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