Monstera Deliciosa

Feb 3 – Polyfox, Eat My Shorts, Ivan & The Backpackers, Amateur Drunks @ Black Wire

monsteradeliciosa — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:35:53 +0000

in no order these are the bands:

POLYFOX AND THE UNION OF THE MOST GHOSTS [French]
EAT MY SHORTS [fun queer punk!]
IVAN & THE BACKPACKERS [sweet hardcore punk from the mountains]
AMATEUR DRUNKS [pop punk pop punk ha]

theres gonna be cupacakes!
and pies!
weeeeeeee

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Friday 3rd February 2012
Black Wire – 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7PM $5

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Fallopian Tunes Neo Tropical Tour comes to The Croatian Club

monsteradeliciosa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:43:51 +0000

Fallopian Tunes is a label comprising of a close-knit family of musicians, producers, artists and odd-balls. The label hasn’t bothered with genre hair-splitting – there is an all embracing aesthetic to straight up ‘good music’ with an edge of the unreal.
In 2011, Fallopian Tunes released Wild Dog Creek’s 1000 Birth Felt and the second installment of their Mixtape series, The Rhythm Method. Fallopian Tunes goes on vacation this summer bringing a colourful cross-section of sounds to towns along the east coast.

The 2012 Neo-Tropical tour features:
Wild Dog Creek
Red Hymns
Document Swell
Yolke
Trjeau

Joining the Newcastle show will be local bands:
Polyfox And The Union Of The Most Ghosts
Frederick
Before Tigers

Wednesday 25th January
Croatian Wickham Sports Club
Doors 7pm $5 Entry

Justice Yeldham 12″ Picture Disc crowdfunding campaign

monsteradeliciosa — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:57:30 +0000

“the most exciting performer I have seen in the last three years – in fact, since I first saw Iggy Pop” Bruce Russell -WIRE magazine.

What’s been described as “a trumpet player trapped in a two dimensional universe” is in fact the unique work of Justice Yeldham, a maverick musician with an unhealthy obsession with sheets of broken glass. In his infamous show that has astonished and bemused countless people in over 40 countries, yeldham ecstatically purses his lips against sheets of amplified glass whilst deftly employing various vocal techniques ranging from throat singing to raspberries, turning discarded shards into crude musical instruments. The results are a wild array of cacophonous noise that is strangely controlled and oddly musical. The instruments simple, original and effective premise is a welcome riposte to over complicated musical performances of modern times. A one of a kind act re-defining the expression ‘don’t try this at home’ this show quite simply needs to be witnessed to be fully appreciated, let alone understood.

dualpLOVER has decided to release a Justice Yeldham picture disc as a must have souvenir item for the upcoming Justice Yeldham tour of Europe in April. To realise this release we need to raise AUD$1500 to cover the minimum pressing of 250 units, our prices start at a little above cost for people able to pick up the discs in person during the tour. The final release will be pressed to meet our pledge requirements + 50 copies to sell on the tour after that no other copies will be made available.

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Dec 2 – Go Genre Everything/Cock Safari & Fairy Mountain/Dingbats

monsteradeliciosa — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:07:59 +0000

Goodness gracious! Go Genre Everything are touring again. Be sure to check them out in your town, they’re the greatest band this country has ever produced. If your town is Newcastle, you can see them at The Pharmacy, a fairly new venue and artspace on Maitland Road Wickham from 8pm this Friday December 2. It’s across the road from Wickham park and easy to find. Also playing will be Cock Safari & Fairy Mountain in a welterweight bout, plus Dingbats, the exciting new project by Kane Ewin from Castings. Also Go Genre Everything have a new 7″ coming out on Vacant Valley called Domestic Dreams & Robots. You can pre-order it here.

Reunion Sacred Ibis – Hyroglyph

monsteradeliciosa — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:03:11 +0000

Don’t be a dick, listen to this new jam by Reunion Sacred Ibis.

Grannyfist – Double Penetration

monsteradeliciosa — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:23:19 +0000

Just noticed that Grannyfist have made their classic Double Penetration album from 2010 available for free download on soundcloud for a limited time only. This is the best album to come out of Newcastle since Frogstomp! You’ll have to buy the CD to get the great album art though.

