tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104939622024-03-08T13:59:41.543+10:00Something Old, Something Newsometimes something old can sound new
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something new is always old to someoneMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-7143289080739048272013-03-02T13:49:00.000+10:002013-03-02T13:49:12.325+10:00 The Red Parrot - The Attic Tapes (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="396" WIDTH="395" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/1332747207_2992e60c7b_o.jpg" alt="The Red Parrot"><br /><br />
There has been a lot of interest amongst some of the ancient Perth alternative music community about the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/357844187617803/?ref=ts&fref=ts"><strong>Red Parrot Reunion</strong></a>
<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5197910913"><strong>The Red Parrot</strong></a> was the place to be seen (or should that be scene?) in Perth in the early to mid 1980's. It was cetainly my fave club from my younger days.<br /><br />
I'm living in Brisbane now and won't be making the trek to Perth for this occasion, but many (most?) of my old buddies already have their tickets, so I hope you all have a fun night. Here's some appropriate local band history for you.<br /><br />
If my memory serves me right, these recordings were made at The Red Parrot over two nights, Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May, 1986.<br /><br />As well as being the best night club in Perth (in my experience), it supported the local original music scene at a time when most pubs were only allowing cover bands to play. See the Kno Matter track "Playing Covers" for an obvious reference to this phenomenon.
The Red Parrot was also the venue where many national and international bands played. <br /><br />I still haven't had the time to break these tracks up, so here you have side A and side B of the cassette. The track listing is:-<br /><br /><font color="red"><strong>The Red Parrot - The Attic Tapes</strong></font color><br /><br /><em>Side A</em><br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/02/holy-rollers-bands-from-perth.html"><strong>The Holy Rollers</strong></a> - Afraid<br />Homecoming - Compromise<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/waltons-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Waltons</strong></a> - My Husband Beats Me<br />The Moment - G Dead<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/marigolds-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Marigolds</strong></a> - Down By The River<br /><br /><em>Side B</em><br /><br />Erol H Tout - The Sound Of Swimming<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2008/10/kno-matter-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>Kno Matter</strong></a> - Playing Covers<br />Greenhouse Effect - Rhyme Without Reason<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/10/kryptonics-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Kryptonics</strong></a> - Trapped Inside<br /><br /><br />
<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/2987137940/Attic%20Tapes.zip"><strong>The Attic Tapes</strong></a>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-43670405576993485602010-11-09T13:53:00.002+10:002010-11-09T14:07:42.493+10:00Robben Ford Masterclass<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/5160415512/" title="Robben Ford in masterclass action"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/5160415512_db57384e15.jpg" width="358" height="500" alt="Robben Ford in masterclass action" /></a><br /><br />The QUT lecture theatre was half filled with about 150 blokes, mostly baby boomers, waiting to see and hear blues and jazz guitar legend <a href="http://www.robbenford.com/RobbenFordMain.html"><strong>Robben Ford</strong></a>. Some were carrying guitars, maybe unaware of the format of the master class or hoping to jam with their hero. <br /><br />With his much larger than life image projected on the wall behind, Robben Ford proved to be a friendly, interesting and interested focal point who invited everyone to ask questions any time throughout the 2.5 hours of music and conversation. The questions were a bit slow coming at first, perhaps as befits a lecture theatre.<br /><br />The evening began with a few of Robben’s recollections of famous musicians he has played with, including several funny anecdotes regarding Miles Davis, whose manner of “pep talk” included “play that James Brown shit ... dee dee dee dee dee”. That experience apparently gave Robben, and possibly some of the audience, a different perspective on thinking about and playing guitar.<br /><br />He was constantly putting down and picking up an Epiphone semi acoustic guitar, using it to demonstrate a musical concept, to embellish a story or to play a scale or two. There were a couple of short instruction pieces, initially with Robben playing solo, something which he said still freaks him out to this day. <br /><br />The audience slowly grew braver and started asking questions, which brought recommendations to learn guitar chords, Mickey Baker’s chord book taught Robben all he knows; to consider different ways of thinking about the guitar and song writing, such as presented in books like “Zen Guitar” by Philip Toshio Sudo and “Tunesmith” by the famous composer Jimmy Webb.<br /><br />But it was when jamming with other musicians that Robben, and most of the audience, seemed to have the most fun, initially featuring local jazz guitar hero Jim Kelly, with the two guitarists taking turns trading blues licks. Throughout the night we would be treated to a selection of Ford originals and some interpretations of other artists’ songs.<br /><br />There were more questions and short conversations about song writing, favourite albums, bootleg copies of live shows, inspiration, perspiration and what the most important things are to learn to become a better guitar player. Two things emphasised were to “learn the chords” and to play with nerve and courage.<br /><br />The evening ended with Robben once again joined on guitar by Jim Kelly and event presenter, Craig “Guitar Brother” Claxton, jamming on a couple more blues numbers before the requisite autograph signing session.<br /><br /><em>This article was previously published in the October 12th edition of <a href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/"><strong>Rave Magazine</strong></a>.</em>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-84687178239477587562009-08-14T11:26:00.003+10:002009-08-14T12:19:12.238+10:00RIP Les Paul<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3819530716/" title="Les Paul in his home studio by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3819530716_eeded1ed81.jpg" width="402" height="500" alt="Les Paul in his home studio" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul"><strong>Les Paul</strong></a> was a true original and was one of western culture's most influential men during the second half of the twentieth century.<br /><br />In 1941, Les Paul invented the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar"><strong>electric guitar</strong></a>. This enabled the guitar to be amplified and to rise above the sound of the other instruments. This paved the way for rock 'n' roll and through to music as we know it today.<br /><br />In 1952 Les Paul helped the Gibson company to create and produce the <a href="http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul.aspx"><strong>Les Paul</strong></a> model guitar which takes his name and is arguably the world's most popular guitar. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mu/us_obit_les_paul"><strong>Les Paul</strong></a> was also a celebrated and popular guitar player with a string of top selling albums and number one hits. <br /><br />He was one of the first musicians to experiment with multi-track playing and recording. Les Paul invented machines which would go on to be become guitar effects (sold in pedal form today) such as echo, delay and reverberation. <br /><br />He also created a multi tape-head device which was the forerunner to multitrack recorders, the foundation of the music recording industry. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/les-paul"><strong>Les Paul</strong></a> remained an active musician throughout his life and up until his last months, releasing an album in 2005 and up until very recently he played every week at a New York jazz club.<br /><br />In 2008 Les Paul was honored as the <a href="http://www.rockhall.com/lespaulamm"><strong>2008 American Music Master</strong></a> by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s annual series. <br /><br />On August 13, 2009 at age 94, Les Paul, guitarist and inventor, died of complications from pneumonia. <br /><br />He left quite a legacy.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-76997670870968953712009-07-08T06:36:00.003+10:002009-07-12T16:25:11.833+10:00Furia Sound Festival<a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view&current=furiasoundfestival09.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="501" alt="Paris" src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/furiasoundfestival09.jpg" width="375" border="0" /></a>
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<br />The <a href="http://www.blogger.com/http"><strong>Furia Sound Festival</strong></a> was held on the weekend on the outskirts of Paris and we attended the ROCK 'N' ROLL (<em>in the small tent in the corner</em>) day on Sunday.
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<br />It was a very strange festival because in one little corner, in an old circus tent, there were some influential and rocking bands playing, which I will discuss soon, but on the two main stages there were some very wimpy and boring folk and pop bands ... it was nothing in comparison to the musical consistency one tends to get with the festivals in Australia such as <a href="http://www.splendourinthegrass.com/"><strong>Splendour In The Grass</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.bigdayout.com/"><strong>The Big Day Out</strong></a> or even <a href="http://www.homebake.com.au/"><strong>Homebake</strong></a>.
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<br />But any festival which features <a href="http://www.mogwai.co.uk/"><strong>Mogwai</strong></a> (who were the only decent band to be presented on either of the main stages) and <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-second-riot-vs-mono-glazart-paris.html"><strong>Mono</strong></a> can't be all bad, so we bought our tickets a month or so in advance and made the 40 minute train ride from the centre of Paris to the festival site outside of Paris in Cergy-Pontoise.
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<br />Unfortunately we spent the morning checking out the Elles exhibition at <a href="http://elles.centrepompidou.fr/"><strong>Georges Pompidou Centre</strong></a>, it being the first Sunday of the month and the galleries across Paris open for free, so we arrived too late to catch the set by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/torche"><strong>Torche</strong></a>.
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<br />As we arrived <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-second-riot-vs-mono-glazart-paris.html"><strong>Mono</strong></a> were starting their sound check, which gave me time to buy some tickets for beer, and beer, and to secure a place not too far from the stage.
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<br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view&current=MonoFuria2009.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="281" alt="Mono play Furia Sound Festival 2009" src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/MonoFuria2009.jpg" width="375" border="0" /></a>
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<br />We last saw <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-second-riot-vs-mono-glazart-paris.html"><strong>Mono</strong></a> in Paris only a few months ago, only a few weeks after we first arrived, so it seemed appropriate that we should again see Mono only a few weeks before leaving Paris. This set was similar to the show at Glazart, with many tracks from their new album <strong>Hymn to the Immortal Wind</strong>, which they are still touring, but the set at Furia was much shorter at about 50 minutes.
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<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/09/mono-and-worlds-end-girlfriend.html"><strong>Mono</strong></a> play classical influenced <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/post-rock"><strong>Post Rock</strong></a> and don't stray far from this genre, but especially in the live setting they are a formidable experience. It was strange to see (and hear) the band play live it a circus tent on a hot and sweaty Sunday afternoon with the summer sun streaming in behind us.
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<br />And what is it about Mono that attracts people chatting noisily and inanely and cheering at the wrong moments? I'm not sure if they don't understand the music or just have low attention spans? Either way, Mono opened the festival (for us) on a high and even though their set was short, it was still strong. As usual, there was no crowd interaction from the band, but the music spoke volumes.
