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[::..latest blogs..::]
:: MAISIE, BUDDY J FRANCIS
and SAM PAGE; RICKY
ALBECK & THE BELAIR
LINE BAND (Single Launch)
w/ THE CONDOS and
MORTAL AMBITION
:: TUCKSHOP and
BRAVE MISTAKES; NIGHT
RITES and THE GENEVIEVES;
MODERN RELICS
(Single Launch) w/ THE MAX
HEADROOM; CARLA LIPPIS &
MONDO PSYCHO and BRIXX
:: SHODASHI, HEPÉ MATEH
and LIVE SLUG REACTION
:: SOYLENT GREEN,
WONDERWALLS JAM BAND
REVIVAL BAND and ADAM
PAGE; THUNDER SPEAKS
(Single Launch) w/ BREWER,
KILLING CENTRE, VERZANSKI,
NEW LIFE ODYSSEY and
MOUNTAIN SONGS
:: PIMPIN' HORUS
(Farewell Show) w/ TWITCH;
VELVET VOID, NORMAL
BEHAVIOUR and PELVIS
:: HALL OF FAME ::
:: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES** :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ARTAX MISSION :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND* :: BOOSTER :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CIRCLE CLAN :: COERCE :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: CONCHILLIA :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: DOUBLE HANDED* :: THE DUNES :: EGYPT :: ENCARTA / COLONEL KERNEL** :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA FIRE!*** :: FRIENDS :: GLASS SKIES :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT* :: THE HONEY PIES** :: HORROR MY FRIEND* :: ISLE OF VISION :: JUNGLE CITY :: KAMIKAZE :: THE KEEPSAKES* :: THE KILLGIRLS*** :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: LADY STRANGELOVE** :: LEADER CHEETAH* :: LIKE LEAVES** :: LUMONICS* :: LYLA :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS*** :: MERE THEORY :: MORALS OF A MINOR* :: THE MOTIVE :: MR WEDNESDAY** :: NO THROUGH ROAD*** :: QUIET CHILD :: QUIET IN THE LAB! :: REALIST FEW :: RIDE INTO THE SUN** :: THE SEA THIEVES* :: THE SHINY BRIGHTS* :: SINCERELY, GRIZZLY*** :: SKELETONS :: SOFT WHITE MACHINE* :: SONS OF ZOKU :: SPARKSPITTER* :: SQUEAKER :: ST. MORRIS SINNERS :: STEERING BY STARS* :: SWIMMING :: TEA :: THE TIMBERS :: TONY FONT SHOW** :: TRACER :: THE TRANSATLANTICS** :: TWO SUNS :: TYGER TYGER* :: THE VILLENETTES* :: WEST THEBARTON BROTHEL PARTY :: WOLF & CUB** :: ZETA ::
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[::..festival blogs..::]
:: Fringe Festival 2012
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[::..b&w episodes..::]
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:: In Limbo - 1 | 2 |
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[::..special features..::]
:: ARTIST INDEX ::
:: !!! :: THE 1NE :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES :: 20TH CENTURY GRADUATES (DUET) :: 200 MOTELS :: 4 KINGS LOUD :: 4 VOICE :: 67 SPECIAL :: THE 7.4.5. :: 78 SAAB :: A.B. ORIGINAL :: A.D.K.O.B. :: A FILM FOR THE FUTURE :: A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS :: A RED DAWN :: A YOUNG MAN DRESSED AS A GORILLA DRESSED AS AN OLD MAN SITS ROCKING IN A ROCKING CHAIR FOR FIFTY-SIX MINUTES AND THEN LEAVES :: AAARRR! ALL ABOARD FOR PIRATEY VARIETY :: AARON THOMAS :: AARON THOMAS & THE HUMAN PATTERNS :: AARON THOMAS TRIO :: ABBEY HOWLETT :: ABBEY HOWLETT & THE GOLDEN REALM :: ABLACKWELL :: ABOLISHED :: ABRASKA :: ACID MOUNTAIN :: ACID WOLF :: ACROSS THE ATLAS :: ADALITA :: ADAM GEOFFREY COLE :: THE ADAM HIGGS FIELD SUPERCOLLIDER :: ADAM PAGE :: ADELAIDE'S PIPE GUY :: ADNAAN BARAKY :: ADRIAN BELEW :: ADRIAN DEUTSCH :: AFFAIRS OF MEN :: AFI :: AFTER THE FALL :: AGAPANTHER :: AIDAN J JONES :: AIRBOURNE :: ALANA JAGT :: ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES :: ALARM BIRDS & THE SEA THIEVES :: ALBANY AVENUE :: ALDOUS HARDING :: ALEKSIAH :: ALEX K :: ALEX K & THE SPUTNIK SWEETHEARTS :: ALEXANDER BLACK :: ALIAS & THE JAMS :: ALISON COPPE :: ALISON COPPE & THE JANES :: ALITHIA :: ALL FLIGHT CREW ARE DEAD :: ALL MADE OF RUBIES :: ALL NIGHT GIRLS :: ALMA KALORAMA :: ALNITAK KID :: ALPEN :: ALPHA BETA FOX :: ALPHA STREET :: ALPHABETTE :: ALPINE :: ALREADY GONE :: ALRIGHT PSYCHO :: ALT. :: ALUKA :: AMBUSH MARKETING :: THE AMCATS :: AMENDS :: AMUNDSENS FLAG :: AMY SHARK :: ANCIENT DESIGN :: ANDERSON .PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS :: ANDREW HIGGS & THE SAND CASTLE HARUM :: ANDREW MCCUBBIN feat. MELINDA KAY :: ANDREW P. STREET :: ANDY BULL :: ANDY ROBERTS :: ANGEL & THE BADMAN :: ANGEL EYES :: ANGEL OLSEN :: ANGELIK :: ANGELS OF GUNG-HO :: ANGIE HART :: ANIMAL SHADOWS :: ANIMAL TRAPS :: ANNIE BASS :: ANNIE OK :: ANNIE SIEGMANN :: ANNY DUFF :: ANTHONY ANT :: ANTHONY WIGNALL :: ANTI PSYCH :: ANTONY OF THE FUTURE :: ANTY! :: ANYA ANASTASIA :: ANYA ANASTASIA & THE BIRD WIZDOM CABARET :: ANYA MCNICOL-WINDRAM :: THE APE :: APHELION :: APPARITION :: APPOMATTOX RUN :: THE AQUARIAN MYSTERIES :: ARAKEYE :: THE ARCADE FIRE :: ARCHERS :: ARCHIE :: ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI :: ARE YOU DRINKING COMFORTABLY? :: ARGUS & THE LIAR :: ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI :: ARIES :: ARIES FLOW :: ARIS SPEED :: ARLO COOK :: ARMITAGE SHANKS :: ARMOUR FOU :: ARRAY :: ART OF ESCAPE :: THE ART OF FLYING KITES :: ARTAX MISSION :: AS THE PENNY DROPS :: THE ASTEROID BELT :: ASTRO ELEVATOR :: THE ATLANTIC STREET BAND :: ATLASIS & AMICA :: ATTILA MY HONEY :: ATOMIC SISTER :: ATTONBITUS :: ATTONBITUS (SOLO) :: AUBERON DANCE ACADEMY :: AUDIUM :: THE AUDREYS :: AUGUSTE :: AURA FORM :: AURORA :: THE AUTHENTIC REPLICAS :: AUXILLA :: AVANT GARDENERS :: THE AVES :: AVIATOR LANE :: AWKWARD LOVE TRIANGLE :: AXE & THE IVORY :: BABES ARE WOLVES :: BABY CANDY :: BABY MO :: BABYLON BURNING :: BABYTEETH :: BACHELOR OF ARTS :: BACHELORETTE :: THE BACKYARDERS :: BACKSEAT ROMEOS :: BAD//DREEMS :: BAD LUCK CABARET :: BADBADNOTGOOD :: BADLAND CARAVAN :: THE BAIT FRIDGE :: BAKER BOY :: THE BAKER SUITE :: THE BAKER'S DIGEST :: BAKEWELL STREET :: BALL PARK MUSIC :: BANG! BANG! AIDS! :: BANJO JACKSON :: BANJO WEATHERALD :: BANOFFEE :: BARCODE :: THE BARON :: BARON VON DOODIE :: THE BARONS OF TANG :: BART'S NIGHTMARE :: BASEBALL :: THE BASKERVILLES :: A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS :: BASTARD SONS OF RUINATION :: BASTY & FRIENDS :: BASTY H :: BAT FOR LASHES :: BATHAWK :: BATPISS :: BATRIDER :: THE BATTERY KIDS :: BATTLEHOUNDS :: BATTLE POPE :: BATTLES :: BEACH HOUSE :: BEACH LEECH :: BEANIE MY FRIEND :: BEAR THE MAMMOTH :: BEARDED GYPSY BAND :: THE BEARDS :: THE BEASTIE BOYS :: THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT :: BEC STEVENS :: BECCY ZAHO :: BED WETTER :: BEDHEAD :: THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER & HIS AWKWARDSTRA :: BEE PREFECT :: THE BEERBELLY BUSKERS :: BEFORE THE AFTERMATH :: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS :: BELITTLE LEAGUE :: THE BELLE CURVE :: THE BELLRAYS :: BELOVED ELK :: BEN GEL & THE BONEYARD SAINTS :: BEN ELY'S RADIO 5 :: BEN REVI :: BEN REVI ALL-STAR REVIVAL BAND :: BEND :: BERMUDA BAY :: BETTY AIRS :: BIG BAD BARRY & THE DEAD SETS :: BIG DADDY'S DISCOTHEQUE :: BIG RICHARD INSECT :: BIG ROMANCE :: BIG SCARY :: BIG SKY THEORY :: BIG SLOE :: BIG TOWN :: BIG YAWN :: BIKE WRECK :: BILLIE EILISH :: BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR :: BILLY BOB'S BBQ JAM BAND :: BING GOES TO MONACO :: BINKY & THE BUNG MICS :: THE BIRD :: BIRD DETECTIVE :: BIRD WIZDOM :: BIRDS ARE SPIES :: BIRTHGLOW :: BIT BY BATS :: BITCH PREFECT :: BITCHSPAWN :: THE BITTER DARLINGS :: BITTER SWEET KICKS :: BJORK :: THE BLACK AND WHITE :: BLACK CHROME :: BLACK CORAL :: THE BLACK DOVES :: BLACK GOLD :: THE BLACK HEART DEATH CULT :: BLACK KNIGHT :: BLACK LIPS :: BLACK STONE FROM THE SUN :: BLACKCHORDS :: BLACKPENNY :: BLAKE SABAN 3 :: BLAST RHOMBUS :: THE BLEEDING FLARES :: BLEEDING KNEES CLUB :: THESE BLESSED BONES :: THE BLIND HERD :: BLISTERED PALMS :: BLOOMING :: BLOOD PLASTIC :: BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS :: BLOODHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL :: BLOODSTONE VILLAINS :: BLOW UP BETTY :: BLUE LUCY :: BLUE LUNACY :: BLUE SKY HOLIDAY :: THE BLUEBERRIES :: BLUEJUICE :: BLUSH :: BLUSH (SOLO) :: BLUSH RESPONSE :: BOB DOWNE :: BOB LOG III :: BODY HORROR :: BOHOEFFER :: THE BON SCOTTS :: BONG COFFIN :: BONOBO :: BOOBY TRAP :: A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE :: BOOMSKULLY :: BOOSTER :: THE BORDERLAND :: BORN LION :: BOS :: THE BOTANICALS :: THE BOTTLEROCKETS :: BOX ELDER :: THE BOX ROCKETS :: BOY YOUNG :: BRAVE MISTAKES :: BREE TRANTER :: BRENDAWG & THE DROID :: BRETT LITTLEFAIR :: BREWER :: THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE :: BRIANNA MAHONEY :: BRIARS :: BRIDGET FAHEY :: BRIDGET FAHEY & THE BONE RATTLERS :: BRILLIG :: BRIT TRUEACK :: BRITISH INDIA :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS :: THE BRITISH ROBOTS (DUO) :: BRIXX :: BROMHAM :: BRONZE CHARIOT :: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE :: BROKERS :: THE BROTHERS GOON :: BROTHERSISTER :: THE BROUHAHA :: BRUNATEX :: BUCK IT :: BUDDY J FRANCIS :: BUFFALO BOYFRIEND :: THE BUMBLEBEEZ :: THE BUOYS :: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA :: BURIED FEATHER :: BURJON :: BURLESQUE BEAUTIES :: BURN THE ASHES :: BURNING BRIDGES :: THE BURNING SEA :: BURNING TOWER :: BURNSIDE MUMS :: BURNT FISH :: BUSHIDO :: BUSSEYS :: BUSTER FIDEZ :: BUTTERFLY SPINE :: BYE BYE MOUNTAIN :: BYSEA :: THE BYZANTINES :: C.H.O.P. ::CABBAGE & KINGS :: CABIN CULTS :: CABLE TIES :: CAGEFLY :: CAL WILLIAMS JR :: CALIFORNIA COUSIN :: CALLERDENIGHT :: CALLING ALL CARS :: CAM GOODALL :: CAMEROM MCTERNAN :: CAMP COPE :: CAN MASTER SMASH & MOTUS COLLECTIVE :: CANDIDA :: CANIDAE :: CANIS VULPES :: CAPTAIN CLEANOFF :: CAPTAIN HELLFIRE & THE WRETCHED BRETHREN :: THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY :: CAPTIVES :: CAR SEAT HEADREST :: CARL DOVER & 3 DEEP :: CARLA LIPPIS & THE MARTIAL HEARTS :: CARLA LIPPIS & MONDO PSYCHO :: CAROLINE REID :: THE CASIO BROTHERS :: CASKET CASE :: CASS McCOMBS :: CASSETTE KIDS :: CAT DOG BIRD :: CAT LUCKY :: CAT PARTY :: CAUSING HAMMOCK :: CELESTITE :: CENTAURZ :: CENTRAL DELI BAND :: CERES :: CESARE :: CHAMP :: CHANCERY LANE :: CHAPMAN STREET :: CHARLIE MONSOON :: CHASING GHOSTS :: CHASING LANA :: CHASING PHOENIX :: THE CHATS :: CHEER ADVISORY COUNCIL :: CHEESE WORLD :: CHELSEA LEE :: CHELSEA MANOR :: CHERRY GRIND :: THE CHEVRON WHORES :: CHÉRIE DE KLERK :: CHILD :: CHILDREN COLLIDE :: CHINA CRISIS :: CHINA ROSES :: CHINESE NEW YEAR :: CHRIS FINNEN :: CHRIST DISMEMBERED :: CHORAL GRIEF :: CHOOSING SIDES :: CHURCH MOMS :: CHVRCHES :: CIARAM GRANGER :: CIRCLE CLAN :: CIRCUS ARCADE :: THE CITRADELS :: CITRUS JAM :: THE CITY :: CITY CALM DOWN :: CITY FEET :: CITY RIOTS :: THE CLANGERS :: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH :: THE CLASHING PUMPKINS :: CLAY J GLADSTONE :: CLIENT LIASON :: THE CLIQUE :: CLOUD CONTROL :: CLOUD NOTHINGS :: CLOVER :: THE CLOWNS OF DECADENCE :: CLUB LOCK :: CLUE TO KALO :: COBRA :: COCK :: C.O.F.F.I.N :: CODRA NEGRA :: COERCE :: COG :: THE COLD FIELD :: COLDWAVE :: COLLARBONES :: COLLIDE/ESCAPE :: COLLIDER :: COLONEL KERNEL :: COLORBLIND :: COLOURBLIND :: COLOURBLIND DUO :: COLOURISE :: COLTER :: COLUMBUS :: CONCHILLIA :: THE CONDOS :: THE CONFESSIONALS :: CONOR DEERY :: CONSOLE WARRIORS :: COOKIE BAKER :: COOKIE BAKER & HER SPECIAL SECRET SPELLS :: COOL JUMPER :: COOL JUMPER & TANTIVY FAIR :: COOPS & THE BIRD :: COPIOUS DRIBBLE :: CORPUS :: THE CORTEX SHIFT :: CORTEZ :: COSMIC FOSSIL :: COSMIC SHEPHERD :: COSMO BLACK :: COSMO THUNDERCAT :: COSMO THUNDERCAT (DUO) :: COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR :: COURTNEY BARNETT :: THE COURTNEY LOVES :: COVE STREET :: COY CARP :: CRACKWHORE :: THE CRAVES :: THE CRAYON FIELDS :: CREEPERS :: CROSSFIRE HURRICANE :: CRUSTY SUITCASE BAND :: THE CRYING GAME :: CRYSTAL IGNITE :: CUB SCOUTS :: CUB SPORT :: CULL - THE BAND :: CURIOUS PALMS :: CURSES :: CUT COPY :: CUT OFF YOUR HANDS :: THE DAINTY MORSELS :: THE DAIRY BROTHERS :: DAISY BUCHANAN :: DAIYE SPA :: DALLAS FRASCA :: DALLI :: DAMN ARMS :: DAMN TERRAN :: DAMNED MEN :: DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK :: DAN DEVLIN :: DAN GASKIN :: DANCE TIL YOU CAN'T SAY YEAH! :: DANDY BUZZKILLS :: THE DANGER DOLPHINS :: DANGER & PLASTIC :: DANGEROUS! :: DANIEL VARRICCHIO :: DANIELE VILELLA :: DANVERS :: DANVERS & GHOST KNIFE :: DAPPLED CITIES :: THE DARDANELLES :: DARK DAZE :: THE DARK LIGHTS :: DARTS OF PLEASURE :: DAS UBBERDUNG :: DAVE PHILLIPS :: DAVID BLUMBERG :: DAVID BLUMBERG & THE MARABY BAND :: DAY RAVIES :: DAYDREAM :: THE DAYLIGHT BRAVES :: DAYSWORTH FIGHTING :: THE DEAD BELLS :: DEAD END FRIENDS :: DEAD FRENCHMEN :: DEAD JOE :: DEAD POPES OF THE VATICAN :: THE DEAD REGULARS :: DEAD ROO :: DEADLY ARE THE NAKED :: DEAFAULT :: DEAN FOREVER :: DEAR PLASTIC :: DEATH BY CARROT :: DECOS :: DED//WESZ :: THE DEE MAJOR MYSTERY BAND :: DEEP SEA ARCADE :: THE DEER JOHNS :: DEERHUNTER :: DEJA :: DEJA ENTENDU :: DELIA OBST :: THE DELTA RIGGS :: DELUSIONS OF GRANDMA :: DENTAL JAMS & EZROH :: DESCRIBE ELIZA :: DESERT CROOKS :: DESTINEZIA :: A DEVIL AMONGST THE TAILORS :: DEVIL ELECTRIC :: THE DEVILROCK FOUR :: DEXTER JONES :: DIAMOND SINS :: DIAMOND SKIES :: DIANA SCALZI :: DICK DIVER :: DIE! DIE! DIE! :: DIESEL WITCH :: DIETER HORVAT :: DIETER HORVAT & THE $5 MYSTERY SHOTS :: DIIV :: DILATED :: DILETTANTES :: DIPLOMAT :: DIPSTONE :: DIRT PLAYGROUND :: THE DIRTY MONKS :: DIRTY PAGANS :: DIRTY WOLVES :: THE DIVINE FLUXUS :: DIZZEE RASCAL :: DJ KELE OKEREKE :: DJ SHADOW :: DJ SPOZ :: DJANGO ROWE QUARTET :: DJANGO ROWE TRIO :: DMA'S :: DOC DISORDERS :: DOCTOR TREK IN SPACE :: DOE :: DOM TRIMBOLI & THE WIZARDS :: DON MORRISON :: DONNARUMMA :: DON'T BRING STACEY :: DOOM POP :: DORKZ :: DOUBLE DENIM :: DOUBLE DRAGON :: DOUBLE HANDED :: DOWN & OUT :: DOZERS :: DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE :: DRAINING :: DRAINING (ACOUSTIC) :: DRASTIC PARK :: DRAWN FROM BEES :: DREAM WIFE :: THE DREAMBOATS :: DRESS CODE :: DREW & SEAN :: DRILLER JET ARMSTRONG :: THE DRONES :: DROPLET :: DRUID FLUIDS :: DRUID FLUIDS (DUO) :: DRUNK MUMS :: DUD PILLS :: DUKES OF WINDSOR :: DUMB EARTH :: DUNE RATS :: THE DUNES :: DUNGEN :: DUSTY LEE :: DUSTY LEE & THE ANGELS OF GUNG HO :: DUSTY LEE'S BLUES JAM BAND :: DUSTY LEE'S WASTED WANDERERS :: DUZZMERALDA :: DYSPORA :: DZ :: DZ DEATHRAYS :: EARL SWEATSHIRT :: EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR :: EAST END VILLAINS :: ECCENTRICK - FANTASY EDITION :: ECDYSIS :: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN :: ECHO & THE EMPRESS :: EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING :: THE EFFENDS :: EFFIE :: EGYPT :: THE EL CAMINOS :: EL COLOSSO :: EL FARINHO :: ELECTRIC EXILES :: ELECTRIC FIELDS :: ELECTRIC SEX PANTS :: ELECTRIC WIDOWS :: ELENA & AIDAN CIBICH :: ELEPHANT :: ELEPHANT HIVE :: THE ELEVENTH HOUR :: THE E.L.F. :: ELK :: ELLA ION :: ELLEN KIBBLE :: ELLI BELLE :: THE ELLIOTT JOHNSON BAND :: EL BOTTLE O' PARADISO :: EL-P :: ELSY WAMEYO :: ELVIS :: EMDEE :: EMERAULD :: EMERGENCY RULE :: EMILY DAVIS :: EMILY DAVIS TRIO :: EMILY WYATT :: EMMA HORWOOD :: EMMA JAYNE :: EMPERORS :: EMPIRE VAGABOND :: THE EMPTY SLEEPS :: THE EMPTY THREATS :: ENCARTA :: ENDLESS NAMELESS :: ENEMY OF :: ENERGY ANGEL :: ENNIS TOLA :: ENVY STREET :: ER@SER DESCRIPTION :: ERIN BUKU :: ERIN MO :: ES IST SUPER :: ETHAN HUBBARD :: ETHANOL BLEND :: ETHANOL BLEND (DUO) :: EVEN :: EVERYDAY APATHY :: EXOTIC POTION COOKIES :: EXPATRIATE :: THE EXPLODERS :: EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE :: THE EXPLOSIONING :: EYES MORE SKULL THAN EYES :: EZRA HOPE :: FACEMEAT :: FACEMEAT - A ROCK OPERA :: FAFI D'ALOUR & THE DELINQUENTS :: FAIR CALL :: FAITH NO MORE :: FAIR MAIDEN :: THE FAK :: FAKE LAKE :: FAKE TAN :: FASCINATOR :: THE FAT SACK :: FAT TAILED ANTICHINUS :: FATHER JOHN MISTY :: FAVOUR THE BRAVE :: FEAR AND LOATHING :: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS :: FEBRUARY CLOUDS :: FEIST :: FEMME FATALES :: FERGUS O'REGAN :: FEZ FAANANA :: THE FIDDLE CHICKS :: FIGHTERPILOT :: FILTHY LUCRE :: THE FINISHING SCHOOL :: FINNEN & DAVIDSON :: THE FINNS :: FIRS :: FISHING WITH HENRY :: FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! :: FIST PUMP, FIST BUMP :: FISTFUL OF TROJANS :: FKA TWIGS :: FLAVELLA L'AMOUR :: THE FLEEING MINDS :: FLEUR GREEN :: FLEUR GREEN & THE KEEPERS :: THE FLOORS :: FLORENCE & THE MACHINE :: FLUME :: THE FLYING SQUAD DUO :: FLYYING COLOURS DUO :: THE FOLKO-OH-NOES :: FONT PLAYS FONT :: FOOL'S IDOL :: FORCES :: FOREIGN/NATIONAL :: FOREST OF GNOMES :: FORMER CHILD STARS :: FOX FAEHRMANN :: FOXX ON FIRE :: FRANKIE SUNWAGON :: FRANZ FERDINAND :: FRAUD MILLIONAIRES :: FREE DRINKS :: FREESTATE :: FRESH KILLS :: FRIDAY'S FOX :: FRIENDS :: FROM THE DEAD SEA :: FULL CONTACT SAFARI :: FULL TONE GENERATOR :: THE FUMES :: FUNK LATIN UNION :: FUNKOARS :: FUNKY C FUNKY DO :: FUTURE FARM :: FUTURE ISLANDS :: THE FYOOGS :: G FLIP :: GALAPAGOOSE :: GALAXY CAT :: GALLEON :: GALLERY ONE :: GANG OF YOUTHS :: GARDEN RUIN :: GAVIN DE ALMEIDA :: GAY PARIS :: THE GELS :: GEMINI DOWNS :: GEMMA THORNE :: GENERATION SWINE :: THE GENEVIEVES :: GEORDIE LITTLE :: GEORGE GLASS :: GEORGIA NIELSEN :: GERMEIN SISTERS :: GET SOME :: GG ALAN BINDIG :: GHOST THIEF :: GHOST WALK :: GHOUL :: GHYTI :: GHYTI (DUO) :: GHYTI & THE PHILANTHROPIC ORCHESTRA :: GINDIANA BONES AND THE SEVERAL KIDNEYS OF THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN STATION :: GINFOX VS HELLO NEWMAN :: GIRL :: GIRL TALK :: THE GIVEAWAYS :: GLASS :: GLASS DUNES :: GLASS SKIES :: GLASS TOWERS :: GLEN AVENTI :: GLENN OSMOND & THE FULLARTONES :: GLISK :: GLITORIS :: GLOWING :: GNARLS BARKLEY :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT :: GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT (Lounge Set) :: GOLD BLOOM :: THE GOOD CHINA :: GOOD BOY :: GOODBYE, MOTHER LEOPARD :: GOONBOMB :: GOON WIZARRD :: GOTYE :: GRACE: THE SONGS OF JEFF BUCKLEY :: GRACE CUMMINGS :: GRACE GOODFELLOW :: GRAFTON PRIMARY :: GRAFTON STREET :: THE GRAND RAPIDS :: GRASSHOPPER & THE BUTTERFROGS :: THE GRATES :: GRAVEYARD TRAIN :: GREAT GABLE :: GREEN CIRCLES :: GREENLEAF :: THE GREETING METHOD :: GRENADIERS :: GREY DATURAS :: GRIMES :: GRIMEY :: GROOVE ARMADA :: GROUND COMPONENTS :: THE GROWL :: GUILLAUME SOLO ACOUSTIC :: GUINEAFOWL :: GUN IT :: GÜNTER & THE SAFEWORD :: GYRO :: HÄGÖL :: HAIM :: HAL BIRD :: HALCYON DRIVE :: HALFWAY TO FORTH :: HANA & JESSIE-LEE'S BAD HABITS :: HANNAH FAIRLAMB :: HANNAH YATES :: THE HAPPY ENDINGS :: HAPPY SOMETIMES :: HAR MAR SUPERSTAR :: THE HARD ACHES :: HARD RUBBISH :: HARMLESS HUNTER :: HARMONY :: HARRY FREEMAN :: HARTS :: HARTWAY :: HARVEY RUSSELL :: HAWKS OF ALBA :: HAYSTACKS CALHOON :: HAZY J & THE WASTED DAZE :: HEAPS GOOD FRIENDS :: HEARTLINE :: HEATH WEBER :: THE HEGGARTIES :: HEINOUS CRIMES :: HEKYL :: HELLO ENEMY :: HELLO, LOVER :: HELLO NEWMAN :: HELLS HOIST :: HELMET :: HENRY WILSON :: HEPÉ MATEH :: HESTON DROP :: HEY FEVER :: HEY HARRIETT :: HEY LADY! :: HI, I'M RECLUSIVE AUTHOR THOMAS PYNCHON :: HIDDEN INTENT :: THE HIGH BEAMERS :: HIGH STAKES :: HIGH TENSION :: HIGH VIOLET :: HIGHTIME :: HILLS & TRAINS :: HIT THE JACKPOT :: HOCKEY DAD :: HOFMANN & THE COSMONAUTS :: THE HOLD STEADY :: THE HOLIDAYS :: HOLLY HASTINGS :: HOLOGRAPHIC CHARIZARD :: HOLOGRAPHIC COLTS :: HOLY FORREST :: HOLY FUCK :: HOLY HOLY :: THE HOLY SEA :: HOLY SERPENT :: HOME COURT :: HOME FOR THE DEF :: HOMELY SMELLS :: THE HONEY PIES :: HONEYBEAM :: HORROR MY FRIEND :: HORSE LORDS :: HOSPITAL THE MUSICAL :: HOT MESS :: HOT WINGS :: HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS :: HOUSE OF JADE :: HOWL AT THE MOON :: HOWL N' BONES :: HOWLING BELLS :: THE HOWLING FOG :: HUBRIS :: HUMBLE BEE :: HUMMINGBIRD :: HUMPHREY B. BEAR :: HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY :: THE HUNTED CROWS :: HURRICANE JANE :: HURRICANES :: THE HUSHES :: HUSTLE HOUSE :: HUXLEY :: THE HYDES :: HYDROMEDUSA :: I, A MAN :: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT WEEZER :: I HEART HIROSHIMA :: I, ICARUS :: ICE ON MERCURY :: ID :: IDLY BY :: IGGY POP & THE STOOGES :: IIAH :: ILLICIT EVE :: IMMIGRANT UNION :: IMOGEN BRAVE :: IMPARTIAL :: THE IMPOSSIBLE QUICHE :: THE INCHES :: INDIAGO :: INSOMNICIDE :: INSTITUT POLAIRE :: INTERCOOLER :: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF MOJO :: THE INTERNET :: INTERPOL :: INTERSECTION :: INTERZONE EXPRESS :: INTROVERT :: INUETTE :: INWOODS :: IRAAN SANADZADEH :: IRIDIUM :: IRIE KNIGHTS :: THE IRRESPONSIBLES :: ISAAC THOMAS :: ISLE OF CAPRI :: ISLE OF VISION :: IT'S A HOAX :: IT'S A HOAX (INSTRUMENTAL) :: IT'S NOT A PHASE :: IT'S WARSAW :: IVORY :: THE JAY WALKERS :: J-LO BIAFRA :: J-WAH :: JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS :: JACK LONDON :: JACKSON FIREBIRD :: JACKULSON :: JAMES HICKEY :: JAMES PARRY :: JANE'S ADDICTION :: JAPAM :: JAPANDROIDS :: JAPANTHER :: JARVIS :: JARVIS COCKER :: JASON KATSARAS :: JASON SIMON (DEAD MEADOW) :: JAY WALKER AND THE PEDESTRIANS :: JAYNE-ANNE POWER :: JEFF MARTIN & TEREPAI RICHMOND :: JESS DAY :: JESS JOHNS :: JESS KENT :: JESS PORTER :: JESSE DAVIDSON :: JESSE DAVIDSON BAND :: JESSE FRANCIS :: JESSICA RAE :: JESUS CHRIST POSSE :: JETTISON :: THE JEZABELS :: JIKA :: JIMMY & THE MIRRORS :: JIMMY EAT WORLD :: JIMMY MARIN :: JIMMY MOUNTAIN :: JIMMYBAY :: JIMMYBAY & OLLIE KABBANI :: JODECI & SAM :: JOE MCKEE :: JOEL STERN :: JOEL STERN, CURED PINK & TIMOTHY TATE :: THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS :: JOHNNY AMERICAN HORSE :: JOHNNY SEAGULL & THE HOT CHIPS :: JON ADDAMS :: JON ANN :: JON MARCO :: JON MORTIMER :: JONGO BONES & THE BAREFOOT BANDITS :: JONNY BLIZZARD :: JORDAN TITO :: JOSH CALLIGEROS :: JOSHUA JAMES MORPHETT :: JOURNEY WELL SPACE WIZARD :: JOY & SPARKS :: JP COE & THE DELEGATES :: JUDGE MENTAL :: JULIETTE SEIZURE & THE TREMOR DOLLS :: JUMP OVER FENCES :: JUMP! YOU REVOLUTIONARY :: JUNGLE CITY :: JUNGLEMIRE :: JUNIOR V :: JUPITER :: JUPITER (DUO) :: JUPITER LEAD :: JUST DESSERTS :: KAB SAVVY :: KACEY STEPHENSEN :: KAHL WALLIS :: KÁLI SAVILL :: KAMIKAZE :: KAMIKAZE TRIO :: KANGAROO SKULL :: KARL MELVIN :: KASABIAN :: KASAVETT :: KATE VIGO & THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA :: KATIE BRIANNA :: KATIE MILLER :: KATIE POMERY :: KAURNA CRONIN :: THE KAVS :: KAZKARIV :: THE KEEPSAKES :: KELLIE LLOYD :: KELLY MENHENNETT :: KELSHY :: KEMP BROTHERS :: KETTERING :: KHAN :: KIAN :: KICKASS COWGIRLS :: KID SAM :: KIDS IN CULTS :: KIDS WITH TEETH :: KIKUYU :: THE KILL DEVIL HILLS :: KILLED BY CUPID :: KILLER BIRDS :: THE KILLBOT FACTORY :: THE KILLGIRLS :: KILLING CENTRE :: KING DADDY :: KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD :: KING JEFF & THE HOW ARE YOUS :: KING KRILL :: KING KRULE :: KING OF THE NORTH :: KINGS WITHIN :: KINGSTON DOWNES :: KINGSWOOD :: KINS :: KIRK SPECIAL :: KIRK WATT :: KITCHEN WITCH :: KITTEN KONG :: KITTYHAWK :: KLLO :: KOI CHILD :: KOLEH :: KORAL :: KORAL & THE GOODBYE HORSES :: KOSHER SALAMI :: KOTARA :: KRIS WANDERS :: KRISTINA MILTIADOU :: KUČKA :: KURRULTA PARK :: KURT VILE :: KYLE CHARLES HALL :: KYLIE BRICE TRIO :: KYM RÖBEY & THE DEVIL'S LETTUCE :: KYRI :: KYTES OF OMAR :: L.R. MARSH :: LA FEMME LE FEVER :: LACHY BRUCE :: LADY GUNG-HO & THE ANGELS OF STRANGELOVE :: LADY STRANGELOVE :: THE LADYBEATLES :: LADYHAWKE :: LAHARA :: LANCE LAZER & TALIBAND :: LARSEN :: LAST DAYS OF KALI :: LAST DINOSAURS :: LAST THYLACINE :: THE LAST SUPPER :: LATE NIGHT LIES :: LATE NIGHT MATINEE :: LATER THAT NIGHT :: LAURA HILL :: LAURA IMBRUGLIA :: LAUREN ABINERI :: LAW & DISORDER :: LAZARO'S DOG :: LC3'S :: LEAD WORM :: LEADER CHEETAH :: LEAF & STEM :: LEFT :: LEFT ON SEEN :: LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT :: LEIGHSTARDUST :: THE LEITMOTIF :: LEITMOTIV LIMBO :: LIVE SLUG REACTION :: LEITH JAMES :: LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT :: LEMMINGS :: LEMURIAN :: LENI :: LENIN MCCARTHY :: LEO :: LEAPING FELIX :: LES SAVY FAV :: THE LEVITATORS :: LEX MONSERRAT :: LICKITY SPLIT :: LIFE IN LETTERS :: LIGHTS :: LIKE KITES :: LIKE LEAVES :: LIL VALENTINE :: LILAC COVE :: LILY MOJITO :: LILY ROSE :: LILLY SIM :: LILLYS RADIO :: LIMB KING :: LIMBS AKIMBO :: LINE HONOURS :: LIPSMACK :: LITTLE BRIDGET :: LITTLE CAPTAIN :: LITTLE DRAGON :: LITTLE DUST :: LITTLE ICE AGE :: LITTLE PRINCE :: LITTLE TWO EYES :: THE LIZARDS :: LLAMAGEDDON :: LLEWELLYN THOMAS :: LO! :: LOADED LEOPARD :: LOCAL REVOLUTION :: LOEMAX :: THE LOFTY MOUNTAIN BAND :: LOLA :: THE LONDON ROAD POETS :: THE LONELINESS OF A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER :: LONELY FIRE :: LONELYSPECK :: LONG WALK HOME :: LONI RAE :: LOOCH :: LOON LAKE :: LOOPOLE :: LORDE :: LOREN KATE :: LOS PALMS :: LOST COSMONAUT :: LOST IN TRANSLATION :: THE LOST SHOW :: LOST VALENTINOS :: LOST WOODS :: LOUIS DONNARUMMA :: LOUIS FARK :: LOUISE ADAMS :: LOUISE & THE TORNADOS :: LOUISE ADAMS & THE FRINGE DWELLERS :: LOVE CREAM :: THE LOVE JUNKIES :: LOVE OF DIAGRAMS :: LOVE STEREO :: LOVE ZOMBIES :: THE LOVES :: LUCI :: LUCINDA GRACE :: THE LUCKSMITHS :: LUCY THE BAND :: LUCY ZOLA :: LUKE ASHBY BAND :: LUKE CARLINO :: LUKE DUX :: LUKE ESCOMBE :: LUKE EYGENRAAM :: LUKE GOLDING :: THE LUKE LOUIE TRIO :: LUMENS :: LUMONICS :: MABIINA PARTY :: LYLA :: MAC DEMARCO :: MACH PELICAN :: MACKENZIE :: MAD SHAPES :: MADCLASSIC :: MADURA GREEN :: MAGGIE & LOUIS :: THE MAGGIE PILLS :: MAGIC BONES :: MAGIC MOUNTAIN :: THE MAGNETS :: MAISIE :: MAISIE B :: MAJOR SHADE :: MAKING :: MALLRAT :: MAMMAL :: MAMMOTH :: MAMMOTH LOGIC :: THE MAN HIMSELF :: MANE :: MANI NEUMEIER & THE BITCHES OF ZEUS :: MANNEQUIN DEATH SQUAD :: MANNIX :: MANOR :: MANSIONAIR :: MÄNTRÄ :: THE MARABY BAND :: MARCUS COROWA :: MARCUS WARNECKE & SAM PORTER :: MARDEN :: MARGARET LLOYD & SEB TONKIN :: MARK CURTIS :: MARK CURTIS BAND :: MARK CURTIS & THE FLANNELETTES :: MARLA SINGER :: MARY TREMBLES :: MARY WEBB :: MASEGO :: MASSIVE :: MASTER'S CURIOUS DELIRIUM :: THE MATEHS :: MATHEMATIC :: MATHIEU WERCHOWSKI :: MATT BANHAM :: MATTHEW BARLOW :: MATT HAYWARD :: MATTHEW MILES :: MATT WARD DUO :: MATT WARD & THE RISING SONS :: MATT ZENGERER :: MAUVE :: THE MAX HEADROOM :: MAX SAVAGE :: MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS :: MAYDAY FAIR :: MAYFIELD :: MCKISKO :: MEAKE :: MEANWELL COLLEGE :: THE MEDICS :: MEGAFAUNA :: MELLOW YELLOW :: MELTON PEACH :: MEMORY CASTLES :: MENAGERIE :: MERCY ARMS :: THE MERCY KILLS :: MERE THEORY :: THE MESS HALL :: MESSRS :: METHYL ETHEL :: METZ :: MEZZA, ROACH & HOG :: MEZZANINE :: MICHAEL STOWERS :: MICHAELA JENKE :: MICK ARMSTRONG, ANDY ARMSTRONG & STAN BASTIRAS :: THE MIDDLE EAST :: MIDDLE KIDS :: MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS :: THE MIDNIGHT MARES :: THE MILTON EXPERIENCE :: MIKE MCKEON :: MIKE RADZEVICIUS :: MIKE TILBROOK :: MIKEY (EX ARTAX MISSION) :: MINDSHOWER :: MIO :: MIRRORLINE :: THE MISCHIEF :: MISCHIEF THE CAT :: MISS GOLLY GOSH :: MISS OHIO :: MISS RENEE SIMONE :: THE MISSION IN MOTION :: MM9 :: MODERN DAY RIOT :: MODERN RELICS :: MOGERLAINE :: MOLLY ROCKET :: THE MOLTING VULTURES :: MOMOKO SODA :: MONA LISA OVERDRIVE :: THE MONDAYS :: MONDO PHASE BAND :: MONEY FOR ROPE :: THE MONIKERS :: MONKEY PUZZLE TREE :: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL :: MONTES JURA :: MOODY BELLES :: THE MOON DIGITS :: MOONFAKER :: MOONHUNTER :: MORALS OF A MINOR :: THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS :: THE MORS :: THE MORS MODERN MYSTERY SEXTET :: MORTAL AMBITION :: MORTAL WOMBAT :: MOSES SUMNEY :: MOSHPIT GIRLFRIEND :: MOTHER'S CAKE :: THE MOTHERFUCKING MOTHERFUCKERS :: MOTHERSLUG :: THE MOTION BELOW :: THE MOTIVE :: MOTOWN CONNECTION :: MOUNT SELDOM :: MOUNTAIN SONGS :: MOUNTAIN STATIC :: MOUNTAIN STRANGER :: MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY :: MOUNTBATTEN :: MOURGOS GRUND :: THE MOURNING SONS :: MOVE TO STRIKE :: MOVIN' MELVIN BROWN :: M.J. TURNER :: MR. 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:: Thursday, December 11, 2008

