Kes
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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 they ...
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Kes + Sly Hats
The Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney, Jun 8 07
Monday, Jun 11|by Daniel Herborn
Away from his main project as the singer-songwriter for cultish twee heroes Crayon Fields, Sly Hats’ frontman Geoff O’Connor proves his ability to pen sweetly twisting tunes, not to mention his fondness for granddad cardigans, is still alive and well. There’s a magnetic fragility about his songwriti...
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Kes' Sweet Ride
Monday, May 21 2007|by Ben Gook
The rise and rise of the artist to be forever known as Kes. Karl E. Scullin – spells Kes – is a man growing in confidence. You might not guess it from his slight frame, gentle presence and slightly anxious demeanour, but see the guy on stage and it’s apparent: the odd, thin voice he projects is unrestrained, his guitar playing drifts into an unabashed assault – long slender fingers wrapping around the neck and squee...
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Kes
The Grey Goose Wing
Tuesday, Jan 30|by Emmy Hennings
Kes. Named, presumably, after the classic Ken Loach film, based on the Barry Hines novel, in which a half-starved dreamy youngster has his hopes – and his beloved kestrel bird – strangled by the grim Yorkshire mining town that he’s growing up in. And Kes (the songwriter, also the band) sound a bit...
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