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<br />There was some time until the next band we were interested in seeing came on, so we went for a walk around the festival site to see and hear what was happening. I have decided not to discuss the groups which I didn't like ... as my grandmother always told me "if you can't say anything nice about someone, then don't say anything at all". Needless to say, there was a lot of music that didn't ring my bell, so i'm not saying anything at all.
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<br /><a href="http://www.isistheband.com/"><strong>Isis</strong></a> aren't a band I was familar with, but I really enjoyed their set which was an interesting mix of metal and hard rock, with some shouty vocals thrown in. The <a href="http://www.myspace.com/isis"><strong>Isis</strong></a> quintet often provided a brutal assault of three heavily distorted guitars along with their heavy rhythm section.
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<br />I particularly liked the aluminium guitar one of them was using ... and can only assume the sustain such a guitar would create helped produce the huge sound the band achieved ... and further research, and the similarity between the guitar headstocks, suggests they were all playing <a href="http://www.myspace.com/electricalguitarcompany"><strong>Electrical Guitar Company</strong></a> guitars. Either way, they were well cool!!
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<br />There were even some nice melodic moments amongst the mayhem of the music, although I think the group of lads in front of us preferred it when the band went off, especially during the particularly shouty moments, which they played quite often.
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<br />One of the guys was shifting between guitar and keyboards, so there were some shifts in the sound with some psychedelic undertones helping to add flavour to the metal main course.
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<br />I really enjoyed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(band)"><strong>Isis</strong></a>, it's always great to find new music to listen to, especially at a festival. Sadly we had another wait until any decent music was due to play.
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<br />So we wandered off in search of beer and food. The french are particularly useless at providing food for vegetarians at the best of times, but we thought "this is a music festival, surely there will be a few options for vegies?". Nope! There were chips, which had already sold out. There was a baked potato with butter, but the queue was huge, probably full of veggies looking for something to eat, and they were hell expensive. That was it!!?? No felafel!? No cheese crepes!? No cheese panini!? No nothin'!
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<br />At similar types of festivals in Australia there are copious amounts of choice for veggies. France lived up to its reputation here. Luckily there was still beer, albeit in small plastic cups. "It's all going in my blogg" I complained as I continued the vain search for food ... and now it has.
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<br />Next time we will take our own food, that explains why there were so many people picnicing there.
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<br />After the vain search for food, we were torn between watching <a href="http://www.suicidaltendencies.com/"><strong>Suicidal Tendencies</strong></a> in the ROCK! tent or <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gossipband"><strong>Gossip</strong></a> on the main stage.
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<br />We decided to see what the Gossip hoohah was all about, but whilst waiting on the hill for Gossip to start, they were the only band to come on late throughout the day, we heard an almighty hardcore racquet from our favourite corner of the festival and decided to check that out.
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<br />We found <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan"><strong>Dillinger Escape Plan</strong></a> were playing early and caught a few songs from their very energetic set. These guys were constantly moving around the stage, up on the monitors, bouncing around each other, even crowd surfing and playing guitar at the same time and were very hardcore.
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<br />But <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gossipband"><strong>Gossip</strong></a> were also meant to be playing, and they have been getting a lot of press here in Paris recently. Also I like what they stand for, they're a queer band, screwing with people's perceptions of body image, playing a mix of rock and disco ....
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<br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=GossipFuria2009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/GossipFuria2009.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Gossip play Furia Sound Festival"></a>
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<br />Sadly the hype didn't live up to the reality. They were playing what to my ears was a bland mix of disco and soul. Sure, Beth Ditto has a strong voice, but so does Mariah Carey, it doesn't make her any less boring. A local french magazine <a href="http://snatch-mag.com/"><strong>Snatch</strong></a> featured an article on the band where they were compared to Christina Aguilera ... and I think I agree with him.
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<br />And why do Gossip have a fourth member (the bass player) who is never represented in their media coverage? It was time to wander back to catch the end of the set by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan"><strong>Dillinger Escape Plan</strong></a>, much more fun!
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<br />The moment Dillinger Escape Plan ended we rushed over to the second main stage for the band we had been most anticipating, <a href="http://www.mogwai.co.uk/"><strong>Mogwai</strong></a>. It has been far too many years since we have been in the same city as Mogwai, the last time was in Sydney in October 2002! That night they played with <a href="http://www.trailofdead.com/"><strong>... and You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead</strong></a> ... man! that was some gig! And way before I even started this blog, which seems to have existed forever.
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<br />This time we were second row!!
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mogwai"><strong>Mogwai</strong></a> opened with <strong>Auto Rock</strong> from their kick ass Mr Beast album. From there they just took everything a notch higher. The sound from Mogwai is always huge, but they also have almost silent moments ... at one stage the only sound was from Stuart Braithwait gently caressing the neck of his guitar, producing a gentle bowing sound not too dissimilar to an <a href="http://www.ebow.com/"><strong>ebow</strong></a>. The rest of the band were silent. The entire crowd was silent, as if holding its breath. I whispered to Elizabeth to look at how he was playing the guitar to create this sound ... suddenly the band burst back into life, louder than ever before! What a moment!
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<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai"><strong>Mogwai</strong></a> are considered by many to be at the fore of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock"><strong>Post Rock</strong></a> movement, but to my ears they manage to continue to evolve whilst remaining primarily within the instrumental genre. Their set tonight was too short to prove this point, the band finished with <em>Batcat</em> from their latest album <em>The Hawk Is Howling</em> ... again they were only on stage for 50 minutes and the time flew by far too quickly.
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<br />But while trying to take a photo of the stage after their set finished I managed to score one of the band's plectrums, which will be an appropriate memento of a guitar based group I have admired for over 11 years now, being lucky enough to stumble across their track <em>Tracy</em> on the January 1998 issue of <a href="http://www.totalguitar.co.uk/"><strong>Total Guitar</strong></a> magazine.
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<br /><a href="http://www.suicidaltendencies.com/"><strong>Suicidal Tendencies</strong></a> were playing in the corner circus tent, but sadly by this stage it was time to join the queue for the navette back to the train station and on to the (after) midnight train back to Paris.
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<br />It was a friendly festival, great fun in one corner of the festival, fairly well organised apart from the complete lack of veggie food. I got my "Furia" plastic beer cup and Mogwai plectrum momentos for the day, and lots of good memories.
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-40945628997443520192009-06-30T00:50:00.005+10:002009-06-30T01:11:47.907+10:00The Arkitekts<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3671333777/" title="The Arkitekts @ La Fête de la Musique, Paris by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3671333777_fdc583fd2b_b.jpg" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="The Arkitekts @ La Fête de la Musique, Paris" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/davidlawnthearkitekts"><strong>The Arkitekts</strong></a> are a French independent rock/pop trio who formed in the middle of November 2003. <br /><br />But their musical roots go back to the 1990s when front man on guitar and vocals <a href="http://mapage.noos.fr/davidlaw/"><strong>David Law</strong></a> and drummer Vortex shared the stage in the group Flyshoes, who played about 300 concerts in France.<br /><br />With the addition of Tom Bass on bass guitar and keyboard (often played at the same time!) to complete the trio, The Arkitekts play an interesting mix of slightly goth, slightly grunge, slightly psychadelic, slightly epic guitar rock ... maybe think The Doors meet Bauhaus downstairs at an avante-blues jam in a prog rock squat.<br /><br />I caught <a href="http://mapage.noos.fr/davidlaw/page22.html"><strong>The Arkitekts</strong></a> playing at <a href="http://michael-in-paris.blogspot.com/2009/06/la-fete-de-la-musique.html"><strong>La Fête de la Musique</strong></a> and enjoyed their set thoroughly, probably spending an hour of the evening enjoying their tunes ... I even bought the CD, <a href=" http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/david.law.n.the.arkitekts"><strong>Parfums du Silence</strong></a>.<br /><br />One of the things I enjoyed about their live set was the utilisation of two microphones by David Law, one was connected directly into their PA, but the other microphone was first passed through a delay (or reverb?) effect pedal which enabled the vocalist to create some unique and cavernous vocal sounds. It is certainly a nice little trick I will be experimenting with when I get back home to my collection of musical toys.<br /><br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_5146.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_5146.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="The Arkitekts still playing hours later @ La Fête de la Musique, Paris"></a><br /><br />Also Tom Bass’ uncanny ability to play both bass guitar and keyboards at the same time helped to add several layers of sound to the mix<br /><br />The band were entertaining and really tight and created a huge sound for a three piece, with a mix of soft and hard rock sounds, often used to build tension within the songs. There was also a regular group of onlookers enjoying their set at <a href="http://michael-in-paris.blogspot.com/2009/06/la-fete-de-la-musique.html"><strong>La Fête de la Musique</strong></a>.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-71234850220434007512009-06-08T18:29:00.004+10:002009-06-08T19:17:04.155+10:00Ring My Bell<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3362752846/" title="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3362752846_b5dc226423.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival" /></a><br /><br />This blog has been a labour of love and loath for over four and a half years now. It is always a time consuming process to manage the posts, researching bands or contemplating gigs, choosing and uploading photographs and writing the posts.<br /><br />In that time <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/"><strong>Something Old, Something New</strong></a> has received over half a million hits, a (small) number of thoughtful emails and comments, an equally small number of emails and comments slightly less thoughtful, far too many emails with nothing to do with music or what is posted here and a handful of downright rude emails and comments. This is my blog and I choose which comments are posted.<br /><br />Writing this blog also enabled me to purchase tickets to <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/03/triffids-piaf.html"><strong>The Triffids show at PIAF</strong></a> after they had sold out, thanks to Mr Graham Lee.<br /><br />But apart from that I haven't received anything for the many hundreds of hours which this blog has consumed ... all by my choice I admit.<br /><br />Recently I received a rude and nasty email deriding the quality and composition of the gig photographs taken by me and posted here, referring specifically to <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/03/triffids-piaf.html"><strong>The Triffids PIAF event</strong></a>.<br /><br />A day or so later I was advised that <a href="http://www.schmap.com/perth/entertainment_westernsuburbs/#p=157778&i=157778_3.jpg"><strong>one of the very same photographs</strong></a> were shortlisted to appear in the online tourist guide <a href="http://www.schmap.com/"><strong>Schmap</strong></a>. <br /><br />I have had a number of other photographs taken around the world published in Schmap, but it was nice to receive some recognition for the blog content, particularly in the light of the amount of negative and neutral responses generally received. <br /><br />This photograph has since been accepted and published in the Schmap guide ... it's <a href="http://www.schmap.com/perth/entertainment_westernsuburbs/#p=157778&i=157778_3.jpg"><strong>here</strong></a> if you're interested.<br /><br />January 2010 will be the fifth anniversary of this blog and most likely also it's demise. <br /><br />It appears that most visitors are only in search of free music, and the tracks which I post are usually rare and always very short lived ... many of the emails I have received are requests for the re-posting of songs ... if you missed it the first time around, then it's too late, too bad. I'm more about posting information on and links to the bands than their music. And that's another reason for taking a step away.<br /><br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/"><strong>Something Old, Something New</strong></a> will remain online as an archive of links and references, particularly for some old bands from Perth which otherwise have no online presence, but there won't be any additional posts.<br /><br />In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying the music which rocks my world. There's still some life in the old boy yet, but the <a href="http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Tinitis"><strong>tinnitus</strong></a> is setting in.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-32871744628467720412009-05-31T19:05:00.007+10:002009-05-31T21:07:18.419+10:00The Jesus Lizard V's Sunn O))) V's Men Without Pants @ Villette Sonique, Paris<a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=villettesonique.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/villettesonique.jpg" border="0" width="376.64" height="523.6" alt="Villette Sonique 2009"></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.villettesonique.com/#/uk"><strong>Villette Sonique</strong></a> is an annual music event in Paris aimed showcasing new and old Rock, Pop and Electro artists ... this blurb is from their website
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<br /><em>Will Future in music pass by a return to primitive instincts? These days, everybody speaks about tribalism, tropicalism and the new sound sensations quest. Villette Sonique 2009 takes place right in this mutation with a line up out of the usual musical boundaries. Following a breathtaking 2008 edition with rare bands performing amazing concerts (Devo, Shellac, Throbbing Gristle), this year’s leitmotiv is an unstoppable metronome.</em>
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<br />We caught the opening night in the Grand Halle which was a bit of a rock all-sorts evening.
