Category: 2013

Narrow Lands – Popular Music That Will Live Forever – 20th November 2013

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Cat #: 148TZM

Once known to jangle, Sydney band Narrow Lands have turned their hands to rumbling. Since adding a baritone guitar to their mix, their music has become heavier, darker, weirder and, well, simply better.

On their debut LP, the guys from Narrow Lands mix the sweet grittiness of punk with a thundering mess of noise/feedback, in the spirit of bands like Swans or Dead China Doll.

Recorded in two days in mid-winter, in a shed behind Alan’s parents’ place on a little farm west of Bathurst, Narrow Lands aimed to keep the LP sounding as fresh, authentic and ferocious as possible.

Each ridiculous sound you might hear here is an experiment with the potential of an instrument, a way of allowing things to ‘freak out’ without forcing the issue. The result hits you like a friendly punch in the guts.

A co-operative release between tenzenmen and Octopus Pi (www.facebook.com/Octopuspi)

What’s Cool and Unusual – 13th November 2013

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Fri 15

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

HEROIN SS (Bris) / COMMON ENEMY (Byr) / UNKNOWN TO GOD / DEAD IN THE GUTTER

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Fri 15

Cosmos, Marrickville
9pm ALL AGES $?

WORMWOOD :: Buried Feather (VIC) + Buzz Kull + Faspeedelay (VIC) + SPIRIT VALLEY ::

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Fri 15

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
6pm ALL AGES

Mutiny + 3 more TBA

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Sat 16

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

THE OCEAN PARTY (Melb/Album Launch) / KING TEARS MORTUARY / SHOPGIRL / NATHAN ROCHE

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Sat 16

Turtlehead Warehouse, 62a Constitution Rd, Dulwich Hill
3pm FREE ALL AGES

Heroin SS, Common Enemy, Tremor Doll, The Fuck Outs

What’s Cool and Unusual – 6th November 2013

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Fri 8

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

THE BENNIES (Melb/Album Launch) / IVAN DRAGO / LOCAL RESIDENT FAILURE / OSLOW

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Sat 9

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

Bush Fire Relief Benefit: THORAX / CANINE / PALMAR GRASP

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Sat 9

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
7pm $5 ALL AGES

Jurassic Penguin, Postal, Home Burial & Snakes Get Bad Press

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Sat 9

The Record Crate, 34 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
8pm FREE ALL AGES

Ted Danson With Wolves, Oslow

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Sun 10

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm ALL AGES

COUNTERATTACK (Melb) / DISPARO! / ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD (Melb)

Yes I’m Leaving – 5th November 2013

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Cat #: 110TZM

“Yes I’m Leaving’s first self-titled album was recorded in a rehearsal room in an industrial district in Rydalmere a suburb in the outer west of Sydney over three hours on a date I can’t recall.

The band had been writing and playing sporadically for a while with members travelling or moving to eventually return to a time upon which their music could be captured to ‘tape’. Microphones were aimed at a set of guitar combos, a bass rig, a mouth and a drumkit and then plugged into a recording machine, quickly checked for levels and then, in the end, 13 songs were ringing away in the headphones.

I guess the songs are either attempts at nasty snide repetition, improvised ‘feel’, or just a stabby mean sound usually all at once. If you listen you’ll hear a string snap at the end of a song and a frustrated swear word. Some songs had only been put together the week before so were highly volatile. I don’t even know how I made some of the noises on that recording, I kind of like that. It was mixed the same night and originally put onto tape and cd as a release. Now it has been mastered with a bit more kick in the bass and an upsized screenprint + insert, on random coloured vinyl.” Billy Bourke.

What’s Cool and Unusual – 30th October 2013

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Wed 30

The Silent Hour @ the general store
The General Store (Level 2, 77-83 William Street, East Sydney)
8pm, $25

The Silent Hour is an intimate evening dedicated to meditative composition through electroacoustic and audiovisual explorations.

Featuring:
Marihiko Hara
Maputo
Steffan Ianigro

http://www.thesilenthour.the-generalstore.net/

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Fri 1

107 Projects, 107 Redfern Street, Redfern
7.30pm ALL AGES

Valley Spirit Launch

The launch of a small online record label called http://valley-spirit.com/

To celebrate this and to launch the first releases we’re having a gig with a bunch of awesome Sydney musicians.

Featuring:
JEREMY TATAR
PIMMON
CAPE NORTH
COMMANDANT
SHISD

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Fri 1

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Infinity Broke (Jamie Hutchings/Bluebottle Kiss) / Ted Danson With Wolves / Trent Marden (The Holy Soul)

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Fri 1

Django Bar, 19 Marrickville Rd, Sydenham
$10 8pm(?)

Darth Vegas, Bat Hazzard

Not sure if Django Bar is a legal venue or not but hope to go to this and find out 🙂

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Sat 2

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

CHINESE BURNS UNIT (Album Launch) / AMATEUR DRUNKS / CANINE / OBAT BATUK

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Sun 3

SUNDAY DUB CLUB
Sydney Park, Sydney Park Rd, Saint Peters
10am

What’s Cool and Unusual – 23rd October 2013

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Thu 24

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
6.30pm

Folk punk in the library

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Fri 25

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
7pm ALL AGES

Featherweight, Yo Put That Bag Back On, Mowgli, Those Things

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Fri 25

Peppertree Cafe, 63 The Mall, Bankstown
6pm Free ALL AGES

Angharad Yeo, Aaron and Luke, Tommy Francisco

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Sun 27

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6pm ALL AGES

PAPER ARMS (Adl) / APART FROM THIS (Melb) / YO, PUT THAT BAG BACK ON

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Mon 28

401 Hibernian House, 342 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills
7pm $10 ALL AGES

::::::::: KLAUS FILIP (Austria) :::::::::::
solo sine waves
http://klingt.org/

:::::::::::: ASTRID LORANGE:::::::::::
words

::::::::::: THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA ::::::::::::
electro-acoustic sounds made by lots of people
http://thenownow.net/splinter-orchestra/

::::::::::: IVAN LYSIAK ::::::::::::
‘Lucky Dip’

What’s Cool and Unusual – 18th October 2013

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sorry we’re late this week!

Fri 18

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

The Spinning Rooms (Melb) / The Peep Tempel / Milkk

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Sat 19

275 Victoria st, Darlinghurst, NSW
performances start at 7:30pm
arrive early for your choice of seat.
entry is $10/$5 donation
BYO.

Sedition

The second in this irregular-but-hopefully-soon-to-be-regularish series at Sedition, the Darlo barbershop/creative hub.

Featuring:
2 sets of new music from Sydney-siders:

HEARTSWIN
http://woodandwire.com.au/project/ww20-heartswin-tammuz/

and

MARCO CHENG+(tbc) (guitar)

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Sat 19

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6.30pm $10 ALL AGES

Harbourer / Have/Hold (Melb) / Summer Policy / Zzzounds

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Sun 20

Red Eye Records, 143 York St, Sydney
4pm ALL AGES, FREE

Palms