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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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:: Wednesday, September 01, 2010

RADIO SPECTACULAR!!! + NEON ELECTRIC + THE HONEY PIES
"SUGAR BABY, HONEY CHILD" LAUNCH @ ROCKET BAR / Friday August 27th 2010

Every week I swear this shit drives me completely fucking insane. EVERY WEEK! It drives me to the very brink and beyond, it drives me laughing over the edge of a cliff for a five point crash landing (read: exploding fireball) arms and legs akimbo, it throws me a little party in the impact crater, we toast our success in all things howlingly stupid and nonsensical and then it drives me back again good as new (hangover be damned!) so we can do it all over again next week like Wile E. Coyote? OOOOH FUCK YEAH!! And it's the best feeling ever lemme tell you! I mean why ELSE would I repeat this shit well beyond the point of ridiculously retarded and redundant? to keep a "live music blog" regularily updated on the Adelaide scene!? FUCK THAT!! I totally do it for me maaan! I do it for the mad fucking buzz! I do it for a general sense of wellbeing! (ooops there goes my liver again!). For as much as it DOES drive me "completely fucking insane"? (and then some) I like to think it keeps me totally sane too.. HA HA HA no shit duuude! (no really, why are you looking at me like that!?). As despite all evidence to the contrary I'm a tourist here not a resident. This is my five star freak retreat, this is my extreme sport for the mind, THIS is how I stay weirdly centred in an increasingly asinine and dysfunctional society! Or at least it does in theory. In practice? yeaaah it's a little more complex. Every week this shit accumilates a long list of hilarious anomalies, errors and excess baggage to deal with (and I'm not just talking about all the demo CDs, singles, EPs and albums I'm continually emptying out of my pockets either.. oh I never get sick of those!). Every week it's a battle and a half to clear them all out of my head in time so I don't totally lose it before the next one hits (duuude don't get me started!). Winter's clearly the worst for pushing me over that edge and leaving me there, especially now after three long months WAITING FOR IT TO FUCKING END!! (yeaaah not like you've noticed!) and this last week of it? oh maaan it's been the WORST!! It's been nothing but the same dull grind every day: nothing but freezing cold melancholy in wind, rain and grey skies eating at me until there's nothing left save for writer's block, sleep and sunlight deprivation and a raging case of "cabin fever" screaming up these four walls. And to make matters worse? after all that shit, out of all the blackening "hell holes" in Adelaide (thinly disguised as live venues) that I swore I'd never EVER return to? I'm here at Rocket Bar tonight!? GET FUUUCKED!!



Yup tonight was a tough call. "What? even tougher than last Friday at The Ed Castle!?" pfft.. are we even comparing the two!? that was freaking rainbows, kittens and lollipops compared to this shit (and never a more apt description for Princess One Point Five too!). Nope I just didn't have the energy, I just didn't have the motivation, I just didn't have the raw animal drive to do anything at all but stare blankly into the infinite abyss and blow bubbles in my mind, it might've even sounded a little like this too: "pfffpblpblpblpblpbl.." awesome huh? TOTALLY, I spent all week practicing it! But of course not everyone shared in my "enthusiasm". At least not Radio Spectacular!!! who were launching their shiny new EP at Rocket Bar tonight with a whizzbang "1000 Colours Party" (yes 1000 colours at Rocket Bar, I'm aware of the irony!) and they would've given the world for me to attend or at the very least a free bag of lollies and a door spot to sweeten the deal. Awwww I know! and I believe my response went something like this too: "so what you're saying is? if I bring my camera into the very heart of Mordor, crawl hands and knees up the scorching surface of Mount Doom, screaming obscenities all the while and take some photos, or not (it's upto me) you'll totally give me a cookie?". Or in other words, yeaaah did I mention how much I FUCKING HATE Rocket Bar!?



"but.. but.. we got balloons! BALLOONS!! everyone loves balloons riiight?".



