ETERNAL SOUNDCHECK: THE FIRST YEAR (2010)

My humble little film about Australian music, 'Eternal Soundcheck: The First Year' can now be watched in full on Youtube. It was originally shown in Brisbane in September last year, followed by Melbourne and Sydney screenings in January, and in New Zealand at Camp A Low Hum in February. Now you can watch it on your laptop while drunk in bed. I've divided it up into 7 parts. Enjoy.




Part 1
Hobart - Ivy St, Drunk Elk, The Native Cats
Adelaide - Bitch Prefect, Terrible Truths, Dud Pills




Part 2
Canberra - Assassins 88, The Fighting League
Newcastle - Alps




Part 3
Sydney - Royal Headache, Naked on the Vague, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys, Holy Balm, Whores, Southern Comfort




Part 4
Melbourne - Chrome Dome, Wasted Truth, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Stabs




Part 5
Brisbane - Blank Realm, Gerald Keaney & The Gerald Keaneys, Scraps, Science, The Seizures, Per Purpose, Extra Foxx, White Cop, Sexual Chocolate




Part 6
Brisbane - Slug Guts, Sky Needle, Cured Pink, Stag




Part 7
Brisbane - The Deadnotes with Everett True, Kitchen's Floor, Blank Realm

IVY ST. / PAINT YOUR GOLDEN FACE / CAUGHT SHIP AT THE BRISBANE HOTEL 6-03-10

The Brisbane Hotel is like the Hobart equivalent of the Tote, or maybe to a lesser extent the Step Inn in Brisbane. A bit of a shit hole but a good atmosphere and I didn't mind it. This was the launch of Paint Your Golden Face's new album.

IVT ST.





Ivy St. rule, they kind of sound like My Disco crossed with Die!Die!Die! but from their own unique point of view. A Hobart treasure, mate.


CAUGHT SHIP



Caught Ship from Melbourne play a set that mostly confuses the audience. I thought it was great, really strange. They had to fly back to Melbourne early the next morning so they stayed up all night and got really messed up but ended up missing their flight anyway and broke down in the airport terminal.


PAINT YOUR GOLDEN FACE



Paint Your Golden Face also kind of confused me. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't say I really 'got' it and that was a little frustrating. This was the first time I've seen them though and I haven't heard the album so give it time Matt, give it time.

NATIVE CATS / GLEN SCHENAU / DRUNK ELK IN HOBART 5-03-10

A few blocks walk from the city centre of Hobart is what's called the Winter Palace. It's a large old sharehouse with a revolving door of tenants and it's pretty much central to the Hobart music scene. The power went out mid show unfortunately but was hastily shifted to another house and all was won in Tasmania.

NATIVE CATS





I don't really feel smart enough to accurately describe Native Cats so I won't but some key words that come into my failing brain are "mind blowing" and "awesome".

Some trivia - their singer is also a stand up comedian. Who would have thunk?


GLEN SCHENAU





Glen Schenau of Per Purpose / Marl Carx / Kitchen's Floor fame finds time in his busy touring schedule to perform a solo acoustic set. First of it's kind and it's really good.


NOTE: AFTER GLEN'S SET IS WHEN THE BLACKOUT STRUCK. I HEARD IT WAS A POWER SURGE. I HEARD IT WAS A FAULT IN THE SYSTEM. WHATEVER IT WAS, THE FOLLOWING VIDEO OF DRUNK ELK WAS FILMED AT A NEW LOCATION LATER THAT NIGHT.


DRUNK ELK





Drunk Elk kind of sum up the idea of a band thriving in isolation. The new Tasmanian cult band = Drunk Elk. Get with it.