Sweet Beats and Treats

the end of an era

2007-02-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

the blogging was going so well too, and then i crashed and burned!! lol. try to be more regular!!!

Fave new songs at the moment:

Riot in Belgium - La Musique

New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (Van She Remix)

Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Kasier Chiefs - Ruby

Snow Patrol (yes snow patrol!) - Set fire to the third bar

Can't believe i just posted about snow patrol! Ahhh!!! but it is a good song. : )

Big Day Out!!!

2007-01-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

Streets
Blinded by the Lights
Weak become Heroes
Fit but you know it
If I wasn't Famous
Orginal Pirate Material

Kasabian
Shoot The Runner
Reason Is Treason
Sun Rise
Light Flies
Cut Off
Empire
Processed Beats
Last Trip
Club Foot
Stuntman
L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)

Muse
Knights Of Cydonia
Starlight
Butterflies and Hurricanes
New Born
Supermassive Black Hole
Hysteria Map Of The Problematique
Invincible
Time Is Running Out
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome
Take A Bow

Tool
Stinkfist
The Pot
46 & 2
Jambi
Mantra / Schism
Opiate (extended edition)
Sober
Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænema

4500km + some.. Part 2

2007-01-09T18:53:00.000-08:00

Days 4 & 5 - Melbourne - Phillip Island
Song: True Live - TV and Freestylers & Pendulum - Fasten Your Seatbelts.
Food: Dodgy burgers, even dodgier kebabs, Quick Eze
Beverage: VB from a can (gross) and contraband Jack Daniels!

Waking at 5am, we expertly negioate the suburbs of sleepy Melbourne and head south west towards Phillip Island and our New Years' party plans; the Pyramid Rock Festival. Trip is smooth as with the only one minor issue. Preparing to have the car searched for contraband items i.e fireworks, bbq's, drugs, animals and most importantly alcohol! Amy; thinking little about the consquences of being caught, decides the best option is to hide several stubbies in the camping chairs and placing a whole lot of shit on top of them. Penny more wisely has two back-up plans. 1. bottle of Jack Daniels wrapped in a jumper shoved right under the seat; and 2. Hip Flask in door pocke, covered with road maps and the like. We begin to totally freak out when we discover people's cars, vans, motorbikes are ripped apart and searched like a visit to Long Bay jail... We are out of the car and the search is on. Phew.... the guy misses the Jack Daniels in jumper & hip flask in front seat. Shit he moves the camping chairs, and 'clinkity clink', "what do we have here!" he says, looking at us like we are total criminals. Nervous laughter, "....oh shit, Penny would you look at that, my cheeky brother must have put them in there!" I feel like the worst person in the world. He then insists a thorough inspection of the boot, including the spare tire, but alas does not find the other contraband items! "Ahhh sorry about that mate" I stutter, "yeah have a good one hey", jumping in the car and taking off so fast that I nearly tear Penny's arm off in the process.

Whoa what a heart starter at 8am in the morning! Shaking we proceed to set up camp in tent city and decide it is the right time for a sweet tasting Jack and Coke, whilst re-telling the story with much exaggeration to the neighbours who are impressed at our smuggling feats. The festival is set on one of the most scenic coastlines in Australia, cliffs and blue ocean surround the main stage, with around 10,000 eager punters all camping armpit close to each other.

Bands only worth a mention will get a write up!
Cassanovas - Melbourne trio absolutely rock a small, early afternoon (and us semi drunk) crowd. Next up is the best band we see all festival, again Melbourne based trip hop, hip hop, jass, funk outfit; True Live. Great performance when you can combing Cello, Double Bass and Violin with Hip Hop lyrics and make just about the entire crowd bounce up and down. Plus play a Rage Against the Machine cover with the above said instruments and sound wicked. Karnivool rock an enthusiastic crowd and sound perfect, crisp and clear. Biggest disappointment who must get a mention, Silverchair, for being totally lame, hopeless, flat and so crap we left halfway through the set. Bad, just all bad! Coming back to the festival we finished off with Mylo! yah! who played an awesome set including some of my most fave songs of the moment - Metric, Dangerous Dan, Van She tech and Mason.

Day 2 of the Festival
Spazzys put on an early morning new years set and totally rock out. Awesome chicks. We get really close for brilliant photos. Next up Ash Grunwald has the crowd laughing in hysterics at his 'Dolphin Song', while pumping out sweets tunes with his dreadlocks flying. TZU and the GRATES go off while we listen and dance quite drunk around 4pm New Years' Eve afternoon.. lol. peaking quite early! Ugly Duckling rev us up with more dancing and laughing for the Living End to be awesome and brilliant and do the best New Years countdown ever! Rain starts falling for the thousands still off face to dance to the loudest bass i have ever heard; Freestylers play an energetic live 2am set which is just sweet.