But then along comes Simone.. aaaah Simone! sweet, adorable, borderline batshit insane Simone! dearest friend and bane of my blogging existence, facebook fanclub secretary, currently shrieking hysterically behind this wooden beam.. yeaaah I know Rocket Bar totally has that effect on people (and you should see it on a BAD night!). She came up with a better plan for my Friday night that didn't involve me eating an entire can of Heinz spaghetti, on a toilet seat, wondering where the fuck my life went this week (oh wait.. I'm sitting on it!) instead she offered a few quiet drinks at The Exeter? The Ed Castle? fuck it maybe even The Grace Emily where we ended up earlier only to discover Tim Rogers playing an acoustic set "wait? where the photos then!?" yeaaah trust me you didn't miss much, as we obviously ended up at Rocket Bar. And no, it wasn't for all the balloons either but at the very least? she DID get me out of the house.. no mean feat lemme tell you!



For in the end I figured I might combine all the above plans: launch party at Rocket Bar, a few quiet drinks with Simone and possibly me eating Heinz on a toilet seat if time permits (well I can STILL dream can't I?) into the one big "monster plan" whilst simultaneously annoying the piss out of the organisers of said launch party (hi Radio Spectacular!!! regretting your insane decision yet!? WOOOOHAHAHAhAhAhAHaHAHA!!) by ONLY agreeing to cover it on the condition they not only put Simone on the doorlist, but totally presented her with her own complimentary bag of lollies too. I mean hell.. if worse comes to worse and they flatly refuse thinking I'm the world's biggest arsehole for bargaining this shit (well we certainly have enough precedent for that don't we?) I can stand firm happy in the knowledge I won't ever have to step foot in Rocket Bar, they can totally dodge a bullet on me writing that live review (aaaah I know Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! if only huh? if only!) and I can totally get drunk somewhere else off the record tonight.. EVERYONE WINS!! Except as we can see they totally caved into my demands (pfft.. you fools!), I never got to eat out of a can (excuse the pun) and HERE WE ARE a bag of lollies in hand like the prize jackass I am!? SHIT YEAAAH!!



And ain't everyone simply OVERJOYED to see me too? here at Rocket Bar: the deepest darkest blackening "crack den" of the Adelaide scene? Rocket Bar: where everyone's hopes and dreams go to die? hosting a "1000 Colours Party"!? oh yeaaah, this is SO gonna be the BEST. NIGHT. EVER!!



