For updates, track listings, gig reviews and general info, please visit our blog: wecomefromgarageland.blogspot.com!!! If it hasn't been updated, email us and tell us we're slack!!
We Come From Garageland airs every Wednesday night from 11pm on 2ser 107.3 FM! Tune in Sydney, or stream it - 2ser.com!
We've also started a Google Group, which will be a place for you and us to put stuff up about what's going on in our cities, and to get in touch about touring and stuff - check it out!!!
Every Wednesday night at 11pm, We Come From Garageland celebrates the latest from Australia's underground music scene.
Each week the hosts of We Come From Garageland share stories, opinions and reviews (ie: bullshit on too much) of the music, art and activism that is changing the way that people think, perform, interact, promote, protest and create, in Australia and abroad.
We Come From Garageland features live-to-air sets, recordings of local gigs and artist-released recordings, as well as interviews with bands and with mainstays of the local and international DIY scene. Recent guests include Ian MacKaye (Dischord/Minor Threat/Fugazi/The Evens), Bad Tables, Cabaret Callado, wOg and Brooke from The Ailing Festival, and there are many more to come!
Independent artists that wanna be featured on We Come From Garageland can send MP3s to wecomefromgarageland@2ser.com, or tapes, CDs and records to We Come From Garageland, PO Box 123, Broadway NSW AUSTRALIA 2007. For track listings, updates and MP3s, you can check myspace.com/wecomefromgarageland and wecomefromgarageland.blogspot.com.
If you've got a gig in the Sydney area, please let us know by the Tuesday before so that we can mention it, and can try to come along ourselves. The wonderful Tenzenmen actually sends out a weekly e-newsletter about the following weekend's gigs, so if you haven't signed up yet, or aren't sending in details about your gigs, head to the website and sign up now - it's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! tenzenmen.com/maillist/coolandunusual.shtml.
Also look out for the regular We Come From Garageland hard copy zine, with an overview of the past month in Sydney's live music scene including reviews, interviews, artwork, and a CDR featuring live recordings exclusive to We Come From Garageland.
For more information on We Come From Garageland, to speak to the presenters, request a zine, or to join the mailing list, please email wecomefromgarageland@2ser.com, or call +612 9514 9514.
And make sure that you tune in every Wednesday night - you can stream it live from anywhere in the world! 2ser.com
Hella fella. Drop by Spectrum Friday night where we play our last gig for ages at the jaw droppingly awesome time of 8PM.(even tho our stupid posters say 9,it's actooly 8) Don't sit at home twiddling your thumbs till cool o'clock to come out, come watch us play our guts out to an empty room.
A mini Festival style event with 2 rooms rock in the main and mellow in the front plus guest djs and artist exhibiting and a designer market area with a budget priced beer and Spanish food menu.
Backroom opens at 6pm
6 pm- Dead Farmers 7 pm- Fattura Della Morte 8 pm- Bitchslap 9 pm-The Warm Feelings 10 pm- Hard Ons
Front Room opens at 5pm
Artist - Angel Gillfish, Emily Hasslehoof - James Roberts ++
5.30 - Brian Dillon opens first room 6.30 - dj Paul Corbin 7.30 - Cabaret Callado 8.30 - Brian Dillon 11. 00- dj Paul Corbin
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