Lix Bacskay - vox, guitars, unnerving silences ...and their absence
James North - guitars, bass, genius, keys and control room control
Steve 'the Pope of Percussion' - drums, shapes and subtle rebuttal
Influences
Springsteen, Augie March, Patti Scialfa, Bernard Fanning, Jeff Buckley, Ovid, Thelonius Monk, Natalie Maines, Josh Homme, Johnny Cash, Buddy Guy, Maynard James Keenan, Pete Yorn, Ryan Adams, Elvis Presley, Miles Davis, Tom Morello, QOTSA, spinach (the vegetable), Soundgarden, Live, Neil Diamond, RHCP, Kris Kristofferson, PJ Harvey, Cream, Stone Temple Pilots, Ray Charles, Remy Zero/Cinjin Tate, Ours, Prince, Powderfinger, Doyle Bramhall II, Lucinda Williams, Head Like a Hole, Faith No More, Joni Mitchell, Shihad, Neil Finn, Sime Nugent, Pluto, Dishwalla, Leonard Cohen, James North, Rick Rubin, U2, Ray Lamontagne, Andrew Morris, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Howlin' Wolf, Danny Widdicombe, all things Whedonesque, David Bowie, Kyuss, Stevie Wonder, The Cure, The Have, Crumb, Robert Randolph, Queen, Muse, Nirvana (the dog, and the band), Jane's Addiction, The D4, Marilyn Manson, The Clash, The Tea Party, Augustino, Gillian Welch, The Wallflowers, System of a Down, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, INXS (Hutchence era), Eric Clapton, Bush, The Feelers, BB King, Crowded House, Anne Rice, Kula Shaker, Stabbing Westward, Loretta Lynn...
Friday May 23rd reveals the real life adventures of WWW.MEDOLIC.COM! Be there or be square y'all. It's totally shiny.
Monday May 12th 2008 marks the DEATH of the DEMOS! They have now all been removed and replaced with a shiny track from the upcoming release, produced by the extraordinary talent that is James North.
Feast your ears!!
The debut Medolic album continues its descent into the tangible, and will be downloadable on iTunes and available as a touchable clutchable digipak work of art in its own right. Brand spanking new Medolic, pressed and prepared for your ears, eyes and hands. Don't be afraid...
Medolic is the conception of New Zealand born, Brisbane claimed, artist and songwriter Lix Bacskay (pronounced batch-koy).
Tired and uninspired by the righteous removed from the real, Lix draws lyrical pictures incomparable yet not dissimilar to great narrative artists such as Springsteen, Presley, Cash and Mitchell. Influenced by poetic liberators like Buckley, Yorn, Fanning and G. A. Richards, she crafts a-typical stories of her own human-ness with their feet in the everyday and their eyes on an ever changing horizon. The sound itself tip-toes its way between the footsteps of rock and blues revolutionaries, teetering on the edge of the deeper and darker, remembering all the while its country upbringing.
Born in '78, Lix grew up in relative rural isolation and with the perception that to express herself visually and audibly was as obligatory as breathing. While it was the visual arts in which she submersed herself for the first 25 years of her life, it was the music she constantly sought out and fell for that would draw her out of her paintings and into the world.
Ever the linguist and with a sometimes frustrating habit of thinking and speaking in the clumsy poetic, it is only very recently that Lix picked up a guitar and found the key.
Medolic was conceived in 2005, with conscience and without foregone conclusions. Nothing More, an acoustic demo recorded at James North Productions (Brisbane), is already catching the attention of watchful industry eyes. Further studio adventures have commenced, stay tuned.... all will be revealed in the 'soon'.
"well above Bic Runga and co... an amazing future ahead"
I stole something off your space altered it slightly and put it on my space with a link to yours hope that's OK. Tried to put it on facebook to but they seem to have a problem with banners/photos lol so a plain link had to do.
wow. thats nuts. ive never really had an food related poisonings but once i was camping in in a swamp and got covered in ticks and was so badly poisoned i started hallucinating.
hey i'm back in NY. don't u worry i'm not abandoning my city. as far as a trip, i vote NY. and LA is what you think, just add tons of driving, cuz nothing is close to anything.
dude it is so on the other end of the spectrum in NY. it just snowed like all hell. i must tell you, i missed it because im in LA. i guess i got lucky. since i've been here i've been playing your stuff for my friends and they are looking forward to your new album. so is it common to shower fully clothed over there? hehe
hey lix, yeah black snake moan is a killer film. and buddy guy is unreal. we play a cover of his version of jr kimbrough's 'baby please don't leave me.
i'll be redoing bad guitar sounds on this album over the weekend. fells like one step forward two sets back
yeah, go alter egos. how do you think i feel playing firstly in an indie band and then having to switch over to play in my goth band the rest of the time! hahahaha. i swear im like superman and clark kent. you can be mexican batman (family guy reference...get it? no? nevermind).
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Lend your support by requesting his new song by either email via the above link and then click on "Request A Song," or send in your request via telephone, 1-877-33SIRIUS. Once prompted press 1, then enter channel 36, then enter the first 3 letters of the song title - ANN.
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Hey medolic it's Dave from The Quills. How's it going?
I just wanted to let you know we've recently finished recording our debut EP "Some New Place" and the songs from the record are now available to preview on our page. We hope you like it. We're also launching the EP next week:
When: Thursday 13 December Where: The Globe Theatre, Brunswick Street, The Valley Doors: 7:30pm Quills: 9:30pm
It's going to be our biggest show yet. We're playing new songs for the first time. There will be Quills merch for the first time. It will generally be a show the likes of which we've never played before.
