i thought about starting this thread the other day. great site.

love this site.

all i know about atticus is that they contains an atkinson (ie. brother of greg from big heavy stuff). also used to like that shovel song when i was younger. never really investigated.

cool. yeah, i just don't want to go downloading lots of stuff without knowing what they sound like at least. but i guess they have pretty good taste, so none of it could be too terrible....

ff, greg is playing thurs night in sydders

oh good. accost him about that show they must play, ohyeah, so that i can buy me a plane ticket.

sorry about the typing errors. i suck.

Atticus featured Josh who used to man the counter at Metropolis Records when it existed. Also have a vague recollection that Matt Meyerscough who currently works at Redeye was a member as well.

a quick google search turned up this old angelfire site... it doesn't have much information, though. i'd be keen to know if scoff did indeed play in this band.

i just don't want to go downloading lots of stuff without knowing what they sound like at least.

I thought this is what downloading music was for

sure. but not when you're trying to cut down and save space etc. so anyway, i checked out s:bahn (north sea clean). for anyone that is interested it's kind of like.... jangly guitars, loose/lazy drums and bass, out-of-tune male and female vocals (but sometimes in tune). quite good in places, but it hasn't grabbed me yet. they have a sense of humor too, which is nice.

S:Bahn were a pretty legendary Melbourne band. One of my favourites from the late 90s. Their first album was fairly standard math-rock, but North Sea Clean is quite amazingly jagged/tuneful in an Archers Of Loaf meets Pavement meets Shellac kinda way.

Atticus were great. My old band supported them a few times. I think a couple of them were in a band called The Templebears before they started Atticus.

Their song Lend Me An Ear got a bit of Triple J airplay back in the day and appeared on the soundtrack to an indie movie called Fresh Air that was shot around Newtown.

what goldfoot said. in fact, i'm pretty sure the first time i saw your band play was at one of the atticus shows, probably with peabody or shnazz playing too (or maybe it was tshirt boys... my memory's failing)

also didn't s:bahn have people go onto other good bands? i don't know why but i always speak of them in the same breath as by ferry or steamer. might just be the augogo connection though. s:bahn's songs on the wonder from a quarter comp are great!

Kristian from S:Bahn moved to New York and plays in a band called Woman over there, which sounds sorta Birthday Party-ish. Not sure what the others are doing, but apart from hanging around at the same pubs at the same time, S;Bahn had very little in common with By Ferry Or Steamer.

oh ok, thanks frankie!

speaking of by ferry or steamer, anyone know how to get their album/ep?

thanks for the kind words folks. to answer some questions:

1. Atticus were Josh Morris from the Templebears on gtr/vox, Darren Atkinson from Big Heavy Stuff on drums/vx, Alex Ronayne on bass and initially also had Paul Martin on gtr/vx too. They were like a poppier Polvo in some regard (you may disagree). Well, they started out a lot more angular and ended up more poppy. They also apparently recorded (or were set to) a third album that never saw the light of day. To my recollection i don't believe that Matt Meyerscough was in the band. They are mightily missed and they were severely underrated in their day. They were at their best as a quartet, they didn't quite have that ''magic'' when they lost Paul - also his songs were killer! BTW Josh also used to work at Redeye with another ex-Templebear/Big Heavy Stuff-er Nick Kennedy.

2. S:Bahn were a Melbourne quartet, kinda like Fugazi meets Sonic Youth or Archers of Loaf i guess. Sloppy like Tweezer could be, but a little muscular like Midget. Guitarist Kristian Brenchley also joined up with Ollie Browne (Art of Fighting) for an album under the name The Remotes, which will be uploaded on the blog maybe in the new year. vocalist/guitarist Dik (no last name!) also sang on Paul Dempsey's Scared Of Horses album (also to be uploaded soon).

3. I was gonna write a little blurb for each band but decided against it. I like the ''lucky dip'' aspect of downloading - if you don't like it, delete it! you're not paying for it (except in bandwidth i guess). also what MY description of a band is may differ to YOUR description. So, dive in and experiment!

4. Like Frankie said - no one in S:Bahn was in By Ferry Or Steamer. BFOS consisted of Milo (ex-Tweezer), Brendan Webb (ex-Sandpit), Matt Dufty (ex-soundguy for Something For Kate) and another soundguy Marcus Barczak. Ollie from AOF also guested. They only released 2 tracks on the ''Musical Identikit'' comp from AuGoGo & a super limited tour 7'' (like 10 copies made or something ridiculous). They had also recorded a track for an unreleased Quietly Suburban comp. I'd LOVE to upload some BFOS but only have the AuGoGo Comp. if anyone can help please contact me at lafml@yahoo.com.au

you should upload sandpit. such a great band.

i apologise, greg is playing next thurs night, at the excelsior in slurry.

s:bahn fucking ruled! one of the guys in that band worked as a cameraman for GMA so i once saw Bert Newton plug an S:Bahn gig on ch10 before midday. it was a bit wierd.

loved sandpit too, i still give on second thought a regular drubbing. is there any BL Stryker recordings?

