• Witch Hats In The US

  Friday, May 9 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Melbourne’s all-conquering Witch Hats will take their bastardy brand of guitar rawk’n’roll to the US in July. The band will tour their debut album, Cellulite Soul, the self-described “best Australian album since Midnight Oil released Diesel and Dust in 1987”, playing 15 dates across the country -...

• We Kes A Lot

  Thursday, May 8 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  It’s been a big month for oddball folk collective Kes. First they drop a new album, the appropriately titled Kes Band, then they’re being named one of the hot Melbourne bands to watch out for in The Age’s EG. But far from letting the accolades go to their heads, Kes are getting back to what th...

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  Snowman
  The Horse, The Rat And The Swan

  Added Monday, May 5

  Listen To The Music
  LP (2008, Dot Dash)

• The Snowman Cometh … And Goeth

  Wednesday, May 7 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Have Snowman’s very existence been nothing more than a cleverly hatched plan to “get the fuck out” of Perth? Just months after dropping their new record, The Horse, The Rat and The Swan, the band will do a Devastations and relocate to the grassy green pastures of Europe. Not Berlin, however, but ...

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  Various Artists
  Triple J’s Hottest 100 vol. 15

  Tuesday, May 6|by Trevor Block

  Hmmm … some ear and eye candy for a change. Although the sleeve notes of Triple J’s Hottest 100 vol.15 try to present this as a representative selection of 2007’s music, there’s a bit of a game going on here. Whereas the “Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers” series is free to c...

• Customising The Drones

  Tuesday, May 6 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. No, it’s not a (borrowed) Ben Lee lyric, but the latest concept from ATP Recordings, the clever folks behind the “Don’t Look Back” concert series. Dubbed “Custom Made”, the series features four songs by an artist released on limi...

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  Negatives/Reals
  Dumbworld

  Friday, May 2|by Patrick Emery

  After the re-release in 2007 of the ill-fated Lethal Weapons punk compilation and La Femme’s eponymous debut album, Shock imprint Savage Beat! has continued the current nostalgia bent, releasing two CDs that showcase the work of Melbourne punk Garry Gray -- from his fledgling work in the ...

• The Presets: ‘Buy Beamer’

  Friday, May 2 2008 at 05:00 PM

  

  Can’t decide between the BMW 1 Series Coupé or the Mercedes C-Class? Like greasy car salesman, The Presets are here to help. The Sydney electro duo, who recently hit the top of the ARIA charts with their second album, Apocalypso, will lend a remix of their dance-floor hit ‘Are You the One?’ to a ...

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  Eddy Current Suppression Ring
  Primary Colours

  Thursday, May 1|by Richard MacFarlane

  If part of Aussie pub rock is about lack of pretension then Eddy Current Suppression Ring are its new crowned kings; they play it at its funnest and most unaffected. Or maybe they just take its good bits -- the drinking bits and dancing bits, where good jams win out over the overwrought, ...

• Spod Is A Touring Animal

  Thursday, May 1 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  When Spod asks for animals crying in space on a mountain, he gets animals crying in space on a mountain. On the cover of his “super limited” 7” Animals, you’ll find weeping dogs, sniffling kitties, humans with horse heads riding horses and, of course, keytars. Animals, which features a cover o...

• Princess On Tour

  Wednesday, April 30 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Melbourne’s pint-sized princess of pop Sarah-Jane Wentzki and her partner-in-crime Richard Andrew (Underground Lovers, Crow), have hit the road in support of their new album, Vous Je Vous, which may or may not be French for “yum”. The prolific duo, better known as Princess One Point Five, will la...

• Absolutely Fabulous

  Wednesday, April 30 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Fabulous Diamonds will launch their absolutely fab new LP, the imaginatively-titled Seven Songs, at Melbourne’s Toff in Town on May 3. Described as “the spiritual translation of Joe Gibbs, the New York Loft minimalists, and the wonky experiments released on vintage Rough Trade”, Seven Songs is ou...

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  The Night Of Love
  Now You’re Infected!!!

  Tuesday, Apr 29|by Shaun Prescott

  Now You’re Infected!!! is the debut album by The Night Of Love, a psychedelic improv outfit with members based in Brisbane and Newcastle. Most of the 12-strong ensemble play in other bands such as Crab Smasher, Brasskulls and Taste of Teeth to name just a few, and while this album was ...

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  Eddy Current Suppression Ring
  Primary Colours

  Added Saturday, Apr 26

  Listen To The Music
  LP (2008, AARGHT! Records)

• Eddy Current Reveal Tracklisting, Cover Art

  Tuesday, April 29 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  Ahead of its launch on May 3, Mess+Noise can exclusively reveal the tracklisting for Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s new album, Primary Colours. Released by AARGHT! Records via Shock, the hotly-anticipated new record -- the follow-up to ECSR’s groundbreaking debut -- will be available on two form...

• Tickets To The Resurrection

  Tuesday, Apr 29 2008|by Matt Giles

  

  After 11 years, Perth veterans The Tigers have finally gotten the mix of experiment and structure right – or have they? MATTHEW GILES reports. The Rosemount Hotel is a venue of perpetual resurrection. Though an award-winning fan favourite and one of the major houses of original music in Perth, it has been renovated and relaunched a number of times since 2001 in an effort to attract big drinking crowds, to not much...

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  Firekites
  The Bowery

  Monday, Apr 28|by Adam D Mills

  Firekites are, if you like, a sort of supergroup, inasmuch as its members can be also be found playing in groups such as The Instant, Pivot and The Herd, or with everybody’s mum’s favourite nice guy, Josh Pyke. So they’re not nobodies, then, which might account for their sudden appeara...

