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so what do you like jim?
i must admit i never have heard tugboat. and it's been a long time since i saw any bands in melbourne except small goods because a friend of mine follows them around everywhere they go. i also know the kids in fort mary but have thus far avoided seeing them play because i can feel it in my waters that they're going to be really bad. (jonno if you ever read this... um, boy is my face red. the fort mary emails rule though!!)
past memories: sandro were really awful.
i like gaslight radio though. i have a feeling that ned would like them but i could be totally off the mark.

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 11:46 (twenty-three years ago)

i have a really bad feeling about this thread - it's going to come back and bite me, you watch.

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)

p.s. anyone else can discuss the melbourne indie scene if they want to!

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 12:03 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw gaslight radio when i was in melb a little while back and thought they were damn fine. 'hitch on the leaves' is a gorgeous record but they don't seem to have done much since and that came out, in, what, '98? (correct me if i'm wrong). they played in sydney earlier this month but i missed them. i envy that melbourne's managed to retain its live venues. sydney's a wasteland as far as that goes, though the annandale and sandringham have both reopened recently, so there might be some hope yet.

― angelo (angelo), Thursday, 21 November 2002 13:04 (twenty-three years ago)

WTF is the deal w/ Minimum Chips?!?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned does indeed like Gaslight Radio.

Are Gersey from Melbourne? I like them (desperately unfashionable I know).

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned does indeed like Gaslight Radio.

Are Gersey from Melbourne? I like them (desperately unfashionable I know).

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

'hitch on the leaves'

yep, it came out in 98, i remember because i saw them support pulp then! i think they brought out one or two singles since then but yes mostly they've been very very quiet. (not surprising for a band with one member who always plays with his back to the audience)

gersey have a member in common with gaslight i think - gaslight were originally from brisbane but are now official property of melbourne, so i assume the same for gersey. the truth be known i can't remember what gersey sound like despite having seen them once...

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 15:00 (twenty-three years ago)

minimum chips are droney + lofi and sound like a gloomy stereolab - they had a 'greatest hits' come out this year... it gets a bit samey for me but there are still some good songs. i like 'furniture'

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 15:09 (twenty-three years ago)

(i've been looking around mono.net and please disregard my blatant misinformation about this shared gersey/gaslight radio member, i made it up.)

― minna (minna), Thursday, 21 November 2002 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned does indeed like Gaslight Radio.

Quite so. Proof! And the band were kind enough to send me their latest EP, which I shall review for the new CTCL, now that I think about it! :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 November 2002 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

man, i wish i'd discovered the thread a little earlier than now.

Gaslight Radio always surprised me by being rather good indeed. Their biggest problem is laziness. I used to be in a band with their keyboard player.

Gersey are Melbourne through and through. On record they are stunning, live they have a tendency to be hideously dull, although a recent show I saw of theirs was quite excellent. I definitely endorse the purchase of either (or both) of their albums.

I used to adore Min.Chips but I got sick of their recordings. It's reasonably well know what my opinion of the Wadley brothers' bizarre approach towards sound is.

Hmmm.. what else..

Tugboat are poised to take over! No, not really. Especially not now that Architecture In Helsinki are back. Apparently it's desperately uncool to not like them. I haven't heard their recordings yet, but again they have never come across well in a live setting.

Registered Nurse are back to remind us that rock needn't be garage, pub or punk.

I haven't seen Fort Mary. Love of Diagrams are fucking ace. Diving Bell are like late-80s Perth and rock my world with their velvety sounds.

Jet are boring rock nonsense.

I could go on and on and on and on

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 21 November 2002 23:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I bet if Trouble Funk played Melbourne, they'd change the lyric in "Drop The Bomb" from:

Can I drop the Bomb on the East Side Crew, Now East Side Crew, Now what you gonna do?

to:

Can I drop the Bomb on the Melbourne Crew, Now Melbourne Crew, Now what you gonna do?

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Friday, 22 November 2002 01:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I second the Love of Diagrams...er...love. Kinda somewhat blew Ninetynine off stage at their record launch.

― Mike Stuchbery, Friday, 22 November 2002 03:40 (twenty-three years ago)

if they had vocals (and they don't really need them) they'd be on the cover of the fucken NME faster than you can say Tasmania.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2002 04:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Gersey almost made me feel sick because when I saw them I was developing an aversion to those sincerely soppy rhythmless Augie March/Something for Kate-ish types. I hated the way they would slowly and metronomically bang away at a chord, gradually building up "emotional intensity" or whatever, and then drop their heart-shattering chord changes. I hated the way it was so boringly effective, the way it pushed my buttons the way Radiohead, Mercury Rev & even Boards of Canada used to. I thought I was being all ILMist-popist by deciding that they sucked. Idunno maybe I was wrong.

