Crazy Good Music - Australian, yes it appears that good music can actually come out of Australia

The Valentinos
I first heard The Valentinos when browsing someones myspace page, they had "Man With a Gun" playing. From first listen, I was hooked, managed to find a few tracks on limewire, "Sell Yourself" and "Man With a Gun". Very cool 5 piece from Sydney. Their EP was recorded in 2 days and was produced by none other than Kim Moyes from the Presets!



Listen to "Man With a Gun", "Sell Yourself"

Links
myspace - http://www.myspace.com/thevalentinos
website - http://www.valentinoteamfighting.com

mp3's
Limewire search will return "Man With a Gun" and "Sell Yourself"

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Pharaohs
I first heard Adelaide band "Pharaohs" last night at transmission when dj ross played "Keelhaul". Its one of those songs that starts and you immediately know its going to be good, great bass riff from the start, really good vocals.. then the chorus comes along and knocks you on your ass. The chorus is amazing, it has been going through my head all today. Listen to this song now, "Keelhaul". The chorus is brilliant, excellent bass, fast stoppy starty drums. "Broken Arm" is a good song also.



Listen to
"Keelhaul", "Broken Arm"

Links
myspace - http://www.myspace.com/pharaohs
website - http://www.users.on.net/~soma/ - you can download the keelhaul video from their website

mp3's
Keelhaul - Can download from their myspace page
Broken Arm

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Damn Arms
I first heard about Melbourne Band "Damn Arms" from my friend Karl when he saw them support the international noise conspiracy, his exact words were:

"DUDE! I saw this WICKED WICKED band support them - 'Damn Arms,' have you heard of them? I don't know if they are Adelaide but they were so freakin' awesome. They sound like Test Icicles!!! It was full-on. If they are Adealide then, without a doubt they are the BEST BAND ON THE SCENE. You should have heard them, they were pretty unreal. The syth sounds were so good."

Armed with their myspace url from karl i proceeded to check them out and ill be damned if these guys arent brilliant. <-- yep my artist descriptions need a lot of work. I like bands who are the total package and these guys are just that! Must see video clip for "test pattern"!!, fast, exciting, SYNTHS!! etc etc. Their song "Test Pattern" starts as every NOW sounding band should, with a fat bass line, then in come the synths and perfect matching of lead guitar, they pretty much had me at 0:15. The song continues, out go the synths the drums getting really fast then into the maniac chorus mix of melodic synth, lead, fast drumming brilliant mix.

I bought my ticket today online for the Adelaide show (fowlers live) where they are supporting the pieces of shit who call themselves "Something For Kate". I have something for kate, an empty beer glass and its aimed at your face. Me and Karl are going to leave when SFK sufakate come onto the scene. However, to see Damn Arms play will be well worth my $28.30.

Listen to "Test Pattern", "Please Pass Me My Anti-Robotics"

Links
myspace - http://www.myspace.com/damnarms
website - http://www.damnarms.com

video
test pattern - Check out the really, really good clip for test pattern

Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 11:22 PM