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

THE CLEAN / DEADNOTES / BLANK REALM AT THE ZOO 10-03-11

It's been something like 22 years since The Clean last played in Australia. (Yet the plane trip over from New Zealand only takes 4 hours, what the hell?!). Anyway I was damn excited, and damn exciting it was.




Epic as always, here's a bangin' new tune from Blank Realm.


DEADNOTES WITH EVERETT TRUE





The Deadnotes were really tight and as Everett True stated during their set, "I'm just glad to here". Definitely one of the best times I've seen them.


THE CLEAN





The Clean. Enough said.

ALPS / BARE GRILLZ AT WOODLAND 5-03-11

Newcastle's Alps and Bare Grillz have spent a couple of weeks on tour in support of the new Alps album 'Alps of New South Wails'. Brisbane was their last show. Good dudes, fun times.

BARE GRILLZ




ALPS




Thanks to Luke for lending me his camera.

CURED PINK

I just had a completely shit night of horrific sleep and I feel about as healthy and wholesome as this new video from Cured Pink. Filmed under Brisbane's William Jolly Bridge a few days before xmas last year, it is a soothing visual/audio companion to the inevitable doom. The live footage was shot by Katie Martin, the audio was recorded by Joel Stern. Highly recommended.

ALPS MUSIC VIDEOS

I'm really liking these two new videos/songs from Newcastle's Alps. They're off the soon to be released fourth album 'Alps of New South Wails'. It's definitely some of his best work so far and I have high hopes it's gonna be a hit.











I'd also like to say a massive thankyou to everyone who has donated money towards a new video camera, it means a lot. Beers on me when I get everything sorted out.

CIRCLE PIT / BOOMGATES / BLANK REALM AT DEADSHITS MOTEL 29-01-11

Hells yeah. For the first time in it's 19 month history Eternal Soundcheck is in 'Hi-Def' - courtesy of Blank Realmer Luke Spencer who lent me his sweet camera for the day. This show happened under my house and was a follow up to the first Deadshits Motel show in November.


BLANK REALM






BOOMGATES






CIRCLE PIT

SYDNEY SCREENING

'The First Year' film is gonna be showing in Sydney at Good God Small Club on January 27th. It's also the 7" launch of Adelaide's Bitch Prefect, one of my favourite bands. Also playing is Southern Comfort (also a mega favourite) and Kitchen's Floor.

Facebook event.


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On a downer note, when I was in Melbourne last week both my video cameras were stolen along with a bunch of other stuff of mine that was keeping me relatively sane. I lost all the footage I had filmed while on tour as well, and you can't replace that shit. I basically can't keep doing this blog without a video camera so until I get another one there won't be much happening here. Depressing. You can help out heaps by donating some funds (Paypal button on your right), which will go towards a new camera. I'm extremely broke which is why I'm asking but as far as I can tell everyone is poor as fuck right now too so I don't expect anything. I just want to keep filming bands etc.