Monday, February 19, 2007

Pallid Ponderings

We're still undecided on Kes - sometimes his voice just scrapes across my spine - but there's something undeniably interesting about the boy. At melbs.org, guest and compadre Elanor gives us good reasons to persist, and samples with which to do this. If you're convinced, you must buy the album through Mistletone Records.

On a similar yet completely different topic, Friday night holds a gig which gets more than the usual amount of plugging. The Dead Horse Ensemble contains some of Melbourne's best experimental musicians and composers, and on Friday they'll be in the magnificently gothic space upstairs at the Forum, for a night called Ground Elastic Sound. (You may have heard this plugged yesterday on Owen McKern's awesome Delivery.) What to expect? There's elements of classical and jazz mutated with electronic techniques, looping and pre-recorded sound, and an unavoidable dose of rock to tie it together. It's maybe closest to post-rock but with less predictably guitar-based arrangements. If you want something different and infectious, tickets for just $25 from ticketek.

Thanks to Mess+Noise, news of some overseas Oz showcases organised by the Australian Music Collective. Obviously this news is not a lot of use to those stuck in stifling Melbourne, but it's good to see our own Dallas Crane getting out there to the world. I loved last year's Factory Girls, especially Marsanne (Love Awaits You), my track of the year. And they rocked at Meredith. The boys are playing LA, Austin, New York and London, so it'll be interesting to see if fellow retro-rockers like Jet, Wolfmother and Airbourne have sated the rock palate out there.

Children Collide are the other Melbourne band out there - I'm not convinced they've got all the songs to wow a jaded showcase crowd, but We Are Amphibious is pretty great so who knows?

2 Comments:

Blogger Albert said:

Hey Dave,

I've been a frequent reader of Sympathetic Stupid, and I had started to wonder where your energy went - silly me, now I can see. Awesome work, this blog is a real resource to us Melbournians.

Also, the list of record stores is a godsend - I desperately need to expand my 12" collection at a budget price, and now I hopefully won't have to rely on pricey mail orders.

Keep it up!

2:31 pm  
Blogger Dave said:

Glad you like it mate, we try, hopefully it stays relevant for ya!

9:37 am  

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