HALFWAY
General Info
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Genre: Country / Indie / Rock
Location Brisbane, Queensland, Au
Profile Views: 64523
Last Login: 2/21/2013
Member Since 4/19/2006
Website www.halfway.com.au
Record Label Plus One Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. We are HALFWAY, and we play music that we enjoy Take care. .... **** Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - An Outpost of Promise - July 2010 .... This is a fine piece of work, a great travelling companion and a local album with international appeal. An Outpost of Promise - Bruce McMahon, The Courier Mail (AUS) 4 Stars - June 2010 .... 'An Outpost of Promise' is not only a sublime Roots-tinged Rock'n'Roll album, but Halfway's finest record by a country mile and one deserving to be bracketed with hallowed names like The Triffids and The Go-Betweens. And I don't say stuff like that too often, believe me. Tim Peacock, Whisperin’ & Hollerin’ (UK) 9/10 June 2010 .... Halfway are consistently excellent with their delivery of heartfelt country flavoured rock and roll albums, and their latest offering, An Outpost of Promise, is no exception. Andrew Prentice, TOM Magazine (Australia) 5 Stars and Album of the week .... An Outpost Of Promise is a record for the ages-classic, straight-up and completely unpretentious. Ned Pearse, Inpress (AUS) - July 2010 .... The accuracy of genre identification matters not, as at the heart of the matter lies a simple fact: Brisbane’s Halfway are damned good songwriters. Andrew McMillen, Mess & Noise (Aus) .... " Like Springsteen, who believed that hope was a place you could drive to, Dale believes in the myth of the highway and that if you drive long enough, and far enough, there's a good chance you'll find it. Taking their cue from Gram Parsons, The Byrds and The Band, Brisbane, Australia's Halfway play the kind of roots rock that lasts. Remember the River - Amplifier Magazine - USA May 2007 .... 10 Best Albums of 2006 - Noel Mengel - "listen up, Dean and the Fitzroy and Cheri Ann - haunting tunes inspired by real-life tragedies - are two of the songs of the year" - Halfway - Remember the River - The Courier Mail - Dec 2007 .... Those who discovered Halfway with ‘Farewell To The Fainthearted’ will find plenty more of the same to love here. For those who have yet to discover the new uncrowned kings of alt-country, start here and find out what you have been missing. Penny Black Music (UK) Malcolm Carter Oct 2006 .... "...wheezing harmonicas, Stonsey grit and Gram Parsons' melody" Farewell to the Fainthearted :: The Daily Mirror (UK) July 29, 2005 -
Members
John Busby, Chris Dale, Elwin Hawtin, Ben Johnson, Noel Fitzpatrick, Liam Fitzpatrick, Luke Peacock, John Willsteed. -
Influences
Bob Dylan, Big Star, The Byrds, The Go-Betweens, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, The Kinks, Archers of Loaf, The Replacements, The Band, Warren Zevon ,Steve Earle, Neil Young, Paul Kelly, Tony Mundine, The Triffids, Townes Van Zandt, Knievel, Paul Westerberg, The Church, Guy Clark, The Smiths, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Charles Bukowski, Peanut Montgomery... the list goes on, and on -
Sounds Like
Victory ..
Latest Blog Entries
- Sep 25, 2011 6:07 AM Halfway - AIR award nomination!!!
- Sep 14, 2011 8:46 AM 1 off Sydney Show
- Apr 18, 2011 11:23 AM Mark Olson supports shows!!!!!!