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I think spending 8 minutes of a 10 minute song building up to the climax is overkill. Their shorter songs don't seem so cynically put together.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:18 (twenty-three years ago)

shout outs to Kirsty Stegwazi (what was her band called?), the Foots (well, the purple shirt they gave me), & Tugboat. Where were the Sugargliders from? I'm fairly sure Twelve24 were Melbourne-based too, but I've only heard their cover of "Velouria" (& they've broked up).

haha though re : australian music I still regard it as some outback wasteland of punkmetal, with the exception of melbourne as indiepop city. & er Avalanches & Spiderbait (though I've only heard "Arse Huggin' Pants" & don't want to spoil it) & possibly Gerling.

ps : tugboat should continue the proud melbourne indiepop tradition of touring to dunedin! & have mad FAP action!

― Ess Kay (esskay), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Kirsty was in Bedridden and is now in the Bites. The Foots are ace but seem to have fallen off the face of the earth. The Sugargliders are Melbourne thru'n'thru - they became the Steinbecks but are now just the duo of Meadows brothers once more..

Twelve24 are from Sydenee and are lovely peeps. ver 'boat would lurve to come to Noisyland (esp Dunedin).. if any nice NZ kids can send me details of venues/bookers/other useful stuff 'twould make it all happen faster!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:30 (twenty-three years ago)

any nice NZ kids can send me details of venues/bookers/other useful stuff
doorag, lady di & rainy to thread!

(& - are their any good local compilations? & um minna - don't suppose you could suggest the local dub/jungle/house/hip-hop worth investigation? have Shapeshifter been gigging?)

― Ess Kay (esskay), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:40 (twenty-three years ago)

are their any good local compilations?

hmm.. no. i could put one together?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2002 05:54 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

oops ess kay i'm sorry i didn't see yr question 5 months ago : (
i'm afraid i wouldn't have been much help anyway and still aren't.

i'm reviving this thread to talk about buying the architecture in helsinki record against esoj's advice which is unbearably t*** and jim i'm so sorry i ever doubted you! i couldn't even listen to it the whole way thru so i'm being very unfair on it but whatever, it sux.

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

hey minna & jim i'm drinkin fosters!
yeah jim yr band should come over here, f'sure, i'd do what i can to help you set up a show.

― duane, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone know what happened to the guys in The Paradise Motel?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

heheh minna.. hope you didn't pay too much for it!! :)

NZ planz are taking shape. gotta be before the end of the year, it's just gotta....

Does anyone know what happened to the guys in The Paradise Motel?

no - it's all a bit of a mystery. i've seen Merida around Melbourne twice in the last year or so but I have no idea if she's still doing music things..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

hi duane :)

heheh minna.. hope you didn't pay too much for it!! :)

CD Discounts to the rescue! (i still paid too bloody much)

fort mary broke up btw due to this thread no doubt

kind of weird that the lucksmiths hadnt been mentioned on this thread til now.

I could go on and on and on and on
i dare ya!

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

yay for CD Discounts - that's where I got my Blue Nile LP for a dollar

Anyone for a thread on Australian hiphop? (or a Melbourne FAP?)

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

there was a thread on aussie hiphop about a week ago!

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

put your faith in god!

― padua, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

minna there was a Lucksmiths thread a few weeks ago!

i have to say i'm very disappointed with the Melbourne scene as at today.. it's terrible when the only good bands seem to be those of people I know..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

my thread on aussie hip-hop. please contribute!

(also : flatmate h*len came back from melbourne two days ago with some free music weeklies - one of them had a singles column written by t*m f*nney!!!)

― Ess Kay (esskay), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

have any of you Aussies listened to this album, [a track was played recently on BBC's Mixing it - impressed me, astonishing complex piano playing with looping hypnotic sampling sound effects]

was it a 2002 or 2003 release in Oz?

Chris Abrahams: Self Taught Bouncer
Chris Abrahams is the pianist from Australian jazz trio the Necks.
album: Glow
Vegetable VEGE001
Australian CD release; more details can be found at Vegetable Records, PO Box 614, Newtown, NSW 2042 Australia, or via the Necks website at http://www.thenecks.com

Source
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/playlists/2003aprjun/mixingit0316.shtml

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't heard it but the Necks are treated as gods round here..

you can apparently also get the album here (though that song title doesn't figure for some reason) http://www.chaosmusic.com/shop/product.asp?productID=734129

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

must find.
i quite like the new pop one with melanie oxley though.

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

nutty bun in the laftwally need not tawk hide nor har. believe it!

