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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Walkin' Man
Seasick Steve is the man.
Born 1941 (that makes him 68 today) he spent much of his life travelling the States, hopping trains, looking for farm labour. In the 60's he got some work sound engineering around the place, making acquantinces that included Janis Joplin and in the 80's, Kurt Cobain. In the 90's he worked with Modest Mouse on a bunch of stuff (back when they recorded in Isaac Brock's garage I think).
Of much of his life, he said in interview;
"Hobos are people who move around looking for work, tramps are people who move around but don't look for work, and bums are people who don't move and don't work. I've been all three."
In 2007 he appeared on TV in the UK on Later With Jules Holland, and almost overnight, seasick steve was a star. A last minute addition to the lineup that night, the audience were greeted by this amazing one-man band- this old guy with an epic beard tapping his foot on a wooden box ('the missisippi drum machine') and howling a three song set of rip-roarin' blues played on a three-string guitar.
Since then he's released two succesfull albums and played to crowds of 60000 at Glastonbury.
Check it out! Seasick Steve- too legit to quit.
Dog House Boogie [Watch]
Born 1941 (that makes him 68 today) he spent much of his life travelling the States, hopping trains, looking for farm labour. In the 60's he got some work sound engineering around the place, making acquantinces that included Janis Joplin and in the 80's, Kurt Cobain. In the 90's he worked with Modest Mouse on a bunch of stuff (back when they recorded in Isaac Brock's garage I think).
Of much of his life, he said in interview;
"Hobos are people who move around looking for work, tramps are people who move around but don't look for work, and bums are people who don't move and don't work. I've been all three."
In 2007 he appeared on TV in the UK on Later With Jules Holland, and almost overnight, seasick steve was a star. A last minute addition to the lineup that night, the audience were greeted by this amazing one-man band- this old guy with an epic beard tapping his foot on a wooden box ('the missisippi drum machine') and howling a three song set of rip-roarin' blues played on a three-string guitar.
Since then he's released two succesfull albums and played to crowds of 60000 at Glastonbury.
Check it out! Seasick Steve- too legit to quit.
Dog House Boogie [Watch]
Monday, May 18, 2009
Hey Hey
Been a while since we heard much new from the Ghostwood lads. Here's a pretty suave-looking round up of their time living in London this year, along with a pretty-suave sounding studio take (the most polished track to emerge since the EP?) on live favourite Rest My Soul.
Ghostwood - Rest My Soul (2009) from Toto MacDonald on Vimeo.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ze Gonzales
Remember that adidas ad a few years back where Karen-O sang for a bunch of sleep-runners? So the guy who whipped that track up, Squeak E. Clean (as his mother likes to call him i'm sure) put out the N.A.S.A album a few months ago which was a bit of a fun.
Sure, Vice gave it a terrible-but-hillarious review, and the guestlist read like my Year 8 MySpace music blurb. But all things considered it was a pretty fun record in where good ol' Squeak E. got all his famous friends together and had them rap over some alluring, but not exactly life-changing beats.
Seriously though, Gifted was a great track; long-distance parts from Santigold, Lykke Li and Kanye (most embarrasing verse yet) forming a genunienly toe-tapping unit.
So anyway, the N.A.S.A dj machine (Squeak E and Ze Gonzales) is coming to our shores next month, headlining Oxford Arts and just generally doing their thing (making us dance). Check it out if you can do a pretty cover charge at the moment.
N.A.S.A Aus. Tour, June 4th - Oxford Arts, $36
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Vice
Basically this is the greatest magazine ever. If you're an adult then you will definately find it grossly offensive, but if- like everyone i know- you enjoy now and then a nice bag of cask wine and looking at shiny things, chances are you will find something interesting/exciting in any given issue of Vice.
My theory is that if this were not distributed for free, sporadically and a few in selected boutiques in the country, Vice would probably be pulled from most newsagent shelves. But aside from essential articles like 'Chilled Monkey Brains', and 'The Future Was Bullshit', there is a lot of actual food for thought.
The key to the magazine's continued success is a fine balance between serious feature articles, a lot of sarcastic interns let loose with the typewriter, and a whole lot of irreverance. If i were studying this at uni or school i would go so far as to maybe even say that the effect of this combination of hard-hitting news reports and stupidly off-beat jibes at everything with a price tag is to make a much higher statement regarding the unimportance of, well, things with price tags.
That sentence would have been too long for an essay on the subject but basically the moral of the story is, if you can find a copy (pretty much anywhere in Paddo or Surrey Hills)- then pick it up and have a laugh!
Get it aaaaaaat Incu, Dobry Den, American Apparel, China Heights Gallery, Nudie or Red Eye Records.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Burial & Four Tet
Good luck getting ahold of this!
Unnanounced, undetailed, and delivered in the most low-key of fashions, Wolf/ Moth Cub- a 12" collaboration by Burial and Four Tet is out this week, for order only (as far as anyone knows).
When word got out about the project last month this became overnight the most anticipated dubstep record of the year. Two of the most forward thinking electronic producers cutting an unpromoted single with an all-black sleeve? No way!
First orders sold out straight off the bat but it looks like Chemical Records have a few back in stock. If you're fammiliar with either artist, then get ordering quickly 'cos after this there wont be any more.
Unnanounced, undetailed, and delivered in the most low-key of fashions, Wolf/ Moth Cub- a 12" collaboration by Burial and Four Tet is out this week, for order only (as far as anyone knows).
When word got out about the project last month this became overnight the most anticipated dubstep record of the year. Two of the most forward thinking electronic producers cutting an unpromoted single with an all-black sleeve? No way!
First orders sold out straight off the bat but it looks like Chemical Records have a few back in stock. If you're fammiliar with either artist, then get ordering quickly 'cos after this there wont be any more.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Lay it Down
Good lot of internationals (oooooh lala) in town the rest of the weekend, especially Ratatat- those boys love Aussie and they play loud - ye yeah!
Thursday
Sherlock's Daughter + Brand New Math (NZ) - The Hopetoun, $10
Friday
Tiki Taane (also NZ) + Shapeshifter dj's- The Gaelic, $30
Art vs. Science + Papa vs Pretty - Oxford Arts, $12
Ratatat (US) + PhDj (top bloke) - Manning Bar, $35
And Satuday, for all the munters (jokes love youse!)
The Twelves (Brasil) + Miami Horror - Oxford Arts, $25
Monday, May 4, 2009
Mid Terms
Recent thoughts on Under Lights name them as a band you would like to settle down with, or alternatively call back after taking out for a nice seafood dinner.
All romanticisms aside, these guys rock hard and you should definately a) go on their myspace and listen to Cold Hands (outstanding southern rock kinda of vibe) and then b) come check 'em out this wednesday at Oxford Arts.
Underlights + Convaire- Wednesday May 6 @ Oxford Arts- FREE
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The Middle East
I'd never heard the name until my sister put this up on our iTunes yesterday. From what I can gather, The Middle East hail from Townsville (of all places) and have, in Blood made a song that would do some Canadians i heard about called Arcade Fire very proud. Its amazing.
They play the Factory Theatre in Sydney on June 6, and in a sign of big things to come have been booked for a spot at Splendour in the Grass in late July.
The Middle East - Blood
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Friday, May 1, 2009
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