Ethereal noise resurrecting Johnny Cash’s whispers and Link
Wray’s guitar. Little over a year old, Sydney octet ATROCITIES
are one of Australia’s most captivating new bands.
They’re drawing comparisons to The Cramps, The Gun Club,
The Birthday Party, the spaghetti-western soundscapes of
Ennio Morricone… But it’s a fresh sound too. Warm keys,
cut-throat guitars, crowned by Ben Mundy’s laconic drawl.
The live show is hypnotic. Chaotic feedback, six-string fuzz,
the dark rhythms of a band to believe in. Since forming last
year, Atrocities have been gigging Australia-wide, playing with
many up and coming bands.
The debut single is out June 2008 on Timberyard.
Emerging electro wunderkid Breakbot crafts party tunes. Big ones.
Following in the footsteps of French electro duo Justice, Parisian
Thibaut Berland aka Breakbot has mastered the art of melting together
all the best elements of dance, electro and hip hop with skill and
precision. And a laptop.
Born in 1981, Thibaut was immersed in the sights and sounds of the
subsequent decade, and remained appropriately pulled between his love
of animation graphics/comics, and music. He chose neither one clear
path, nor another. Possessing a degree in computer graphics, and
having created his first animation short film co-directed with two
friends, Thibaut now makes music videos, commercials and such. By day.
By night however, he cooks up choice cut electronic music,
experimenting with beats, layers, keyboards, vocals, and Daft
Punk-esque get-yo-funk-on basslines.
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DAMN ARMS release their debut album
The Live Artex on November 3,
with a national headline tour throughout November.
The Live Artex was produced by Nick Littlemore of Pnau & Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Slayer).
Building up to be one of the most anticipated local releases on 2007,
The Live Artex will have you cursing your limbs for
their innate urge to move.
After spending the past two years touring across Australia, Asia and Europe,
Damn Arms have earned a reputation as one of Australia’s most promising
exports. The band have played European tours alongside their Euro
contemporaries Test Icicles and Forward Russia!, and earlier this year
sold out headline shows in Paris, Tokyo and London.
Back on the home front, Damn Arms have earned their reputation as one
of the hottest bands on the local scene, having played with The Kills,
Midnight Juggernauts, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, We Are
Scientists, Liars, Spankrock, Klaxons, Cut Copy, Whirlwind Heat, and many more.
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Teenager is kinda like the name itself. Young and horny. Unpredictable. Loud. Drunk. Abusive in a loving kinda way. Schizophrenic. Nick makes songs and sings them. He presses buttons and stamps his feet. Pip makes songs on her guitar and plays them. Loud. She shakes her hair. Beats come out of a speaker. Nick plays in bare feet, all pained up,seeks solace in over the counters, runs away from everything he wants except the music which is at times is dangerous and confronting but always danceable . Pip is too scared to take her shoes off, she is the one people fall in love with, pure passion total anihilation of the sense's, We all live our days as though they are our last, Not here for a long time, here to struggle for you and you're friends. We take the pain so that others don't have to. We have spent 3 years travelling the globe developing our sound, trying to shed all genres to create the most bizarre collection of idea's and emotions. In paris we worked with Thierry Muller a.k.a. Illitch then off to N.Y.C. to work for three days with Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley better known as Sonic Youth and while in the big apple we also worked with electric six and the yeah yeah yeah's guitarist Nicky Zinner, then off to La La land to meet up with Mario C constant beastie boys collaborater,then to London to work with Howie B, Darren Emerson, Placebo and ex sidewinderer Martin Craft then back to little old melbourne to work with Birthday Party legend Rowland S.Howard.And many more so as you can see it's not a normal band setup but rather a search for sounds not yet heard. Pip likes.well. basically she's a bogan and falls for any song with a self absorbed lead break in it.
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Although Napoleon Bonaparte's Frenchmen didn't survive the winter, Melbourne's Dead Frenchmen are taking it by the balls of the brass monkey. Their new EP When Ghosts Take Over is an incredible debut, a five track diamond that echoes the ghosts of bands past while managing to maintain a distinct sound of its own.
Not as scary as zombies and not as cute as Casper Dead Frenchmen show a penchant for pop as well as a thick as blood understanding of rock. With simmering vocals that reveal lipstick traces of Interpol, The Cure, Swervedriver, Echo and the Bunnymen, matched against cascading guitar sounds and infectious drum beats this EP places the Dead Frenchmen on the front line of Melbourne 's music scene without any concerns of ever being cannon fodder.
WHITE BIRDS & LEMONS
‘BIRDLAND’ EP
Formed in Auckland, their early songs were jammed in an abandoned amusement hall dubbed Treacle Toffee World, in homage to a ‘60s psychedelic compilation much loved by the band members. White Birds & Lemons’ first cuts were produced by Kody from angular heroes The Mint Chicks. In a Mt Eden garage, the Birds recorded their infectious blend of '70s soul, '60s psychedelia and relentless groove, crowned by Scott Frantz’s distinctively emotive vocals. It resulted in the New Zealand only release of the “Starry Eyes” EP in 2008.
The band then move to Melbourne in May of 2009 and since their sound has evolved through a genre-bending mix of influences. Moody 80s synth, searing tones from 90s shoe-gaze and the syncopated percussive elements of contemporary trip hop production all contributing to a unique sound. That sound has been captured by celebrated producer Lindsay Gravina on the bands new ‘Birdland’ EP.
In NZ the band has played shows with Cut Off Your Hands, The Shins and at the
Auckland Big Day Out. They are currently on a sold-out Australian tour opening for Oh Mercy & Lisa Mitchell. Headline shows to come in November to launch the ‘Birdland’ EP through the illustrious Timberyard Records.
For further information contact:
Label: Mick Danias e. mick@timberyardrecords.com
Live Bookings: Brett Murrihy e. brett@theharbouragnecy.com
Management: Todd Wagstaff, Henry Roberts e. todd@parkerandmrfrench.com, henry@peergroupmedia.com