― blodger, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)

FAP to beeatch about local indie bands, ASAP! :)

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

wahey

Tugboat gig coming up in May btw.. we're back to save Melbourne from itself..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

This time I will be there I promise! Well as long as it isn't this weekend. Or next weekend. Gah.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

no don't know when yet. late May

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Excellent. I'll be there wif knobs on.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

I really wanna hear some death:wolf!, maybe snap! krak! le pop! after and0ru from d1e! d1e! d1e!'s reports (haha, exclamations marks are the new "the" (even tho I'm part of this trend)); matth3w (brun3ttes manager/&c) reckons I shld check out lakes (who's coming over here) & your wedding night are worthwhile. melbournites?

― etc, Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't be polite about this, your wedding night are a hideous abomination. i just don't. get. it.

i've heard good things about the others, in particular death:wolf seem to be picking up fans left right and centre.

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i assume you're well aware of the tranquilizers steve?

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

haha thanks for the warning, I was already uneasy since matth3w likes ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI.
I really wish I was in a death:wolf!-style band when I was eighteen, grrrr. I'm working up the nerve to email them.

xpost: no! what're they like?

― etc, Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

tranqs are the NU-CLEAN.. great tunes. gtr/drums/keys, getting v big over here at the mo

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

if I really really liked Architecture In Helsinki when I saw 'em play a free lunchtime gig last month, and thought the fun of the arrangements outbalanced the tweeness of the everything, would I be disappointed if I subsequently bought their vinyl releases?

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

difficult to say. probably not disappointed, no. i'm not nearly as down on them as i used to be, and would even go so far as to say i rather like about five tracks from their album ("the owls go" still irritates the buggery out of me)..

― purple patch (electricsound), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

best new band in melbourne at the mo is Becus... late 80s british girly indiepop in a sundays/all about eve vein, beautiful songs.

― purple patch (electricsound), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:50 (twenty-one years ago)

best band in melbourne full stop is Light Music Club

― purple patch (electricsound), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Any love for that new Sand Pebbles album? I like it a lot but it does seem to have gotten a heap of hype.

― Shady Loch Lenin (haitch), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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hey dude the inclusion of WOLFMOTHER renders yr list highly suspect! do you like TEH MARS VOLTA?

also, what about ALWAYS (or whatever thee fvck al3x v1vian(o) is calling himself these days, ect ect ect.

― etc, Friday, 18 November 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

i figure he's still doing what he does somewhere or other. anywhere i'm not, preferably

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

are the Drones from Melbourne? I dig them

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

yeah tho i think they may have 'permanently' relocated to europe?

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

they were 'originally' from perth. i've heard they've bailed too.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

suspect huh.. every artist on that list are musically different. more i forgot to add (these bands come from all over the place but play in melbourne regularly):

- architecture in helsinki
- new buffalo
- baseball
- ninety nine

there are loads more. i love melbourne!
melbourne music scene is world class.
the best bands most of the world might never hear of.

― idleidleidle, Friday, 18 November 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

your enthusiasm is noted

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)

yay!

― idleidleidle, Friday, 18 November 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

I saw clue to kalo earlier in the year, wasn't feeling it at all but maybe it makes more sense on disc.

jim are you referring to the new city city city album when you say that? I am thinking of seeing them at that st jerome's joint (one of those sunday afternoon gigs).

― that guy who pretended to be Ya Kid K that one time (haitch), Friday, 18 November 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

both. a lot of people really like what they do, and to be fair they played a gig where i really enjoyed them, but i found myself liking each show less and less. probably worth keeping in mind that i have little time for (a) instrumental bands and (b) 90% of post rock.

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 18 November 2005 04:38 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Love of Diagrams were just on The OC.

― svend (svend), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

err their music, not the band.

― svend (svend), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

which part? that was a GREAT episode

― petesmith (plsmith), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:07 (twenty years ago)

When Marissa gets offered the job, while they are at the beach.

― svend (svend), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

good work. their new 45 just came out in the UK i think. the label is run by very nice people

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Anyone got any news on Gaslight Radio? (i searched the web and found this forum) I saw em 12 months ago and they said they had a newie coming out. Liars. Damn the smack.

― ALG, Wednesday, 11 January 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

i assume you already knew about the "z nation" album? considering how long there was between "hitch" and that album i'd be expecting to wait a long long time.

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Thanks Jim, I aint checked back her for a while, didnt think anyone would answer. Yeah, I got Z-nation as soon as it was out, I was talking about the next one, but yeah, you're right. I shouldnt expect anything before 2008, really.

― ALG, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

i played bass for "exploding white mice ".