THE HONEY PIES (***1/2) myspace ::
Which brings us somewhat ominously to our opening act. And NO I'm not the only one feeling this way either (or at least if their lead singer squinting awkwardly into the stage lighting is anything to go by) and yet for once all this "blackening dread" might be totally unfounded and simply in our minds. Strange but true! I mean sure, Rocket Bar might STILL feel ever so uneasily like someone, or a great many someones up and died in here (and possibly because they were gassed in a mass execution/act of genocide). Or possibly it was just that ONE person peeing in the corner during a hiphop show (after eating a too much cabbage and/or onions?) and now it's haunting the place like a ghost. Or perhaps they're keeping reptiles in here now (shape shifting reptilians!? it would sure explain a lot!). Or maybe it's just all three combined into the one rich "potpourri" and it's somehow gained "omniscience" and now they're worshipping it as a God!? (just as I still swear Electric Circus broke in here earlier this year and hocked off all their furniture for drugs.. let alone all their lamps, paintings, anything resembling "warmth" and "character"). But even so? check it out duuudes: for the first time here in well over a year they totally have some FREAKING STAGE LIGHTING!? YEAAAS!! FUCKING YEAAAS!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!! (well actually you do, you need only read every other blog I've ever posted about Rocket Bar since late 2008 bitching about it). Still as much as this IS a miraculous turn of events and it's doing wonders for my ability to photograph this band tonight without having to throw my camera clean across a room screaming obscenities at it (save for Tony Marshall on guitar all but disappearing off to the left there, but yeaaah we can't have everything) it couldn't have picked a worse night for it to happen. For Jon Marco, lead singer of The Honey Pies has been cruelly struck down with a mad case of the pink eye. YES, PINK EYE!! and oh look now we have all this shiny stage lighting just to make it even MORE glaringly obvious!? JOY!! And this wasn't just a "teeny tiny you'll barely notice it" pink eye either. OOOOH FUCK NO!! We're talking "repetitively punched in the right retina by Mike Tyson" pink eye, we're talking "acid spitting xenomorph threating to burst out of his skull any minute now" pink eye, we're talking "OH MY FREAKING CRAP ITS LOOKING RIGHT AT US!! RUN CHILDREN RUN!!". Or as Jon rather whimsically refers to it as his "chlamydia of the eyeball" because as it turns out he was savagely rogered in the eyesocket by a Mongolian plague bearing rat and now each and every one of us is going to die! And lemme tell you, I'm damn thankful it did too! and not for all the heartless reasons you might think of (well ok.. it kinda is). For as much as it IS cruel and excessive of me to make such light of it and admittedly I WAS briefly tempted to get a close up photo of it and laugh myself silly over publishing it for the whole world to see (only to reconsider at the very last minute); since my only real course of action at Rocket Bar tonight, after agreeing to all this shit, was to drink myself so skull fuckingly retarded I'd never remember being here in the first place (which considering I'm writing a blog about it kinda makes it laughingly redundant) means I actually didn't remember much of anything of their live set tonight.. OOOPS!! Or at least not in detail. Or at least not in any detail I actually made note of (yeaaah not like you'd ever notice from anything I've written so far). So tonight it's all about Jon Marco's pink eye "PINK EYE!! AAAAHAHAhAHaHA PINK EYE!!" and fuck all else. Still as much as I CAN gather (or guesstimate) from the rest of it? their set was hard, fast, loose, like they were in a mad hurry to get the fuck out of there and as much as this made for an all but understated outing? in the very least Jon Marco didn't break any strings on his guitar; which is an awesome victory all in itself. Yup that's The Honey Pies. It was a "blink and you'll miss it" affair tonight (sorry.. bad pun, couldn't help myself) and very likely the stupidest damn review I've ever written about them in following (and I totally missed out on the first four song too!? SCORE!!), but for providing such light relief in the opener? aaaah it's still ever so welcoming all the same!










NEON ELECTRIC (****1/2) myspace ::
Now at this point of the night (if you hadn't already picked up on the "subtle" subtext here) I was very much tempted to blow the whole thing off: bands and all, doorlisting be damned "duuude it's not you, it's me and my dysfunctional relationship with Rocket Bar that's to blame!". Oh I wanted nothing better than to get hideously and hilariously drunk ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE (yes.. even at The Ed Castle!) wake up the next day pissing myself laughing in a gutter somewhere or floating out to sea (either/or is fine by me) only to eventually realise, a billion received text messages later (ooops!) that I might've accidently "forgotten someone" in my mad panic to flee; eventually come back to retrieve them shrieking hysterically and swatting at imaginery bats in the corner; and short of a few months of intensive psychotherapy and a shitload of ciprofloxacin? I think we could totally put this whole experience behind us (as much as it's actually been rather pleasant so far, go figure?). But all THAT was before our second act made an appearance on stage: one of those chance few live acts that I dare say suit the "soul sucking blackening interior" of Rocket Bar, and even more surprisingly still? are all the better for it! Yup this is Neon Electric. You may recognise them as both Mario Spate on vocals/synths and Tony Irish on drums from The Killgirls. And in the simplest terms you could consider them their "paired back" electronic counterpart, in quite the same way that Van She Tech acts as companion piece to Van She (or in somewhat less insulting terms? Too Many DJs to Soulwax). And as for WHY this suits Rocket Bar? well I guess I've always had this vision ever since this place started back in 2005 that it'd be perfect for the darker more malevolent edges of indie. Think monochrome post punk, angular art rock and electroclash. Think uber fashionable Pitchfork recommendations flipping you the bird. Think the nearest touring scene equivalents of Interpol, Ladytron, The XX, The Knife, The Liars, Peaches, Animal Collective and Deerhunter. Maaan they'd totally rock the shit out of this joint something fierce, they'd totally make all this impenetrable "evil" resonate in a way that'd make it damn near beautifully poetic (or at least much more poetic than fucking Jupiter Lead). In fact some of the best nights I've ever had here have been just that. Teenagersintokyo instantly springs to mind, My Disco, Young & Restless, Steering By Stars (if the douchebag DJs didn't kill the buzz in the intervals), Zeta's EP launch party back in 2008, Bit By Bats in 2006; and Neon Electric in following tonight? very much fit that bill. In essence you could consider them a Modular / Ed Banger / DFA dancefloor mindset. Sharp as fuck, chunky 8bit brutal, mechanoid electro, Mario's icey synths and falsetto vocals (frequently filtered "split personality" style through a robot vocoder) perfectly sliced and diced by Tony's metronomic drumming. Or in other words mix in everything from Pnau, Digitalism, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Cut Copy, Bag Raiders and Groove Armada's "Black Light" together and you'd get pretty close to the mark. And yes I know what you're all thinking, and YES you'd be dead right too.. for all the above influences I WOULD usually pick them apart as being nothing more than a hipster tragic wank fest (dare I cite examples!?). But that's only because it's been rare to find a band that nails it as authentically as this one and better yet adds to it; and not just all the surface sheen, but all the darker depths as well. Every song nails it in itchy trigger precision. Every song's utterly and instantly infectious in a way you SWEAR you've heard it all before, only you've heard it for the first time. There's nary a dud note among them to the point you swear they're coin operated: especially in Tony's drumming that very much references the cold calculating attack of a mid 90's Chris Vrenna from Nine Inch Nails (check out the video, it's freaky as all hell!). They do a mad cover of Blur's "Boys & Girls" only to crossfade it into a cover of New Order's "Blue Monday". They're every awesome exception to my ongoing belief that all indie disco should be buried with a bullet, a shovel and a salting of the earth.. Neon Electric!? Seriously duuudes, you totally made my night!