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<br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=MenWithoutPants.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/MenWithoutPants.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Men Without Pants at Villette Sonique"></a>
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<br /><a href="http"><strong>Men Without Pants</strong></a> were playing as we arrived, purported to be a "supergroup" composed of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dantheautomator"><strong>Dan The Automater</strong></a> (Gorillaz) and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/russellsimins"><strong>Russel Simmins</strong></a> (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion"><strong>Jon Spencer Blues Explosion</strong></a>).
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<br />The live band only featured Russel Simmins. I love JSBX, they are a favourite live experience (especially when Jon Spencer is on fire with his "Elvis meets Jerry Lee via the bastard soul of a satanically possessed southern preacher man" persona) but Men Without Pants had none of that attitude. Simmins is a great drummer, but there were only a few interesting songs, and there was little interaction with the crowd. Russel Simins just walked off stage as soon as he had finished drumming for the last track without even acknowledging the crowd, or the rest of the group who were still doing their thing. They certainly weren't a supergroup, go and see Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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<br />I have seen <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/05/boris-and-sunno.html"><strong>Sunn O)))</strong></a> before and know what to expect from their performance ... lots of extremely distorted, slowly strummed, heavily sustained chords, lots of smoke and the sartorial splendour of a medieval monk. That was exactly what we got.
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<br />Tonight SUNN O))) were performing The GrimmRobe Demos, but to my ears it wasn't that different to the gig I saw in Brisbane when they were touring Altar, an album they recorded and toured with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/borisishuge"><strong>Boris</strong></a>.
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<br />There was much smoke, much raised fists and slow punching of the air, much slow sustained, distorted chords, much more smoke, much holding guitars aloft to increase the grace bestowed upon them by their god of sustained, distorted chords, much more smoke ... and robes with hoods.
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/flightofthebehemoth"><strong>Sunn O)))</strong></a> are a bit of a joke for me ... a Jim Carrey type of joke with only one facet; he pulls "funny" faces; they play slowly strummed, heavily sustained, majorly distorted chords. I get it. I like the guitar sound but after 15 minutes it gets a bit dull. And they have all the stage presence of watching a fire without the flame. They were even booed after the set finished, although there were many fans with fists aloft at the front of the stage who seemed (un)happy enough.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3580512577/" title="The Jesus Lizard @ Villette Sonique by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3580512577_b0011eddaf_b.jpg" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="The Jesus Lizard at Villette Sonique" /></a>
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<br />Then <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eljesuslizardo"><strong>The Jesus Lizard</strong></a> took to the stage as a part of their current reunion tour. Opening with a diatribe on the crappiness of the first two bands, which I didn't completely disagree with, they then proceeded to tear the venue apart.
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<br />There was much stage diving, crowd surfing and spitting, and that was just from front man David Yow ... the audience joined in too. The power and energy from the stage was palpable.
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<br />Microphones were destroyed, kids kept invading the stage, sweat, spit and beer covered the stage, bodies leapt and were passed over one another, and still the music threatened and pounded.
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<br /><a href="http://www.thejesuslizard.net/"><strong>The Jesus Lizard</strong></a> were the saving band of the night. Go and see them on their reunion tour.
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-48381773844063778532009-05-25T02:37:00.006+10:002009-05-25T18:48:22.571+10:00Pierre Henry @ Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3520975437_2968413e13_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3520975437_2968413e13_b.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Pierre Henry @ Theatre de la Cite Internationale (it was very dark)"></a>
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<br />Almost a month ago we were lucky enough to see one of the elder statesmen of electronic and experimental music in France, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Henry"><strong>Pierre Henry</strong></a>, performing live at a six night spectacular of music and dance celebrating his amazing creations at <a href="http://www.theatredelacite.com/"><strong>Théâtre de la Cité Internationale</strong></a>.
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<br /><a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifpxqw5ld6e~T1"><strong>Pierre Henry</strong></a> was possibly the first formally educated musician to devote his energies to the (then) newly evolving electronic medium. He was a member of the first group responsible for the development of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te"><strong>musique concrète</strong></a>, one which often utilises "found sounds" and "synthesised sounds" rather than traditional instruments or voices and it does not necessarily contain elements traditionally thought of as 'musical', such as melody, harmony or rhythm.
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<br />At the event there were two dance performances using music created by <a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifpxqw5ld6e~T1"><strong>Pierre Henry</strong></a>, but I'm not a big fan of dance so won't say very much about this. The man himself, assisted by Bernadete Mangin, played pieces which - over the six nights - spanned his career from 1950 until 2006.
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<br />For his performance, Pierre Henry was assisted to the front row of the audience, also facing the stage. On the dark stage there were a large collection of different speakers all facing towards the artist and the audience.
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<br />The room was darkened and (for our night) found sounds, creaking doors and windows, entered from the speakers on stage and surrounding the audience. We were then treated to an hour of electronic squeeks and belches, found sounds and synthesised stabs. It was great fun to see such a master at work.
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<br />Among his best known works is the experimental 1967 album <em>Messe pour le temps présent</em>, one of several co-operations with choreographer Maurice Béjart, which features the popular track "Psyché Rock."
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<br />In 1970 Henry collaborated with the British rock band <a href="http://www.spookytooth.co.uk/"><strong>Spooky Tooth</strong></a> on the album Ceremony and he also collaborated with <a href="http://www.vfemmes.com/"><strong>The Violent Femmes</strong></a> for their 1998 track "A Story".
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<br />But I can safely say that Pierre Henry's best-known influence on contemporary popular culture is via the theme song of the TV series <a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml"><strong>Futurama</strong></a> . The tune is inspired by / a tribute to / ripped off from (choose your own position) Henry's 1967 composition "Psyché Rock", posted here for (as usual) only a few days for your listening pleasure.
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<br /><a href="http://www.savefile.com/projects/630057"><strong>Pierre Henry - Psyche Rock</strong></a>
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-78971401700279022852009-05-09T00:09:00.006+10:002009-05-11T03:33:36.862+10:00Hommage to Alvin Lucier @ Saint Merry, Paris<a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_4387.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_4387.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="stage being set up for the Alvin Lucier performance @ Saint Merry"></a>
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<br />Last Saturday there was a very interesting music/performance/science experiment at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Merri"><strong>Saint Merri</strong></a>, this time celebrating <a href="http://alucier.web.wesleyan.edu/"><strong>Alvin Lucier</strong></a>.
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<br />Two pieces were presented, <a href="http://emfinstitute.emf.org/exhibits/luciersolo.html"><strong>Music for Solo Performer</strong></a> (from 1965) which is a performance for enormously amplified brain waves and percussion and <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/ohm/lucier.html"><strong>Music on a Long Thin Wire</strong></a> (from 1977) which is a sound installation for audio oscillator and electronic monochord.
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<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lucier"><strong>Alvin Lucier</strong></a> was an american composer and music professor who was most famous for his more experimental compositions. His performances were sonic science experiments as much as musical experiences, often creating relatively simple sounds and allowing them to forge a life of their own within the performance space.
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<br />The prelude to <em><strong>Music for Solo Performer</strong></em> was as entertaining, and almost as long, as the performance itself. The audience arrived for the scheduled start of the evening's performance and were treated to the artists still preparing the event, with a selection of percussion instruments spread across the stage.
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<br />Each of these was to be triggered by EEG electrodes attached to an artist's scalp (which we also witnessed being applied). The EEG machine (lent to the performers for the evening by a local hospital) detected bursts of alpha waves generated when the wired artist achieves a meditative, non-visual brain state. These alpha waves are then amplified and the resulting electrical signal is used to vibrate the various percussion instruments distributed around the performance space.