JJJ Hottest 100 - my Top 57 picks

2007-01-08T19:22:00.000-08:00

Adalita - Double Dare
AFI - Love Like Winter
Angus & Julia Stone - Paper Aeroplane
Anti-Flag - This Is The End (For You My Friend)
Arctic Monkeys - From The Ritz To The Rubble
Ash Grunwald - Give Signs
Camille - Ta Douleur
Cassius - Toop Toop
Chalets - Love Punch
Cops - Call Me Anytime
DJ Shadow - 3 Freaks
Dukes Of Windsor - The Others
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
Freestylers/Pendulum - Painkiller
Gomez - How We Operate
Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
Gotye - Hearts A Mess
Grates - Science Is Golden
Herd - Unpredictable
Hilltop Hoods - Monsters Ball
Hook 'N' Sling/Kid Kenobi - The Bump
Hot Chip - Boy From School
Infadels - Love Like Semtex
Jump 2 Light Speed - You Are My Friend In Fire
Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
Karnivool - Roquefort
Kasabian - Empire
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
Knife, The - Silent Shout
Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me
Lily Allen - LDN
Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push
Matches - What Katie Said
Matisyahu - King Without A Crown
Midnight Juggernauts - 45 And Rising
MSTRKRFT - Easy Love
Muse - Assassin
Paper Scissors - We Don't Walk
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Pony Up! - The Truth About Cats & Dogs (Is That They Die)
Red Riders - Slide In Next To Me
Regina Spektor - On The Radio
Roots - Don't Feel Right
Saboteurs - Steady As She Goes
Spank Rock - Bump
Stanton Warriors - Get Em High
Strokes - Heart In A Cage
Tool - The Pot

The TOP TEN I voted for:

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix)
Grates - Feels Like Pain
Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road
Mason - Exceeder
Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix)
Placebo - Meds
Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
True Live - TV
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

4500km + some...

2007-01-08T14:30:00.000-08:00

Our road trip to Victoria over the New Year's break was a hell of a lot of fun. Seeing the blog often serves as my diary of facts, figures and snippets I guess the best way to document the trip is to write it all down. Few days at a time...

Day One - Three: Armidale - Albury - Coburg (Melbourne)
Song: The Grates - Science is Golden and that random country 'pieces of a broken heart' song
Beverage: Tooheys New
Food: Very tasty laksa & noodles from Noodle Paradise Albury
Lesson of the day: Look before driving over railway tracks!!

12 hours. Armidale to Albury via a million tidy towns. Thank god for the inland way! Shuddering at the thought of the traffic on the Pacific Highway we took the million roads tour with virutally no cars/caravans/camper vans or trucks holding us up. Ended up in a dodge Albury caravan park that night with 1000 other 'dudes' travelling to various summer holiday festivals, who thought it would be fun to drink and talk all night. Fair enough. But when you wake in the middle of the night thinking a truck is about to drive through your tent, only to discover the caravan park is right on a frieght train route is not cool! plus the Hume Highway and BMX training facility = no sleep. www.worstcaravanparkinaustralia.com

Day two we breezed into Melbourne, to the quietest caravan park in Australia. Trammed it into the city for a shopping marathon, indian feast & plonk in the food court with the pigeons. You can drink anywhere in Victoria, it's sort of like thailand. Decided that all Melbournians don't eat enough meat, hate sunshine and never go outdoors. Plus they all wore skinny leg black jeans and looked very depressed. Really nice people though!

Pics to come, plus Day Four & Five of the trip (Phillip Island and Pyramid Rock Festival!)

Something going off in my head

2006-12-12T17:09:00.000-08:00

Five songs which are awesome to hear randomly and turn up super loud and sing too.
1 .Hazy Shade of Winter - Bodyjar
2. Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
3. Alive - Shihad
4. Leaving Home - Jebediah
5. Missing - Everything but the Girl

We don't Walk

2006-12-11T20:08:00.000-08:00

Inspired by another great blog I read today I'm going to document some of the great things I learnt this year...

1. Planes really aren't all that bad. Big ones that is. Big jets that can sit at way up in the air and you don't feel a thing. Found this fact out when I made my first overseas trip to Thailand in August. Had such a great time and also realised that international travel is easy. (Little planes still suck.)

2. I love Australian music more than ever. Have been to see a few aussie bands this year (namely Cog) but just hearing tonnes of stuff on triple J highlights that you could go a whole week and hear brilliant musicians writing, creating and distributing great music.

3. Pineapple is one great fruit. Thanks to thai pineapples for helping me discover the fact i really like them (both fresh & cooked lol.)

4. The best thing I did this year was give up dairy! Feeling over 100% better. Whilst slipping up occasionally on ice cream, brie & camenbert at parties, or butter on toast, the non-dairy diet is definately staying on for the long haul.

5. I quit my job and it wasn't scary. The prospect of being unemployed is scary, although hopefully won't be around for long. Being free and rid of possessions can be quite liberating.

6. All of my friends & family are so brilliant. They give me so much inspiration. They're all over the country, the world, getting married, doing amazing things. But i love the fact we can communicate in a message, an email, a call and they are always there - no matter what.

7. Music is moving, growing, progressing. It just keeps me going - the chance to listen to new things, write about new music and most of all sharing tunes with the people i love.

8. And i really do think that 2007 is going to be the best year of my life.

thanks to www.myspace.com/auslive for the inspiration for this blog. xx

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

2006-12-06T19:41:00.000-08:00

Cool lyrics which you might find interesting today,

tommorow or sometime.

