Our good friend Lisa played piano and synth 2005-2008.
Gabriel Piras played bass and was our general guru up until midway through 2009.
MANAGEMENT: stav[at]shinyentertainment.com.au
Influences
Brian Wilson, The Triffids, Mark Linkous, David Lynch/Julee Cruise, Vic Chesnutt, The Beatles, Nick Cave, Scott Walker, Talking Heads, XTC, Bobby Dylan, Mr Cohen, Calexico, Tom Waits, Cocteau Twins, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Burt Bacharach, Flaming Lips and other crazy kooks.
Sounds Like
Recent Press:
"The result (in 'No Shame') is lean, but still sumptuous, concise in its emotional and musical coding but it still stretches on: arpeggiated guitars match up to a dark, pulsing bass beat, giving ‘No Shame’ an engaging sense of propulsion." - Lawson Fletcher, Mess and Noise
"The word is spreading around triple j about this band. And on the strength of this track (Empire Falls), for good reason. Touches of Arcade Fire, Bowie and a lovely little xylophone." - Richard Kingsmill, Triple J
"Simply, this song (Empire Falls) is a celebration. It rumbles, twinkles, and stomps; there's a lot going on but you don't notice it, you're too busy enjoying the ride! And it WILL have you singing along...."falling, falling, falling...something, something, furthest corner of the former empire..." Great stuff!" - Caz Tran, Triple J
"It's a thrilling beginning for these guys - full of creative savvy and hopeful hearts - and I wish there were more bands in the country that sounded so sincere." - Beat Magazine
"...a sound as diverse and inventive as sextet Plastic Palace Alice is the type that cuts through hype and hyperbole and makes people listen." - Wireless Bollinger
"Plastic Palace Alice is set to modestly sneak up behind us and let out an eye opening "boo!". Reflecting a diverse number of influences, their music glistens and booms its way into your heart. The band's latest single Empire Falls would turn Rome's bloody topple into a cascading flow of refreshing bloom...I can't wait for the album." - The Sandwich Club
Our website lets you download our two most recent singles - "Carrion" and "No Shame" - for free, in whatever format you wish. Visit it at plasticpalacealice.com
Plastic Palace Alice have now released their second single off their upcoming sophomore album: "Carrion". We have recently finished the main part of our recording for the new album, and getting ready to release it in 2010. At the moment we're touring, thanks to a government grant, so we're working on our tans as much as possible.
"...one of the country's 'bands to watch'..." - Clem Bastow
Click below to get our album "The Great Depression" on CD or digital
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Or ring your local radio station
RRR (Melbourne): 03 9388 1027
PBS (Melbourne): 03 8415 1067
FBi Radio 94.5FM (Sydney): 02 8332 2999
4ZZZ (Brisbane): 07 3252 1555
Radio Adelaide 101.5FM (Adelaide): 08 8303 5000
Cayn Borthwick Band are playing a very intimate and very free show this friday at Grumpy's Green on Smith st with support from Ten Pound Henry (Miles O'Neil of Suitcase Royale). Music starts at 8 and goes till late....
Hello long lost lovers, you have some how become a distant fond memory but fortunately we have organised a special reunion party for us and you on the 13th of November at the East Brunswick Club so that our memories can once again become reality, hope you can make it.
Roll up roll up, Vultures of Venus are back in town you funky disco cats. And guess what? ... their self-titled debut LP is finally here! Ten tracks of unadulterated Glampunk Electro madness! It’s unleashed on Thursday 29th of October at Bar Open on Brunswick St. It’s Bowie on steroids; it’s Marquis de Sade and Andy Warhol screaming at the moon through a home-made vocoder. The Lollyshop is open for business ! It’s going to be a huge night filled with bubble machines, strobes, psychedelic video projections and cautionary tales to tell your grandchildren. It will also feature live performances from those vixens of burlesque “the Venus Man Traps”. Support on the night comes from psych-popsters Go-Go Sapien serving up synth-infected garage with lashings of ravenous big sexy guitars. Make sure you get down early to catch the debut performance by newcomers Tusk. And most importantly we have kept the entry fee down to a very affordable – FREE ! Copies of Vultures of Venus’s LP can be scoped up for a low $10 on the night. Yee-Har space cadets !
Hi there! Special Patrol are going to be in Melbourne this Saturday the 24th to launch their brand new album The Stranger's Dozen. Come along to the John Curtin Band Room, say hi and have a beer with us! Cheers, SP.
Alice has made her mind divide into a group of people who can take on little bits of her unknown power and bring it back into form, one smiling alice....
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