Articles tagged with: Assassins 88
Danger Beach »
Danger Beach is the alter ego of LA Thomas (one half of ASSASSINS 88). His debut effort, Milky Way is a beautiful collection of instrumental surf pop. Includes guest appearances from Jonny Telafone, TV Colours and Dominic Death.
The limited edition CD is now available to purchase from Dream Damage Records via our BigCartel and will be in selected record stores soon.
**A launch show is planned (but not confirmed) to be Smiths Alternative Bookstore in a few weeks time – more details soon**
Danger Beach – Milky Way
- Release Date: 2010
- Label: Dream Damage
- Genre: Pop, Surf, Instrumental
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Dream Damage »
This weekend Assassins 88 and Fighting League are heading up the coast to play shows in Newcastle and Sydney. Friday night they’re in Newcastle at The Croatian Club playing with Honest Thieves and Stitched Vision. On Saturday they’re at Black Wire Records with Bitch Prefect and Bed Wettin Bad Boys. Also, ASS ASS INS bassist Lachlan will be on FBI Radio Thursday night promoting his new Danger Beach album (there will be copies available at shows). Come and party!
Dream Damage »
After touring the east coast for the last month (to support their new 7″ now out on R.I.P Society) and playing alongside bands Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Royal Headache and Bed Wettin Bad Boys. Brisbane’s Kitchen’s Floor, are finally coming down to Canberra tonight to play their unique brand of angst ridden noisy pop at the Phoenix Bar. Alongside them will be Alps of NSW who recently got back from touring the US, and locals Assassins 88 and The Fighting League. Sunday Phoenix shows are continuing to secure some amazing acts, with both Thee Oh Sees and Straight Arrows blowing everyone away on previous occasions (and word has just got to me that Scull Hazzards are coming next month!!!).
***UPDATE***The show was awesome and was kindly documented by Matt from Kitchen’s Floor. You can find videos from the show as well other great shows around the country at Eternal Soundcheck HERE***
Dream Damage »
Local photographer Stella-Rae is launching her new zine We Are Not Obscene tomorrow night. She’s been working like crazy to get this together, I saw a bit of it a few weeks ago and it definitely looks the shit. This party is going to be huge!!!
Its at Bar 32. ASSASSINS 88, KILLING BIRDS and BEAT HOTEL will be playing. And NOTE: Stella will be selling the zine up stairs so bring $6 and buy your self a copy to take home and have some well earned “private time”. Its Free entry and I’m pretty sure cheap drinks which is killer!
Danger Beach »
Danger Beach is the side project of Assassins 88s L.A Thomas. A self confessed doo wop addict, he’s stripped back all of the the punk to write and record pop songs. He’s recently finished two new songs with Dominic Death and Jonny Telafone which should turn up somewhere soon. We asked him a few questions about the project.
What do you think separates Danger Beach to what you do with Assassins?
Assassins is aggressive and punk. There is no room to chill out and I wouldn’t want it to be like that. Danger Beach is like an experiment to make music that is in no way punk. It is music that I would want my girlfriend to listen to.
Do you think you can play this live?
I can play this live but I don’t know if I want to and I don’t think there is an audience for it. Shows are rare enough as is.
What are your main influences?
John Frusciante is the reason I like to play music. There is a youtube clip of him playing untitled 11 off Niandra LaDes in a drug den with his teeth rotting out. That is so fucked but so great. I’m pretty shallow with music so I usually gravitate towards singles.
How would you describe your sound?
Its definitely a throwback to old pop. I have a song I am doing with Jonny Telafone that has an Elvis in Hawaii quality. It’s delicate, jangly and pretty music. It sounds like I can’t play guitar properly or I was pissed when I recorded but it is intentional.
Do you think that the internet will be your main outlet for distribution or are you planning to release physically?
I have no plans for anything. If someone wants to share it that makes me happy but I don’t want to push it on anyone. Basically I am lazy.
Download other Danger Beach tracks HERE
Danger Beach – Milky Way
- Release Date: 2009
- Label: Dream Damage
- Genre: Pop, Instrumental, Tropical
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Dream Damage, Thee Oh Sees »
Thee Oh Sees, headed by John Dwyer (formerly of Coachwhips and Pink & Brown), brought their raucous live show to Canberra late last year. They sent the intimate setting of The Phoenix into a total frenzy playing brand new (and old) material. This was easily one of the best shows in Canberra and the band couldn’t have been nicer. They were supported by The Straight Arrows and Assassins 88. Found this video on youtube. (Photo by Stella-Rae) **I know this is old news… but still good news**
Dream Damage »
After a pretty successful launch, the ASSASSINS 88 tape is now on sale through our online store. It has a bunch of new material on it and is pretty damn cheap. Pressing is limited to 50 so get in fast if you want a copy. There should be a new Jonny Telafone tape coming out soon as well as new Assassins and Basketball Cards 7″ later in the summer. Watch this space!!
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Last weekend ASSASSINS 88 literally brought the rain. It was so hot inside that the camera kept fogging up and by the end it was raining sweat. Pretty disgusting now that I think of it. Stella-Rae took some dope photos of the night. Find them HERE.
