Do the Crawl - Rocket to Memphis (Off the Hip)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

Hits: 5129

This mob seem to come from Perth, a town which seems to live in several weird time warps all at once. The convict past and the glorious fuck-you-we’re-suddenly-rich '80s, and all the other sorts of odd pockets of Australiana you can imagine.

• off-the-hip
• rocket to memphis
• do the crawl

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The Meat Puppets at Fowlers Live in Adelaide

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

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The Meat Puppets are an outfit I’ve been looking forward to seeing ever since I heard they were coming. 

There are a few similarities with the last outfit I saw recently, The English Beat. Old band touring, only two original members, no set list. No encore because of curfew (Fowlers is right next to a huge block of student accommodation; you only rarely see the occasional student at Fowlers, and their sense of dislocation and disgust is visible).

But the gigs are very, very different, and not just because of the style of music.

• live
• adelaide
• meat
• puppets

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The English Beat, Fistful of Trojans at the Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

Hits: 6213

It was an unusual night. First, I was comp’ed quite unexpectedly and had no time to do any research on the current state of play on The Beat (as I still think of them).

Slightly giddy after a long day concentrating old and fragile papers (don’t ask), I found myself examining many things in considerable detail. 

People, f’rinstance. We all kind of make our own fantasy of what we’re really like, and try to live it. Sometimes someone comes along and, unbidden, flings open the French windows and lets a bit of air and light in.

• live
• adelaide
• the english beat
• ska
• blue-beat

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The Out Of This World Sounds Of - Hipbone Slim And The Kneetremblers (Beast Records)

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By The Barman

The Barman

01 June 2014

Hits: 5238

Hipbone Slim (aka Sir Bald Diddley) is a musical slut, fathering nine records by four different labels in three countries in 10 years at last count. The parentage of each of his offspring js easy to pick - by rockabilly out of garage rock with dashes of ’50 instrumental and skiffle thrown in - and “The Out Of This World Sounds Of” throws up no surprises.

• beast records
• hipbone slim
• sir bald diddley
• kneetremblers

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Get Your Rabbit's Foot And Run - One Thousand Years (Off The Hip)

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By The Barman

The Barman

01 June 2014

Hits: 5393

One Thousand Years sound like they’ve spent that accumulated amount of time listening to their dads’ record collections. And exactly why is that a bad thing? Rock and roll’s grim hold on the collective consciousness is eroding by the day so if bands like this West Australian quartet are going to fly the flag, who are we to complain?

• off-the-hip
• album
• one thousand years
• get your rabbit's foot and run
• classic rock
• fremantle

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Pink Fairies resume live gigging in the UK

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By The Barman

The Barman

31 May 2014

Hits: 6899

Legendary UK psych rockers the Pink Fairies are scheduled to play the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, England, in July.

They’re billed to share a stage on July 5 (day two of the festival) with Peter Hook and Maximo Park, among others. Headlining the main stage that night is the execrable James Blunt (!)

The line-up is Russell Hunter, Duncan Sanderson, Andy Colquhoun, Jacki Windmill and second drummer George Butler.

The Pinks initially announced only two dates - in Bilston on May 15 and at the 100 Club in London two days later - and reports form those shows were very positive.

Further gigs are now planned for October including Hawktoberfest, a multi-band line-up in Manchester with old sparring partners Hawkwind.

• live
• pink
• fairies

Hugo Race announces Australian solo show tour

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By The Barman

The Barman

29 May 2014

Hits: 7207

Multi-instrumentalist and hypnotic crooner, Hugo Race, returns home to Australia in June and July, fresh from an intense wave of European solo headline concerts in support of his latest EP "Ophans".

The five-city tour will include dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania.

Race delivers a unique take on experimental blues, folk and dark-edge, dragging inspiration from artists the likes of Neil Young, Velvet Underground and Wilco.

His EP is credcited to Hugo Race Fatalists, the collaboration between Race and Italian instrumental gurus, Sacri Cuori , and is said to create "ground-breaking, intense sonic soundscapes that merge folk, experimentalism, electronica and rock".

• bad seeds
• hugo race
• wreckery
• nick cave
• true spirit

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Gimme Some Skin - Iggy Pop (Cleopatra Records)

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By The Barman

The Barman

28 May 2014

Hits: 7901

Seven 45s full of Iggy Pop and Iggy and the Stooges goodness. Packaged in a box with some incident extras (patch, big hole single adapter) thrown in. OK, you probably don’t need this box set from Los Angeles label Cleopatra Records but you may still want it. 

• iggy pop
• stooges
• cleopatra records
• james williamson

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New Christs to assault Europe

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By The Barman

The Barman

27 May 2014

Hits: 5791

The New Christs have announced dates for their European tour to promote their new studio album, "Incantations", on Impedance and "Live" LP on Pitshark. Stay tuned for Australian gigs.

• live
• tour
• europe
• new christs

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