RADIO SPECTACULAR!!! (***1/2) myspace ::
Which brings us somewhat "comically" (but I swear in no way anticlimatically) to our headlining act. I mean just look at them pulling such sublime "uber goober" shapes on stage: Norman Bates "The Next Generation" Vs. Bette Midler's dorky kid sister? or is it Pee Wee Herman Vs. Ugly Betty? or is it the sci-fi convention "bizarroverse" of Mulder Vs. Scully done like an episode of Art Attack on a mad tab of acid!? either way maaan we've totally hit the jackpot here, there's no doubt about it! and to think it was such a "hard sell" for me to leave the house tonight, let alone agree to this shit? HA HA HA DUUUDE HOW COULD I NOT!? I mean they're the gift that keeps on giving! They're everything this retarded-arse blog was damn near invented for in piss taking hilarity! And it's not just thanks to all their shitcrazy balloons, streamers and inflatable menagerie they have exploding everywhere like a children's party gone horribly wrong (and check out that inflatable flamingo, how ridiculously awesome is that!?) or the fact they've got most of their instruments propped up on an ironing board in lieu of a proper keyboard stand (with a flowery pink cover!?) or the fact "Dweebie Nicks" there is wearing a cape, A FREAKING CAPE PEOPLE? "HA HA HA wait, I gotta catch my breathe here.. WHAT THE FUUUCK!?". Yup this is Radio Spectacular!!!, every one of their three exclamation points is very much integral to their name (nay part and parcel of their "nerd-gasmic" sex appeal!) and they are without a doubt THE DORKIEST BAND ALIVE in the Adelaide scene. And I don't just make that claim lightly either. As we've arguably seen our fair share of exceptional uber goobers in the past from Meanwell College, Clue To Kalo, Love Zombies, Zeal, Mad Shapes to Pablo Libido & The Wild Robots (to name but a few). But no other band quite compares to their a-grade level of head exploding geekiness.. OOOOH FUCK NO!! they're in a loud and proud league all of their own! In fact this may be as much a blessing as it is a curse, especially in their near impossible attempt to conquer Rocket Bar with their "1000 Colours Party" tonight. And it's not just because we can't shake that inescapable feeling we're watching R2D2 and C3PO here single handedly take on the fucking Death Star with a sonic screwdriver (and yes I'm aware I'm mixing two sci-fi franchises together and I'm not afraid to admit it!) but more for the fact this ISN'T the first time they've tried it either. Nope, most recently that was back when they played here in October 2009. Naturally it was pitch black with no stage lighting to show for it (or any lighting for that matter save for the bar and the Crazy Horse sign across the road), guitarist Harry Worth couldn't see where the fuck he was going, fell off stage, broke his wrist and the band was put on ice for six weeks. SIX WEEKS!! (but at least he wrote an hilariously nerdy blog in the interim, so it wasn't a total loss!). But now like the ridiculously doe-eyed deer they are? OH THEY'RE BACK BAAABY!! And tonight they're everything head explodingly awesome from Hotchip, Chicks On Speed, Architecture in Helsinki, Datarock, Le Tigre and Devo all rolled into one. They're both Harry Worth on guitar and Phebe Rendelic on keys busting a mad puppet show pantomime in oddball facials, spirit fingers, bubble gun cascades and robot dancing (as much as I suspect Harry looks this goofy even when he isn't on stage). They're every single one of your geek gamer fantasies come to life.. YEAAAS!! Still it's obviously an uphill battle for them, Rocket Bar would truly offer nothing less in an impenetrable gloom. Just as I was equally waaay too hilariously drunk to remember fuck of anything they did in triumphing above and beyond it as much as it taunted them too (for one drum machines always seem to lose out in volume to live drummers and it bugs the crap out of me!). Either way I was pissing myself laughing for a good portion of it so that's easily a good thing, and by the time "1000 Colours" hit in the finale? ooooh there wasn't a dry leg left in the house, from mouth breather to pencil neck we were united as one in a roaring shouting mass unanimous; what an experience! what a show! what a memory long since obliterated! Yup that's Radio Spectacular!!! They might be the proverbial underdog here. They might be the ongoing butt of my jokes (and how!). But they're building a cult following, we saw them all out there tonight. They're honing their craft, they're turning that tide! And one day soon? duuude they'll have you dork dancing like there's no one else in the room!