Atticus was/is a great outfit, really lovely bunch of blokes. I played pedal steel on one song on their Looks, Money, Talent album - Chalk Dust, which - if I'm not mistaken - was recorded at the old Charing Cross studios. I played on the first El Mopa album around the same time I think (Get Behind). This would be going back around 1998/1999? They're well worth hearing, y'all.

There's a compilation CD called A Fistful Of Zen Koans, featuring Ammonia (before they were signed), Harpoon, Drill, Splatterheads, Nitocris ... it's awesomely '90s.

oh yes oh yes oh yes svelte !!!! please PM me!!! ... or do you actually have a spare physical copy .... and in that case my bank account* is yours (* not really).

who were rival flight and what do they sound like?

i can do you a copy if you like blacklodge. can also check with the band and see if there were any spare 'actual' copies still laying around that you could perhaps purchase from them.

will send you a pm now.

filter - they were a brisbane/gold coast band from the late 90's, early 00's. fucking awesome. i reckon you would like them heaps.

amazing atmospheric (sp) instrumental stuff kinda like 2 LITRE DOLBY without the grunt .... Very, Very, Very good!

awesome! thanks!

Annoying numbered reply time:

1. it sucks ass that you can't download from myspace anymore. i'd love to feature those BFOS tracks if anyone has them!
2. Dunno what happened to Mr Dufty. Brendan Webb ''now books, promotes and manages hip hop and electronic artists under the moniker of Baddums Presents'', according to www.thisisnotart.org. I'm sure he was making hip hop music a few years ago, around the time when ukiyo-e broke up and Cristo started doing the same thing as Chasm.
3. Thanks maps, for the Midget endorsement! Makes it all worthwhile. I'd also include the Juice/Flicker 7'' and the Catpounce comp track but I've got no way of converting vinyl/tape to mp3. If you've got mp3 copies of these tracks, i'd love to make it a complete discography!
4. Re: SFK - Beautiful Sharks was a better record than Elsewhere, i thought. But those first few EPs were the shit - total Fugazi/Slint worship!
5. Thx for the support CaptainFez - anything else Arrosa related would rule!
6. Rival Flight? I'd love to, but i don't own any. (sveleteslacks - if ya wanna help out the Library, please feel free! btw i'd love to hear the unreleased stuff) Were they once called Watership Down? If so, I saw 'em at the Metro in Sydney once and they were awesome - guitarist looked like a total metal freak before it was cool to do so. Were any of them in Pollen? For some reason i've thought so for years...
7. I don't know Death:Wolf sorry. 8 _v, thx for the support!
8. Never heard Ripe - just a tad before my time. Is there a comp CD planned for all their stuff, or has one come out?
9. mealzebub - is the Harpoon track exclusive? I remember that comp but never heard it.

thx again all!

isn't ''baddums presents'' a chat?

yep, rival flight were once called watership down. nope, they weren't in pollen but had strong associations with pollen.

he is. brendan's been here all this time and i didn't even know.

shit sorry TeenageJesus - forgot to reply to you as well. Fuck yeah Harpoon were the shit! Anyone have their unreleased album? its supposed to be incredible! No plans for Purr or WRR yet - I was only kinda into them, not a massive fan, plus I got a lot more to get out there first!

svelte: thx for the clear up. were the RF/WD guys in any other previous bands then? btw whatever happened to Pollen?

adam: guess you answered yr own question in a way! let's say hi to Brendan!

nope. that was their first band. since then they have gone on to still make music, but not really play live. i've been trying to get them to play for ages. the singer saul now records with others and is about to release some stuff.

microflora

pollen, i think they just broke up. the singer moved to london and the others all went on to other stuff, but not music. i think.

rival flight myspace with some of the unreleased stuff on it.

rival flight

thx for the heads up, svelte (which i keep spelling svelete before i figure out what i've done - damn shit fingers)

not a problem! enjoy.

i'm having a little rival flight flashback moment right now.

Rival Flight sound awesome! Would love to get a copy of their record...

so would i! (looks wistfully in svelte's direction...)

I checked this site out last nite - great stuff. I was happy to find some Atticus stuff and my housemate went nuts with all the early Crow EPs.

i'm burning a copy for someone else at the moment... will burn a copy for both of you two if you would like to send me a pm with your postal address.