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<br />It really was as much a piece of science and theatre as a musical performance, with the rattling of plastic, metal, wood and water attached to or spread across the other end of the EEG machine creating something more akin to a clatter than anything resembling rhythm or melody, but it was a much appreciated and very entertaining performance which I enjoyed immensely.
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<br />It was then time for the artists to clear the percussion instruments and EEG machine from the stage and to set up the next piece. But this provided an opportunity to wander through Saint Merry, with only the distant glow of the lights from the stage and the nearby candles with the early evening light filtering through the stained glass windows.
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<br />For the performance of <em><strong>Music on a Long Thin Wire</strong></em> a 50(?) foot length of wire was strung across a section of the church and activated by an amplified oscillator and magnets on either end, producing changing overtones and sounds. The wave of the tone created was changing quite subtley during the performance and as we moved around the cavernous space of Saint Merry the quality of the sounds changed further.
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<br />As the artist adjusted the modulation settings on his effect pedal, and also fully stabilised the slightly off-balance table to which one end of the wire was attached, this in turn impacted the tonal quality of the single note being generated. This note continued to feed off itself within the various cavernous areas of the large church.
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<br />Both pieces were interesting, entertaining and amazing works to see in the vast, dark space of Saint Merry.
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-38955493220267465602009-04-10T21:12:00.011+10:002009-04-11T01:56:05.043+10:00Bruxelles Sonic 2009 @ la Maison des métallos, Paris<a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_4166.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_4166.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.maisondesmetallos.org/Bruits-de-fond-Bruxelles-Sonic.html"><strong>Bruxelles Sonic 2009</strong></a> was billed as a night celebrating the Belgian electronique and Post-Rock music scene.<br /><br />We arrived at <a href="http://www.maisondesmetallos.org/"><strong>la Maison des métallos</strong></a> early enough to wander around listening to the "environment sonore" created by Jerome Deuson, which was on a constant loop for the entire evening, and to wander around the various spaces of the venue.<br /><br />The event proper began with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theaktivist"><strong>The Aktivistv</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.nataliademello.com/"><strong>Natalia De Mello</strong></a>, an audiovisual performance par excellence. The stage was completely darkened and an off key banjo/guitar sample skewed and slewed through the darkened room. A light clicked on a desk, and in turn on the screen behind the stage, and we were introduced to the audiovisual component of the set. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3428580415/" title="Natalia De Mello and The Activist @ la Maison des métallos by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3428580415_f03a18c387.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Natalia De Mello and The Activist @ la Maison des métallos" /></a><br /><br />In real-time (apart from some minutes of pre-recorded video) Natalia De Mello manipulated her collection of items on the table including magnets and metal objects, compact discs, pen and paper to create stunning images which were projected onto the screen behind them. The accompanying soundscape was an interesting blend of organic samples and subtle electronica and the music and visuals worked very well together. <br /><br />It was a mesmerising experience, childlike yet evocative. Undoubtedly the highlight of the evening. Bravo!<br /><br />Next up was <a href="http://www.myspace.com/christophebailleau"><strong>Christophe Bailleau</strong></a> who played a very dance-based set slightly reminiscent of <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2009/01/afrirampo-dead-meadow-and-fuck-buttons.html"><strong>Fuck Buttons</strong></a> but without being quite so manic and without their groovy old suitcase of toys.<br /><br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_4174.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_4174.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />With a DVD of his own images playing on the screen behind him, Christophe worked with a repeated layer of techno beat over which he manipulated sounds from what appeared to be an ipod, and something which sounded like a theremin, messing with the frequencies and throwing in additional sampled sounds to augment the underlying dance beat. Great fun even if no one in the audience was dancing.<br /><br />The last band for the evening were <a href="http://www.myspace.com/amutemusic"><strong>aMute</strong></a>, which I expected to be the post-rock segment of the evening, as the first two acts fell firmly into the electronic genre. But the band leant more towards bland euro-indie and nowhere near post-rock, with no instrumental tracks. Their sound also didn't really suit the first two performances.<br /><br /><a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_4179.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_4179.jpg" border="0" width="375.47" height="281.6" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />They also seemed to have sound troubles, with lots of feedback early in the set which never helps. But some were their own problems, such as not switching on the effect manipulating the vocals. If you're gonna have a lot of toys you need to know how to use them guys. It was kind of distracting.<br /><br />So sadly it really wasn't my thing, a little bit psychadelic, a little bit melodramatic, and there seemed to be some wierd dynamics between the band members. The set included some nice guitar work, a great drummer, but a little too much posturing without the substance to back it. Although they can obviously play, I'm use to Aussie bands who, when they rock out, they really kick some ass. But aMute are apparently very sucessful, so kudos to them.<br /><br />For me, the night belonged to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theaktivist"><strong>The Aktivistv</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.nataliademello.com/"><strong>Natalia De Mello</strong></a>.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-1441905470827069942009-04-01T04:50:00.008+10:002009-04-03T02:08:23.727+10:00One Second Riot V's Mono @ Glazart, Paris<a href="http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/?action=view¤t=IMG_4120.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/michaelaparis/IMG_4120.jpg" border="0" width="375" height="264" alt="Mono @ Glaz'art"></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.glazart.com/"><strong>Glaz’art</strong></a> is a groovy music space in the 19th arrondissement (north east corner of Paris) which features all types of music but on Friday March 27 it presented a night of Post Rock and Noise. It is a small and skinny venue, and was very crowded on this cold Parisien evening, so securing a standing position with a view of the stage was very difficult.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3402446238/" title="One Second Riot @ Glazart, Paris by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3402446238_e4017595e1.jpg" width="375" height="264" alt="One Second Riot @ Glazart, Paris" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://onesecondriot.free.fr/"><strong>One Second Riot</strong></a> are a two piece from Lyon, France who create one hell of a fun noise, consisting of drums and bass/vocals/synthesizer, plus a nice collection of movie soundtrack samples. They played a great collection of songs occasionally leaning towards the post rock, instrumental direction but with their sound more rooted in noise and punk. Quite disconcertingly, and unexpectedly, most tracks had english lyrics, as were the filmtrack samples which were played to complement the music.
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<br />With the bass player mixing it up between creating looped sounds from his (often distorted) Rickenbacker bass and creating blips and washes from his synth (or visa versa) and screaming and singing, it was a noisy, uptempo set and a great first rock band to see in Paris.
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<br />I enjoyed <a href="http://www.myspace.com/onesecondriot"><strong>One Second Riot</strong></a> enough to buy their CD.
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<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/09/mono-and-worlds-end-girlfriend.html"><strong>Mono</strong></a> are a favourite band who we last caught in Brisbane. They have been in hibernation for the last year working on the new album which they have just released and are currently touring in support of, <strong>Hymn to the Immortal Wind</strong>. Much of the set came from this album.
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<br />It was a tough gig for the band and for some of the audience. Unlike the events at 104, which were very civilized, Glaz’art is a music venue not too dissimilar to the pubs I usually see bands in back home, and this encourages all sorts of people.
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<br />Tonight there was a growing babble of noise from the bar at the back of the venue and a group of dickheads were constantly talking loudly throughout the entire gig, while standing quite close to the stage, and despite people everyone around them trying to shush them, they didn’t give a shit and even seemed to enjoy this fact.
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<br />I don’t know if the band were aware of this, if they were they ignored it and put on a huge and long show.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3401641505/" title="Mono @ Glazart, Paris by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3401641505_4b6d5b65ba.jpg" width="375" height="267.75" alt="Mono @ Glazart, Paris" /></a>
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<br />When I last saw <a href="http://www.mono-jpn.com/"><strong>Mono</strong></a> in Brisbane in August 2007 it was a very *rock* performance with much (albeit controlled) posturing and gesturing, but tonight the boys playing guitar spent most of the evening seated. I’m not sure if this was because they were in the early phases of playing the new album and found this more comfortable, or to enable access to their effect pedals to tweak the delayed sounds, or what. But in the confined space of Glaz’art it made the difficult viewing even harder.
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<br />But luckily <a href="http://www.myspace.com/monojp"><strong>Mono</strong></a> are all about the music, and what cavernous music they played. Moving from moments of gentle guitar or piano so subtle they couldn’t be heard over the inane chatter of the dickheads nearby to thunderous delay on delay on delayed guitar with riotous drum and bass creating a sound to wake the gods.
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<br />After playing a number of new tracks the boys arose to play a few established tunes, to the huge approval of the crowd, and some posturing and gesturing ensued.
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<br />The gig seemed to end far too early, although it must have been close to a two hour set, and as is my want I bought the Mono t-shirt in celebration of my first favourite gig in Paris.
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<br />But there are many more months and many more gigs to look forward to, and now that I am no longer working and (will eventually) have internet access (once my lazy landlady gets her act together) in Paris there will also be many more posts. In the meantime, praise free wifi and the <a href="http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/Document/HomePage?OpenDocument&L=2"><strong>Centre Georges Pompidou</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/UmNMbUpkbTh6NE5FQlE9PQ"><strong>Mono - Ashes In The Snow</strong></a>
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-49676316723152617822009-03-31T04:10:00.005+10:002009-04-01T05:53:09.598+10:00Philip Jeck V's KK Null @ 104, Paris<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3398428007/" title="Phillip Jeck's table of musical wonders at 104, Paris by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3398428007_c6a83a1d38.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Phillip Jeck's table of musical wonders at 104, Paris" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.104.fr/#en/"><strong>104</strong></a> (centre quatre) was built in 1894 and was once a funeral house in the north east of Paris. In a rather well publicised and redevelopment the building was converted into a public art space consisting of numerous studios and performance halls which opened in 2008.
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<br />Only a day after arriving in Paris we discovered that Philip Jeck and KK Null, amongst others, were to play free gigs there as a part of the <strong>Présences électronique 2009</strong> festival.
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<br />First up on a late Friday afternoon was a “Concert couché” with <a href="http://www.philipjeck.com/"><strong>Philip Jeck</strong></a>. It was a fun and slightly wierd set with much vinyl sampling and manipulating mixed with a collection of electronic washes, blips and scrapes. From our viewing position on the floor in the dark there was little to see, but that was the idea and the sounds created a world of their own.
