Sabrina Lawrie (29) vocals
Will O'Brien (22) guitar, vox
Byron Dean (20) guitar
Pete O'Brien (18) bass, vox
Jordan Miller (21) drums
Influences
The Stooges, MC5, Queens of the Stone Age, Ramones, Blue Cheer, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dead Meadow, Led Zeppelin, Spacemen 3, Radio Birdman, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sonic Youth, 13th Floor Elevators, Sex Pistols, Mudhoney, The Who, New Bomb Turks, Canned Heat, Turbonegro, Scientists, Mark Lanegan, Black Mountain, Dead Kennedys, Beasts of Bourbon, New York Dolls, The Lovetones, The Greenhornes, The Shadows, Dandy Warhols, Lou Reed, The Yardbirds, Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Sonics Rendezvous Band, King Crimson, The Bellrays, David Bowie, The Kinks, Guitar Wolf, Eagles of Death Metal, The Black Angels, The Velvet Underground, The Dirtbombs, The Morning After Girls, Black Flag, Fugazi, Mondo Generator, The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Howling Bells, The White Stripes, Robert Johnson, The Mooney Suzuki, Bob Dylan, My Bloody Valentine, Fleetwood Mac, Death From Above 1979, The Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Ricki Lee Jones
GIFTHORSE Video, shot in 2 hours as part of WOTNEXT comp.
LIVE REVIEW - The Step Inn - Fri Jul 4 w/ EVEN + THE SPAZZYS + TRACEY REDHEAD, Rave Magazine, by Matt Thrower.
As the Sister Rock roadshow hits the Step Inn, travelling minstrels Even, The Spazzys and Tracy Redhead also invite locals Little Vegas And The Fuzz Parade to get nice ‘n rowdy. The group, ranging in age from 17 to 28, are particularly noticeable for the shimmying, tambourine-toting stage presence and enormous voice of frontwoman Sabrina Lawrie (formerly of Tongue), who leads the group through a bluesy garage punk party of a set. Marvellous.
LIVE REVIEW - The Step Inn 3rd Nov 2007 W/ The Mess Hall.
By Gumbuoy
The room is full and the atmosphere electric when Little Vegas & The Fuzz Parade take the stage, and the band take full advantage. They manage to cram nearly a dozen of their short-and-sharp, three minute, power-pop rock songs into the 30 minute set, with frontwoman Sabrina singing, laughing and wailing her way through her charismatic performance. Guitarists Will and Byron provide the crunchy chords, while Pete on bass and Tom on drums keep the momentum going. The faster these guys go, such as on the breakneck I Burn Books, the better they are, and the crowd respond with raucous cheering. Little Vegas & The Fuzz Parade are one of the musical finds of the year, and definitely one of the bands to watch in 2008 – if you get a chance to see ‘em, don’t miss it for love or money.
TIME OFF REVIEW: Fri 16th March 2007 @ The Zoo
by Justin Grey
Little Vegas And The Fuzz Parade frontwoman Sabrina Lawrie is a rock and roll super(front)woman in the making - she saunters round the stage lustfully, ripping out a thunderous vocal and shaking her tambourine like there's no tomorrow. Set opener 'Only Gonna Say It Once' exemplifies her great set of lungs, while the band excels on 'Curse You Later' and 'Hooray Hooray' with swaggering, AC/DC-esque riffs. For such a young band, these guys are mighty impressive!
FASTERLOUDER REVIEW: @ The Zoo
by Queen Nahs
Next on the bill, with a powerhouse banshee vocalist and unyeilding guitar progressions, Little Vegas and The Fuzz Parade take the evening up a knotch or ten. Some definite influences are spotted in the musicianship, it’s all distortion and gain on the power chords, but done in a way that this punter very much enjoys alla BRMC, MAG, Brian Jonestown Massacre, early Jane’s et al. Spied as Brisvegasian indie offspring, Sabrina Lawrie of Tongue infamy, the influences and raucous vocal stylings harkening back to Joplin, PJ and other levels of ear tunnelling hardcore rasping coming out of this raven haired dynamo all make sense. Tracks Curse You Later, Happy to Know and Dare You are all belted out with gutsy aplomb, wild stage coverage and frantic beatings on a white tambourine. A slot on an xtreme sport soundtrack is not beyond the realms of reality for these guys in years to come.
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Thank you for the gift of your friendship and support, hope you enjoy the music. Peace and love. Love Bart & Jody KOSMIC EVOLUTION Here is our video clip Mystery.
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.
Hi there! We're going to be up in Brisbane this Saturday 10th to launch our new album at the X & Y Bar in the Valley. We're onstage at 8:30pm and it's free entry! Hope to see you there!
NICK OLIVERI Touring Australia and New Zealand in solo mode this October. Tickets on sale now, for full ticketing info click here
Wed Oct 7th - Brass Monkey, Cronulla Thu Oct 8th - Del Plaza, Gold Coast Fri Oct 9th - Step Inn, Brisbane Sat Oct 10th - Hopetoun, Sydney Sun Oct 11th - Heritage Hotel, Bulli Mon Oct 12th - Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale Tue Oct 13th - Kings Arms, Auckland Wed Oct 14th - Bodega, Wellington Mon Oct 19th - National Hotel, Geelong Tue Oct 20th - Republic Bar, Hobart Wed Oct 21st - Northcote SC, Melbourne Thu Oct 22nd - Jive, Adelaide Fri Oct 23rd - Settlers Tavern, Margaret River Sat Oct 24th - Norfolk Basement, Fremantle
17th October-4zzz Carpark gigs that rule-2pm-Free entry-All ages Presented by 4zzz Punk Show and Live and Local The Go Set[Melb] Dementia 13 Brass Razoo
17th October-Jubilee Hotel-$15-7.30pm-18+ The Go Set[Melb] Mouthguard Kimbo[Melb] Brixton Rockers The Clap Guildofiends
24th October-Jubilee Hotel-18+ The Reignators[Melb] One Night Band[Canada] Dan Potthast[USA] The Meaniacs
30th October-Clarence Cnr Hotel-Free entry-18+ Kamikaze[Adeliade] The Vaginabillies more tbc