The Night Of Love reviewed at Foxy Digitalis

monsteradeliciosa — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:44:02 +0000

This is a really old review but we must have missed it first time around. Thanks for listening!

Improvised music is, by its very nature, a dangerous art form. There is the ever present threat of meandering off into self gratifying jamming, the potential lack of non-verbal communication between participants, and all sorts of other ego-trips that come into play whenever a group of artists get together to improvise. It’s really an amazing feat that any decent music can be created this way, but when it works it can be a magical experience for musicians and listeners alike. “Burn Kids” is the second release from the Australian collective, The Night of Love, and it displays many of the great and not-so-great features that can define this particular school of experimental music.

The disc starts off on the right foot with the opening track, “Anywhere but the Grave”. It plays to the bands strengths with a keen emphasis on barely audible sounds that actively focus the silence that surrounds them. The track instantly creates a space around itself which feels very closed in and full of a potential to explode at any moment. A dull engine drones in and out of focus as other textural sounds move closer and farther away from the listener, water gurgles in the background, and a massive ripping sound threatens to overtake everything. This piece, along with the second and third tracks displays a level of focus and intent that I find lacking from the second half of the disc.

There are still moments of brilliant, restrained clarity in the later tracks, but they are overshadowed by unfortunate elements like a chaotic percussive approach akin to knocking various objects off of shelves in a garage and atonal melodic explorations that feel uninspired. Add to these elements the general fatigue that sets in after listening to a half hour of free-form music, and I’m left feeling like this should have been an EP rather than a full length affair. This group’s strength is in their focused restraint and they shine brightest in their quietest moments. I’m curious to hear how they develop and further push themselves.
6/10 – Charles Franklin (19 May, 2009)

source http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=4318

Laura Imbruglia – Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard Single Launch shows

monsteradeliciosa — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:30:29 +0000

Laura Imbruglia is back to offer a taste of the new material she’s been working on since moving from Sydney to Melbourne in late 2010.
This comes in the shape of new single- “Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard?“
Following on from 2010′s critically acclaimed “The Lighter Side Of…“, this new cut is a psychedelic about-turn from Laura’s recent alt country explorations.

Produced by Liam Judson (Cloud Control, Belles Will Ring) in the Blue Mountains, NSW, and backed by a smoking hot band featuring members of Talons, Songs and Jewel & The Falcon, Laura shows yet another side of her unique versatility.

Whilst her trademark lyrical wit is retained, this time it’s given virgin subtlety treatment- the line between literal and figurative blurred.

SAT 29TH Oct
The Workers Club, Fitzroy, VIC.
Supported by:
Love Migrate and Kieran Ryan (Kid Sam)

SAT 5TH Nov
FBI Social- Kings Cross Hotel, Darlinghurst, NSW
Supported by:
Magnetic Heads and Polyfox And The Union Of The Most Ghosts

Sweet Teeth/Bare Grillz – Sweet Grillz Split Cassette

monsteradeliciosa — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:06:59 +0000

‘Sydney to Newcastle’ band-buds Sweet Teeth and Bare Grillz spent a weekend together in March of 2011 in the garage of Newcastle slacker-punks The Nugs. The “Sweet Grillz” split is the result.

Limited to 100 copies. Get it via the Forbidden Shopping label.

Simo Soo – Simo Soo LP

monsteradeliciosa — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:57:44 +0000

Simo Soo has a brand new LP out now through Lesstalk Records and it’s called Simo Soo LP. As you’d expect from Simo Soo, this one is loaded with punchy electronic beats, dorky samples, excessive handclaps, and high energy vocal yelps, raps and screeches. This is what the new Korn album would sound like if they weren’t such whining little bitches. I put it on at my dinner party and my guests went frickin’ wild.
If you’re not sold on this already, it also features guest contributions by Marcus and Travis from Collarbones and was recorded in various locations all over the world, so you’re really getting great production value. This would make a great addition to your itunes library. There’s an official album launch at Blackwire Records in Sydney on October 21, be there of be square.