PEABODY + THE PLEASURE OF BOOKS + THE AMCATS
LIVE @ ED CASTLE / Saturday December 6th 2008

The brain is a delicate, fragile, and easily misunderstood organism. I should know: I've lived with one my entire life. I don't know how the fuck it got here, or from where it originally came from (perhaps indigenous to the Pleadies star cluster or the Horsehead nebula); but once I worked through the comprehensive users manual that came with it (written entirely in a whimsically butchered mix of Singlish and Japlish dialects with wacky manga cartoons to boot) I've never looked back. Me and my brain are the best of friends and the worst of mortal enemies, we finish each other's sentences, we are utterly inseperable, and as much as it tries to gnaw through it's own spinal cord and slither the fuck away, it will never leave me; I love my brain! And as clueless as I am to fully understanding it even now (believe me, we've had our moments), I have picked up a few pointers along the way that may begin to help you with your brain. For one I've learnt that it takes very little to startle a brain. Brains are by their very nature a paranoid and untrusting species. Given them the wrong sensory imput: say an incomprehensible sequence of numbers, letters, lights, colours, smells, textures and a few too many jägerbomb and you'll find yourself faced with a blue screen, an error message, and a Sunday afternoon wondering what the fuck just happened. Just last week in one of my more wildly hallucinogenic moments (I swear I don't take acid.. I just use it as a wacky literary device!) I tried to explain to it the concept of n-dimensional Euclidean space and next thing I knew it, I woke up on a Sunday afternoon halfway up a tree covered in weird bruises (thanks wikipedia). It helps not to overwork a brain. If cornered it will hiss, spit and throw furniture at you. It helps not to overcook a brain: do NOT put yours in a microwave! (no matter how tempting it may be). The brain is a trickster, do not believe everything it tells you. It will constantly fight with your heart, it will argue with your spleen, it will abandon you constantly in your time of need; but your brain is here to help you. Feed it with plenty of food, water, fresh air, sunlight and the occassional book to read and trust me it'll open up a world of wonder!



