The Beatles, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, The Pixies, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Who, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The police, Neil Young, Gomez, The Flaming Lips, An absolute shitload more and we'll update them when we have more time!!
THE WELLS ARE BACK!!! -
The Wells are a five-piece Indie Rock Band that started gigging around Brisbane mid 2005. They perform original material (written by brothers Ben & Josh Eckersley) which displays great pop sensibility with big dirty smears of Blues and Country…. and these boys can really sing. Their focus on vocal harmonies and catchy melodic hooks add a great depth to the band’s overall appeal, as their densely layered instrumentation enriches each song. They all hail from the sleepy country-town of Lismore, NSW and slowly migrated to the city of Brisbane after they heard they still accept food stamps up here.
The Wells have played numerous live shows including supports for Something For Kate, Gaslight Radio and The Basics. They have also played at Woodford 07-08, Woodford 08-09, Greenfest 08, Brisbane’s Valley Fiesta and probably a whole bunch of other shows that I missed out on seeing as I was drunker than hell for a good few years there and don’t quite recall if I was alive or dead. Finally their new EP "Feeling Automatic" is all said and done, listen to the two lead singles, 'Little Things' and 'Feeling Automatic' and drop us a line to let us know what you think
HALF A COW RECORDS EP REVIEW (June 2008)
the Wells, …and now we can die happy
Originally from Lismore, this Brisbane five-piece have released a seven track cd that you could say falls into a category we are going to call 'adult-folk-pop'. Other purveyors of this sub-cult include Jack Johnson, Bernard Fanning, Gomez and Ben Harper. So you can sort of see where the Wells are coming from. And it's a solid collection of well-written and performed tunes.
The opening track 'Tell Her' is the one to get the ladies in, and if the band could suddenly get national radio coverage with this one, it would be a sure-fire hit. It's got the lyrics about lost love, a great sing-a-long melody and the right sort of acoustic guitar that seems to get the girls going these days. Well, it worked on my wife as she commented "this is a lovely song, darling", walking past the office door, "another cup of tea?" Thanks guys!
'Ohio' has a catchy chorus and a cute story about a boy and girl hooking up after many years and the boy forgetting they used to know each other and then..."we fell in love anyway and we bought an old car and we ended up with two kids on her father’s old farm in Ohio". This song wouldn’t be out of place on a Ryan Adams album (one of the country-pop ones).
The Wells are brothers Ben Eckersley (vocals) and Josh Eckersley (drums) with Gavin Henderson (guitar), Karl Sawczynski (piano) and Joel Dierselhuis (bass). The bio mentions 'this crazy period of hiring and firing band members' so it looks like there was one or more previous bass players involved in the recording. The very-well-put-together-I-might-add press kit continues with a quote from an interview: 'we are fair and decent young gentlemen who play laid-back pop music with great big dirty smears of blues and country'. Couldn’t have said it better myself. - ND
Hello to all, Just thought we'd stop by and say thank you ,to all the awesome bands that have sent in their material which has been aired on the show throughout the years.
We have had an exceptional response through myspace from some of the most talented underground musicians in the world . It is your contribution to our show that show people that there are still actually real musicians out there [and rap is surely not damn music, neither is that techno crap].
Undergroundsounds airs throughout Australia Thursday/Saturdays p.m.
Bands that would like their music aired on any future shows can forward their material to the address below;
Undergroundsounds Program Manager 44 Bambil St, Crestmead,Queensland. Australia.
its very sad, my computer so old now (1998 baby) i cant listen to songs on myspace. i did have a plan to send u guys a tape or cd once to get ur songs...but i get distracted...by everything.
Hey there, sorry to be one of those people but here's a bulk message... from the heart.
We're hitting the road with friends 'The British Robots' and travelling all along the east coast. Our 3rd show (in 3 nights) is Brisbane, we're going to be at The Clarence Corner Hotel on June 13th (8pm) with 'Brass Razoo' & 'The Jim Rockfords'.
Great music! Thanks for your friendship, and welcome aboard the Redline ship. Looking forward to sharing the journey ahead with you. Take Care, and thanks again. Peace,
Hello again, a couple of boys from the Custom Kings have a side project called Joe Neptune. Joe's debut album, "No Time To Grow Up", is in stores now. Bonus tracks are available in iTunes. Thanks
Hey guys, shortly after seeing you guys at woodford again I moved to Canada and have introduced your music to a lot of friends here and they love it! Your new EP is fantastic, I listen to it every day.
The world is driving me to distraction only as far as I let it.
Like wandering into this very pleasant Caph in Manuka, with the potential to chill and de-stress except FOR THE WAITRESS WITH THE LOUDEST BOOMIEST VOICE IN HISTORY -- I hope she's a singer.
And the only other patron in the joint with the most fracked of attitudes, which is his prerogative, but not if he's going to emulate LOUD WAITRESS!
Pah! Still waiting for lots of phone calls and emails back on some things, so watch this space.
And yes, the tux earns me lots of nice money from lovely brides and grooms. That was the before picture below -- here's after!
Hey guys. I want to catch up with you soon about that project I was talking about related to this: www. singwhereveryougoday. blogspot. com -- just been a bit/very/a lot distracted lately.
But it will be soon-ish.
Still adoring your music, playing the EPs into a fine dust and using your stuff in my trivia quizzes -- and my crowd knows by now that when I play THAT sting that it truly is a long way from home.
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