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse
- Damien Rice, 9 Crimes

He could've played guitar better than Hendrix

He could've told the future

He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world

He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky

He could've danced better than Barishnikov
Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of

Jesus was way cool

He told people to eat his body and drink his blood

That's so cool

Jesus was so cool

But then some people got jealous of how cool he was

So they killed him

But then he rose from the dead

He rose from the dead, danced around

Then went up to heavenI mean,

that's so cool

Jesus was way cool

No wonder there are so many Christians

- King Missile - Jesus was way cool

10 reasons why i hate The Killers

2006-12-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

1. the suck big time

2. the songs make no sense. Example “Now she’s smoking a cab, and she’s doing her hair, and I’m getting quite bored, rather wrestle a bear...”, or “Somebody Told Me, You had a boyfriend, looked like a ladyboy, I write like a schoolboy...” and so on.

3. If the Rolling Stones hate them that is worth gold Review - "Why, Killers? Why? It's the oldest story in the New Wave book: (1) Boys get famous wearing makeup and acting tarty to impress girls; (2) Boys wash off makeup and act sincere to impress boys; (3) It never works. Loads of the original New Wave bands fell into this trap, the Killers take themselves too seriously'.

4. they are mormons. Now don't read this as some crazy anti-religious plot, because i have nothing against any other mormon. just The Killers. obviously part of the reason they are so crap is because unlike all other excess lovin' rock n rollers', they just have not had enough sex or drugs, or both in large doses. And look how important that is in music making.

5. chances are that if you hate alternative rock bands with heavy use of the synthesizer, you're probably going to hate The Killers. As PopMatters.com put it: Some might be a tad uncomfortable with the prominence of the synths and Flowers' rather theatrical delivery. Tad uncomfortable!? makes me feel positively ill.

6. Lead singer Brandon Flowers refers to the Sam's Town one of the best albums of the past 20 years. Wanker. Enough said.

7. .Flowers has recently gone on record claiming that Green Day's politically driven concept album American Idiot displays "calculated Anti-Americanism." He explained that he has problems with the album content itself and also the fact that the band's recent live DVD, Bullet in a Bible, was filmed overseas. Stating that he feels Green Day's DVD is a bit of a stunt, he went on to say that he feels The Killers' most recent release, Sam's Town, is a much more accurate representation of American culture. What the?

8. the Lead singers name is Brandon Flowers. How more pouncey and Las Vegas do they wanna get.

9. The song Bones: "Don’t you wanna come with me? Don’t you wanna feel my bones on your bones? It’s only natural Don’t you wanna swim with me"? They sardistic freaks.

10. they just suck big time.

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument."- William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941)

last day of Aussie music month

2006-11-29T20:53:00.000-08:00

In tribute to a brilliant Aus Music Month on Triple J, which ends today.. here we go through some of the newish and just awesome Aussie acts.

1. Something with Numbers - new, fresh, maybe emo, maybe bad live, who even knows. Who even cares? hmm well i like the sound of Apple of the Eye, the first sort of commercial single. See if they will prove themselves over the next few months.

2. The Cops - Argghhh. Can't get enough of these guys. So pop and rock and indie and dancey all rolled into one giant grape of coolness. If you haven't heard them go back under the rock.

3. TZU - Wait till we see these guys live. Just going to go absolutely sick. I have heard good reports. Everything they touch turns into gold. Well not really gold in terms of record sales, but just sheer brilliant hip/hop, jazz funky beats to dance too. Catchy ass tunes you want to sing all summer long. Buy the singles, buy the albums, just got and buy the Cat Empire-Hilltop Hoods mashed up love children doing their thing.

Other really notable mentions as i couldn't be arsed to write anymore. Little Birdy & the Red Riders putting out some awesome material this year. New electronica which i guess had been massive on my stereo this year Goyte, Midnight Juggernuts, Hook N Sling, The Presets,Kid Kenobi, Soma Rasa all worth seeing live and have mad albums. On the blues and roots front sort of a bit quietish but lovin Custom Kings, John Bulter Trio, Juzzie Smith. Big prediction for the newish TZU band of next year would be True Live who just have a good sound. Well hip hop just so many to mention. Happy days for all things Hip Hop, think Muph & Platonic, Macromantics. Others i want to hear heaps more of - Offcuts and Dukes of Windsor.

Massive lame awards go to Something for Kate, Eskimo Joe, Josh Pyke, Bob Evans, Darren Hanlon. Sorry if your a fan and your reading this but it's my blog so i can think i write what i want too. Comment if you want. lol.

the world is coming to my party tonight

2006-11-28T18:49:00.000-08:00

lovin:

1. New Young Pony Club - Icecream (plus verious remixes of it)

2. Rain at night on the roof
3. Pinot Noir, favourite new red wine. lol yes very wanky to be listing wine, but god it's good.

4. Swimming & warm weather
5. Regina Spektor - Radio

6. Dangerous Dan v Van She - Around the World (Daft Punk Remix)

7. This site - Bargin Queen (Babe on a Budget Shopping Blog)

8. BORAT!! Yack Shmash, Quingchee!!

festivals in the sun

2006-11-27T19:50:00.000-08:00

Serious beat and breaks all over the country this summer. If you haven't put down for a festival then you are totally going to miss out big time. Here are some of the noteable festivals you should be enjoying. Too bad most of them are sold out!!