Yes the brain IS a magical, part mythological, pan dimensional gatekeeper and keymaster to many a wild abstraction. It's a source of inspiration that many of your lesser organs (like your pancreas) would otherwise balk at. It's equal parts sage, nutmeg and walnut. It's a soothsayer, cipher and citrus flavoured spaghetti bomb into the infinite unknown. We only use 5% of it at any given time (and you really don't want to know what the other 95% gets upto when your back is turned) and science is yet to fully comprehend its full potential; but there are also limits. Know thy brain well. A few too many swift blows, a few too many crayons up the wrong nostril, a few too many nights out on the town like I've had recently (duuude don't get me started!) and it won't speak to you for days on end (gee.. I wonder if anyone could tell!?). Its limits are physical, chemical and metaphoric. Its pathways and connections can get tangled, riddled, noodled, lightly baked and fried in vegetable oil. It's true what they say: a little knowledge IS a dangerous thing, the more you learn the LESS you know. Be gentle with your brain: expose it to too much too soon and it'll surely wipe those harddrives clean, tabula rasa, and start that shit all over again.



"The more you learn the less you know". It's an oxymoron, like many things in life where a square logic fails to bash through a round reality, but it's oh so true. Many an acolyte to faculties both fecund and profound will understand this phenomenon all too well. You start off thinking you have everything at your fingertips: an internet archive, an entire history of recorded music, a bittorrent, an ipod filled, a lastFM library whimsically ecclectic, a social network, a year of accumilated experience in the Adelaide music scene: a microcosm stretching to the macro, only to lose grip on everything the ever wider that horizon stretches. I thought I knew it all by now, surely! and yet I see that insane universe expanding before me, ever further beyond my grasp, I know nothing! Fear sets in, then wild-eyed wonder. My brain hates me, it doesn't have the words, it doesn't know what to do, I'm a fool. I'm here at the Ed Castle. The beer garden's packed with a veritable Hogwarts of smoking paraphenalia (isn't it always?). I know next to nothing on half the shit that's going on here tonight (I'm also reaaally hungover). What better place to start! When all other preconceptions are left pissing in the breeze? only then is true wisdom gleaned!



