music:
restream, the rebel astronaughts, sonic youth, the drones, mogwai, manitoba, caribou, fourtet, the kingsbury manx, colleen, pavement, malkmus. bluebottle kiss, toy balloon, not from there, gota cola, sandpit, gaslight radio, augie march. broken social scene. the national, redsunband, tortoise, ahmad szabo, the books, nick cave, clue to kalo, robot fox, nina nastasia, my bloody valentine, radiohead, sadness is in the sky, wilco, sounds like sunset, cocteau twins, springs, boards of canada, 2 dollar guitar, sebadoh, seaplane, sigur ros, hangar, machine translations, godspeed you black emperor, trail of dead, M83, art of fighting, elbow, vagus, i am kloot, bloon, seaplane, del toro, rival flight, doves (lost souls era), underground lovers, icehouse, stereolab, electrelane, later blur, dj shadow, the arcade fire, yo la tengo, brittle buildings.
aheadphonehome was once just lonely old phil laidlaw and a bunch of noisy machines. now it's a house of fun! now it's a five piece! new machine replacements are phil's old sparring partner pete schnapps, ex-iron-on skin smasher, coaxer and caresser marieca page, bass is in the safe hands of adrian buildings melt (ex rialto decibel choir) and coops of toy balloon infamy is minister in charge of stranger things.
this was what someone said about the first album:
In The Static, the debut album for Brisbane-based Aheadphonehome (aka Phillip Laidlaw), is a sublimely noisy convergence of glitch electronica textures and subverted indie singer-songwriter melodies. While such a description may conjure up images of Radiohead’s Kid A or Trent Reznor’s recent Year Zero (and there a definitely shades of those two recordings at times), the truth of the matter is closer to My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless remixed by electronica guru Christian Fennesz.
In tracks like ’X’ and ’Private Bars’, ringing guitars float through layers of shifting digitised rhythms, swathes of ambiences, abstract and distended samples of static and field recordings, while vocals and lyrics float ephemerally throughout the banquet of noise, with a result as effected as it is affecting. Unlike other electronic/rock fusionists (UNKLE, The Postal Service et al), Laidlaw is less concerned with importing electronica into rock, and more interested in importing indie textures into his glitch-laden ambience.
This egalitarian perspective allows Laidlaw to draw upon the full range of sounds at his disposal and craft a stunningly detailed and unique exercise in textural engagement, grounded emotionally by indie-rock’s evocative sentiments, but not limited by them. Stunning.
*****
the new stuff is under heavy construction for a december 08 debut. keep an ear out.
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on
November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast
launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was
originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic
wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic
compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe
Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was
recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that
Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists
and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording
studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered
sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD
Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you
this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29
October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom
Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst
w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford
Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne-
Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and
Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy
Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
Friends... we are new on the Brisbane live scene and are desirous of gigs. We will play anywhere for anyone.
If you're a little low and need cheered up, we will play in your lounge. Maybe you have a gig coming up and need some support. Nothing too big or small.
"...it’s like Kid Strange and Urban Blitz from the Doctors of Madness at
their most morose played Overhang Party, or a mogadon’d Peter Hammill
jamming with Van Der Graaf’s Graham Smith. Elsewhere, the singular
desolation is most reminiscent of the most down down moments of Nico’s
THE MARBLE INDEX or even of Jesse Colin Young’s The Youngbloods at
their most mercurial. But the Scrapes are still so original their music
ultimately don’t sound like nobody but themselves." Julian Cope
Reminder about the upcoming Canton, Ohio 2 day concert, CreekFest Ohio 09 August 28 & 29, 2009 Featuring Mushroomhead, (hed) p.e., Saliva, Smile Empty Soul, Beyond The Rage and more. Over half the floor seats have been reserved, so we thank everyone who has reserved a seat. If you haven’t yet, and wish to sit up close on the floor, please send us a message (not a comment however comments are always welcome) with tickets on the subject line letting us how many you want to reserve, and within the next few days we will message everyone who requested them with where they can be paid for and picked up. This concert will be a historic event for Canton, and we hope everyone can be a part of it! Tickets (both floor and general admission) are limited! Remember this concert will have onsite camping, haunted houses, food, vendors, other live entertainment and more! The First Annual CreekFest Ohio 09, Canton Ohio!
Hi how's everything going? I am excited to show you my latest painting. I would love any feedback if you have a few seconds. If you want to add a comment you can just click on the picture & it will take you straight there. Hope you enjoy! xo Ellen
If you are interested in Tickets for our upcoming 2 day concert in Canton featuring Mushroomhead, Saliva, (hed) pe, Smile Empty Soul, Beyond The Rage and more, send us a message and lets us know, we are taking orders NOW for the floor seating, which is the up close seating and its limited and reservations are going fast! On site camping also available. After hour party, Haunted Houses, and more!
“The Decline Of Modern Civilisation” @ Step Inn (front bar) Saturday 4 July $10, 8pm. Curse Ov Dialect (Melbourne), Purple Duck (Melbourne), The Professional Savage (Melbourne), Joel Saunders, Bloody Roo, DJ Potato Master, DJ Lame.
Great stuff! Seriously! Sorry It took me so long to check it out, unfortunantly I have too many adds from bad metal groups its hard to sift through that wreckage.
excited about your new album - when will it be out? still haven't seen the full band experience yet - i really want to! tutts
New Anonymeye album ‘The Disambiguation Of Anonymeye’, featuring collaborations with Seaworthy and Mirrored Silver Sea, out Monday May 18 on sound&fury (www.soundandfury.com.au). First 50 pre-orders from s&f webshop also receive a bonus 3” CDR of exclusive material including collaborations with ii and Marisa Allen (Bremen Town Musician).
BRISBANE LAUNCH
Thursday 28 May Syncretism @ Judith Wright Centre Pimmon (Sydney, CD launch), Seaworthy (Sydney, CD launch), Anonymeye (CD launch) Limited capacity - discount presales from www.judithwrightcentre.com – more at the door (if available) Presented by Room 40
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