Name: BEATS ON THE BEACH
When: Monday 1 Jan, 10am - 9pm
Who: Pete Murray End Of Fashion, Sick Puppies, Karnivool, Van She, Pendulum, Infusion, Katalyst & Ru C L, The Nextmen (UK), Dynamite MC, Concord Dawn (NZ), 10sui, Noodles, Verse, Wolf & Cub, Freq Nasty (NZ), Red Riders, Bodyjar, Saul Williams (USA), Avalon Drive, Soma Rasa, National Pornographic, Bourbon Street, Spook, Mission Ignition
Where: Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, NSW.
How much: $85 (+ bf) - $190 (+ bf)
Sold Out: NO
Vibe: Should be interesting, newbie on the festival circuit, might have a lot of crashers from Byron, but cool vibe right on the beach. hope they get the food/toilets/crowds right.

Name: PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL
When: Dec 30 & 31st
Who: Silverchair, The Living End, Ugly Duckling (USA), Xavier Rudd, Evermore (NZ), Freestylers (UK), End Of Fashion, Mylo (Scotland), The Grates, The Beautiful Girls, Brant Bjork & the Bros (USA), Faker, Lior, Karnivool, Crazy Penis (UK), TZU, True Live, Mia Dyson, Ash Grunwald, That 1 Guy (USA), Sunk Loto, The Casanovas, Bomba, Bertie Blackman, Foreign Heights, K-Oscillate, Carus & the True Believers, Behind Crimson Eyes, The Loose Cannons (UK), The Spazzys, Bliss n Eso, Something With Numbers, The Red Eyes, Josh Owen Band, Rob Sawyer, Jess McAvoy, Illzilla, Mammal, Subfocus, Ben Quinn, Durbeyfield, Lowrider, Digital Primate (UK), Simon Slieker, Bushido, The Legs, Long Walk Home, Crimson Flames, Mushroom Giant
Where: Pyramid Road, Phillip Island, VIC
How much: $140 (+ bf) - $160 (+ bf)
Tickets: Sold out
Vibe: Newish festival but becoming a rival to the other Vic giant, Falls Festival. Full of class aussie acts.

Name: PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL
When: 29 Dec - 1 Jan
Who: Angus & Julia Stone, the Black Seeds, Iota, Bertie Blackman, Afro Moses, Juzzie Smith, Jez, Bluebottle Kiss, Brant Bjork & The Bros, Munted Monkey.
How Much: $170 - 4 days camping
Tickets: Still available
Vibe: 10 stages or something amazing including ecologically sustainable festival design, and activities. Should be one hell of a party!

suburban mayhem

2006-11-21T16:38:00.001-08:00

Saw the new Australian movie, "Suburban Mayhem" last night. And Mayhem yes it was! Absolutely crazy stuff. Great movie if you like sex, violence, sex, cars, bourbon and hard rock chick athems. Actress Emily Barclay portrays the hard edge Katrina, who plans her father's murder to get her brother out of jail. Nice piece of Aussie cinema. Awesome soundtrack. Very angsty wanna-sort-of-bash-some-other chick music. Check it out.

Track Listing:
2. Adalita – Double Dare
3. The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind
4. Spazzys – Paco Doesn’t Love Me
5. Your Wedding Night – White Hott
6. Bird Blobs – Inbred Disco
7. Adalita – Sex Beat
8. Magic Dirt – Daddy
9. Theredsunband – Devil Song
10. Little Birdy – This Is A Love Song
11. Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash
12. Spazzys – The Sunshine Drive
13. Magic Dirt – Sucker Love

im outta time, wanna see me disco??

2006-11-16T21:10:00.000-08:00

Found some awesome tunes today. This blog is extremely cool as - Acid Girls, dj's from California who like playing indie house disco - think Le Tigre, Klaxons, acid remixes. The mixtape is unreal. Also look out for the MIA/Diplo (Sunshowers Remix) which has Salt n Pepa samples, freaky shit.

The Infadels are currently in Aus. Playing at the Gaelic theatre tonight in Sydney, their track Love like Semtex is big player on the Jays. Described as Vintage rock> listen out for thier cover of Steady as she goes.

sample sale

2006-11-15T21:14:00.000-08:00

anyone know the Hip Hop song that is using a Strokes sample?

i fought the war (and the war won)

2006-11-15T20:23:00.000-08:00

Metric is a Canadian indie/electro/rave rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City,they are currently based in, Ontario.The band consists of vocalist and keyboardist Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Their newest album, Live It Out, was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year as well as earning the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, KC Accidental, Delerium. Listen out for notable songs "Monster Hospital" (also remixed by MSTRKRFT) and "Police an the Private".

Dutch abstract rock ... Kashmir once were apparently a bunch of art obsessed manikins; playing around in Copenhagen with different media, such as graphics, street art, absurd poetry and of course music; then they found their means of communication, forming a rock 'n' roll band. “The easiest way to get heard was to plug whatever instrument into a guitar amplifier and turn it up ‘till somebody either listened or left. You couldn’t quite get the same attention from painting a picture or reciting a poem”, Kasper, the lead vocalist recalls. Loving the track The Cynic - which features a duet with David Bowie. Their official site is www.kashmir.dk

Lovin' these tracks today:
1. Plump Dj's - Summertime
2. AFI - Love like Winter
3. Tool - The Pot

goin all electro on your ass'

2006-11-14T21:24:00.000-08:00

Just going to ramble about some sortof indie-electro i am obessesed with this week:

Midnight Juggernauts are an indie-electro-synth assault. they Say "A sonic blizzard traversing dirty-organ-rock to stadium-disco-metal to sci-fi rollerskating jams, igniting dancefloors along the way". Tracks - 45 & rising, Secrets of the Universe.