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<br />Philip Jeck works with old turntables, a couple of Casio SK1’s, mixers, delay effect pedals and more to create his unique sonic spaces.
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<br />We arrived too late on the Sunday night to gain admittance to the hall for prolific noise artist <a href="http://www.kknull.com/"><strong>KK Null</strong></a>’s performance, not knowing seats could be reserved on the internet, nor even having internet access, but we could still sit outside the performance space and watch the man at work on the video screen.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3399246486/" title="KK Null plays to those without tickets at 104, Paris by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3399246486_e6d5b0079e.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="KK Null plays to those without tickets at 104, Paris" /></a>
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<br /><a href="www.myspace.com/00kknull"><strong>KK Null</strong></a> has released over 100 albums in the last quarter of a century, propelling him to the forefront of experimental music around the world.
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<br />Unlike the laptop based performances by which preceded it, by KK Null used a couple of mini synthesisers (I couldn’t tell what they were from the video projection) to create his wall of noise and mayhem. Even outside via the smaller speakers in the space where we viewed the show you could sense the power of the music.
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<br />Both shows were a great introduction to our visit to Paris and we look forward to many more musical performances over the next few months.
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-22264554590968287982009-03-24T20:41:00.006+10:002009-03-30T06:09:16.168+10:00The Triffids @ PIAF<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3378472903/" title="the view from the back of The Triffids at PIAF by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/3378472903_5ea1f2cd0c.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="the view from the back of The Triffids at PIAF" /></a>
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<br />I last saw the <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/12/triffids.html"><strong>The Triffids</strong></a> play live in 1987, first in July at the Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen and then in October at the Town and Country Club in London. This was during one of the times when the band were trying to break into the European market, with some level of success, and they were really well received at both gigs.
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<br />But those shows, and the earlier ones I was lucky enough to witness during their formative years in Perth, were worlds apart from the performance in February 2009 at the Perth International Arts Festival due to the absence of songwriter and band leader David McComb, whose untimely death had occurred almost 10 years to the day of the PIAF gigs.
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<br />I must start with a huge thank you to “Evil” Graham Lee for enabling me to obtain tickets to the gig after they had all sold out within days (I wasn’t sure I would still be in Perth when the concerts were first announced).
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3378472591/" title="Jill sings ... The Triffids @ PIAF by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3378472591_e2a8c1f0ba.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Jill sings ... The Triffids @ PIAF" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.thetriffids.com/"><strong>The Triffids</strong></a> have now performed a small number of these tribute/reunion gigs around the world over the last few years, but this is the first time they have performed in Perth since the death of Dave McComb on February 2nd 1999 and the subsequent, unintentional demise of the Triffids.
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<br />A number of celebrity Australian artists joined the remaining Triffids on stage including possibly one of the country’s hardest working musicians, Mick Harvey, Bruce Haymes who played piano for much of the evening, Steve Kilbey, Toby Martin, Melanie Oxley and a number of Perth musicians including the sadly under-appreciated but highly talented Rob Snarski and his brother Mark Snarski (both of the Black Eyed Susans, another group formed in WA by Dave McComb) and members of bands including Youth Group and Kill Devil Hills.
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<br />We were lucky enough to be sitting relatively close to the stage next to two over-excited old friends who make my Triffids fandom and geekiness seem small in comparison, which only added to the enjoyment. My little sister and her husband were also in the audience, lucky enough to have scored celebrity-class tickets, including free booze, and other friends were dotted around the venue, so it was nice to be able to relive the experience after the event.
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<br />We attended the first of three nights of the “A Secret in the Shape of a Song” celebration and were to enjoy over three hours of music, images and words in honor of the life and musical work of David McComb and the Triffids.
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<br />And what better way to celebrate the man than through his music.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3362752846/" title="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3362752846_b5dc226423.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival" /></a>
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<br />The songs performed covered from their earliest releases on vinyl through to the solo works and collaborations of Dave McComb and for most of the evening all of the remaining Triffids were on stage.
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<br />We were treated to the haunting Nico-esque vocals and keyboards of Jill Birt; the evocative violin and guitar of Robert McComb; the constantly busy bass of Martyn Casey (surely one of this countries best bass players, just listen to some of his work on the earlier Triffids recordings, let alone his work with the Bad Seeds), the depth and colors of the pedal steel of Graham Lee and the steadfast drumming of Alsy MacDonald.
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<br />Alsy, the only person to play with Dave McComb throughout every incarnation of the Triffids, also opened the evening, saying “It’s been 20 years since we played in Perth. If it feels strange for you, imagine how strange it feels for us.”
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<br />There was also an MC for the evening in the form of ex-Moodist “Handsome” Steve Miller. This worked to a degree although he did occasionally head in a rather surreal direction, and there were moments of perplexity on the faces of the performers during some of his monologues. But it did provide some continuity while different musicians were introduced to the audience.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3378472669/" title="The Triffids with Mark Snarski @ PIAF by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3378472669_e260de682a.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="The Triffids with Mark Snarski @ PIAF" /></a>
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<br />There were several heartfelt monologues delivered on the life of Dave McComb throughout the evening, including one by his elder brother John discussing their childhood experiences with a slideshow of old, previously unseen, family photos.
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<br />This included reliving their experiences living in The Cliffe, the McComb family home in Peppermint Grove, which has recently had its heritage listing removed and as such now has created an unknown future for the property.
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<br />Sadly this attitude is typical of the “vision” of the politicians in Perth, to my eyes and experience a city with no concern for the value of its own (very short) history and as such it has grown into a bland, characterless city incapable of celebrating anything beyond sports and business “stars”.
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<br />To help save the old McComb family home from being demolished or turned into tea rooms or a retirement home (don’t laugh, several of the pubs I used to play gigs in have now been converted into retirement homes), you can <a href="http://www.savethecliffe.info/"><strong>sign the petition to save The Cliffe</strong></a>.
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<br />It has always been the earlier Triffids songs I most enjoy and quite a few from this period were performed during the night including Red Pony, Bad Timing, Spanish Blue, Property is Condemned, Beautiful Waste, Lonely Stretch and Bright Lights, Big City … the last two of which (along with the classic Wide Open Road) Steve Kilbey of the Church performed ably, although seemingly distant from the Triffids themselves, often parading at the front of the stage. He was also notably absent at the end of the night (the only musician not in attendance for the entire evening).
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3379290682/" title="The Triffids with Mick Harvey @ PIAF by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3379290682_21d09831a5_b.jpg" width="375" height="270.75" alt="The Triffids with Mick Harvey @ PIAF" /></a>
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<br />I am writing this review a month after the event, but some of the other Triffids songs which I remember being played on the night include The Seabirds, Place in the Sun, Too Hot to Move, In the Pines, Kelly’s Blues, Raining Pleasure, Goodbye Little Boy, Tarralup Bridge, Bury Me Deep in Love, Jerdacuttup Man, A Trick of the Light, Steal It All, Tender is the Night (The Long Fidelity) … and many more. Does anyone have a set list, or even better a desk recording, from any of these events?
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<br />It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening of music and over three hours later there were still many songs written by David McComb which could have been featured, in itself a recognition of the amazing work of this sadly under-rated man.
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<br />As is my want, and usual practice, I enjoyed the gig so much that I bought the t-shirt, the third Triffids shirt I have owned in my life.
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<br />I will probably never see the Triffids play live again, but now I have seen them with my wife, the lovely Dr E, who seemed to enjoy the evening as much as I did (and also bought a shirt, creating a bobsie twin dilemma for the future).
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3379290760/" title="The Triffids with Steve Kilbey @ PIAF by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3379290760_aed9c15000.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="The Triffids with Steve Kilbey @ PIAF" /></a>
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<br />If you want to know more about the Triffids, check out the blog entry I wrote on them about 3 years ago. It was a labor of love and you will find it <a href=" http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/05/triffids-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>here</strong></a>
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<br />If you want to help the McComb family and their supporters save the Cliffe, and perhaps provide an opportunity for the future to celebrate the legacy of (one of) Perth’s greatest songwriter(s), go <a href="http://www.savethecliffe.info/"><strong>sign the petition</strong></a>.
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<br />To celebrate this unique event in a Something Old, Something New manner, I have posted a baker’s dozen of rare and early recordings, some available on the home made “tape” releases, which the Triffids would later rerecord in the studio. Be quick, as usual this won’t be available for long.
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<br />Little Voices // Tape Four // Treeless Plain
<br />Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs // Tape Five // Stand Up single
<br />A Place In The Sun // Tape Six // Treeless Plain
<br />Reverie // Tape Six // Reverie ep
<br />Stand Up // Tape Six // Stand Up single
<br />Bad Timing // Dungeon Tape // Bad Timing ep
<br />Madeline // Dungeon Tape // Treeless Plain
<br />Too Hot to Move Too Hot to Think // Dungeon Tape // The Black Swan
<br />Red Pony // Son of Dungeon Tape // Treeless Plain
<br />The Long Fidelity // Jack Brabham Tape // Born Sandy Devotional
<br />One Soul Less On Your Fiery List // In The Pines // Calenture
<br />Trick Of The Light // In The Pines // Calenture
<br />Kelly's Blues // In The Pines // Calenture
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-71044242452078100722009-03-17T23:54:00.003+10:002009-03-18T00:16:40.847+10:00A Something Old year .... so far<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3361935047/" title="Stray Cats at the Fremantle Arts Centre by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3651/3361935047_87d204dc7a.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Stray Cats at the Fremantle Arts Centre" /></a><br /><br /><br />It seems to have been a year of attending gigs by bands who have broken up and reformed or no longer exist than seeing much new music.<br /><br />Last month I caught the newly reunited and original line up of the Stray Cats. <br /><br />And I was also lucky enough, thanks to the intervention of Mr Graham Lee, to attend the wonderful reunion/celebration gig by The Triffids in their home town.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3362752846/" title="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival by somethingold_somethingnew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3362752846_b5dc226423.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="The Triffids (featuring Rob Snarski) at the Perth International Arts Festival" /></a><br /><br />Added to this is the old bands I caught at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival.<br /><br />I've also been busy for the last few months working, packing up two houses (in Perth and Brisbane) and following Dr E to Paris where she is working and we will be living for the next 4.5 months. This has meant that blog posts and visitations have been few and far between so far this year.<br /><br />Does anyone still visit this little corner of the blog-o-sphere? The number of visitors is slowly climbing to 500 000, so they must.<br /><br />Do you want to hear about my experiences and opinions on gigs I've been to? I've already seen KK Null and Philip Jeck since arriving in Paris.<br /><br />Or would you like to hear some of the Perth (especially 1980's era) music which I digitised while living back there for the last 8 months?<br /><br />I plan to do some more blogging now that I am a man of leisure ... feel free to comment.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-38262446161174946882009-01-19T20:50:00.002+10:002009-01-19T21:52:54.781+10:00Afrirampo, Dead Meadow and Fuck Buttons @ All Tomorrow's Parties, Brisbane<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208507289/" title="Afrirampo @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3208507289_8aa61b20b6.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Afrirampo @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />It was back to the Powerhouse for the final night of Brisbane’s disjointed version of the <a href="http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/ATPBrisbane2009.php"><strong>All Tomorrow’s Parties</strong></a> festival and as a whole, this was to be my favourite evening.
