On an EP dedicated to The Notorious B.I.G., it’s evident that Sydneysiders Ghosts of Television relish in throwing disparate elements into their music. From post-rock ambience to chaotic punk, pinning down this constantly in-flux band is a difficult exercise. Building on an impressive live reputatio...
Sydney’s Ghosts of Television are proudly suburban, writes SHAUN PRESCOTT. With photography by JOCELYN BOX. The Goodbye Sunshine festival was a brave, if rather optimistically scheduled event held in Marrickville during the first week of autumn. Fourteen bands were organised to play between 5pm and midnight in a large warehouse off Victoria Road. When I arrive at 9pm to catch the Laurels and Ghosts of Television th...
Despite having recorded with members of Sydney indie alumni Dappled Cities Fly, Ghosts of Television are an altogether more threatening prospect. Originally from the Central Coast, the five-piece have been playing Sydney for a few years now, mostly as a support band that consistently and brutally up...
Sydney five-piece Ghosts of Television have east coast dates this month to promote the single ‘City of Painless Childbirth’, the first track off their forthcoming EP Furthest Village From The Sun. The tunes were recorded and produced by Gerling’s Burke Reid. Ric’s Bar, Brisbane, QLD Friday 16 Novem...
There are many attractive bands in Sydney, but Ghosts of Television isn’t one of them. They bear a countenance similar to a suburban high-school cover band, with all the applicable fashion stereotypes accounted for. There are real nerves up on the stage – a constant looming threat of combustion. It’...
Sydney, New South Wales. Australia
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