Keyword results: Rock
Monotonix, 'Where Were You When It Happened?'
If you were sloshing around Golden Plains over the weekend, you're probably listening to this album right now. Israeli threesome Monotonix were a memorable highlight of the weekend, outshining bigger names on the line-up with their unabashed enthusiasm, huge hairdos and tiny shorts.
These guys sure made the most of their stage-time, performing their entire set from the muddy mosh pit and crowd surfing while playing their guitar and drums.
Dick Diver, 'Arks Up'
Dick Diver sound like underground '80s Australia. Arks Up recalls the best parts of the Hunters & Collectors discography: the songs gather around raw, trudging bass lines that sound best filling the pungent, carpeted rooms of old pubs.
With clever, multi-member pop songwriting, The Go-Betweens also come to mind: the accents not dropped but accentuated; the guitar work sharp, tonal, puncturing.
Blank Realm, 'Heartless Ark'
Intuition plays a large part in the nature of music. Whether learned on their chosen instrument or approaching it from a new angle, the ability of a group of players to lock into and interweave with each other's sounds is a crucial dynamic. This instinctual nature shines through strongly on Blank Realm's debut vinyl release, Heatless Ark.
Rock Aerobics
What:
Rock Aerobics, now on a Tuesday!
Where:
John Curtin Bandroom, 29 Lygon St, Carlton
When:
Tuesdays, starting Tues Jan 12, 7-8pm
How much:
$10 at the door
Description:
Hey skanks, there's a new day to get fit. In addition to her usual Thursday thang at Yah Yah's, Ambika (one name, like Madonna) is expanding her rigorous whisky-fuelled Rock Aerobics regime to Tuesday nights as well. Strut, shimmy and pogo your way to Black Sabbath abs of steel. Meanwhile, back at Yah Yah's, there'll be a Rock Aerobics 'Aussie Rock special' on Thursday Jan 7.
Event: Fiesta
Stimulus: dance shoes
Phenomenal Handclap Band interview
Heralded as the ‘perfect mix of of everything from the past 40 years of popular music' the Phenomenal Handclap Band collective started when Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand, two New York underground club DJs with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of esoteric music ranging from Brazilian soul to vintage psych-rock got restless with playing other people's music and decided to produce their own.
Useless Children, 'Sky Is Falling' album launch
What:
Useless Children, Sky Is Falling album launch
Where:
Northcote Social Club, 301 High St, Northcote
When:
Fri Oct 30, 8.30pm
How much:
$12 or $25 with Vinyl Record/Digital Download Deluxe Pack
Description:
Useless Children are the perfect distillation of Australia's rock heritage: it's like Magic Dirt going head to head with Feedtime (educate yourself if you're not in the know). Piercing feedback, thundering rhythms and flat-stick ferocity will have you pinned to the wall, while the distorted riffs will have you doing the Melbourne Nod like pretending you've been into them for ages.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: Easy Listening
Rock Aerobics
I find one of the great disappointments in life is that it's very hard to be skanky hot unless you are thin. (Note that I did not say *impossible*, just hard. Note that I did not say *attractive*, just skanky hot. Back to work, Germaine.) And the problem with staying thin is that you either spend a lot of money on crack or you have to go to the gym - which is about the furthest thing from a skanky hot activity that I can think of.
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