Others:
1. Anything by the Presets
2. Death from Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Remix)
3. The Bump - Kid Kenobi & Hook N Sling
4. Something Wicked - Soma Rasa

2006-11-13T14:31:00.000-08:00

Awesome tracks. Disko Murder at the CIVIC Hotel, Hunter St, Newcastle. Check it out.

New Music November

2006-11-01T19:18:00.000-08:00

Cassius - French Electronica/House/Pop
Cassius, comprises two kings of the French Electronic scene: After Initially recording for Mo' Wax as La Funk Mob, producing classic albums for France's only successful Hip Hop export MC Solaar and - for Zdar - forming the pioneering French House outfit Motorbass with Etienne De Crecy, Cassius officially formed in 1998 as ‘two friends making music for living better.' Key tracks: Feeling for You, The Sound Of Violence (Feel Like I Wanna Be Inside you), Toop Toop.

Klaxons - Screamo / Happy Hardcore / Pop
One blogger says Klaxons seem to be spearheading a neo-rave movement of sorts. I think indie-rave: like boys in tight jeans with perky synths and guitars. Actually, it all seems more art rock than rave similar TV on the Radio + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Bloc Party + The Cops + The Rapture.
Nice tracks - Gravity's Rainbow, Atlantis to Interzone

MSTRKRFT - Electronica/Club/House
MSTRKRFT (read as "Masterkraft") is an electronic music group who specialise in from Canada who specialise in REMIXING anything. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler formerly of Death from Above 1979 and Al Puodziukas) formerly of the Mississauga electropop group Girlsareshort. Al-P was also the producer for Death from Above 1979's debut album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. Notable tracks - Wolfmother - Woman, BLOC PARTY - LUNO COVER + TWO MORE YEARS REMIX.

True Live - Hip Hop / Jazz / Classical
Melbourne based TRUE LIVE are a unique ensemble that cross boundaries of genre and style while engaging audiences with songs of passion and meaning. With performances and recordings consisting of a three-piece string section (cello, violin, double bass), percussion, keyboards and vocals, the group create a contemporary, organic sound. Drawing on the sounds and performance ideals of Hip Hop and Jungle, they are the new Cat Empire & TZU mashed together. Tracks to look for TV, Question This.

The Cops - Rock/ Funk / Electronica
Four peice Aussie band from Sydney describe their influences from Vanilla Ice, to Primal Scream and Beck. Head bopping and damn catchy tunes, the Cops use electronica nicely to balance nifty rock riffs. Singable tunes - Call me Anytime, Wallet - Puffer-Smokes-Keys.

the Cops

2006-10-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

umm my brother said that i shouldn't have enough time in the day to fit in a blog, so that's why i haven't posted in the last few days. i guess something to do with not being here : ) more tommorows.

best harrassment songs of all time

2006-10-24T21:27:00.000-07:00

Goldfinger – I Wanna Marry My Stalker
Blondie - One Way or Another
Police - Every Breath You Take
Queens of the Stone Age - You Can’t Quit Me Baby
Snow patrol - I wish this would go on forever

we serve breakfast all day, until 3pm

2006-10-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

Thinking of putting together this aussie mix-tape for JJJ's australian music month, but shish it's a hard one. There is so much awesome Australian music out there so i am spilting it into two lists. might even need to think about splitting it in to rock/blues&roots/hiphop/electronica??!!!

Oldies
1. Silverchair - Tommorow
2. Itchy and Scratchy - Sweetness & Light
3. Grinspoon - Just Ace
4. Jebediah - Leaving Home
5. The Living End - Prisoner of Society
6. 1200 techniques - Karma
7. John Butler Trio - Zebra
8. Bodyjar - Hazy Shade of Winter
9. Butterfingers - Mandarines
10. Spiderbait - Buy me a pony

Newbies
1. Something with Numbers - Apple of the eye
2. The Cops - Call me anytime
3. Angus & Julia Stone - Paper Aeroplanes
4. The Grates - Trampoline
5. Wolfmother - Joker & the Thief
6. Cog - Anarchy OK
7. Karnivool - Themata
8. Love Outside Andromeda - Something White & Sigmund
9. Hilltop Hoods - Nosebleed Section
10. The Beautiful Girls - Black Bird

better balance it up

2006-10-22T21:54:00.000-07:00

seeing im a libran and all, better note the things i am loving at the moment as well.
1. COG
2. COG
3. IT Crowd - the funnist show ever
4. did i mention i love COG?
5. Jurassic 5 & Dave Matthews hahaha
6. Rockmelon
7. The thought of being free i.e homeless and jobless in a month
8. COG - in particular Lucius, but mostly all of it
9. Sunshine
10. People that love good music (i.e only my mates!)

