Dream Damage » Alternative http://www.dreamdamage.com Blood on your neck from success. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:20:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Killing Birds http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/killing-birds/ http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/killing-birds/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:50:10 +0000 DD http://www.dreamdamage.com/?p=1494 Killing-Birds

Killing Birds are a guitar & drums two piece who formed somewhere in Canberra earlier this year. They finished their first EP Her Joy last week without even having played a show yet (at least I think they haven’t). No doubt they are big Nirvana fans with the EP sometimes sounding like the lost B-Sides to Nevermind. Regardless of that, these guys have written some great songs. The eight track release will be out sometime next month, I’ve only posted the first track Plume, if you want a copy get in contact with them at their Myspace or keep your eyes out for them live, apparently they’re tight as fuck.

artKilling Birds – Plume

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Alternative, Rock, Grunge

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]]> http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/killing-birds/feed/ 1 Mountain of Smoke http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/j-e-s-u-s/ http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/j-e-s-u-s/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:08:02 +0000 DD http://www.dreamdamage.com/?p=1224 Mountain-of-Smoke

Jonny Telafone’s Mountain of Smoke is here…

artJonny Telafone – Mountain of Smoke

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Hip Hop, Experimental, Pop

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New Video for J.W Sparrow & The Miner Birds. The track is Wasted and its available on his Little Monster EP.
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“Enter Hoodlum Shouts who defy cyclical trends with their debut EP Horses and Human Hands. With what we believe is a contribution, rather than trend, to the affectionately nicknamed era I call ‘Australian-post-colonial-punk’. This release would have recognisable past and present bands like The Birthday Party, The Stabs, The Triffids, (early) Hunters & Collectors, Midnight Oil and The Drones (if the majority of these bands had died in their primes) turning excitedly in their graves.” (Birds Love Fighting)

Check out the track History’s End from the Horses and Humans Hands EP, which you can pick up from Landspeed Records in Canberra or from Missing Link in Melbourne.

coverHoodlum Shouts – History’s End

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Post Colonial Punk, Rock, Country

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]]> http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/12/hoodlum-shouts/feed/ 0 Kasha http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/10/kasha/ http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/10/kasha/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:21:32 +0000 DD http://www.dreamdamage.com/?p=1284 kasha

“Kasha’s, pulsating debut release, Five Songs for Sunstroke is a triumphant mix of kraut and experimental math rock speckled with poetic spoken word, fuzzed out bass, free form drumming and sharp edgy guitar. The five songs has been produced live onto tape by Richard Belkner who has worked previously with artists such as Pivot, Triosk and Showa 44.

Kasha’s, Five Songs for Sunstroke is now available to purchase from our store so get to it!

album_artKasha – Five Songs For Sunstroke

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Alternative, Experimental, Math Rock

Purchase – AUD $10

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After dropping the melancholy weight of his first release, Lets Hear It For Love grew on me pretty fast. Its a different feel, but I dig it.

False-Jesii-ArtworkFalse Jesii – Lets Hear It For Love

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Noise Pop, Bedroom Punk, Shoegaze

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False Jesii is Daniel Morrison. A local teen who spends most of his time in Beijing. Bedroom Blues is his first release and is in similar vein to a lot of noise pop acts out now, lo-fi tunes awash in reverb and fuzz. Someone described it best as bedroom punk.

bedroom-bluesFalse Jesii – Bedroom Blues

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Genre: Noise Pop, Lo-Fi, Bedroom Punk

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]]> http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/false-jesii/feed/ 2 The Death Posture http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/the-death-posture/ http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/the-death-posture/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:24:13 +0000 DD http://www.dreamdamage.com/?p=484 jonny-telafone-1

The Death Posture is the second full length album by Jonny Telafone. The Death Posture is a trip down a black hole into the dream pop shoegazing soundscapes of Jonny Telafone’s demise. Synth-pop love ballads which are reminiscent of the melancholy feedback of The Jesus and Mary Chain blended with the minimal synth drones of Salem or Telepathe.

The video for the title track Doomed in Love can be seen here:

Jonny Telafone – Doomed in Love (By Tim dWYer)

the-death-postureJonny Telafone – The Death Posture

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Alternative, Shoegaze, Lo-Fi

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The Gashes were a post-punk band based in Canberra who only managed to last a few solid months after lead man Emmett Cotton packed his bags for the green pastures of Europe. The Gashes established themselves instantly as a flash-in-the pan band, who in in a few short months played a huge amount of gigs supporting The Stabs, The Witch Hats, Ohana and Spider Vomit .

The three piece, propelled by grinding bass lines flourished in its no wave influences to create a mash up sound of post-punk and garage. Victory for Boys being their only release captured the bands electric live vibe. Copies of the EP are still available through Birds Love Fighting.

victory-for-boysThe Gashes – Victory For Boys

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]]> http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/the-gashes/feed/ 0 Lysergic Communion http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/lysergic-communion/ http://www.dreamdamage.com/2009/07/lysergic-communion/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:12:03 +0000 DD http://www.dreamdamage.com/?p=483 jonny-telafone

Post-punk jams with blaring electronics echo a psychedelic trip into some quasi Mad Max territory. Possessed by Someone Else haunting melodic drone is as baron and melancholy as any post-apocalyptic dream, and like the release itself, ends way too short.

lysergic-communionJonny Telafone – Lysergic Communion

  • Release Date: 2009
  • Label: Self Released
  • Genre: Blues, Alternative, Lo-Fi

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