Mercy Arms

This band should write more music and do less photo shoots.

Mercy Arms-Half Right

River Rocks Festival 08

Mass Migration EP

Mass Migration are an experimental post-rock band from Brisbane. They've crafted a tiny masterpiece with this fine collection of tracks. The e.p is dark and sombre in places yet raw and frenzied in other areas. The cover art sets the mood perfectly with a hooded figure standing beneath a swarm of black birds in grey skies. 1st song 'empathy rays' starts the album of slowly with quiet synth folowed by duelling guitars that builds into a crashing sound as the mood of the EP enlivens. The 2nd song 'sepia' is one of the more mature tracks with a rollicking drumbeat and the clashing of guitars with piano. The ep then moves into top gear with my favourite track of the album 'green' the main ingredient once again the driving guitars and piano. The 4th track was also one of my favourite tracks with feedback at the start that was reminiscent of tracks off suicides first album this feed back grows into an epic speed and is followed by frenzied guitars that will blow your mind. The mood on the e.p then takes a step down with gentle, laid back track 'post'. 6th track 'there is hope' is also gentle at first but then tapers off into an exploding rhythm at the tale end of the track. Mass Migration manage to Hypnotise the listener with angelic soft rhythms that build into explosions of energy. This is quality stuff.

The Wind Rises, Electric!

Awesome short fast screaming music.

myspace.com/riseselectric

Spencer P Jones

Spencer P Jones has played with several different bands over a 30 year period including the johnnys, beasts of bourbon and countless others. I once saw him play at, of all places, the 'conti' in sorrento (which is what i consider a dance music driven dive, I worked there for a while ages back). He puts on an energetic, incendiary liveshow and is one of Australia's true rock showmen. The song 'wisdom teeth' is off the spooky records website. I've put it up cause im getting my wisdom teeth taken out on thursday, all four of 'em! Im shitting bricks! hahahah. This song is a collaboration with mudhoney, who are also great. Enjoy...


Spencer P Jones/Mudhoney-Wisdom Teeth

You Am I

You Am I's eighth official studio album.


www.myspace.com/youamiofficial

C.W Stoneking

I first saw C.W in his native warrnambool, when I lived there and studied at their fine university. To say that Stoneking is one in a million is a huge understatement. He makes hokum blues ditties that seem ripped straight from the 1920's and thats what I like about his music, watching and listening to him you are taken from your current surroundings and thrown into a dingy 1920's bar in deep alabama, you're sipping moonshine and thinking about nothing but these magical little ditties sung by this bedraggled songsmith.

C.W Stoneking-Don't go dancing down the darktown strutters ball

The Cadillacs

Last night whilst feeling rather ill with some kind of virus, I decided to watch one of my favourite movies. 'Goodfellas' with liotta, de niro and pesci, its an all time crime movie classic. It also has one of the coolest soundtracks with director Martin Scorsese choosing gems from the 50's, 60's and 70's. My personal fav is 'speedo' by the cadillacs. They were a 'doo wop' band from harlem who popularised african american rock 'n roll to new white audiences. check it out.

The Cadillacs-Speedoo

PIGS! BAIL!

PIGS! BAIL! are my favourite hardcore band. It's just simple, noisy hardcore. Listen and d/l 'space cadet' from their myspace. See them support Ceremony @ the arthouse on the 26th of this month.

myspace.com/pigsbailhc

Pigs!Bail-Space Cadets

br., The Band!

If Elliott Smith had a child with New Buffalo it would make music like this. Listen to tabasco and ordinary truths.

http://www.myspace.com/brthebandohyeah

Br The Band!-Tobasco

The Prayers

The prayers were made up of 3 members of band 'plot to blow up the eiffel tower'. They released one e.p and toured the u.s once then disbanded in march of this year. 2 members are now in a band called CROCODILES and another member plays in the muslims. The prayers only ep 'god save the prayers' is a 60s pop influenced mini masterpiece. its out on art fag records or you can download 2 tracks from myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/thefuckingprayers

http://www.myspace.com/artfaglabel

The Prayers-Clandestino

The Prayers-Loose Lips

Little Red

Little Red are an 'orignal doo wop punk' band from melbourne... They've been around for a while now and I had the pleasure of witnessing them live a week or so back... They put on an entertaining live show, playing songs from both there e.p and debut album 'listen to little red'.. ...Highlights of the set were 'misty, i', 'Staring in love' and crowd pleaser 'coca-cola'....The band was also helped by two streakers who led security on a lap of the peninsula lounge... Solid support sets from the holidays and andy bull as well...

www.myspace.com/littleredmusic

Little Red-Stare in Love

PAST LIVES

1. Past Lives come from the remnants of screaming art punk band Blood Brothers. They have followed the Nine Inch Nails by rushing a digital release to the internet with there first album 'Strange Symmetry'. Head over to myspace.com/pastlivesmusic to preview the album. or to the official website to download my fav track thus far "strange symmetry"
   
   http://www.pastliveslife.com/

Past Lives-Strange Symmetry