hack on day

2006-10-22T21:46:00.000-07:00

things i hate and need to hack on in a blog so i don't drive friends nuts with rantings about how much i hate these things and people.
1. The Killers - ah! just plain evil
2. Josh Pyke - poncey, whiney, loser
3. Michael Slater & Stuart Macgill - worst nightmare came true as they were both on Sunday yesterday commenting on the ICC World Cup, I didn't know whether to spew, laugh or cry or all at the same time.
4. Australian Idol - kill me
5. Tax - where the hell did my $6000 go
6. Triple M - non-witty-non-cool shite, just give up trying to be triple J
7. Stomach Cramps - what the hell are they good for?
8. Banchees - that seek to reck and destroy
9. AFI for not being Emo enough to hate
10. Bosses - nough said

if i could love this band anymore it would be illegal

2006-10-22T16:56:00.000-07:00

Cog - Thursday 19 October, Plantation Hotel
musicianship - 10/10
song choice - 10/10
loudness - 10/10
originality - 10/10
drums - 10/10
awesomeness - 10/10
beyond all emo-ness 10/10
energy giving - 10/10
hotness of drummer- 10/10
sweatness of bass player - 10/10
eye-contact of lead singer - 10/10
quality of the crowd - 1/10

please go see Cog : ) they are the most awesome live band in Australia, the World, the Universe. mad, insane, just awesome beyond belief. can't wait for the new album!!!

getting some nice Cog-gige ; )

2006-10-18T21:26:00.000-07:00

so one goes to www.google.com.au, click on images section. type in "Cog", click search. What the fark do you get??? See following:
BAD Google! for once you are wrong, wrong, just plain wrong. watch that search engine it is getting evil. Bondi trio Cog have spent the last 3 years building a strong and dedicated fan-base by getting in the van and vigorously touring their arses off. If you havn't heard of them, you are a total loser and need to think about getting a life. But seriously, this band is phenomenal. Their live show is an experience not to be missed and their talent and presence on stage is undeniable! And with Lucius on the throne (arguably one of Australia's best drummers & best looking men in in this country) this band is a must see live. Going to see them tonight at the PLantation Hotel - Coffs Harbour, so review tommorow. Supports - Sunk loto (scary thought).

this moment songs

2006-10-17T23:43:00.000-07:00

lovin':

The Roots - Don't feel right
Hot Chip - Boy from School
Paper Scissors - We don't walk
Hook N Slinger + Kid Kenobi - The Bump
Dj Shadow - 3 Freaks

cover of the week

2006-10-17T21:58:00.000-07:00

Download Gomez - Breakfast in America (Supertramp cover) mp3 (right click "save target as")

Bonus Track:
Gomez - How We Operate (Live) mp3

australian club chart

2006-10-17T21:29:00.000-07:00

songs worth finding are noted in green:

PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR DETROIT (Original / TV Rock & Dirty South mix) - Fedde Le Grande

HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU (Hook n Sling mix) - Sarah McLeod

DO YOU REALLY (WANT MY LOVE) (Original mix) - Toby Neal

FROM DISCO TO DISCO (Trick & Kubick / Mike Monday mix)

SEXYBACK (Remix mix) - Justin Timberlake

BIMBO NATION (Dirty South / Tonite Only Fuck Tomorrow mix) - TV Rock Feat. Nancy Vice

BOSSY (Alan Braxe and Fred Falke mix) - Kelis

ALL THIS LOVE (Tonight Only / Zoo Brazil mix) - The Similou

PERFECT (Michi Lange mix) - Princess Superstar

LOVE DON'T LET ME GO (WALKING AWAY) (Fuck Me I'm Famous mix) - David Guetta vs The Egg

PICTURES (Tonight Only mix) - Sneaky Sound System

THIS IS MIAMI (Original mix) - Sander Kleinenberg

THE BUMP (Tonite Only mix) - Hook n Sling & Kid Kenobi

what the heck is emo??

2006-10-16T22:21:00.000-07:00

Many people have asked this question in the past few months. Thanks to Wikipedia here is a crash course:

Emo is a subgenre of hardcore punk music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term has been the subject of much debate. In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it.

THE STYLE:
Hair: often a bit crusty Glasses: Horn-rim ONLY (cat-eyes are also acceptable for the women) Facial Hair: Stubble Piercings: Optional Necklaces: Beads, etc. (mandatory) Shirt: Old t-shirts, dress shirts etc. Sweater: No!no!no! a sweaterVEST. (old) Jacket: Old, op shop shop gear as with all the above. Pants: Dress pants / corduroy. Socks: White Shoes: Black dress shoes "The color palate? Browns, blacks, dark blues etc.

A brief list of "emo" bands : FUGAZI EMBRACE RITES OF SPRING JAWBOX BLUETIP FRODUS TEXAS IS THE REASON PROMISE RING NONE LEFT STANDING MINERAL MAXIMILLIAN COLBY J AWBREAKER My Chemical Romance Panic! At the Disco

Describe EMO as: "Mature" music made by cigarette-puffing ex-straightedgers.
Heavy on soul-searching, hard to mosh to. Emo's like sharing on Myspace, wearing eyeliner, crying and killing themselves.

EMO JOKES- read at your own risk. No offense to the Emo's. Yeah for anyone whom dosen't get it you will now...

How many emos does it take to microwave a burrito?
Four. One to cry about it on LiveJournal. One to make a Myspace about it. One to take a picture of them taking a picture of themselves in a mirror and post it on LiveJournal and MySpace.The other to make the burrito.

