September 2012
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July 2012
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May 2012
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Shoegaze: a cheat sheet
Shoegaze: a cheat sheet
It became clear that not many of my Record Club brethren had heard much My Bloody Valentine so I thought I’d prepare a short cheat sheet to Shoegaze.
The common elements of Shoegaze are (According to wikipedia) distortion, droning riffs and a “wall of sound” from noisy guitars. The term stems from the fact that many of the bands would stare downwards when playing in a...
“Designed by emerging Sydney-based photographer and designer Benjamin Chadbond,...”
– World’s Only Music - Fashion - Broadsheet Sydney
aww!
(via sucharevelry)
i just realised that this says “DYI”. what is dyi?
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record club #11 - mixed bag.
Last week we had an open themed record club where we could play anything our hearts desired. Anyways here’s what was played…
Hannah played “Machu Pichu” by The Strokes from their latest album Angles. She said the song is her Friday night, finishing work song!
Megan played “It Goes Without Saying” by Nico Muhly - he will be performing at Vivid festival next...
April 2012
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Have also been listening to Blake Mills a lot. His...
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WatchI’m currently really into the new album “With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery” by Moonface (which is actually just one guy - Spencer Krug) from Canada.
According to my good friend wikipedia he has also performed with other Canadian bands including Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Fifths of Seven, and ska band the Two Tonne Bowlers.
moonface.ca/
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March 2012
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record club #10 - sxsw
Katie played two tunes from Young Magic - ‘Sparkly’ & ‘Slip Time’ Meg played the newbie from Best Coast ‘The Only Place’ Kerryn played the beautiful track ‘Give Out’ by Sharon Van Etten Jez played ‘Oblivion’ by Grimes.
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the art of weekending. →
sucharevelry:
what an amazing blog.
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record club #10 - sxsw
Tuesday, March 27th - Marrickville.
I thought since this month is SXSW it would be fun to take advantage of the endless supply of amazing bands waiting to be discovered. Simply find a band showcasing at this years SXSW that you’ve never heard of before & share them with us! Loads of blogs have already done the hard work by sorting through & finding their favorites so feel free to...
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Hey Friends!
Is this the first post?! Thought...