THE AMCATS (****) myspace ::
Tonight's opening act at the Ed Castle is The Amcats: an American alternative rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Shane McIntyre (vocals and guitar) and Renee Andrighetto (drums), who have remained the consistent line-up (except for a brief period in 2003 when Renee invited Jason Stollsteimer from the Von Bondies to join them on bass, Shane had some issues with it, there was a punch up, Jason quit the band, and things have been a little weird ever since).. *cough* oh wait, I've done the wikipedia joke already? Shit! (and it was a damn good one too!). Have I already done the one where I used all of those cheesy photos of Jack and Meg White by "mistake" in the opening gambit? (because clearly that joke's never been done before!?) Wow! first ever review I wrote on them huh? Bugger. Guess that's it then huh? We get it now: The Amcats ARE The White Stripes, well ok.. maybe not THE White Stripes, but definitely if anything untoward were ever to happen to the original (say if they ever decided to release an album with a duck whistle and a few too many bagpipes and started embracing the colour "green"), then we could just as easily dress Shane up like a head-on collision between Willy Wonka and a Mariachi band gone horribly wrong, put Renee on so many conflicting brain medicines she'll think she's chasing parked cars out there (wait.. why are you looking at me like that? we all know Meg White's expendable!) and nobody will be any the wiser! It's true The Amcats have everything you could ever want for from The White Stripes: the whiskey tone blues guitar, that "singing voice" Shane's got nailed between a strangled cat and a Bob Dylan on a mad hit of cocaine, that whimsically cute little head lilt that Renee's got rocking behind the drumkit (and the fact she can actually PLAY the drums!); it's all there. We've seen it from day one. It's almost go out on a limb and say The Amcats are everything we USED to love about The White Stripes in album's two and three before they went all batshit insane in the fifth album. In fact they're better than The White Stripes. We might as well retire all those jokes now; it's about time! The Amcats have stepped out of that giant shadow and they've well and truly come into their own..











Shit.. so NOW what do we do!? I could've kept all those White Stripes jokes coming thick and fast for years! I could've photoshopped shit together, spliced some video footage, worked those thin walls of reality to the point where you wouldn't know where one band ended and the other one began. I could've taken this shit on TOUR, they could've won Grammys! This shit would never get old! (and I so totally wouldn't be pelted with bottles everytime I crossed the street too!). But no it's time we moved on, we're grown ups now (it's a technicality at best.. but humour me here!). We're not gonna rely on the Fiery Furnaces, The Black Keys, The Mess Hall or even Jackson Firebird to play backup here. We're gonna reboot this shit, start all over again and see them with new eyes! The Amcats.. no really! what CAN we say about The Amcats!? They're the happiest damn blues band you've ever heard for starters. I mean shit, I don't think I've ever seen a band play such gut wrenching jams, yet still beam smiles and coy looks at each other across the stage, quite like this one! It's so damn near retarded in its cheerful irony that it's pure genius! It's a driven primal beat teamed with the distorted chug-chug-chug of a guitar like a crank driven Model T in every colour as long as it's black. It's eavesdropping on a dinner for two. It's Renee Andrighetto fanning herself behind the drumkit like a southern belle, whilst Shane McIntyre yammers out the punch drunk love. It's a classic crossroads scenario with a devil and a golden fiddle. It's homemade lemonade, catfish creole, a honkytonk piano, bar brawls aplenty, missing teeth spitting tobbaco, and a catagory five cyclone wiping out the slums only to build it right up again. It's extended jams like tuning forks to the caged beasts in us all met with howls and cheers of a crowd lapping it all up and begging for more. It's like I've never seen them before, I know nothing, I'm being educated anew. Convergent evolution be damned, this shit tonight could be nothing else but The Amcats!



