It's been a little like...

Well to be honest, its been like <<Dà Nào Tiān Gōng,>> or for those of you who can't read my poor pinyin Chinese, "Monkey King creating Havoc in Heaven." Many fellow Australians of generation Y will remember watching "Monkey Magic" which was loosely based on the Monkey fables from Chinese folklore, but done by a Japanese production company and dubbed in English. So now that i've got you all wondering what in god's name i'm going on about let me just conclude with, it's been crazy round here the past few weeks! like Monkey Magic crazy...



We've had Big Sound come and go a couple of weeks back with three of our favorite artists up in Brisbane for the festivities. I had a chance to meet Mark and the Gang from Skipping Girl Vinegar on the Thursday night and see them play to the largest showcase crowd of the summit. Without mincing words, they absolutley smashed it and it was fantastic to see them play at the Troubador in such an intimate setting. (Can't wait to pull that experience out of the bag a few years from now!). SGV's performance at Big Sound also summoned the release of their debut album "Sift the Noise" which has been receiving a good deal of attention here in Oz, being placed up on the itunes Asutralia homepage, it has been sybaritically encroaching upon the lifestyles of music fans and aficionados alike. If anyone's interested in giving it a listen you can find it on itunes or buy it here.
If i may be allowed one moment to digress and indulge myself here too... Can i just say a big up to Skipping Girl's Keyboardist Amanthi Lynch, proving like so many other Linguists out there, that it's not what you do with a linguistics degree that counts, provided that you finish it! Thanks Amanthi for showing me i'm not the only one who wondered what on earth i'll do with it!

Big Sound also saw bluejuice playing at the Valley Fiesta to what i hear was a great show with all the usual antics, but thankfully without any broken bones this time. Pinky Beecroft himself also graced Brisvegas with his presence (and was back up last weekend to actually play). Pinky Beecroft and the White Russians are actually on the tour path atm so be sure to check out their website here for upcoming tour dates as they surface. I had the good fortune to Meet Pinky at the SGV show and in response to his last comment if he's still keen - Count me in for the next video clip - screen center - killing people...saying nothing. They say beauty is life's easy pass but apparently it's just looking like you're Russian. если я только знал это раньше!

Besides Big Sound the usual wheelings and dealings going on, only more fast paced and aggressive than normal. Technology chose to smite us down but we smoted it...

I'll leave you with an artist we've been listening to alot lately - Sophie Koh. Sophie now hails from Melbourne, but was born in New Zealand from Malaysian parents, and grew up in Singapore. She was “Unearthed” by JJJ in Darwin and has played with everyone from the Eels and Paul Kelly to Pete Murray and Alex Lloyd. For more information check out her website. In the Meanwhile check out "Objects in this Mirror":



And Finally what post would be complete without the weekly fail...without Further ado:


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Peace out from Brissie,

Will.

Friday July 25th

In between the random acts of general tomfoolery (yes its a real word, if you don't believe me check here) today we've been hard at work gearing up for Pinky Beecroft and the White Russian's new album. For those of you who don't know - Pinky Beecroft, from what was Machine Gun Fellatio is due to relase his first solo album on August 23rd. The response so far has been great and i know many people have been eagerly waiting, especially since the band's been doing live shows all over the shop, giving the priveledged few a chance to get a sneak peak.

Now completely randomly, here's a few words from the man himself:


Meanwhile our very own Nate has shown us what i believe to be one of the funniest sites on the web today. For those of you who haven't been to www.failblog.org yet, do it now, you won't regret it! Here's a little taste:


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And for one more little rib tickler enjoy...


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Happy Weekending,

Will out.

Friday Tunes 18/7/2008

Heaspafriday at Heapsaflash again, it's been a busy week punctuated by upcoming work with Pinky Beecroft of what was Machine Gun Fellatio, Sophie Koh, the Paper Scissors, Skipping Girl Vinegar and of course Bluejuice. i recently found this following video on youtube with Jake and Stav and couldn't stop laughing at the boy's response to Vera's question "Why does no-one take Bluejuice Seriously?"...I think the answer is self evident...



Needless to say we've all heard of The Shins before, but (besides the fact we all love them) as this is a blog on Australian Indie music, i thought it only fitting to include a song called Australia which has, in fact, possibly nothing to do with Australia by an American band. I must admit i wonder why they called it Australia after all. If anyone out there in the blogosphere has any light they can shed on this i'd love to hear it. ( I read they wrote it on tour here but i've yet to see any verification for this claim)



Finally given Paul's noticable absence from the office this afternoon i feel it necessary to reaffirm Heapsaflash's electronic contigency with the following video, just to show you all out there that not only do we support all kinds of music here but we have proper respect for the New Zealand Drum and Bass scene (and dub scene). Hope you dig one of Concord Dawn's chiller tracks - You Don't Have to Run.



Will Out.