12:48AM - With the show ending in much rapturous applause, as much as you can't quite tell from the video (but check it out Phebe's totally emptied out her bubble gun in all the excitement, it was THAT fucking crazy! YEAAAS!!) I'd usually love nothing better than to soak up all the good time vibes customary at such a "triumphant" EP launch party. I mean there's all the drinking, the drinking and did I mention all the drinking? and maybe even a slow dance with their inflatable lion (I like to call him Cedric) but pfft who are we kidding here duuude!? And no I don't mean YOU Radio Spectacular!!! no.. no.. I freaking love you dweebs! (I bought your EP "Sugar Baby, Honey Child", spun it more than once and I'd highly recommend it to everyone!). No, it's obviously me and Rocket Bar, we've have an icey relationship at best (even if tonight was one of the "better" ones) I mean c'mon.. it feeds on children's tears, it stuffs puppies into blenders, IT'S VERILY THE BEAST INCARNATE!! and the sooner we get out of this corrupting piss stain and I scream myself sane in a shower cubicle? THE BETTER!! And so after I retrieved Simone, or at least what I THINK was her: walking into a wall over and over making "whimpering" noises (she rather liked the first band though.. go figure?) we briefly entertained the notion of smashing out the windows facing Crazy Horse, flying two stories down to break our fall on a passing taxi the fuck out of there; only to reconsider at the last minute (she didn't want to ruin her shoes) and take the stairwell instead.



1:01AM - Now usually I'd simply hit The Ed Castle next.. ie: in my quest to drink all memory of Rocket Bar out of my system (if I hadn't already achieved that) not necessarily because of any "winning preference" in mind, more just a lazy proximity. Except as it turns out they had another installment of Transmission Live on tonight (featuring who!? yeaaah who the fuck cares!) and they were charging door entry. Which granted wasn't an issue for ME, as I'd long bluffed my way onto their "semi-permanent" doorlist for reasons that STILL utterly escape me; but more for Simone who looked ever so subtly like she wanted to strangle "someone", possibly me, for dragging her to Rocket Bar tonight (well hey.. at least I got her free lollies! aye? aaaaye!?). So instead we figured we might hit The Exeter, only to realise we'd have to walk there, or worse still lift an arm to hail a taxi. So laziness being the mother of invention here.. I pulled my very best (read: hilariously drunken) impersonation of a "Jedi Mind Trick" and bluffed both of us in for free.. FUCK YEAAAH!!



