KNEE CHIN / POLYFOX AND THE UNION OF THE MOST GHOSTS / BLANK REALM AT LABEL PARTIES #4 26-06-10

The 4th Label Parties event held in the Fortitude Valley mall, this time the focus is on humble Brisbane label Bedroom Suck Records. It was a lot more laid back than the RIP Society Label Party the month before but still a decent night showcasing some of Brisbane's best bands. There was also a lunar eclipse which made everything a lot more cosmic.


KNEE CHIN





An absolute Brisbane treasure. If you haven't checked out Knee Chin yet then now is the time buddy.


POLYFOX AND THE UNION OF THE MOST GHOSTS





Newcastle's Polyfox and the Union of the Most Ghosts returns to Brisbane and comes as a much more traditional 3-piece rock setup than the solo collaborative experience we saw in September last year. A fun set that mixed revamped versions of the instrumental journey songs he's reknowned for as well as introducing for the first time vocals on a few songs.


BLANK REALM



I've run out of different ways of saying 'Blank Realm are awesome' but despite the fact I've seen them a million times, I never get sick of seeing them play. Blank Realm are awesome.

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For anyone interested, I've started a new blog about all the bands and stuff I was doing from 2004 to 2008. Heaps of downloads, nostalgia etc.

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ABSOLUTE BOYS / FEATHERS / VELOCIRAPTOR AT CUBBY HOLE 19-06-10

Cubby Hole is closing down and I'm unsure whether it'll continue at another venue so this is probably the last thing I'll film from there. END OF AN ERA, MATE.


ABSOLUTE BOYS



Hailing from Melbourne and featuring former members of Eucalypt and Ohana, Absolute Boys play Brisbane for the first time. I really liked it, someone described them to me as 'My Disco meets Fabulous Diamonds' which is kinda maybe fitting but I thought they were different enough to stand on their own. Which is a good thing, Duh.


FEATHERS





Gotta love Feathers, the first video is a brand new song with an appearance by Andrea Blake from Chrome Dome. The second video is a Rolling Stones cover. Enjoy.


VELOCIRAPTOR



Geeez man, Velociraptor have more members than I have mice in my kitchen which is a freaken lot. Spazzed out garage rock and a good example of how to get your friends into a show for free - just give them a tambourine.

SKY NEEDLE AT OBJECTOPHILIA LANEWAY EXHIBITION 18-06-10

I kind of just staggered into this show and let Sky Needle blow my frazzled mind then left. It happened in Spencer Lane in Brisbane City as part of Objectophilia Laneway Exhbition.

SKY NEEDLE

GREG CHARLES / STAG / PASTEL BLAZE AT BURST CITY 12-06-10

Damn Burst City is a good venue. With a newly constructed stage and sensibly designed banner proclaiming 'BURST CITY' above it the night went off. I'm gettin' old but this could be the new 610 so enjoy it while it lasts kids. Creepy laugh.


GREG CHARLES



Toowoomba based former Blonde Cobra / 6Majik9 member Greg Charles plays a rare live set. I last saw him play like 5 years ago, shit. Nice guy, for want of wanting to describe it, I'd say this was "bleak doom folk" and it was good.


STAG



Making their venue debut, Brisbane supergroup STAG, undeniably under the influence of carbs and pheromones power through a set of pop hits.


PASTEL BLAZE



Decent fundamental punk rock on display here. Features Innez from Feathers and other Brisbane luminaries. Little to no internet presence EXCEPT THIS which kind of rules.

SCRAPS / EXTRA FOXX / HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW / LEWIS O'LEARY & THE CUCUMBERS AT CUBBY HOLE 10-06-10

Gosh! What a nice n' relaxed Thursday night of music from some of Brisbane's overlooked finest. Gosh! Every second post on this blog seems to be from a show at Cubby Hole. Gosh! I woke up too early today.


SCRAPS



I was born a Scraps fan and I'll die a Scraps fan, damnit. If this doesn't make you feel nostalgic for those days as a kid growing up in a housing complex on the Gold Coast then you aint me.


EXTRA FOXX





"What's the set gonna be tonight, Conwae?" I asked the man behind Extra Foxx right before the show.
"Pure sex" He slurred, confidently puffing away on a cigar and wearing his best suit. I stared.
"Or the lack of," he added. Great set.

The second video 'Horses' is a cover, originally by Sally Timms of the Mekons and was also performed by Will Oldham. Thanks Wikipedia.


HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW



Heart Flew Like an Arrow is like liquid. It changes a lot and moves squishy and uh, that's all I got. Shit analogy. Anyway this aint bad, it caters to my preference of 3 piece bands - Straight to the point and no jerking around.


LEWIS O'LEARY AND THE CUCUMBERS



Lewis O'Leary and his band of misfits perform neurotic folk tunes to close out this fine evening and the $5 I paid to see it all was well spent. Gosh!


THE END.

THE IMPROMPTULONS

The Impromptulons are a long standing, seldom playing Brisbane psych collective with a revolving cast of members - this incarnation includes Sarah Spencer from Blank Realm, Joel Stern from Sky Needle (and a million other awesome projects) as well as other famed notables from Brisbane's noise kingdom. The video was made late last year for an Audiopollen DVD compilation that was never released. It features sweet tripped out visuals courtesy of Leif Gifford.


THE IMPROMPTULONS

KNEE CHIN / BLANK REALM / DUD PILLS AT CUBBY HOLE 5-06-10

Adelaide's Dud Pills play Brisbane for the first time launching their debut cassette "SEXY AS HELL".


KNEE CHIN





Two new songs from Knee Chin!!!!1


BLANK REALM



Brisbane's hardest working and this blog's most filmed band Blank Realm wrote this song the afternoon of the show which is pretty awesome/fresh.


DUD PILLS









Alright listen up anonymous reader of my little blog, I see a lot of bands play, hell that's all I really do. Most bands don't really do anything for me, then there's a small few that make the nightmare of wasting my life bearable and maybe even agreeable. One of these bands is yep, Adelaide's Dud Pills. They're one of the best bands nobody has ever heard and that's why I've put up four songs from their set here, usually my limit is two but these guys are worth your time.

THE SEIZURES / THE THIN KIDS AT PADDINGTON FAIR 5-06-10

The third annual Paddington Fair, which happens at the park down the road from my house and is a small celebration of the area in which I live. It was a really nice afternoon, there was even a sausage sizzle and I bought two. Suburb pride ya'll.


THE SEIZURES



There is only one word to describe The Seizures set and that word is 'sick'. Featured an appearance by enigmatic local genius Henry Mills on a mysterious noise belt machine no doubt invented by himself.


THE THIN KIDS



Everett True of The Thin Kids sums up his experience (courtesy of facebook):

"played at on open fair Paddington festival today. think I totally confused all the louche grunge heads stuck in an early 90s (anti-) fashion timewarp by being a) English, b) really fucking old, as old as my mum man and c) quite pop actually.
Fuck the kids man."

I think that's a little harsh but I enjoyed it, despite being a hardened Deadnotes fan myself. This could be due to being mentally destroyed and hungover from the night before or maybe I was just glad to be out of the house.



HERE IS A PHOTO OF PADDINGTON AS SEEN IN 1929. HAUNTING.