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<br />I was lucky enough to be at the very front and centre for most of the performances, except when a very rude and insisted Fuck Buttons fan kept squeezing in before their set started, after which she stood transfixed, seemingly unmoved by the power of their music – surely it should be about the music, not some idol-esque, blind adulation?
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<br /><a href="http://www.afrirampo.com/"><strong>Afrirampo</strong></a> started off the proceedings with a quick jog through the sparse crowd and then up to the stage where they unleashed their noise rock ‘n’ roll to the slowly growing audience.
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/afrirampo"><strong>Afrirampo</strong></a> formed in 2002, evolving from the avante-garde music scene in Osaka, and consist of two young Japanese women playing guitar and drums and sharing vocal and between song banter duties. They are cute and noisy in equal parts and managed to convey both during their very energetic and joyous set of psychedelic noise rock at the Powerhouse.
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<br />They ended the show carried through the now much larger audience on the shoulders of two guys from the crowd, encouraging the audience to participate in the chorus of their final song.
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<br />Mayhem and mischief abounded throughout this fun set but they left too early for me to buy their home made CD (maybe next time?).
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSSXQ4Tkw1aVpMWEE9PQ"><strong>Afrirampo - Nakimushikemushi Goodbye!</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208513581/" title="Dead Meadow @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3208513581_a60b81fd7a.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Dead Meadow @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />Next up were <a href="http://deadmeadow.com/"><strong>Dead Meadow</strong></a> who played a very strong set of seventies rock with a few long, very groovy jams and some relatively short rockers. My head was shaking and my body swaying for the entire set of tunes which took me back to the music of my youth. Rockin' fun indeed!
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadmeadow"><strong>Dead Meadow</strong></a> formed in Washington in 1998 and have experienced a few minor line up changes in their time. Their sound has also alternated between heavy seventies rock and psychedelic stoner rock.
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<br />But tonight it was the heavy end of the rock spectrum the audience was entertained with and the band received a very good reception, including a few gifts bestowed upon them (a bottle of soju and a hippy pouch which, if all is right in the world, contained some wicked pot).
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<br />Dead Meadow were my find of the festival, thanks guys! (but why no CDs on sale?)
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSSXQycWZtMElLSkE9PQ"><strong>Dead Meadow - Indian Bones</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3209365222/" title="Fuck Buttons get the party started @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3395/3209365222_e3056a2915.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Fuck Buttons get the party started @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />Finally ATP favourites <a href="http://www.fuckbuttons.co.uk/"><strong>Fuck Buttons</strong></a> dragged their suitcase of electronic goodies on to the stage and set to destroy the hearing of all within earshot with their experimental noise (although there is melody hidden beneath) tracks.
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/fuckbuttons"><strong>Fuck Buttons</strong></a> formed in late 2004 and in 2008 released their debut, and my album of the year for last year, <strong>Street Horrrsing</strong>. Hearing this played live was a most amazing experience.
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<br />The band were very well received by the enthusiastic audience, especially a small group of lads a few rows back who were jumping around and hollering in support.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208526403/" title="Fuck Buttons in full swing @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3208526403_ef15db62f7.jpg" width="375" height="281.25" alt="Fuck Buttons in full swing @ Brisbane Powerhouse, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />They ended with a track I didn’t recognise and which bodes well for future quality output from Fuck Buttons. I for one can't wait! I had so much fun I bought the t-shirt.
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSSXR3UzhVVGwzZUE9PQ"><strong>Fuck Buttons – Sweet Love For Planet Earth</strong></a>
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<br />Huge thanks go out to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for curating such a great fun festival and to all of the bands (with one obvious, local exception) for putting on such quality performances. All Tomorrow's Parties is now my favourite oz music festival and next year I may have to travel to Sydney or Melbourne to enjoy the full festival experience.
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<br />The <a href="http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/ATPBrisbane2009.php"><strong>All Tomorrow’s Parties</strong></a> full day festival in Brisbane was held at the Riverstage, surrounded by the Brisbane River on one side and nudged up against the Botanical Gardens, a lovely location for this music festival generally aimed at, and certainly attended by, a more mature audience.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3209188704/" title="James Blood Ulmer @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3209188704_bcb7431976.jpg" width="375" height="320.25" alt="James Blood Ulmer @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />We arrived on a hot summer’s afternoon to a venue with little shade to catch most of soul / jazz / guitar legend <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jamesbloodulmer"><strong>James Blood Ulmer’s</strong></a> performance, who played a very personable and enjoyable bluesy set.
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<br />It must have been disconcerting for the artists performing early in the afternoon, as the majority of the audience directly in front of the stage were standing in the limited available shade. This meant most were gathered primarily to one side of the stage, as the sun moved across the sky.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3209194814/" title="The Necks @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3209194814_3a288e1b87.jpg" width="375" height="246.75" alt="The Necks @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />The heat was still evident when the avante-jazz trio <a href="http://www.thenecks.com/"><strong>The Necks</strong></a> took to the stage to play an interesting set-long jam, as is their want. I have seen these guys a few times now and they never disappoint. With only upright bass, piano and drums The Necks create a myriad of sounds and textures. My second favourite set of the day.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3209197706/" title="Robert Forster @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3209197706_ae49845ef5.jpg" width="375" height="246.75" alt="Robert Forster @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />After The Necks we retreated to the shade of the hill amongst the smokers to catch <a href="http://www.robertforster.net/"><strong>Robert Forster</strong></a> and his band play a collection of songs from his solo career and a few old <a href="http://www.go-betweens.net/"><strong>Go-Betweens</strong></a> favourites. A very nice set of lovely songs it was too, with Robert in fine form, and slowly the crowd in front of the stage, and in the venue, continued to grow.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208357821/" title="Spiritualized @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3208357821_27c3d8789e.jpg" width="375" height="241.50" alt="Spiritualized @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://www.spiritualized.com/"><strong>Spiritualized</strong></a> were on next and as the sun finally started to provide sufficient shade for the audience to fill out the ampitheatre the band launched into a selection of their psychedelic guitar tunes, with a few minor hits thrown in for good measure. With a seven piece band, including a two girl “choir” the band put out quite a sound.
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<br />Then it was back into the fray (to some extent, at least) to catch the set I had been waiting for.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208361877/" title="The Saints @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties, Chris Bailey gives Ed Kuepper the finger, again"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3208361877_1957a6589a.jpg" width="375" height="252.75" alt="The Saints @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties, Chris Bailey gives Ed Kuepper the finger, again" /></a>
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<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/01/saints-bands-from-brisbane-australia.html"><strong>The Saints</strong></a> were to play their debut album <em><strong>I’m Stranded </strong></em>in its entirety. Surely this album (and most certainly the single, widely accepted as the first punk single released) are part of the backbone of Australia’s alternative music scene.
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<br />The sun was setting, the bats were flying above our heads and there was anticipation in the air. I wasn’t too concerned when <a href="http://www.myspace.com/saintsmusic"><strong>The Saints</strong></a> didn’t open with this signature tune, but it was soon evident that, in typical “fuck you” punk attitude, they were just playing a set of their choosing, which included a few tracks from their debut.
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<br />To my ears and heart it was a bit of a lacklustre performance, although it seems fair enough that the band wouldn’t maintain the aggression and attitude after over 30 years. Chris Bailey’s delivery missed the sneer-ey attitude of yore. Ed Kuepper thrashed at his guitar, but from my standing position his sound was criminally way too low in the mix.
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<br />There was no interaction between these two famously antagonistic personalities, and as the set progressed, during many of the moments when he wasn’t singing, Chris Bailey was repeatedly and over-dramatically gesturing towards Ed Kuepper in a weird deferential way. I couldn’t get my head around it.
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<br />The Saints set had a few highlights, but it didn’t meet my admittedly rather high expectations, especially after hearing the excellent reports from their Pig City show last year. They didn’t even play the song I’m Stranded? To their home town?? But they did choose to play the cover version track Kissin’ Cousins??? Go figure … and maybe go see The Laughing Clowns.
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<br />But don’t take my word for it, Bob over at <strong>That Striped Sunlight Sound</strong> was closer to the stage and has some great photos of many of the bands from the latter half of the day, and he loved the Saints show …. Check out Bob’s blog entry <a href="http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com/2009/01/all-tomorrows-parties-brisbane-15-01-09.html"><strong>here</strong></a>
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<br />And then it was time for the headline band, and the curators of the festival.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3205760846/" title="Nick Cave and the Bas Seeds @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3205760846_52c031af8e.jpg" width="375" height="255.75" alt="The Saints @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />The impeccably dressed <a href="http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/"><strong>Bad Seeds</strong></a> graced the stage to a roar only outdone when a very dapper looking <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2005/04/serge-gainsbourg-vs-nick-cave.html"><strong>Nick Cave</strong></a> also emerged. Undoubtedly the king of alternative music in Australia with a backing band containing members with successful solo careers of their own or members of many of the most famous bands this country has produced including <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2005/07/triffids.html"><strong>The Triffids</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.anchorandhope.com/"><strong>The Dirty Three</strong></a>, many of the band still have successful international careers, a testament to their devotion to both Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds legacy.
