Obligatory smRts Mention.

smRts are awesome.

The Hundred Thousand Fireflies @ House Party 2008.

Here's a set from now defunct band The Hundred Thousand Fireflies playing their last show at a house party. This is the same party that the Hagar set came from and it was also Wind Waker's first show. There are some videos of the band on youtube, here is one. I think I played at that show as well.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

04/09/09 Norfolk Basement.

Pink Reason just swung through our ghost town on a tour of australia presented by Fifth Column and Stained Circles. I saw the perth leg of the tour which placed itself in the cavern of the Norfolk Basement and decided to down some ramblings here: Silver Bulletin and Mental Powers took positions as local supports. Silver Bulletin (aka Cambro Rothalot) is a one man apocacryptic folk machine. Usually, or as far as I have seen so far, his sets feature lots of gentle vocal and percussion looping but not today and the set seemed leaner and stronger for it, like a pretty cow changing into a horse. A manly horse with black rimmed glasses and a nylon string guitar. Beautiful. After cambro left the fairy lightstage Mental Powers assembled on the floorspace. Once a different beast, the Powers that be have come a long way from the first time I saw them, they have shifted into tighter territory. Jamie's cut-down and tuned up jazz drumming is amazing and Lewbro glues into it like teeth coming together, new man Steve is the gums in this mouth equation, a strong foundation. Deni therefore is somehow the tongue in this mouthband, his sonic presence floating over and through. After this happening, Lakes formed on stage, seating himself on a black case, he began an ice cave journey in songform which was moving, especially to the douchey few that walked in and straight back out mid-set. Pink Reason featured Ryan Jewell and Matt Horseshit for this tour, aswell as Deni Powers for this show. They played a 40 or so minute set and it was amazing. It had everything from touching acoustic ballads(?) to waves of free jazz with rolling atonal piano and Deni's sax. Throughout Jewell's skills were obvious, this man is a percusso-genius, always supporting and embellishing yet never showy or crushing not to mention his oscillations. Horseshit's, for lack of better terms, surf-psych strat work filtered though Kevin Debroux's "dark, squalid and-bluesy streak music" very well. I noticed Deni manipulating the pitch wheel during one bursting number, it seemed fitting.

In Summary, all the above bands are MUST see.

over and out.

P.S. a recording of PR's set will be released, maybe on Fifth Column.

Silver Bulletin @ Norfolk Basement 04/09/09.

Silver Bulletin set at the Norfolk Basement 04/09/09. Possibly the best SB set ever and also possibly the last, at least for a while. He has a cd out now called "Gutless Universe" buy it now.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Mental Powers @ Norfolk Basement 04/09/09.

Mental Powers live set at the Norfolk Basement 04/09/2009. They have a split 7" w/ Free Choice out on Fifth Column, you should buy it now.
First show with SS in band.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Lakes @ Norfolk Basement 04/09/09.

Lakes set at the Norfolk Basemen in freoton 04/09/09.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Show at hydey

Two Thursdays ago I went to the Hydey to see Taco Leg, Chris Cobilis and Lakes. Extortion and Ryan Jewell also played, but I had to leave early, bummer, apparently they slayed. I learnt a few lessons that night:

1. Rechargeable batteries are shit and will let you down.

2. When batteries die you often lose recordings.

3. Working early morning shifts will kill you.

Taco Leg put aside their usual material and played The Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" in its entirety. Epic. Chris Cobilis played after and seemed to have a little trouble through his set and was vocal in his praise of chattery punters, though overall it was a very good set ending with a cover of Amerie's "1 Thing". Lakes setup his trunk of toys and played his solo guitar, keyboard, drum, tape stuff. It was very good what else can I say?

Taco Leg @ Hydey 03/09/09.

Everyones favourite band. Taco Leg rule. Hydey 03/09/2009.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Chris Cobilis @ Hydey 03/09/09.

Chris Cobilis set at the Hydey 02/09/2009. I had some trouble recording this set, batteries died half way through and I lost the first half, a great shame as it was a very good set by a jittery and perturbed cobman.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Lakes @ Hydey 03-09-09.

Here's Lakes doing a set at the Hydey 03/09/2009. It's missing the start because I missed the start, sorry. Buy his 7" EP "Tray of Fire". I did and it's rad.

Here.

Enjoy.