NAKED ON THE VAGUE (NSW) (website)
KITCHEN’S FLOOR (myspace)
SLUG GUTS (myspace)
BLANK REALM (myspace)
ANONYMEYE (myspace)
30th JULY 2010 – BURST CITY – 69 GREY ST, SOUTHBANK
8PM – $12 – AA + BYO
Walk fast from up the road at the Gross Bodies of Light event.
ROSS MANNING
SKY NEEDLE
ANNIE ROBERTSON
CHLOE COGLE
JASON FITZGERALD
DANNI ZUVELA
STEPHEN RUSSELL
PATRICK KING
NICOLE GILLARD
30th JULY 2010 – COLLINS PLACE – 271 GREY ST, SOUTHBANK
6PM-9PM – FREE – AA + BYO
Obscure references pushed aside, the Sunday Ice Cream Socialist/Bastard Theatre of Brisbane festival held at Burst City and put together by Bedroom Suck Records, Unique Beautiful Flowers, Real Bad Music showcased nine local Masterpiece Acts. Five dollars to get in, well stocked merchandise desk, bad radio reception, lots of beer flowing.
There’s two stages here: Inside and out. No elevated stages, just performing on cement in the little courtyard or the floor inside. Gradually people started coming along just at about 4-to-5PM after the first three acts have performed. Even members of the general public turned up and sat quietly in the corner, wondering what the fuck is going on, a few didn’t want to pay the cover-charge so they stood near the desk and watched.
Ambrose Chapel
Ambrose Chapel, perhaps named after the sly, creepy bastard from that episode of the X-Files (‘Colony’), is Ian Rogers of No Anchor fame playing droning ‘noise’ by the way of a laptop processing keys & filters. Nothing to go out of your way for (see: the JWC window gig a while ago) but Ian seems have got around to developing more ideas into this act and as a result it’s a richer performance overall. Looking forward to hearing more.
As I forgot to change the batteries in the recorder I didn’t catch Ambrose Chapel in the courtyard.
Psy Ants
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?328n8td9il43ckf
Formerly ‘Science’ and now with Sebastian from The Seizures, Psy Ants are second up today inside and right in the middle of the floor. With the addition of a guitar they’ve got some room and they’re becoming more aggressive at every passing gig too. The drum kit constantly falls apart, Mitchell doesn’t even need a microphone.
Sky Needle
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?xmo86ufeqn3of3l
Sky Needle is Sarah (Stag), Alex Cuffe, Joel (Abject Leader), and Ross Manning. The last time I saw them – at the Troubadour – I appreciated what they were trying to sound like but trying to paste together a opinion afterward, hindsight really, the performance just fell apart. That’s all gone now and this whole set is comprised of short, improvised pop songs, a few instrumental but Sarah’s vocals really push the performance forward & to somewhere else else else ah ah ah ah. This is a good one, all the instruments are either found (sheets of metal, trash can) or made (foot-pump horns, constructed bass guitar, mic’d dust-pan & strings).
6Majik9
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?6w7nanxfo13bv4m
The first band I ever saw perform live when I moved to Brisbane in 2008 was Innig of which some members feature in 6Majik9. I didn’t know what the fuck was going on because I just walked in off the street. That night essentially ignited my interested in the Music Your Mind Will Love You/Pacific Soma label and everything that it encompasses.
Set up, well, everywhere inside 6Majik9 play on and on or so think the kids sitting around on the sidelines. It’s a relatively long one but I’m never bored, seated as close as I can, cross-legged and my brain melting into a puddle behind me. The set-up alone is as emcompassing as the sound – there’s a whole goddamn studio worth of gear here and everything is either hit, thrown or pushed over. They could’ve gone on for another three hours – and they have before, at the Book Nook a while ago – but time’s short, the sun has set during their performance and shit I can’t feel my legs anymore. Listen to the recording whilst riding high.
Heart Flew Like An Arrow
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?8tifwbsx3stpcid
Set-list swap from the great performance at Rosies a few months back, Heart Flew Like An Arrow is set up in the middle of the floor with Adam singing behind Nick on drums. Good set-up, makes for a better recording(?). Still pissed I lost the SD card containing the bootleg of the last incarnation of Heart Flew with Robert on vocals but I’m loving this new direction all the same.