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<br />The passage of 30 years hasn’t dampened Nick Cave or his band, in fact if anything he just keeps getting better as an entertainer.
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<br />They played tracks ranging from the new album <strong>Dig, Lazarus, Dig </strong>and even stretched back to the second album, From Her To Eternity, with the inclusion of my favourite track, Tupelo and a huge collection of hits from between these periods.
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<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/3208366883/" title="Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3208366883_c9f89ce44d.jpg" width="375" height="238.5" alt="Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Brisbane Riverstage, All Tomorrow's Parties" /></a>
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<br />With the sonic mayhem of Warren Ellis (of The Dirty Three) and the strong foundation provided by career-long musical partner in crime, Mick Harvey, the Bad Seeds were brutal and beautiful.
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<br />The hour and a half long set was barely long enough. Long live the king!
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSSXQzTmFTSUIzZUE9PQ"><strong>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tupelo</strong></a>
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<br />The <a href="http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/ATPBrisbane2009.php"><strong>All Tomorrow's Parties</strong></a> festival has finally made it to the (east coast of) Australia, so I just had to go east. It is being presented in Brisbane over 4 separate days, but what a wonderful (disjointed version of this amazing) festival it has been so far.
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<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/harmoniamusic"><strong>Harmonia</strong></a> opened the proceedings at the Powerhouse on Tuesday night with a set not too removed from many of the laptop performances of today.
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<br />Harmonia were a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krautrock"><strong>Krautrock</strong></a> supergroup consisting of members of <a href="http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=675"><strong>Neu!</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.kraftwerk.com/"><strong>Kraftwerk</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theonlyclusterthatmatters"><strong>Cluster</strong></a> and also boasted one <a href="http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/"><strong>Brian Eno</strong></a> for short a period of time.
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<br />Although they only lasted from 1973-76, and played very few live shows at the time, Harmonia are considered to be one of the important forerunners of the experimental / electronic music scene.
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<br />The Powerhouse show saw the trio perched before a packed house and behind their laptops with a backdrop including images from their youth and the set included an interesting mix of ambient and electronic soundscapes. Many of the samples were pre-recorded and tweaked, although the inclusion of live (then looped and modified) electric guitar provided some semblance of cause and effect (one of my oft-stated problems with laptop performances).
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<br />It was interesting to see a photograph of the band playing live in 1974 projected onto the large screen behind them in comparison with the band performing today. In 1974 they had quite an arsenal of musical equipment, but today they were armed with only their small array of computers, effects and electronic bric-a-brac. The wonders of modern technology. See the posted photograph to get my meaning.
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<br />The set was played with typical German precision but a sense of humour also pervaded the performance, there was even a joke and laughter between the band and the amazing and at times mesmerising performance was reverently received by the appreciative crowd.
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<br />Brisbane (thanks largely to <a href="http://www.lawrenceenglish.com/"><strong>Lawrence English</strong></a> of <a href="http://www.room40.org/"><strong>Room 40</strong></a> fame) has a vibrant experimental music scene and what better way to start the All Tomorrow's Parties celebration than Harmonia.
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<br />Stay tuned for more <em><strong>Something Old, Something New</strong></em> ramblings and opinions on the ATP festival over the coming days and weeks.
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<br />But in real time for me, as compared to whenever you may be reading this post, tonight is the noise component featuring <a href="http://www.afrirampo.com/"><strong>Afrirampo</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.deadmeadow.com/"><strong>Dead Meadow</strong></a> and the amazing <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fuckbuttons"><strong>Fuck Buttons</strong></a>. Woo Hoo indeed!!
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<br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSUXV0OW5tNEpMWEE9PQ"><strong>Harmonia - Dino</strong></a>
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-18435210733098350912008-12-10T17:11:00.009+10:002009-06-07T18:45:20.972+10:00The Burger Kings (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="500" WIDTH="362" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/3097620264_9d53aa84a6_o.jpg"><br /><br /><br />A little bit Elvis, a little bit Jerry Lee, a lot of Perth talent. <br /><br /><strong>The Burger Kings</strong> play southern fried Elvisonic Rock & Roll and cool cabaret and consists of musicians who between them have played in a very large number of quality Perth bands over the decades.<br /><br /><strong>Craig Wheel</strong> has played in seemingly countless bands including <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/waltons-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Waltons</strong></a>, Deb, Love Pump and <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/hoovers-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Hoovers</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Hugh Veldon</strong> is another local legend both fronting <a href="http://www.kingwasabi.com/"><strong>King Wasabi</strong></a> as well as his time behind the skins occupying the mild mannered persona of Martin Moon with numerous bands, perhaps most famously <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/marigolds-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Marigolds</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Pete Stone</strong> has played in bands including Silent Type and The Never Never and is currently leading <a href="http://www.myspace.com/peterbusherandthelonerangers"><strong>Peter Busher And The Lone Rangers</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Howard Shawcross</strong> is one of the original bass players from the Perth music scene and has played with a multitude of bands including The Elks, Riptides, Dave Warner's From The Suburbs and The Jackals.<br /><br /><strong>Simon Goodridge</strong> has previously played in Never Never<br /><br />The Burger Kings have performed at the Big Day Out & even the Hopman Cup Ball. They are also playing this weekend at the Mustang Bar in Northbridge and are promising tunes from a wide range of influences with a big repertoire whacked along at a furious pace and interspersed with southern style jokes & anecdotes.<br /><br /><br />here's a track from one of Craig's earlier bands, <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/waltons-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Waltons</strong></a>, which will probably give you an idea of some of what to expect from the Burger Kings:-<br /><br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuQ1Z1UzdvQnNLSkE9PQ"><strong>The Waltons - Coca-Cola Is Coke</strong></a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-40584514501148294132008-12-10T10:16:00.003+10:002008-12-10T11:09:52.303+10:00The Howling Desperados (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="270" WIDTH="360" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3096929342_a1c7c84ec9_o.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehowlingdesperados"><strong>The Howling Desperados</strong></a>, from way down deep in the West of Australia, saddled up and hit the trail in late 2007. They have quickly become the meanest bunch of no good, snake bellied, stone hearted killers on the whole of the Perth metropolitan alt-country music scene. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehowlingdesperados"><strong>The Howling Desperados</strong></a> are all about playin’ original alt country music with style and havin’ a grand ole time doin’ it. So when folks come to their gigs they walk away smil’n and know'n they’ve just seen a kick ass band give’m a real honest ta goodness show. <br /><br />My old mate Trent plays bass for these guys and he is the one to thank getting me into my first real (instead of back room or garage) band <strong>Two Faces of Culture </strong>(which morphed into <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/as-is-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>As Is</strong></a>) and to play live and record properly.<br /><br />Anyhoo .... you can expect an album from the Desperados in early 2009, so far they've independently released the EP “<em>Howl If You’re Desperate</em>” and you can hear some of their tracks on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehowlingdesperados"><strong>myspace</strong></a>.<br /><br />Plus if you're in Perth this weekend, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehowlingdesperados"><strong>The Howling Desperados</strong></a> are playing with <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/02/chevelles-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Chevelles</strong></a> at the Amplifier Bar. Should be a good gig.<br /><br /><img HEIGHT="500" WIDTH="349" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/3096088889_5816e6d013_o.jpg"><br /><br /><br />here's a track from the Howling Desperados recorded live in the rehearsal room:-<br /><br /><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuQ1ZsSWhwM2wzZUE9PQ"><strong>The Howling Desperados - Legend</strong></a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-42911959759542379482008-11-16T09:40:00.004+10:002008-11-27T22:49:42.428+10:00Scant Regarde (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="241" WIDTH="350" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/3032705959_f28b9d7317_o.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brilton.net/html/b/scant_regarde.html"><strong>Scant Regarde</strong></a> were (mostly) a three piece playing and recording in Perth between 1982 and 1984. They also spent some time touring the east of Australia<br /><br />The band consisted of Ian Young on guitar and vocals, Andrew Yates playing drums, Norm Parkhill on bass and vocals and for the final month or so of the band's existence (and for the posted track) Kate Bent doing vocals and trumpet.<br /><br />Between them the had previously played in a number of Perth bands including Eep Of The Gra, Photoplay, and would go on to play in Martha's Vineyard, Just Add Water and I Hear An Army.<br /> <br />To the best of my knowledge this 7" four track EP (Side A: Cabbage Hat - Virgin Head / Stretch. Side B: Animal Magic / Nocturne) was the only recorded product from Scant Regarde.<br /><br /><br />As you can probably tell, posts have been few and far between in recent months. <br /><br />Partly I am losing interest in the whole blog thing, both writing and reading them. <br /><br />And partly I am too busy having a life back in my home town of Perth, catching up with old buddies, seeing my family, making new friends, playing music, creating a vegie garden to feed Dr E and me over the summer months, trying to encourage my nephew to play guitar.<br /><br />One project I have finally set up is the burning of my vinyl, including old Perth bands. So some of the future posts will contain ever less information, as the bands from Perth in the 1980s have left very few permanent records, unlike the plethora of information available on bands today, thanks to the online world.<br /><br />If anyone has any further information on Scant Regarde, or any of the bands I post in the near future, please let me know and I will update the post.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1888278"><strong>Scant Regarde - Cabbage Hat - Virgin Head</strong></a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-3646564464364875582008-10-01T12:17:00.014+10:002008-10-24T12:31:49.571+10:00Kno Matter (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="400" WIDTH="398.4" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2903011497_5dac6d31d4.jpg"><br /><br />Kno Matter played many gigs in the mid 1980's and were often as celebrated for their stage performance as for their musical abilities. <br /><br />Drummer Russ Wilson had played in a number of well respected Perth original bands including Devils On Horseback and vocalist and guitarist <a href="http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news.asp?sc=&sId=163382&sType=profile"><strong>Matt Wilson</strong></a> would go on to help create local circus troup <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~bizircus/"><strong>Bizircus</strong></a> and eventually become a part of the legendary <a href="http://www.circusoz.com/"><strong>Circus Oz</strong></a>.<br /><br />Some of Kno Matter would also go on to form party band extraordinaire the Bad Music Billies. Those guys played the soundtrack to some outrageous parties.