11:39AM - Suitably inspired by the shining example laid out before us in act one, the crowd flees for all available exits in the wake of The Amcats' set: for blithering ignorance and childlike innocence alike found in both the actual and the ethereal (or in other words the exact same mind numbing awesomeness you'll also hope to find in bottle, tap, or whatever the fuck "fungus" those space lizards from Lady Strangelove are gargling out in the beer garden tonight *cough*). Which leaves act two a little lost for what exactly to do with themselves. One minute they're host to a swarm of locusts and now there's nothing out there but the chirping of crickets!? awesome!




I mean shit.. why would ANYONE leave so soon!? the night is still young! And from the look of the drumkit alone, we can tell THIS second act will speak nothing but volumes on the art of awesomeness! Clearly they're an authenticity and a well studied mannerism in scholarly rock beyond both the graduate and the post doctorate! They've been crunching those numbers, running those simulations, building those miniatures, sending dogs and chimps to the outer reaches of space for years; what could possibly go wrong! oh duuude.. where do I even begin!?



THE PLEASURE OF BOOKS (**1/2) myspace ::
Let me start with the positives. Although this IS the first time I've ever seen this band in action, it's not the first time we'd ever crossed paths. I'd already spoken with Matt Reiner (their nostril flared frontman hovering over a microphone) a few weeks ago on myspace. He's the nicest chap once you get to know him. Humble, well mannered, chooses his words carefully (ie: very much unlike anything you'd ever read here). In a few short messages shuffled back and forth we discussed the inner intricacies of The Triffids (after a tribute show I saw at The Grace Emily). I admitted I knew next to nothing on the subject, he agreed. He also went on to detail just how little the rest of the bands knew what they were doing either. We laughed and we laughed. Aaaah if only there were more out there quite like him we'd all be infinitely the wiser! And granted I'd also heard OF The Pleasure Of Books, I'd known about them for months, it's hard to forget a name quite like that. I was intrigued. If anything (beyond all the mockery and the inane piss drinking hysteria) this blog is all about discovering new bands quite like this one: new sounds, new stories to tell, broadening our horizons, it's what I live for! and The Pleasure Of Books didn't disappoint on that account. From the very first note I was drifting off into a peaceful slumber. I was dreaming of those horizons painted in oils, acrylics, water colours, muted browns and greens, framed, hung on walls and sold at country fairs. I was dreaming of the musical equivalent of a pastoral landscape: one tall tree in the foreground, one teeny tiny sandstone cottage off into the background, the measure of thirds, golden means, stretching way back to the college greens of yore. I was dreaming of sailboats painted on calm seas, shopping for antiques, mid-morning strolls, Sunday afternoons spent having tiny cups of tea with my grandparents. Next thing I knew it I was waking up a good fifteen minutes into this set with a loud snort, a snap of the neck, a surprised look, and a line of drool stretching to the floor. Wow, The Pleasure Of Books indeed! I haven't had a narcoleptic hit this strong since last I attempted to read up on all my assignments back in University!












And now for the negatives. Matt Reiner, if you're reading this right now (and I know you are) this would be the moment to tune out, I apologise in advance, I'm so very sorry for what I'm about to write.. wait! what am I talking about!? there ARE no negatives here!! The Pleasure Of Books are everything you love about The Grace Emily on a Monday night. They're everything you love about Darren Hanlon and The Lucksmiths (or at least that's what I've been told.. personally I don't have a fucking clue). They're everything you used to love about the Howard government and all those awesome advertisements (thinly veiled as propaganda) promoting all their bold new initiatives in superannuation, industrial relations and work for the dole! YES! This band is nothing but a breath of fresh air after all the shit I've lived through these past few months! I mean who could possibly forget the witty banter that Matt Reiner and Clinton Cenko on bass regaled us with constantly between songs: "so um.. we've got a new EP coming out next year don't we Matt? we're just waiting for the cover art to be done.. um.. originally I had this idea to do something with shoes.. it was shoes right? but then we got this other graphic designer.. he's probably not doing something with shoes.. Matt, anything else you want to contribute?". Wow we were on the edge of our toes and losing our minds! Or who could forget how well measured and earnestly they performed each of their songs note for note? Or that awesome cover of The Go-Betweens!? Oh yes! they were spectacularly adequate in every possible way! They were an alt-country hit of sweet valium knocking me flat out cold and taking me to mad places I never imagined waking up to. They were the thunderous applause dumbstruck to silence: everyone was speechless, translucent and damn near invisible. The message was clear. Understandably I sure as fuck didn't get it, and I would probably be the last to recommend it (meh.. it has it's own quirks and charms!) but I can't possibly understand why everyone left!? you're missing out duuudes! this shit rocks!



12:43AM - It was at this moment, or perhaps a few moments later when I eventually came to (damn.. I dozed off again!? weeeeird), stunned by the meditative silence swirling around me in the band room, that I half wondered if I was witness to yet another apocalyptic postscript: part biblical plague, part viral pandemic, part Roland Emmerich über epic and part whatever the fuck I was drinking last night (draino!?). At least this time I came prepared. To the accompanyment of the whistling tumbleweeds inside, I loaded my shotgun, fueled my chainsaw, donned my gasmask and stepped out into the beergarden expecting the worst, only to be hit slap in the face with it: a stampede, an avalanche, a clusterfuck and a cacophany of sound. It took a few rounds unloaded my shotgun into it till I realised this WASN'T a zombie outbreak, but just the Ed Castle teaming with life on a Saturday night *phew!*. With a sigh of relief, I gave the all clear to the crowds outside (I disposed of all the dead bodies.. oops!) and I stepped back into that band room..



PEABODY (****1/2) myspace ::
As it turned out, only five or six people actually followed me in, as granted most of them were still living in shock after I accidently shot and killed a dozen of them under the pretense they were the "living undead" (ooops.. I mean you totally know how this shit could happen right!? what with all the laughable stoners and the braindead hippies in this joint: it was an innocent mistake I swear!!) but what those chance few brave pioneers discovered when they made that insane journey inside and stepped foot into that band room, made trusting THIS madman in the gasmask all the more worthwhile! Peabody, our touring headlining act from Sydney: I didn't have a fucking clue who they were either, but when I saw that name on the poster a few weeks ago, I knew it sounded important! To add to my ignorance, they've also been around for years now, for more than a decade even. They've released three albums: "Professional Againster", "The New Violence", (and launching tonight..) "Prospero" and all the while they've been building a reputation around Australia as an explosive touring act with few equals. Watching as lead Bruno Brayovic and his band bludgeoned about like dodgems, punched holes in the walls and ceiling with their guitars flying about; and I could sure as fuck see why. They were snotnosed, belligerent, impatient and carnivorous. They were caged animals, shaved apes, in shirts and shoes let loose on the neighbourhood. They were a stabbing fist of adrenaline. They were killing everything that moves. Oh yes! there was no fucking about with this shit! They were the absolute antithesis to everything that The Pleasure Of Books had so painstakingly built before them. They were every good reason to drink myself near retarded, forget everything I ever knew and join them! YEAAAS!












