Keyword results: New York
In Ear Park, Department of Eagles
If you go out to a band today, you're sure for a big surprise, as the ubiquity of animal band names is getting downright ri-donkey-luss. Formed in 2000, Department of Eagles certainly aren't the latest, but they are remarkably remarkable.
Singer Daniel Rossen is more widely known for his other animal band, Grizzly Bear, who developed a cult following after the 2006 strikingly original, avant-folk stunner Yellow House.
Vivian Girls
In addition to sharing the name of one of Melbourne's finest bygone groups, Brooklyn's Vivian Girls sound Australian in other Chapter Music / best indie senses. The trio's head-first, shambling delivery couches a classic handling of melody reminiscent of QLD greats Small World Experience, and there's a joy of fuzz and bubblegum sentiment reminiscent of Adelaide's Hit the Jackpot and Lindsey Low Hand.
Calypsoul: Caribbean Soul and Calypsoul Crossover 1969 - 1979
Strut Records is a UK-based boutique label that stumbled a bit and is coming back strong. After releasing the first two discs in the 'Disco Not Disco' series, the level of unreleased, old, significant music that they were able to put together for compilations went downhill, fast. No matter how slighted 'Spasticus Autisticus' was when it was released, it doesn't need to show up on more than one of your compilations.
Beats In Space at The House de Frost
What:
Beats In Space at The House de Frost
Where:
The Toff in Town, Lvl 3, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sat Oct 18, 12am-5am
How much:
$17 +BF from here
Win:
We have one dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with subject line ‘ninja tune and beard sprout'
Description:
Tim Sweeney is one floppy-fringed brainiac from New York City that brings joy to people worldwide. He's been trawling record collections and spinning up mixes that have been erupting dancefloors for years - and for most of those years he's been underage, armed with nothing but a fake ID, a whole lot of knowledge in Ninja Tune and a little teen-beard sprout.
Event: Party
Stimulus: E
Wooooo!
If you want something to read and you don't mind if it's really stupid, you should read my magazine - Wooooo. It's an interview-based deal I publish biannually from my filthy little rat-hole in New York City. When I say biannually I mean whenever time permits, however next year we'll be adhering to a strict schedule of four issues per year.
Alpha & Omega, Graham Day Guerra (NY)
What:
Alpha & Omega, Graham Day Guerra (NY)
Where:
WARDLOW Art Residence, 4 Wood St, Fitzroy
When:
Opening TONIGHT! Thurs Aug 21, 7-10pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
A is for Awesome and A is for Artist and there are four As in Graham Day Guerra, so what does that tell you. WARDLOW is a live-in studio and gallery for Australian and international artists, and this show is pretty seriously A for amazing. Guerra lives in Brooklyn, he apprenticed under Matthew Barney and is a professor at Pratt Institute in New York.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: W
Fort Nightly
It's official - white is the new black.
After Black Mountain, Black Angels, Black Dice, Black Keys, and Blackety Blackety Black Black (they're HUGE in Oslo), now we're into whites: White Williams, White Rainbow, White Stripes, Barry White, and your new favourite band - White Rabbits.
Coming atcha from NYC via Columbia Missouri (which they deserted a short two years ago), White Rabbits wield catchy, urgent indie pop ala The Walkmen or French Kicks, but mix in some second-wave ska and tango tinges.
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