Articles tagged with: Pop
Teddy Trouble »
Formed from members of Golden Buoy and The Fighting League, Teddy Trouble’s distinctive sound with blaring twelve string guitars and space echo on the bass are some of the best jams out. They’re back after a summer break to play shows and hopefully record an album, I managed to find these two early demos – I don’t even know the proper titles – so i’ll let you decide.
Teddy Trouble – Early Demos
- Release Date: 2010
- Label: Self Released
- Genre: Alternative Pop, Garage, Surf
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Kitchens Floor »
Brisbane’s Kitchen’s Floor are currently out on an East Coast tour this month to promote their new self titled 7″ put out by R.I.P Society (hot shit). Fronted by Matt Kennedy, Kitchen’s Floor write pop songs wallowing in raw anxiety and heavy distortion. It’s a dank and dark trip. This EP was recorded back when the band was an acoustic two piece. These days they play with Glen from Marl Carx, another sweet Brisbane band. You can get both the 7″ and album, Loneliness is a Dirty Mattress, from R.I.P. Society Records.
Kitchen’s Floor – Kitchen’s Floor EP
- Release Date: 2008
- Label: Self Released
- Genre: Garage, Rock, Folk
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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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Emerald Cities »
Emerald Cities is the side project of Carey “Catfish” Paterson who also plays guitar in The Fighting League. Their first demo “Saintly Kind” has a quality that’s reminiscent of some of the great 80s American indie bands. I think they’ll be putting a split out sometime next year so keep an eye out.
Emerald Cities – Saintly Kind
- Release Date: 2009
- Label: Self Released
- Genre: Pop, Psychedelic, Lo-Fi
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Assassins 88 »
Assassins 88 is a bass and drums combo from Australia. Their debut album “Go Go Second Chance Virgin” matches the simplicity of 60′s pop with the rawness of punk rock, all condensed into lo-fi fuzz. Described by the Rose Quartz blog as “young & dumb and pumping with hormones and cheap beer”, the album’s tracks are no-brainer epics that lay on the melodrama and pull at the heartstrings, and plays like a house party in a John Hughes film, making the Daniel Johnston cover at its end the perfect comedown.
Assassins 88 – Go Go Second Chance Virgin
- Release Date: 2010
- Label: Dream Damage
- Genre: Pop, Noise, Punk
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The Bionic Hearts »
The Bionic Hearts is Canberra’s own Gemma Nourse. This self titled compilation was recorded late last year in Darwin and is a lovely little release. Gemma has an ethereal quality found in similar Australian acts like Sarah Blasko yet there is also an airy sense of darkness reminiscent of earlier Elliot Smith. Check it out, the second track Hypnotize is amazing.
The Bionic Hearts – Untitled
- Release Date: 2008
- Label: Self-Released
- Genre: Indie, Folk, Pop
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False Jesii »
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.
False Jesii – Bedroom Blues
- Release Date: 2009
- Label: Self-Released
- Genre: Noise Pop, Lo-Fi, Bedroom Punk
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Mammoth »
Mammoth were three German exchange students who formed to record this track a little over a year ago, I haven’t heard from them since. ‘Elevate’ blends spacious pop tunes with free jazz all in the confinements of an elevator. I’m back in the Red Room.
Mammoth – Untitled
- Release Date: 2008
- Label: Self-Released
- Genre: Alternative, Free Jazz, Elevator Music
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