Teen Sex
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?gmzpg6hjlegf747
Teen Sex (don’t worry, I changed the filename) is Rohan (drums, vox, effects. of Kitten Party) and Alrey (circuit bent gear). Performing under total darkness outside until Alrey’s handywork on wires has come into play with triggered strobe-lights almost sending myself into a trance-state by staring into them and being blasted with disjointed, harsh noise. It’s all about the experience here, people are shielding their eyes & ears as the strobes & volume go up in intensity as the set follows. A frontal assault alright, not for everyone obviously but those who sat on their hands left afterward with their jaws dragging behind them.
Gerald Keaney & the Gerald Keaneys
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?9vn1cvp7jj44dj5
Always looking forward to seeing Gerald perform he doesn’t disappoint tonight with some material I’ve heard before (ASPC ’09 festival, last week’s squat-show) but totally accosting the crowd once again, songs filled with witty lines where you need to take a second to double-play & laugh, off-the-tip quips, and being backed by two Gerald Keaneys.
Cured Pink
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?qsk5x4rfpm441b8
Cured Pink recently toured Victoria & a date up in Cairns launching his cassette released by Sabbatical records; this is the local launch. An amorphous project – past members, sounds – which is now pin-pointed directly as a brutal, ear-drum tearing industrial-noise act: Tonight he’s set-up inside with a handful of effects, bass guitar, and a pile of steel beams & sheets. With the volume exceeding my recorder’s capability I’m personally having a bit of moment where my ears are actually hurting – right to the point where you can hear cracking. The set ends with Andrew throwing around the steel beams into the sheets and then right toward the amp.
Yout Dem
Full set recording here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jybsttvaid183ny
Though plagued by microphone problems, Yout Dem keep everyone dancing and close the night with another great show for those who stuck around until the end.
DEATH CAGE (NSW)
TEARGAS
THICK SKIN
MARATHON
24th JULY 2010 — Burst City – 69 Grey St, Southbank
8PM – $TBC – AA + BYO
Warden Burger
Year of the Sex Olympics
Gerald Keaney & the Gerald Keaney(s)
Full audio bootleg available, 24+ minutes. Please contact me through email or other channels.
(*Diced-up extract.)
THE SUBMARINERS
LEWIS O’LEARY AND THE CUCUMBERS (MySpace)
13th July 2010 – X & Y Bar – 648 Ann St, Fortitude Valley
8PM – FREE – 18+
CHRIS ABRAHAMS
JON ROSE
15th July 2010 – Shopfront – Judith Wright Centre – 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
8PM – $19 (pre-sale)/$22 (door) – AA
Sydney-based pianist Chris Abrahams (also a member of The Necks) and Jon Rose, an acclaimed violinist working with a plethora of artists & bands over a few decades, will be at the Judith Wright Centre for this installment of Syncretism.
Southern Comfort are up from Sydney and are playing a few dates in Brisbane – including a support slot for Super Wild Horses’ album launch at the Hangar on Saturday. Here’s the other dates for their tour up here:
SOUTHERN COMFORT (MySpace)
STAG (Blog)
FEATHERS (MySpace)
15th July 2010 – House show (contact bands for details)
7PM – FREE – AA + BYO
I’ve got a bootleg of Stag right here.
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SOUTHERN COMFORT (MySpace)
THE SIPS (MySpace)
BLANK REALM (MySpace)
THE SEIZURES (MySpace)
16th July 2010 – Burst City – 69 Grey St, Southbank
8PM – $10 – AA + BYO
SUPER WILD HORSES (MySpace)
SOUTHERN COMFORT (MySpace)
KITCHEN’S FLOOR (MySpace)
LOOMER (MySpace)
17th July 2010 – Lofly Hangar – 151 Musgrave Rd, Red Hill
8PM – $10 – AA + BYO
Super Wild Horses are up from Melbourne supporting their debut album, ‘Fifteen’. Joined by Southern Comfort from Sydney (feat. members from Circle Pit, etc)
SUNDAY ICE CREAM SOCIALIST / BASTARD THEATRE OF BRISBANE – FESTIVAL
CURED PINK (SABBATICAL RECORDS TAPE LAUNCH)
CRAFT BANDITS
HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW
YOUT DEM
KITTEN PARTY
SKY NEEDLE
6MAJIK9
PSY ANTS
AMBROSE CHAPEL
GERALD KEANEY + THE GERALD KEANEYS
18th July 2010 – Burst City – 69 Grey Street, Southbank
2PM – $6 – AA + BYO
OM (USA) (website)
LICHENS (USA) (AllMusic profile)
BLACK WIDOW (Heathen Skulls website)
NO ANCHOR (blog)
18th July 2010 – HiFi Bar – 125 Boundary St, West End
8PM – $35 (+bf) – 18+