Reel Muzak: 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

Gulls @ Dada Records 17-12-2011

Photo by Darren Mok

Westralian two piece Gulls playing at Dada Records. The man on the right in this photo is Matt Aitken, he just hosted the best NYE party I've ever been to. I stole my friends bike and rode off into the distance only to return home on foot at 5:30 and woke with no memory of the incident. I will never take acid and dexies together again.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Mental Powers @ Dada Records 17-12-2011

Photo by Darren Mok

Mental Powers playing in linear mode at Dada Records. Look at that attractive man in the blue shirt, his name is Lewis Waters and Ladies, he's taken. This set reminds me of a band I've seen a few times but actually good.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Golden Staph @ Dada Records 17-12-2011

Photo by Darren Mok

Newly and very briefly reunited Golden Staph playing their first show in 17 months at Dada Records with Ruby Jeppe (Astral Travel/HXMeth) subbing for Clare Wohlnick on keys. They played two shows that day, the other is here.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Allbrook Avery @ Dada Records 17-12-2011

Photo by Darren Mok

Allbrook Avery playing at Dada Records. This is a fairly different lineup compared to the last time I saw the band way back sometime ago. Recording from Ben Stewart. This one goes out to the french girls on the internet.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Surf Rabbits @ 208 17-12-2011

Poster by Jamie Doohan.

New band Surf Rabbits playing their first show at 208 17th of December 2011. I know nothing about the band.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Water Temple @ 208 17-12-2011

Water Temple thrashing out the hits like a hit machine at 208. Water Temple just recorded some songs at Real to Reel at perth traino.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Golden Staph @ 208 17-12-2011

Photo by Casey Ayres.

Photo by Darren Mok

Golden Staph playing their second show of the day at 208. Launching their s/t LP which I recorded a long time ago and was released by RIP Society. The Staph also played a set at Real2Reel a week later which was sick. Hopefully the band will play some more shows someday but Onton (who now lives in Berlin) has a krewl nu-band called Diät and Pat (who lives in melbong) now plays in School of Radiant Living who are also sick.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Helta Skelta @ 208 17-12-2011

I don't have any photos of the gig but here's one of Pat in his natural habitat by Casey Ayres.

Helta Skelta playing at 208 17th of December 2011. This would be followed by Suffer's set but my lift was leaving early, bummer. All in all these were probably the two best local gigs of the year.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Monday, December 12, 2011

smRts @ Mojos 25-11-2011

smRts drummer Chris Cobilis seen here "in action"

Five headed beast-dog outfit smRts ripping Fremantle a new one at Mojos 25th November 2011.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Astral Travel/Wind Waker Split LP

Infamous Astral Travel & Wind Waker split album, recorded in 2010 but never released, now here for your listening pleasure and so people stop asking me about it.

edit: Masters deleted for prosperity

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Banana Head @ Seizan 02-11-2011

Goaty Tapes CEO Zully aka Banana Head playing at Seizan Karaoke Bar 2nd of November 2011.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

ps Just to clarify, I saw NO desert bar. WTF MURRAY???

Taco Leg @ Seizan 02-11-2011

The almighty Taco Leg playing at Seizan Karaoke Bar 2nd of November 2011. Still early in the live life of the TL Mk II, this set also features super kewl d//d Wil H(Water Temple/Bamodi) on the first 2 songs, both of which are from the Pauline Manson cassette launched on the night.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Friday, October 21, 2011

jobble

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Predrag Delibasic @ The Bird 04-10-2011

The one, the only Predrag Delibasic playing at The Bird 4th of October 2011.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Sarry @ The Bird 04-10-2011

Photo by Scott Bishop

Japanese duo Sarry playing at The Bird 4th of October 2011. I won't say much about Sarry, Pex already said it all.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Friday, September 30, 2011

smRts Sound System @ PICA Bar 22-09-2011

smRts Sound System playing at PICA Bar 22nd of September 2011.
This is just your average neighbourhood smRts with a bit of jam at the front.
This gig was part of Tura New Music's Totally Huge New Music Festival.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Craig's Last Gig in Perth @ PICA Bar 22-09-2011

Craig McElhinney's last gig in Perth at the PICA Bar 22nd of September 2011.
Mr Craig is heading east for a Melbong sabbatical, he speaks of returning to our desolate shores someday but time will show the wiser.

HERE.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Is An Institution

CHEKKIT

Enjoy.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

and a whole heap of weed.