Still, when I could take a few spare moments to think about it (ie: in between losing most of my front teeth and a few of my back ones embedded at least three inches into the walls) I was hard pressed to place just what exactly they sounded like. There was an element of The Ramones and The Clash here (that much couldn't be mistaken), just as much as they drew some of their sound from an infinitely more intangible 90's fuzz. They were the raw energy of The Hives, meets the guitar feedback and noise of Sonic Youth. They were the geek pop sensibility of Weezer with River Cuomo's nipples hooked upto 40,000 volts of electricity. They were Blueline Medic meets Bluebottle Kiss (or so I've been told). But more than anything else they were an insane energy inches from being completely unhinged yet coiled itchy trigger sharp like the spring of a mouse trap. It was in the way that Bruno and Tristan Courtney-Prior found themselves halfway through walls, guitars swinging wildly, slamming into amps and squealing with feedback. It was Ben Chamie on bass standing like a tree trunk, only to uproot and flail off the stage without a moment's notice. It was Jared Harrison on drums inches from a nervous breakdown in between. Sure there was barely anyone in here tonight, the room was wiped clean of all fingerprint, footprint, stain or evidence of their passage, but Peabody didn't care. Peabody came to fuck shit up on a live stage no matter what, and if nobody showed up? Peabody would damn well fuck themselves up till somebody, anybody, called an ambulance and they'd HAD themselves a party! To a packed house, to an empty house: Peabody would stop at nothing.. and for that I freaking salute them!



2:17AM - Stepping out from the band room at the tail end of Peabody's set I felt infinitely wiser to have witnessed yet another awesome live act that I would've otherwise never known existed; only to stumble into the beer garden infinitely more retarding and ignorant thanks to these grinning fools, and more importantly the lunkhead on the left (Azza from Lady Strangelove) who were celebrating his birthday in fine style tonight. As such, all things considered equal in this world (and especially my "world") there are always two forces at play here: my need to discover new music, broaden my mind, and broaden all your minds (in the utterly whimsically gibberish way in which I write on this blog). And also my need right now to shrink my mind like a frightened little turtle with everything that only a chronic thirst for alcohol induced amnesia could ever provide!



Which may begin to explain why next to everything I always write beyond this point sounds like the most hysterically hallucinogenic garbage you'd ever read this side of Hunter S Thompson (and absolutely nothing like what actually happened tonight that I've LONG since forgotten!)..



Which may begin to explain all these fucked up photos I take in following (just in case I need any circumstantial evidence for why all my shoes, socks, my wallet and my spleen have decided to go "missing" the minute I wake up the next day after I put myself through all this shit again)..



But in no way could explain just how Shane from The Amcats managed to sneak himself into every single one of these photos. But hey at least that means if I wake up the next day missing a head in the middle of Mexico somewhere, I know who's door I'm gonna come knocking..



3:02AM - Speaking of heads going missing (or quite possibly the contents within them): an hour or so later my laughable attempt at a cohesive narrative finds me here: doing circles like a goldfish on the floor, whilst the Ed Castle's finest brain injuries (aka: resident hippy trash Mathias, Brendan from Lady Strangelove, and Pat and Dan: those two wookies from Like Leaves) proceed to blow away small furry (pixelated) animals on screen, laughing hysterically all the while, as apparently nothing is more awesome (or misguided) than giving illbient freaks like these (ie: prone to smoking trees of weed and tripping balls on acid) ready access to firearms..



In the exact same way that this photo in following is as absolutely hilarious (because the shotgun is bright orange and can't even aim straight on half the shit thats happening ON screen) as it is damn near terrifying (because let's face it.. Mathias really doesn't need the weapons training). Just think what would happen if we ever got video footage and sent this shit to Today Tonight or A Current Affair!? Aaaaah the fun we would have!! (shit.. come to think of it, why didn't I!?).



3:50AM - Ever so mysteriously I find myself here almost an hour later, staggering blindly down Hindley Street. I got no fucking clue how I got here but I dimly recall half an hour spent hiding maybe twenty to thirty of us upstairs in the balcony of the Ed Castle, a whole lot of drinking, maybe some funny brownies in following (wait.. that was just the mold growing under the couches!? oh shit!) what may've been sirens (oh crap somebody reported all those bodies I "dropped" earlier) followed by the sight of us running, screaming and flailing down this street moments later (or in other words, just like any given Saturday night spent in Adelaide.. weeeeeeee!).



Oh and if anyone else can explain just WHAT exactly all these idiots are doing right now with all the hand signals crashing into the walls outside of Enigma Bar, or why they all felt it entirely necessary for me to capture it on camera.. duuude please, by all means enlighten me!



3:53AM - Either way, we originally had plans to stumble into Supermild (because apparently that hasn't been done nearly enough on this blog) only to soon realise that the only way to get all eight to ten of us idiots in there, would require us to wait in line for a solid ten to twenty minutes whilst that bouncer (you know the one) stands around all ambivalent sucking his chubba chup (blissfully unaware of the fact that there's next to no-one actually inside), only for all of us to grow increasingly impatient and decide to take the drunken rampage to Enigma Bar instead..



3:57AM - I briefly considered my options between: (a) pissing on in the always awesome Enigma Bar with the pool tables, the internet cafe, the DJs banging AC/DC and Def Leppard, the giant welded sculptures of Predator, Terminator and Alien, with a bar where they don't serve Coopers Pale Ale and where they're always upto their necks in glamrock, cockrock and wastoid whackjobs (ie: especially THIS lunatic), or (b) simply duck into Supermild instead because I'm so fucking predictable that some of you have probably started a drinking game over this shit..



4:02AM - Yup, this would be the moment for half of you to down that "shot": as to the surprise of absolutely no-one, I ended up at Supermild. Or at least most of me ended up at Supermild, as I'm pretty sure my brain has left my body hours ago and is probably half it's way to Vienna now. Why Vienna? shit I dunno duuude.. I just always imagined my brain would escape there, take up a tenure position at the Academy Of Fine Arts and teach lessons in Cubism, Surrealism and the finer nuances of pissing into milk bottles (and if you think THAT's weird, you should try living with my brain in YOUR head all day and night; the fucked up shit it comes up with!? duuude!).



4:05AM - As such I'm utterly clueless to explain any of these photos in following, especially of Dario here: who appears to be about as shocked as I am that I can actually still hold a camera steady. Although it may lend to the theory that (a) I've been "sleepwalking" through these blogs lately and nobody's been any the wiser, or (b) something not unlike "Weekend At Bernie's" (which then makes you wonder who the FUCK is writing this shit now, as clearly I'm long gone).



4:09AM - Still I think in following, we can all agree that this photo of Katherine here with the spastically oversized hands is the singularly most awesome shot I've EVER taken (and whichever loose bundling of nerve cells and neurons actually responsible for coordinating this shit this late at night should be heartily congratulated, isolated, stored in formadehyde and studied)..



4:11AM - And by extension this is by far the most ridiculously stupid shot I've ever taken (as long as you discount about a billion other shots I've taken that are much MUCH worse) and is merely included at the tail end of this trainwreck because, let's face it, everyone loves stripes!



4:26AM - Yup I'm long gone, down the drain and gargling in a pool of my own foam (or more accurately the team of puppeteers operating my fly blown carcass have clearly lost all motor function and have since left the building). It doesn't look good. Fearing my brain was long since dead by now (and not otherwise receiving a Nobel Prize in Stockholm that links n-dimensional Euclidean space with the splatter patterns of projectile vomiting) the gathering crowd around me gave it a solemn funeral, followed by a swift burial. Ironically this was followed by a toast, a few long necks bottles of beer, a kamikaze collision into every wall on the way back into the beergarden and then what was later explained by the police as something not unlike a "gas explosion". Clearly brain damage THIS comprehensive operates not unlike a "domino effect"..



I remember little else of what happened tonight. I was half expected to wake up on a deserted road in the middle of nowhere again, so clawing my way out of six feet of compacted dirt was a nice surprise! I have no idea how I got here or how the fuck I got out of here as clearly no one remembered to bury my passport too (and next to none of these roadsigns are in english) and as far as any credible eye-witness to any of the events tonight goes I'm just about fucking useless. I know nothing, I've forgotten more things than I'll ever know, clearly I'm making this shit up as I go along: I'm right where I want to be. Yup, when you've forgotten everything you've ever learnt, when you know nothing else, duuude you're one step closer to understanding it all!

Previously on Spoz's Rant: Tyger Tyger + Billy Bishop Goes To War + Cortez

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