Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
DIY 'til I die, DIY 'til I die...
One of the reasons I've been absent of late is because I've taken up a new job at the University of Newcastle as a research assistant into matters of communication and culture (a very fulfilling occupation I may add). Another reason is visible in the above e-flyer (who am I kidding? I'm just clutching at excuses).
SPRING BREAK!! It's the new style!
A friend and I are currently in the process of establishing a new weekly indie night in Newcastle, and our launch date is set down for Thursday the 14th of February.
Basically the idea is to introduce new/interesting bands to a (relatively) captive audience. Artists will benefit from tapping into a regular crowd, the people will benefit from exposure to otherwise obscure acts. Each week there will be a live band plus regular and guest DJs (including my much awaited return to the decks, yo).
Bands confirmed so far:
14th Feb. - Naked on the Vague [SYD]
21st Feb. - Athol
28th Feb. - Batrider [MELB/NZ]
Bands touring through Newcastle? Write us. Wanna DJ? Hit us up. We are true democracy.
[SPRING BREAK!!]
I'M NOT HERE, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING
Hello new world. It's been a while, I admit, and at the risk of ruining the 2008 love-in, I'd like to post my top 40 albums of that distant time known as 2007.
1. PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch
2. NO AGE – Weirdo Rippers
3. THE FIELD – From Here We Go Sublime
4. DEERHUNTER – Cryptograms / Fluorescent Grey EP
5. THE TWILIGHT SAD – Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
6. RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows
7. SHOCKING PINKS – Shocking Pinks
8. M.I.A. – Kala
9. BLACK DICE – Load Blown
10. SPOON – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
11. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Strawberry Jam
12. ELECTRELANE – No Shouts, No Calls
13. KES – The Grey Goose Wing
14. STUDIO – Yearbook 1
15. BURIAL – Untrue
16. FUTURE OF THE LEFT – Curses
17. BLACK LIPS – Good Bad Not Evil
18. YEASAYER – All Hour Cymbals
19. SCOUT NIBLETT – This Fool Can Die Now
20. DAN DEACON – Spider Man of the Rings
21. JENS LEKMAN – Night Falls Over Kortedela
22. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – A Place To Bury Strangers
23. FABULOUS DIAMONDS – 7” EP
24. OF MONTREAL - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
25. PATRICK WOLF – The Magic Position
26. ANDREW BIRD – Armchair Apocrypha
27. FUCK BUTTONS – Sweet Love For The Planet Earth EP
28. SLY HATS – Liquorice Night
29. JOANNA NEWSOM AND Ys STREET BAND – EP
30. JOHN MAUS – Love Is Real
31. MARNIE STERN – In Advance of the Broken Arm
32. FEIST – The Reminder
33. CARIBOU – Andorra
34. BEIRUT – The Flying Club Cup
35. OKKERVIL RIVER – The Stage Names
36. ALELA DIANE – The Pirate’s Gospel
37. IRON & WINE – The Shephard’s Dog
38. BON IVER – For Emma, Forever Ago
39. DEVASTATIONS – Yes, U
40. !!! – Myth Takes
There you have it. Punctual as ever.
Just to think 2008 has already given us albums (released or leaked) by My Disco, Beach House, Destroyer, British Sea Power, Why?, These New Puritans, Fuck Buttons etcetera. Whoa. You can expect that list late 2010.
1. PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch
2. NO AGE – Weirdo Rippers
3. THE FIELD – From Here We Go Sublime
4. DEERHUNTER – Cryptograms / Fluorescent Grey EP
5. THE TWILIGHT SAD – Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
6. RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows
7. SHOCKING PINKS – Shocking Pinks
8. M.I.A. – Kala
9. BLACK DICE – Load Blown
10. SPOON – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
11. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Strawberry Jam
12. ELECTRELANE – No Shouts, No Calls
13. KES – The Grey Goose Wing
14. STUDIO – Yearbook 1
15. BURIAL – Untrue
16. FUTURE OF THE LEFT – Curses
17. BLACK LIPS – Good Bad Not Evil
18. YEASAYER – All Hour Cymbals
19. SCOUT NIBLETT – This Fool Can Die Now
20. DAN DEACON – Spider Man of the Rings
21. JENS LEKMAN – Night Falls Over Kortedela
22. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – A Place To Bury Strangers
23. FABULOUS DIAMONDS – 7” EP
24. OF MONTREAL - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
25. PATRICK WOLF – The Magic Position
26. ANDREW BIRD – Armchair Apocrypha
27. FUCK BUTTONS – Sweet Love For The Planet Earth EP
28. SLY HATS – Liquorice Night
29. JOANNA NEWSOM AND Ys STREET BAND – EP
30. JOHN MAUS – Love Is Real
31. MARNIE STERN – In Advance of the Broken Arm
32. FEIST – The Reminder
33. CARIBOU – Andorra
34. BEIRUT – The Flying Club Cup
35. OKKERVIL RIVER – The Stage Names
36. ALELA DIANE – The Pirate’s Gospel
37. IRON & WINE – The Shephard’s Dog
38. BON IVER – For Emma, Forever Ago
39. DEVASTATIONS – Yes, U
40. !!! – Myth Takes
There you have it. Punctual as ever.
Just to think 2008 has already given us albums (released or leaked) by My Disco, Beach House, Destroyer, British Sea Power, Why?, These New Puritans, Fuck Buttons etcetera. Whoa. You can expect that list late 2010.
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