I HEART HIROSHIMA…
I hear new horizons… after stand out performances on Sunset Sounds Brisbane Riverstage with Santogold, The Grates & Franz Ferdinand; then the Big Day Out in Sydney and the Gold Coast, a special theatrical indulgence at the Roundhouse for the launch of the 2009 La Boite season; and a offer to play with The Street last week at Tivoli… Susie, Matt & Cameron squeeze into a local house studio for the next month to lay down a bunch of tracks for their second album outing… subject to an overseas mixing once tracked and ready (more on that later). They have also been invited by Artrocker to play The Great Escape in Brighton on the back of all the recent UK interest on radio, in the media, from record labels, and tour promoters… and along with a minor London relocation on the cards will be a stopover to play some Italian dates at the request of an Italian promoter who is a fan of the band’s first album… but before this series of episodes IHH will make a quick stop here and there to build up the coffers for all this sweet sweet travelin…
FRI MAR 6 – WOOMBYE PUB, Sunshine Coast
3 Blackall St Woombye (opposite Woombye Train Station) Doors 8pm
With specials friends JOE LALLY (from the incredible Fugazi) and local up and comers DZ.
Joe Lally (Fugazi) returns to Australia for the first time since Fugazi’s indefinite hiatus from recording and performing in 2003. Since that time Lally has continued to write and perform solo material, accompanied by various musicians and friends. As a founding member of Fugazi, Lally’s bass playing was instrumental in creating the bands unique driving rhythms synonymous with their recorded material whilst laying the foundations for the band’s explosive live shows. Lally’s solo work continues in this tradition, weaving bass heavy songs against guitars and drums as much in the tradition of jazz as they are in rock. On his two solo records “There to Here” (Dischord records, 2006) and “Nothing Is Underrated” (Dischord records, 2007) Joe enlisted the likes of Ian Mackaye (The Evens, Fugazi), Amy Farina (The Evens), Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes) to collaborate using his bass-lines as an anchor. On his first solo Australian tour Lally will be backed by Sydney sibling two-piece Gallucci. www.myspace.com/josephlally
SAT MAR 7 – THE ZOO, Brisbane
Tickets from Rocking Horse, www.thezoo.com.au and usual Oztix outlets. Doors 8pm
With specials friends local up and comers DZ and GOOD GOD.
THIS WILL BE A SWEET BAG OF FUN…
TUFF TEEF – I Heart Hiroshima
If this emerging Brisbane three piece sounded any more like garage rock the CD would come with scratch ‘n’ sniff exhaust fumes. But after the initial feeling that they cannot be serious the whole enterprise does begin to grow on you. The two guitars, one drummer no bass player and vocals shared between all three of them concept does actually come up with something different. Single Punks is a good way in but it’s best to view it as a whole – or at least reach Throw That Metal. (BLACKPOOL GAZETTE)
TUFF TEEF – I Heart Hiroshima
With a name like I heart Hiroshima and sketches of men with chainsaws and bloody teeth adoring the cover, you may assume Tuff Teef to be an album of anger and inaudible shouting. The reality is however a quirky collection of songs, that feature the sweetest of female vocals and a chirpy collaboration of drums and guitars. This is a strange form of alternative music from Australia. It’s brilliant, it’s bizarre and you’ll discover that sings with names such as Lungs can be both moving and beautiul (HULL FIRE)