― retroboy, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 05:38 (twenty years ago)

nice work

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 06:13 (twenty years ago)

How do peoples feel about Fourth Floor Collapse? I have an EP of theirs from a while ago now, havent heard much since but I read recently that they moved to Melbourne (from Perth).

― ALG, Thursday, 9 February 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

i have never heard them!

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 9 February 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)

How about Straitjacket Fits? A NZ band from the late 80's/early 90's. Im trying to find a copy of their song, Down in Splendour, which appeared on the Two Hands Soundtrack.

― ALG, Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Blonde Cobra - all the fucking way to your mothers house....

― jonathon arse banger, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 13:16 (twenty years ago)

you want what now?

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Sich Offnen by Not From There is a great fuckin song.

― ALG, Thursday, 20 April 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

It's a great song that one.

― ratty, Thursday, 20 April 2006 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

it really is. whatever happened to them? (they were from brisbane though I think!)

myself and teh electric sound of jim viewed the comeback of RIPE last week and they were pretty impressive.

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Thursday, 20 April 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

New Gaslight album apparently due out in June, although given that it is currently without a title, I figure we should see something by about November. They played the Espy last weekend and were gonna debut some new stuff; anyone catch the show?

― ALG, Monday, 22 May 2006 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

no.. i was at another gig they did a few weeks ago but had to leave before they started

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 22 May 2006 04:57 (nineteen years ago)

i saw go genre everything for the first time on the weekend and was quite impressed

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 22 May 2006 04:58 (nineteen years ago)

I have not heard of them.

― ALG, Monday, 22 May 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone heard of Windsor Royal? Great pop songs...

― ALG, Thursday, 1 June 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

nope. where did you see them? the name sadly conjures up images of dukes of windsor and british india which does not bode well

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 1 June 2006 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

i'm looking forward to seeing electropoppers Fluorescent this weekend. and the stuff i've heard by actor/model has been very good stuff.

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 1 June 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...

hi.
I was just reading the results from our internet monkey an this thread turnd up and there seems to be somebody just above (ALG)
who says i have never heard of them, so here is the utterly blatent self promotiony thing which will link you through to the GGE system.

http://www.gogenreeverything.org/mp3s

there you go.

also feel free to email me if you are inclined to get onto the mailing list and all that thingy.

oh my yes it is blatent self promotion indeed.

thanx see yous

― dieter von broumler (GGE), Friday, 12 January 2007 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

good work.

best melbourne band i have seen in recent times = VEIL. they're the second coming of velocity girl and bring to mind all the wonderful slumberland 45s that i grooved to in 1991-1994

― PAUL FUCKING ROBINSON (electricsound), Friday, 12 January 2007 06:04 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

taking sides: the local broadsheet's hot bandz 2 watch list vs electric sound of jim, in a bar, recently: "the quality of live bands in melbourne is the worst it's ever been."

― haitch, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:23 (seventeen years ago)

oh lord what a wretched list

i mean i like one or two of those bands but (a) most of them have been round for years anyway and (b) two of my most disliked local bands are on there

i stand by my aforementioned statement

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:29 (seventeen years ago)

muscles' list upthread is vastly better

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:32 (seventeen years ago)

o what i would give for just a small handful of bands i could unreservedly love

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:34 (seventeen years ago)

teh ga1vatr0ns' keyboardist is moving into a share house with maggots on the pantry's ceiling (i know the person who's moving out). so much for signing to warners!!

― haitch, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:35 (seventeen years ago)

ah but without the warners deal he might be homeless

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:38 (seventeen years ago)

eddy current are good in a "no-strings rock band + gloves" way. i dunno if i've even heard any of the others!

― haitch, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:43 (seventeen years ago)

yeah eddy are good, PPA sound like they could be interesting.

pebbles album is out in a few weeks, hopefully they will save the day

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:45 (seventeen years ago)

whatever happened to minna

― electricsound, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:45 (seventeen years ago)

four years pass...

what indeed

most of that bands to watch list turned out to be a bust, bar ECSR and Laura jean maybe - still h8 my disco for not being disco - quite prescient call on the frowning clouds, tho.

― thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 21:40 (thirteen years ago)

it really is. whatever happened to them? (they were from brisbane though I think!)

dude's visa ran out

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:31 (thirteen years ago)

Syd rather than Melb, but glad to see Chapter Music made it to 20 years and is having a gig/party this Sat.

― etc, Friday, 23 November 2012 08:15 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

cut copy 'oceans apart' mix: top-notch. sorta kinda makes coherent case for melbourne dance 'scene'!

― bloke messiah (haitch), Monday, 22 December 2014 02:12 (eleven years ago)

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