The beautiful hand of CME, taken by the beautiful Onton.

Our friendly local polymath Lyndon Blue has just interviewed Perth's one and only wondermanchild/guitarwizard/me-m8 Craig McElhinney, ahead of the release of his 200 millionth album SORE LOSER and his temporary relocation to Melbourne.

READ IT HERE.

Here's a video Craig did with local filmmaker/coool d00d Ben Stewart, it's a beautiful tune.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Pink Reason @ Norfolk Basement 04-09-2009

Pink Reason playing their first show in Australia at the Norfolk Basement waaay back in 2009 on the 4th of September. I recorded this set for James V, there were some vague plans for a cassette release that never happened* so now I can finally upload it. The other bands on that night are here, here and here. It was the gig of the year, a night to preserve in the memory banks.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

p.s. There's a big section missing in the middle of the recording because of a battery problem, Deni's sax solo was lost.

Ladies and Gentleman

It brings me both great pleasure and pain to bring you what I believe is one of the worst album reviews I have ever read, The Dada Tapes review by Marie Dominique Dela Paz. If you pay attention to the varied and many underground music happenings around Perth you may recall the review "A Day of Psychedelia with Dada Records" a few weeks ago on the very same website chronicling the Dada Tapes launch party at Dada Records, which is a great and entirely grating piece of fluff writing by a uneducated retard who happens to "admin" the sound of the stage website, obviously Marie does not recall Zen Frost's review,nor does she live in Perth as she doesn't seem to know that DADA RECORDS happens to be a store.

I could write reams of pages on what is wrong with these two reviews but I can't be fucked, it's better you read it yourself. I guess it's still better than xpress, drum media, sixthousand, wire, faster louder and all the other shithouse music journalism in perth.

Also, I would like to impart a word of advice for any "music journalists/LOLsmiths" reading this, If you "sit down in front of your computer and listen to this record" you are doing it wrong.

EDIT: It appears that Sound of the Stage have pulled the review, for your convenience and lolz, I've posted it in the comments.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Taco Leg @ Yayas 28-07-2011

Taco Leg kickin' it nu school at Yayas 28th July 2011. This is their first gig with Clare on guitar, RIP SIMONSTRUMENTAL, and their 2nd band comp. They lost again.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

ps give the band a gig.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Water Temple @ Yayas 21-07-2011

Water Temple degrading themselves "jammin'" at Yayas 21st July 2011.

Why would anyone enter a band comp ever??? Worst idea ever.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Dada Tapes

Dada Records have been irregularly hosting gigs in their garage for longer than I've been around to get drunk and spill beer at them and most of the last few years of gigs have been organised by Dada's employee/local film maker/good dude Ben Stewart who also happened to record them all on his handheld 2-track, much like me but instead of making a blog that no one gives a shit about he decided to compile them into a fantastic cd. Dadas pressed 200 of these and have already given most of them out but for all you losers who didn't get one it's now available on the internet. It's a fairly accurate summary of most of the "key players" running about in different circles around town.

Download it HERE.

ENJOY.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Water Temple @ 208 22-07-2011

Water Temple slaying the crowd at 208, 22nd July 2011. This was Dum Dum Club Night #1, the DDCN's will be held at 208 semi-regularly from now on in the interest of making Perth suck less and are organised by two gr8 d00dz.

"Since they debut in the scene last March this band has been unstoppable and have been pouring out energy to songs like “Witch Ditch,” “Wildcard of Drunkenness” and “Vacant Planets."

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Photo by Scott Bishop

Astral Travel @ 208 22-07-2011

Astral Travel, a great band playing a great set on the best gig of the last 6 months.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Photo by Scott Bishop

Bamodi @ 208 22-07-2011.

Bamodi playing at 208 22nd July 2011. The video was filmed by Rachel from smRts. The drunk was drinking alcopops.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Taco Leg @ 208 22-07-2011

Taco Leg playing a rippin' cracker tops set at 208 22nd July 2011. This was Simon's last gig with TL before he moves all the way to Albany, he's since been replaced by Clare*

Get it HERE.

Astral Travel playing at Ya-Yas 29th January 2011.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Desperate House @ The Bird 31-07-2010

Desperate House playing at The Bird 31st July 2010. For this gig DH was Clare Wohlnick, Ruby Jeppe, Tim Loughman and William Hooper. This recording misses most of the set, bummer.

Get it HERE.

Enjoy.

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