THEE OH SEES (REVISITED)

It's Monday and shit, another week. Thee Oh Sees are one of my favourite bands and their Brisbane show in December last year was THE BESTEST. Man I am getting dumb. Anyway this is another song from that show, 'Ghost in the Trees' off the album 'The Master's Bedroom is worth spending a night in'.

NEW OLD FOOTAGE - PINK REASON, NEVADA STRANGE + XNOBBQX

I don't put everything that I film on here. A lot of the time the video turns out too dark and/or the sound is too muddy which equals a shit waste of time for you and me. Here's some footage that I rewatched and thought it was worth posting.

PINK REASON



Pink Reason ruled when they played Brisbane during their Australian tour in September last year. The psychadelic mood they were inebriated in at the time resulted in a freaking great performance as seen in this video, an extended version of "Borrowed Time".

Note: This was originally very dark footage so I've used a cheap 'auto level' effect included in my budget video editing software to moderately enhance your viewing experience.


THE NEVADA STRANGE



The Nevada Strange are from Sydney and played Brisbane January 30th 2010 at the Empire Hotel. The band battled shitty sound and an indifferent audience but still pulled it off. I like that.


XNOBBQX



xNoBBQx have made a name for themselves over the 5 years of their existence by touring all over the world and releasing their noise on labels like Siltbreeze and their own Breakdance the Dawn. This was a show at their squat in Moorooka, Brisbane from August last year. While filming I thought they were just soundchecking until 10 minutes had gone by and I realised it was actually their performance (hence the origin of "eternal soundcheck"). I would describe this set as a complete anti-performance. It is no future music made by musicians that aren't trying to try and if that sounds like I didn't like it then you've got me wrong, this shit rules.

WHORES AT THE CLUBHOUSE 30-01-10

Sure I could make heaps of jokes regarding the title of this post, heaps. Instead I'm going to bore you and focus on the music. Whores are a great band from Sydney and I believe this was their first time up in Brisbane as support for The Nevada Strange. I'd describe them as enjoyably bleak doom punk or something, that sounds about right. This was also the last Clubhouse show to be held at The Empire and I am so freaking relieved. I filmed Nevada Strange and Slug Guts this night too but the crappy sound and lighting made it pretty horrible and I'd hate to waste your time. Like the amount of time I wasted at the bar waiting to get served because of uh, whores.

WHORES

WHITE COP / SECRET BIRDS AT THE CLUBHOUSE, EMPIRE HOTEL 12-11-09

Secret Bird's final show in Brisbane and also the launch of their album "Asleep on the Dragon". Slug Guts and Manic Eyes also played.

WHITE COP:





Filmed by Glen Schenau. I owe him a beer.

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