I wish my lawn was emo... so it would cut itself.

How do you stop an emo from drowning?
Tell him to write a song about it.

Did you hear about the new Sesame Street toy? Tickle Me Emo... Tickle him and he runs away to a dark corner and cries and writes poetry.

What do you say when 1,000 emo's are running through town?
The cliff is that way.

i love you more than an emo kid loves razorblades.

songs for jail birds

2006-10-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

In no particular order best ever songs written about the law.

1 I Fought the Law - The Clash
2 Fuck the Police - NWA
3 Natural Born Killaz - Ice Cube & Dr Dre
4 I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley
5 Polly - Nirvana
6 Get Myself Arrested - Gomez
7 Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass
8 Assasin - Muse
9 Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
10 Better Get A Lawyer - The Cruel Sea

damien rice

2006-10-12T21:43:00.000-07:00

wow i had a major discovery today. i love damien rice, irish song-writer dude person. His new album is out in November, with the first track '9' just one of the most brilliant songs i have heard in a very long time. heard it once! only once! and just loved it. now i have downloaded every single thing the guy has ever written and it is superb. www.damienrice.com

how does it make you feel??

2006-10-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

today:
1. Damien Rice - 9 times - made me want to help that poor guy and cry for him!
2. The Hives - B is for Brutus - visit the UK in the 1970's and jump around in punk gig
3. Stanton Warriors - Put Em High - yah got excited about the Big Day Out

gigs

2006-10-11T19:10:00.000-07:00

Percussion Junction is a four piece that mixes traditional percussion and drums with modern beats that range from global to breaks, hip-hop and funk to house and electro. They played last night in Armidale as part of the Amnesty International Freedom Festival. A reviewer discribes then as an "infectious tribal blend of electro house and funky break beat."
They went off, awesome set with drums all over the place. very impressive percussion with a mass energy level.

Formed in 1992, Koolism comprises of a world-class DJ (apprently a regular judge for all the major DJ competitions) and an equally as impressive MC, KOOLISM is the "visionary collaboration" between DJ DanielSan and MC Hau - and they make an exceptional duo.

"Koolism is the standard-bearer of Australian hip-hop. Though it can throw down the funk live like the Roots, Koolism's strength is that it sounds like a hot summer's breeze, with nimble, laid-back rhymes and dub-heavy beats"- NEW YORK TIMES January 2003
Hot damn that was some nice scratching going on there. DanielSan was on fire. just awesome stuff. if you get the chance go see them live, some fun, funky and fresh hip hop.

placebo kebabs - baby did you forget to take your meds???

2006-10-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

Ames says:Yo KeBAb Dj
Penny says:yo kebab girl!
Penny says:adam came up with best name for our shop k bye kebab!
Ames says: lol
Ames says:Kbye Kebabs
Penny says:its too good!
Penny says:lol!
Penny says:works for me!!
Penny says:and then when people leave the shop we say k bye!
Penny says: k come back again K
Ames says: lmao
Penny says:how you feeling?
Ames says: i'll have a SPecial K kebab
Penny says: lol
Ames says:yah not too bad actually. glad we bailed
Ames says:bout u?
Penny says:mmmm special k in my pita bread!

lover ~sinner ~cheater

2006-10-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

there is a story behind the song that you hear at 1am turns out it is Something With Numbers - Apple Of The Eye.

Ames says: but i really like this song
Penny says: take chance?
Ames says: it's going on the blog
Penny says: yeah its good
Ames says: i think it's Something With Numbers - Apple Of The Eye
Ames says: yeah it is. Found the You Tube video of it!
Ames says: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KQPlWCwlY
Ames says: they are australian and produced by some dude who did grinspoon/silverchair. Yeah a lil emo i think
Penny says: hmm
Penny says: i like it but!
Ames says: yeah it is good
Penny says: god I wish I had speakers
Penny says: youre allowed to like emo I won't tell anyone!!
Ames says: well did you hear Panic! at the Disco on Jay & the Dr this morning???
Penny says: koniciwa bitches!!
Ames says: they were hacking on them it was sooo LMAO
Penny: lol

Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have!

2006-10-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

god this blogging stuff is getting hard. phew. thinking of something creative or meaningful to come up with every single day? well maybe not everyday but most days. Am most excited as we scored tickets to the Pyramid Rock Festival - Phillip Island for New Years Eve. Bands i can't wait to see * Ugly Duckling * Mylo * Karnivool, but there are more to be annouced. Wow the summer music festivals are really kicking off. sort of if you don't buy a ticket the second they are out, then you are sure are not going to have any fun. BDO tickets out Friday so the credit card is getting a nice little work out this week. all worth it. things i wanna do right about now 1. go for a swim in the ocean 2. eat a flake chocolate 3. listen to a groovy tune (yah! triple J comes through on one of my wishes and plays Massive Attack into my headphones). xx love to Lisa flying today and Shez doing Navy interviews. good luck girls.

bands that you can like.. if you want

2006-10-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

1. The Gossip
2. Tapes n Tapes
3. The Rapture
4. Angus & Julia Stone

things i want to drink right now (12pm)
1. pineapple juice
2. ice coffee
3. chardonnay

what am i listening to right now?? -Lose control, Increasing pace, Warped and bewitched, Time to erased, Whatever they say, These people are torn, Wild and bereft, Assassin is born (yeah). MUSE

it's Monday and im struggling...

