InterviewsWe Interview Stonefield!
Amy caught up with Melbourne chicks Stonefield at the beginning of their Winter Road Trip Tour!
We Interview Last Dinosaurs
After a massive Satellites tour, Lisle got to catch up with Last Dinosaurs before they jetted off to Europe!
We Interview Violent Soho
After signing with Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label in 2008, Violent Soho have shared stages with iconic bands like Dinosaur Jr, Built to Spill and The Bronx, showing that they may be headed for iconic status of their own. Enduring overseas conquests and a steady trajectory to international recognition, the prodigal sons of Brisbane return home with their ferocious sonic assault, playing at the 2012 BIG SOUND Music Conference. Presenting agonized screams, super fuzz distortions and sludgy melodic guitars reminiscent of early 90’s punk-grunge, Violent Soho embrace and restructure the ethos without disregarding the ethic that ideally follows from such influences.
We Interview Toucan
Recent graduates from Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music, Toucan demonstrate majestically playful jazz indie pop, synth and piano melodies infused with lyrics that don’t dominate vocals to ensure distinct character and variance in tempo, balancing both instrumental and vocal accent in fluid harmony. Both are musically sophisticated beyond their young impressive career, clearly skilled and when meeting them, Shea Duncan is as imposingly tall as he is handsome whilst it’s remarkable to hear Jess Pollard’s dazzling voice come from a woman so comparatively diminutive, a fusion similar to the styling’s of Estelle or Sia. AAA Backstage’s Bailey had a chat to them when they popped into AAA HQ while in town supporting the Jungle Giants on the national “She’s a Riot” tour.
We Interview the Beards before they play BIGSOUND Live
People without beards have a lot of explaining to do…
Forming in 2005 to perform one show only in their hometown of Adelaide, The Beards are four tireless wizard-like crusaders who strive for change, selflessly encouraging the men of Australia to grow out their beards. To date, they have recorded three successful full-length studio albums and extensively toured Australia, gaining themselves a strong national fan base amongst both the bearded and clean-chined. Despite the subject content being exhaustedly repeated, The Beards strong-man/beard-folk aesthetic is a wholly unique concept backed by remarkably talented musicians. Along with the promotion of the bearded lifestyle, The Beards are performing at the 2012 BIG SOUND Music Conference, dismissing any excuses for shaving because after all, to shave off one's beard is an insult to God - who, incidentally, also has a beard.
Note: If I never write the word ‘beard’ again it will be too soon.