<br /><br />I have already posted a live track from Kno Matter, <a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2008/07/red-parrot-attic-tapes-bands-from-perth.html"><strong>playing at the Red Parrot</strong></a>, but this is the A side to their only release (that I am aware of, at least).<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1815196"><strong>Kno Matter - Criticize</strong></a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-6942411181499290392008-08-28T21:05:00.010+10:002008-11-28T11:46:53.493+10:00Analog Mike<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17464169@N00/2805862676/" title="Analog Mike"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2805862676_8757663d79.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Analog Mike" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/analogmikeband"><strong>Analog Mike</strong></a> is a composer, musician and music hobbyist who began playing original music in "alternative" bands (Two Faces of Culture, As Is) and "sixties garage/surf guitar" band (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehooversband"><strong>The Hoovers</strong></a>) before moving on to writing and recording experimental, minimalist and ambient soundscapes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.musicoz.org/songs/artist_profile.aspx?artistID=2822"><strong>Analog Mike's</strong></a> track <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1754832">Home Soon</a>, in collaboration with Brisbane Poet <br /><font color="red"><strong>Michelle Dicinoski</strong>'s</font color> words and images, was recently announced as the winner of the <a href="http://www.queenslandpoetryfestival.info/fmc.htm"><strong>Queensland Poetry Festival</strong></a> <strong>2008 filmmakers challenge </strong>for a work that "explores the possibilities of poetic expression via audio visual technology." <br /><br />Here is the winning entry:-<br /><br /><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LsCP_YnX8GQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LsCP_YnX8GQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Posted below is the track <em>Home Soon</em> in its entirety plus a bonus track from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/analogmikeband"><strong>Analog Mike</strong></a>.<br /><br />Check out the links for more info and tunes and make sure you check out <a href="http://www.myspace.com/analogmikeband"><strong>Analog Mike</strong></a> or his alter ego <a href="http://www.myspace.com/guitarmab"><strong>MAB</strong></a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1754832">Analog Mike - Home Soon</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1754828">Analog Mike - Section 7-B</a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-90926333405710828732008-07-27T11:17:00.005+10:002009-05-09T04:29:40.549+10:00The Red Parrot - The Attic Tapes (Bands from Perth, Australia)<img HEIGHT="396" WIDTH="395" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/1332747207_2992e60c7b_o.jpg" alt="The Red Parrot"><br /><br />I have been too busy moving back and setting up home, finding and starting a new job and catching up with friends and family to do any blogging ..... so to use a repost and continue the celebration of returning to Perth and posting music from my home town, here's a live compilation only ever released on cassette and of which I may have one of the few copies available.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5197910913"><strong>The Red Parrot</strong></a> was the place to be seen (or should that be scene?) in Perth in the early to mid 1980's.<br /><br />If my memory serves me right, these recordings were made at The Red Parrot over two nights, Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May, 1986.<br /><br />As well as being the best night club in Perth (in my experience), it supported the local original music scene at a time when most pubs were only allowing cover bands to play. See the Kno Matter track "Playing Covers" for an obvious reference to this phenomenon. The Red Parrot was also the venue where many national and international bands played. <br /><br />I still haven't had the time to break these tracks up, so here you have side A and side B of the cassette. The track listing is:-<br /><br /><font color="red"><strong>The Red Parrot - The Attic Tapes</strong></font color><br /><br /><em>Side A</em><br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/02/holy-rollers-bands-from-perth.html"><strong>The Holy Rollers</strong></a> - Afraid<br />Homecoming - Compromise<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/waltons-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Waltons</strong></a> - My Husband Beats Me<br />The Moment - G Dead<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/marigolds-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Marigolds</strong></a> - Down By The River<br /><br /><em>Side B</em><br /><br />Erol H Tout - The Sound Of Swimming<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2008/10/kno-matter-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>Kno Matter</strong></a> - Playing Covers<br />Greenhouse Effect - Rhyme Without Reason<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/10/kryptonics-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Kryptonics</strong></a> - Trapped Inside<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/53700361/The_Attic_Tapes.rar"><strong>The Attic Tapes</strong></a><br />(this is the link to a zip file containing a song from all of the bands listed above)<br /><br /><br /><font color="red"><em><strong>Do you like these tunes? Then why not support the artists by buying some music. Check out these links:-</strong></em></font><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=somoldsomnew-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000QUU4UU&fc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=000000&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743832626257326784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493962.post-37038032842795860052008-06-26T10:14:00.002+10:002008-06-26T11:09:44.935+10:00Leaving On A Jet Plane<img HEIGHT="512" WIDTH="406" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2612099478_429dae636e_b.jpg" alt="leaving on a paper plane">
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<br />My belongings (well, some of my guitars, music stuff, books and clothes) are already on their way from Brisbane to Perth and I am only a few days behind .... so this will be my last post from Brisbane.
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<br />With a very heavy heart I am leaving my beloved Dr. E in Brisbane (and to her overseas conferences) and awaiting her first visit to Perth in only a few weeks time.
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<br />But I am also looking forward to spending time with my family and friends back home.
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<br />To celebrate this occasion, I have returned to an old theme of cover versions, and this song seems most appropriate.
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<br /><a href="https://download.yousendit.com/A8B522845909E266"><strong>J Mascis - Leaving On A Jet Plane</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="https://download.yousendit.com/32F4C77E2AEA5F18"><strong>PJ Harvey & Bjork - Leaving On A Jet Plane</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="https://download.yousendit.com/B0A4A5034182C992"><strong>Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Leaving On A Jet Plane</strong></a>
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<br />Ten years later and I am moving back to my hometown of Perth to live amongst my family and friends for more than a long weekend at a time.
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<br />This also means that I will again have access to the vinyl which has been locked away for all of that time ... so this blog's voyeurs can look forward to future posts on the music I listened to all of those years ago.
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<br />As usual there will be some new, old music from Perth as well as many "lost" Australian bands from the 1970s and 1980s. Personally I can't wait to revisit my old singles including such classic Perth bands as Kno Matter, The Triffids, King Pig, the Marigolds, the Stems ... and much, much more which I have undoubtedly forgotten about after all these years.
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<br />To celebrate I have revisited this old mix of Perth bands from the 1970's through to the end of the millenia, when I left Perth and moved to Sydney (and then on to Brisbane).
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<br />This mix moves from punk to pub rock, surf instros to post-punk, guitar pop and more. This is only the surface of some of the great music that has come from, and continues to be created in, Perth - the world's most isolated city.
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<br />Most of these bands I saw live, many I saw numerous times, some I just liked, others I played in, or played gigs with. But it provides an idea of how vibrant the Perth music scene was. Check out the links (within links) if you want to find out more about any of these bands.
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<br />The bands featured are the same as for the previous post ... but for long-time voyeurs, and I hope that there are a few of you, I have changed some of the tracks posted ... but which ones?
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<br />As always, you need be quick as this mix won't be available for long and if you find something you like, go out and buy a copy for yourself, if you can track it down.
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<br />So Something Old, Something New presents "<em><strong>Perthection</strong></em>":-
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<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/as-is-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>As Is</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.divinerites.com/b_bamboo.htm"><strong>The Bamboos</strong></a>
<br /><strong>Chads Tree</strong>
<br /><a href="http://www.davewarner.com.au/"><strong>Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs </strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=486"><strong>Deb</strong></a>
<br /><strong>Diddywah Hoodaddys</strong>
<br /><a href="http://www.dommariani.com/index.php?module=Website&action=Text&content=1103603358070-2498"><strong>DM3</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~jolleyj/sixties/early.html"><strong>The Early Hours</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~fish/feends.htm"><strong>The Feends</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~record78/rel24.html"><strong>Flanders</strong></a>
<br /><strong>Helicopters</strong>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/02/holy-rollers-bands-from-perth.html"><strong>The Holy Rollers</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/hoovers-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong> The Hoovers</strong></a>
<br /><strong> The Jackals</strong>
<br /><strong> Kno Matter</strong>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2007/10/kryptonics-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Kryptonics</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/manikins-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Manikins</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/marigolds-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Marigolds</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://homepages.tig.com.au/~pvzalm/martha.htm"><strong>Martha’s Vineyard</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/n/neptunes.html"><strong>The Neptunes</strong></a>
<br /><strong>Rabbits Wedding</strong>
<br /><strong>Rhythm Method</strong>
<br /><a href="http://www.innercitysound.com.au/Rockets.html"><strong>The Rockets</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2008/02/sonic-youth-vs-scientists.html"><strong>The Scientists</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2005/12/stems-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Stems</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/02/superscope-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>Superscope</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2005/07/triffids.html"><strong>The Triffids</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2005/01/victims.html"><strong>The Victims</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/waltons-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>The Waltons</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~record78/rel05.html"><strong>Tune Bureau</strong></a>
<br /><a href="http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/01/valvolux-bands-from-perth-australia.html"><strong>Valvolux</strong></a>
<br /><strong>Verona</strong>
<br /><strong>Wormfarm</strong>
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<br />For those of you who don't want to download this zip file, here are a couple of tracks from bands I played in last millenia which aren't included on this compilation.
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<br /><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~michaelbolger/mp3/As Is - Count To Ten.mp3"><strong>As Is - Count To Ten</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~michaelbolger/mp3/The Hoovers - I'm An Addict.mp3"><strong>The Hoovers - I'm An Addict</strong></a>
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<br /><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/123712784/Perthection.rar"><strong>Perthection</strong></a>
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