2006-10-08T19:01:00.000-07:00

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. - George Bernard Shaw

we saw a band/dj/combination of the sort on Saturday night. Hmm quite strange. i think they really should look into becoming stand up comedians. i didn't get the ramblings about carbon minoxide and trees and cars.

Koolism on Wednesday night. Looking forward to seeing them live.

If you don't do anything today listen to:
The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love
Spoon - Stay don't go.

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. - Frida Kahlo

BIG DAY OUT LineUP

2006-10-04T23:38:00.000-07:00

Tool
Jet
Muse
Violent Femmes
The Killers
Scribe
Spank Rock
Peaches
My Chemical Romance
Eskimo Joe
The Herd
The Sleepy Jackson
The Spazzys

to steal some great words from the keys of whiteboy on the dancefloor, the line_up for this year's BDO (or next Year) is pretty much shite. You'll get to see Muse & Tool & Peaches for all of half an hour, which hey is totally brilliant considering getting a ticket to one of thier gigs individually would be farking hard right now. But WTF on the others, I'm quite sure I don't want to spend the day fighting off hordes of teeny boppers (Eskimo Joe), Emo's (My Chemical Romance) and general idiots (anyone who think the Killers can actually make original music). To buy a ticket or not too buy a ticket? hmm well if they announce Good Charlotte or Panic at the Disco in the 2nd round you can at least sell it on ebay.

What are you doing this Saturday???

2006-10-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

Triple J will bring you the IMPOSSIBLE MUSIC FESTIVAL. For a full line-up see http://www.triplej.net.au. My picks:

FRIDAY 06.10.06

8pm - Wolfmother
9pm - Hilltop Hoods
10pm - Placebo

SATURDAY 07.10.06
3am - yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
1pm - Muse
2pm - COG
7pm - Jurassic FIVE
9pm - Bloc Party

SUNDAY 08.10.06

6am - Black Keys
10am - Jeff Buckley
5pm - Gomez
7pm - Kings of Leon
8pm - Smashing Pumpkins

Freeform 5 & Krafty Kuts

2006-10-04T20:54:00.000-07:00

Uk DJ's hitting tiny country towns. Interesting scenario! I bet they thought so too.

Freeform 5 describe themselves as "It's like one part Prince, mixed with one part Kraftwerk and one part Blondie, throw it in the acid house party blender with a healthy measure of sex and you get Freeform Five". Pretty good description i should think. Only a DJ set, but apparently they went off at Sydney's Parklife with a full piece band mixing the set. Impressive blend of electro, breaks and random bass mash up remixes of a few new pop (namely Justin Timberlake) songs.

Krafty Kuts is one of the worlds most sort after and respected dj / producers in dance music, he recently picked up the trophy for 'Best DJ at the Breakspoll 2005' awards for the second year running and will be releasing his debut solo artist album Freakshow this year. The album features collaborations with a host of hot talent including Dynamite MC, Tim Deluxe, Ashley Slater, Dr Luke, Theo, Bespoke, Ed Solo and Chris Sargent. The gig was stylish, touched on hip hop and breaks with a lot of bits in between. From fun loving funk to bassline breaks Krafty Kuts is one experienced dj.

Cover of the Week ~

2006-10-03T19:29:00.000-07:00

Recorded live from Triple J's Like a Version segment Hard Fi cover of The Clash - Bankrobber Mp3

Musician Religon

2006-10-03T19:00:00.000-07:00

Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived some inspiration from their religions. Many forms of traditional music have been adapted to fit religions' purposes or descended from religious music. But how is modern day Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop influenced by religion and is it really reflected in music or meanings of music??? Or does it make you want to love or hate a band? or do you even care what religion your favourite musician worships?

Mormons
- The Killers
- Maroon 5
- Panic at the Disco

Buddhists
- Michael Stipe
- Adam Yauch (from the Beastie Boys)
- Tina Turner

Scientologists
- Beck
- Isaac Hayes
- Brandy

Vegans
- Daniel Johns
- Cedric (from the Mars Volta)
- Davey Havok (lead singer of AFI)
- Ben Gibbard (lead singer Death Cab for Cutie)

Church of Satan (said to be members)
- Beck? (so what’s going on there)
- Jimmy Page
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Iron Maiden
- Sammy Davis Jr

~Byron Bay ~

2006-09-26T16:56:00.000-07:00

Big up to the bands in Byron on the weekened.

First up one-man-band, Juzzie Smith aka the Harmonica Man, played at the Byron Markets. Nice sound, mixing some indian influences with Xavier Rudd cruisy beach slide guitar.

Some band at the Great Northern on Sunday Night - lets just call them Wizards of...
didn't catch the rest of it. But the lead singer could have well been an ex-criminal, so Wizards of Ex-criminals. Awesome blues n roots cross rock stuff.

i got no blogging skills, no keeping opinions to myself skills.....

2006-09-19T22:08:00.000-07:00

If you listen to anything this week make it one of these:
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The Chalets - Love Punch

Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands (RMX)

The Freestylers - Painkiller

Mason - Exceeder

The Matches - What Katie Said

Midnight Juggernauts - 45 And Rising

Muse - Starlight

Placebo - Meds