- Mar 22, 2011 5:47 AM Halfway Knievel East Coast Tour
- Jan 17, 2011 5:42 AM Halfway - Big Day Out 2011
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.. We are HALFWAY, and we play music that we enjoy Take care.**** Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - An Outpost of Promise - July 2010
This is a fine piece of work, a great travelling companion and a local album with international appeal. An Outpost of Promise - Bruce McMahon, The Courier Mail (AUS) 4 Stars - June 2010
'An Outpost of Promise' is not only a sublime Roots-tinged Rock'n'Roll album, but Halfway's finest record by a country mile and one deserving to be bracketed with hallowed names like The Triffids and The Go-Betweens. And I don't say stuff like that too often, believe me. Tim Peacock, Whisperin’ & Hollerin’ (UK) 9/10 June 2010
Halfway are consistently excellent with their delivery of heartfelt country flavoured rock and roll albums, and their latest offering, An Outpost of Promise, is no exception. Andrew Prentice, TOM Magazine (Australia) 5 Stars and Album of the week
An Outpost Of Promise is a record for the ages-classic, straight-up and completely unpretentious. Ned Pearse, Inpress (AUS) - July 2010
The accuracy of genre identification matters not, as at the heart of the matter lies a simple fact: Brisbane’s Halfway are damned good songwriters. Andrew McMillen, Mess & Noise (Aus)
" Like Springsteen, who believed that hope was a place you could drive to, Dale believes in the myth of the highway and that if you drive long enough, and far enough, there's a good chance you'll find it. Taking their cue from Gram Parsons, The Byrds and The Band, Brisbane, Australia's Halfway play the kind of roots rock that lasts. Remember the River - Amplifier Magazine - USA May 2007
Halfway, Australia's premier alt country outfit, have, in their follow up to the marvellous Farewell To The Fainthearted - a hard act to follow - rekindled memories of Fables/Reckoning/Green REM. The band shows the same freedom of spirit, subtle shades and infinite possibilities that Athens' finest did in their young artistic heyday. To categorise Remember The River is to miss the point, the album doesn't cross genres it ignores them. Net Rhythms (UK) January 30, 2007
10 Best Albums of 2006 - Noel Mengel - "listen up, Dean and the Fitzroy and Cheri Ann - haunting tunes inspired by real-life tragedies - are two of the songs of the year" - Halfway - Remember the River - The Courier Mail - Dec 2007
Those who discovered Halfway with ‘Farewell To The Fainthearted’ will find plenty more of the same to love here. For those who have yet to discover the new uncrowned kings of alt-country, start here and find out what you have been missing. Penny Black Music (UK) Malcolm Carter Oct 2006
"...wheezing harmonicas, Stonsey grit and Gram Parsons' melody" Farewell to the Fainthearted :: The Daily Mirror (UK) July 29, 2005








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Hey, all the best for the new year!!
Great gig at Ric's Bar last night. And one of the best mixes on the band I've heard too, sounded great!
Enjoying your music.
Hi Halfway, thanks for Your Friendship. I'm really enjoying listening to You.
You've got a great sound. If You get a chance stop by for a visit. Best wishes. Dave.
Gentlemen! Enjoyed your set in Sydney the other week. Hope we can make something happen in Brisbanetown in the near future. XOXO. Isaac
Hey Guys! Great tracks. Catch you at The Excelsior on Friday :)
XO
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Congrats on the new CD. Great songs! Nice turnout at the Troub last night too.
Thanks for adding me
I Draw Slow album Downside available for digital download at our Myspace Click Here
Can't wait to hear the new cd guys, ohh the anticipation. Do you think we'll get some sneak peeks on May 2? ;) Laila
Appreciate the add...and the fine music here too...thanks Halfway.
Our best from Ireland.
TTC.
Hey Guys,
Let us know if you're heading Sydney way or are interested in a gig in the Blue Mountains - have a few contacts. Also do you ever get to Tamworth? Could have a reunion Shindig with cousin Chris!
Cheers,
Deanne (of Buck and Deanne)
Really enjoyed the new material last night at the the Powerhouse guys! Shall have to come back and listen again.... and again....
Cheers,
Tone
Hi HALFWAY, check out our new track "Long Legs"
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Hey Jonny!
Yeah thanks mate. I uploaded it on triple j unearthed about four days ago and it has gone really well. Paddington has made number 35 in the overall unearthed charts and i am sitting at number 1 in the roots section. So i am really stoked. I have other songs that will be put up soon. Only acoustic versions for now.
We will have to catch up for beers soon Jonny.