1:55AM - And WOWEEEE wasn't I ever so glad we did that too! what with all the colour, the excitement, the mad disorienting head exploding spectacle of it!? FUUUCK ME, IT WAS INTENSE!! (seriously my teeth STILL feel a teeny bit loose and tingly just thinking about it!). Which is why I obviously had to post THIS photo of East End Villains' setlist tonight whistling in the breeze out by the beergarden just so you wouldn't be completely overcome by it.. huh? HUH!? I KNOW, RIGHT!!



2:13AM - Clearly that was too much for us to handle.. so we made haste for Supermild; or at least until Simone found this intercom box. Now at first I couldn't quite understand WHY she found it so fascinating; especially not worthy of documenting on this blog (yeaaah not like I've posted anything weirder here before). Until she told me of all the teeny tiny voices trapped inside of it. And since they were in obvious distress over such a horrible predicament (apparently they took a wrong turn at the last drive through speaker box they were trapped in), Simone figured she'd set them all at ease with one of her soothing "lullabies". Aaaah yes, just one of THOSE nights huh?



3:04AM - And once we got here.. I couldn't for the life of me remember what happened, no really I've tried hypnotherapy and everything! And I'm not even too sure what happened to Simone either? although I was told by several eyewitnesses later on that she was seen hanging toes and fingernails from the ceiling screaming abuse at random passerbys (aaaah if only they posted that on youtube) and I'm totally taking their word for it! And as for me? yeaaah the only thing that comes to mind (as I twittered it, so it must be true) was this ONE hiiilarious incident where I was stopped by a random passerby in the men's urinal who asked me: "so you're Spoz right!?". Only for me to respond: "of course not! I'm that OTHER idiot you see pissing himself laughing taking photos of beer bottles for no good reason HA HA HA! WOOOO!!". And I can't remember if he gave me a weird look and promptly left the room or not? (as I was urinating at the time) but I'm pretty sure I DID claim one of these beer bottles for myself. I like to think that's a "win/win" situation.



5:18AM - All in all it's been a great night, an awesome night even, duuude I'm so ever thankful I left the house to live this to fullest.. FUCK YEAAAS!! As much as there's little or no evidence to support that, because clearly this blog never happened and you never read it (save for all those ridiculously awesome bands I caught at wherever-the-fuck!?). But lemme tell you maaan it's been the best! and nothing's more fulfilling at the end of it, than digging into a pile of what I believe are "pancakes" (by the loosest description of the term I'm sure) as ordered off the breakfast menu at Micky D's on West Terrace. Aaaah yes I swear.. life truly doesn't get much BETTER THAN THIS!!



Yeaaah isn't that right Simone? huh? HUH!? (awww crap.. I think I broke her!).



Yup every week I swear this shit drives me completely fucking insane, it makes me a dribbling basket case, it beats my brain black and blue laughing its arse off, it totally fucks me up in every sense of the word and then some! (as much as I'm frequently at a loss for words in describing it!). But since I do it "willingly" every week without fail? duuude I freaking love it like a mental illness! Even in winter when I openly resent and despise it with a screaming burning rage that will not quit? IT NEVER GETS OLD!! It's my routine, it's what I feed upon for inspiration, it's what I live for in all its idiotic eccentricities and I'd be totally lost without it! Which is why wherever possible? I like to inflict this shit upon as many of you mad fools as possible.. YEAAAS!! For if ever I do drive myself screaming over that edge for good? I'm totally taking every one of you WITH ME for the ride!

Previously on Spoz's Rant: 20th Century Graduates + East End Villains + Sincerely, Grizzly

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