. 3,652 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Paul Stewart personifies the essence of rock ’n’ roll ideology. Stewart is most famous for fronting iconic Australian rock band, Painters And Dockers, but his work in Dili Allstars has left a profound social and cultural impact on the lives of our less- fortunate neighbours in East Timor.   Stewart’s ties with East Timor were sewn when his brother, Tony, was one of five... Read More
Little Miss X: Clock Puncher
1 Comments. 1,961 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Offensively fowl-mouthed, dark and disturbing, Little Miss X’s sophomore release “assaults the barriers between spoken word/poetry and song,” say the band themselves. Twins Jonny and Marty Hammer drop Clock Puncher only nine months after their first release, and were invited to participate in a couple of events in the Melbourne Writer’s Festival for their efforts.  ... Read More
Breaking Orbit
0 Comments. 1,941 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
Breaking Orbit are a Sydney-based progressive rock band with a big sound and some big ambitions. And hearing their recorded works and seeing them live makes it obvious that they have the musical and performance goods to back these ambitions up to the hilt. They have the type of sound and show that may appeal to an audience... Read More
Ben Kweller
0 Comments. 994 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Ben Kweller might just be the nicest person I’ve ever interviewed. Right at the beginning of our chat, he opens up to me and tells me that he has to go to his wife’s grandmother’s funeral tomorrow, creating a sense of intimacy that you rarely expect from phone conversations. His soft, melodic voice is simply a pleasure, and I feel like we’re friends already, somehow. As... Read More
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