RAW PRAWN - SOUND SUMMIT 1/10/2011

Raw Prawn are a great new band hailing from Sydney. Consists of members from Holy Balm, Whores, Circle Pit etc. This was the last song of their set at the Croatian Club in Newcastle for Sound Summit 2011. Some of the best stuff I've heard all year.

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It's been dead quiet around here the last 2 months. I guess I've been on a break or I'm just lazy or poor or something. Here's some recent music videos from some of the best bands Australia has to offer right now (in my fucked opinion). All are worth my time and maybe yours too.


NAKED ON THE VAGUE - Clock of 12's



From "Twelve Dark Noons" EP on Sacred Bones Records.
Directed by Jacqueline Castel.
Shot by Jacqueline Castel, Caleb Braaten, & Matthew Hopkins.


WOOLLEN KITS - Maths



Official video for the A-side of the upcoming RIP Society 7", Maths/Out Of Town. Out June 20.


BED WETTIN' BAD BOYS - Nobody Else



Video by Angela Bermuda - silvervideo.tumblr.com
Nobody Else 7" out June 20 on R.I.P Society Records.


THE TWERPS - Black Eyes



Filmed by Johann Rashid and James Eisen.
Edited by Johann Rashid.

EAT SKULL AUSTRALIAN TOUR 'PLUG'

This is a shameless plug for something I've had a small part in putting together over the last 6 months. One of my favourite contemporary American bands Eat Skull are going to be touring our fine country in April. That's right, fuckin' EAT SKULL!

April Tour dates:

FRIDAY 8 WOODLAND, BRISBANE

SATURDAY 9 TOTALLY AUTUMN FESTIVAL, NEWCASTLE

SUNDAY 10 THE PHOENIX, CANBERRA

FRIDAY 15 FORMAT, ADELAIDE

SATURDAY 16 THE WORKER'S CLUB, MELBOURNE

SUNDAY 17 THE SANDRINGHAM, SYDNEY

Slug Guts will also be joining them on all dates to launch their second LP "Howlin' Gang".

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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.