• Wolfmother’s Splendorous Return

  Monday, April 28 2008 at 12:00 AM

  

  After nine months doing god knows what (rearing a child perhaps?), Wolfmother have returned to the live circuit with a show at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane last week and a confirmed spot on August’s Splendour in the Grass festival. The hirsute Sydney trio will close festivities at Splend...

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  Morning Stalker / The Ghost Of 29 Megacycles
  Silhouettes 2

  Thursday, Apr 24|by Adam D Mills

  Forget the somewhat sinister name – Morning Stalker doesn’t just doesn’t do menacing. Eerie? Yes. Haunting? Sure. But what darkness there is on 'Bromden' is the hazy kind you find in the gloaming, not the impenetrable black of midnight. The first third of ‘Bromden’ sees Morgan McK...

• CherryRock008
  Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne, Apr 21 08

  Thursday, Apr 24|by Trevor Block

  Surely 2.30pm on a Sunday afternoon is too early for even the Ding Dong Lounge to be reeking of Jager bombs? Whatever, there’s a decent sized crowd here early for the opening few acts of the re-jigged Cherry Rock festival (a last minute licensing glitch saw the festival move from Cherry and AC/DC L...

Broadcast General

23 Days Ago.

Pitchfork say nice things about our friendly "ossie" bands, starting with Cut Copy, then the delightful Naked On The Vague. Congrats kids.

30 Days Ago.

Wolf & Cub have just signed to "one of the hottest" worldwide publishers, 'Domino Publishing'. We look forward to seeing their heat over the coming years. Flame on!

30 Days Ago.

Everyone seems to be selling out. First Muscles earlier this week, selling out all shows. Now those pesky Powderfinger kids announce they've sold out 11 shows nationally. Congrats to all and to all a good night.

31 Days Ago.

Brisbane’s The Boat People have announced they're signing to the Ivy League Music Publishing team.

34 Days Ago.

Muscles hits NME with talk of 'Ice Cream', crocodiles and pop stars. The Muscles under NME artists is interesting also.

34 Days Ago.

Guns Are For Kids launch their 'Takes A Nation Of Morons To Hold Us Back' record at Hermann's Bar in Sydney on Saturday the 12th of April. Festivities start at 8pm for $8.

38 Days Ago.

The Vines will release their first single taken from their album 4 released through Ivy League this Month.. Album to follow in June.

About 1 Month Ago.

Triple j announces the new presenter of The Hip Hop Show as Hau Latukefu. Congrats and have fun.

About 1 Month Ago.

Congrats to the Cut Copy kids, selling over 5700 units to get themselves a number one spot in this weeks Aria charts.

About 1 Month Ago.

Peter Garrett, Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and The Arts set to speak at Song Summit Sydney.

About 1 Month Ago.

We had a few problems with streaming on the New M+N, but thanks to Jase staying up until birds sang, all the music is working once again, so get listening. Start with Pikelet.

About 1 Month Ago.

Jess Origliasso from The Veronicas fame is playing with a brand new slice of the musical key lime pie, in the form of Cakehole, take a listen. Woah.

About 1 Month Ago.

Saturday April 5th sees the Song Summit Sydney music expo open it's doors to civilians from 9.30am to 5.00pm. The general public will get to see Clare Bowditch and Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc guy).

About 1 Month Ago.

Children Collide have signed to Universal Music, long player to follow in October.

About 1 Month Ago.

After all the talk of relocating the 8th installment of Splendour In The Grass it will play where it always has been, Belongil Fields in Byron Bay. First line-up announced in April.

About 1 Month Ago.

Mike Noga and Band, also known as Dan Luscombe and Pat Bourke hit The Empress Hotel in Fitzroy with Ned Collete on hand for two nights starting this Friday the 21st, finishing on the Saturday. Also on tour in March and April with his Gentlemen Of Fortune.

About 1 Month Ago.

We're very proud to announce our first 'Presents' gig of 2008. In conjunction with the ever lovely Spunk! records Mess+Noise present Grand Salvo, Machine Translations and Newcastles Firekites.

About 2 Months Ago.

Rocket Science sign to Fuse Music who they'll be releasing their new album Different Like You through early this year in AU and NZ.

About 2 Months Ago.

Cassette Kids won the Sydney heat of the V Festival’s ‘Garage to V’ competition, bummer to Man Ray, Lions At Your Door and Tennis. Some worthier than others.

About 2 Months Ago.

At the end of some grand shows, Midget return to Sydney to play the Hopetoun and the Oxford Tavern in March with the tall dark and mandsome Tucker B's and Captain Nemo.

The Mess+Noise Team

Aaron Curran
Adam D Mills
Adrian Trajstman
Amy Walters
Andrew Ramadge
A.H. Cayley
Ben Butcher
Ben Gook
Ben Eltham
Benjamin Millar
Carl Dixon
Cecelia Bedford
Daniel Boud
Daniel Herborn
Danny Bos
Darren Levin
David Nichols
Eliza Sarlos
Joanna Nilson
Joshua Morris
Kristy Milliken
Lauren Bamford
Lauren Zoric
Matt Giles
Matthew Levinson
Patrick Emery
Pat McGrath
Peter Ottery
Richard MacFarlane
Sam Fell
Shane Moritz
Shaun Prescott
Tim Scott
Trevor Block
Troy D. Colvin