Is it wrong to fawn over a band’s debut when they’ve just returned with their first album in 20 years? We’re still ashamed to admit that we gave New Jersey’s, The Feelies a wide berth for the last few decades purely because of their name. It sounded like a something straight from the heart of [...]
In complete contrast to a month ago when it was “precipitation nation” Brisbane’s fourth St. Jerome’s Laneway festival could’ve been subtitled “Boiling Brisvegas”. Unlike many festivals Laneway 2011 had a remarkably consistent quality throughout the entire day, so regardless of the weather it was always destined to be a scorcher. We braved the extreme ultra violet index to report on Australia’s Rat Vs Possum, Cloud Control and Cut Copy. While sampling UK’s Foals and America’s best of the best with Beach House, The Antlers, Warpaint, Blonde Redhead, Ariel Pink, Holy Fuck. Oh and LES SAVY FAV!.
For the benefit of Webcuts’ Brisbane clientele, see in 2011 in style with Swedes Shout Out Louds, texans Neon Indian and a whole lot of Australian talent including The Belligerents, Bleeding Knees Club, Dead Beat Band, The Honey Month, Jonathan Boulet, John Steel Sings, Kate & Max, Little Scout, Love Connection, Mr. Maps, Parades, Seja, Seekae, Oh Ye Denver Birds, Rocketsmiths, Vasy Mollo and Velociraptor. Phew.
Deerhunter’s willowy singer-guitarist and stand-up comic in the making Bradford Cox entered the 2Ser studios to trade words with Static’s Chris Berkley about all things in the Deerhunter-verse.
Having caught them a few weeks earlier in London, it was like witnessing an entirely different band in the throes of conquering new territory and playing to new audiences.
I’d be surprised if the majority in attendance were familiar at all with Atlas Sound, but the crammed in masses of which Webcuts was one of the last to make the cut, were calling out requests that even Cox felt too obscure and unplayable.
Webcuts delivers the verdict on Deerhunter’s recent Australian assault with reviews of Brisbane, Sydney and also the secret Atlas Sound Sydney show. Let the hunting begin.
Deerhunter Scala, London 18th May 2009 Palpable expectation, a sold out crowd, a critically received album, a loud northerner standing beside me naively exclaiming “I hope they play something off Turn It Up, Faggot” and an unlikely intro tape of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”. This is how it begins. Four boys from Atlanta, Georgia [...]
Dear Deerhunter, Hey, you guys read our off-hand plea for you to tour Down Under! Well, naturally we’re thrilled to bits and it’s refreshing to think that even since the whole Deerhunter thing (including your Atlas Sound and Lotus Plaza off-shoots) blew up, which in a small way we hope we contributed to, you still take [...]
of Montreal The Zoo, Brisbane 4 March 2009 It’s just before the encore that things start getting really weird: Two guys in animal masks start playing — Mr Fish is on drums while Mr Lion roars into the microphone, garnering the requisite response from the crowd necessary in encore type situations — leading me to [...]
The Too Pure Singles Club returns in 2012 with a bang (or is that a rattle) with the sound of Icelandic mantra magicians Dead Skeletons. For the uninitiated, Dead Skeletons came into existence in 2008 when band member Jon Saamunder needed music for an art installation in the Reykjavik Art Museum. Enlisting the help of friends Henrik Bjornsson and Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt the trio penned the songs which would eventually become the Dead Magick album, a 72 minute, 12 song journey through space and time, life and death. “Om Mani Peme Hung” is the sound of Neu! on a meditation retreat engaging in a spiritual hypno-chant. Now repeat after me… Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung… (subscribe to the Too Pure Singles Club here).
