Six Turntables And Two Ex Wolves
News posted Thursday, February 4 2010 at 01:00 PM.
Related: Wolfmother, Palace Of Fire, The Slew.
You could hardly accuse Chris Ross and Myles Heskett of sitting on their royalties. After fleeing the Wolfmother coop, the pair started psychedelic rock act Palace of Fire with Charge Group’s Matt Blackman (photographic evidence here) and have now recently teamed up with Canadian turntablists Kid Koala and Dynomite D for a new “rock-drenched” project.
Calling themselves The Slew, the outfit – Ross on bass/keys and Heskett on drums, as well as six turntables and a wall of amps – will embark on a national tour in May. They will perform two club shows – at The Zoo in Brisbane on May 5 and at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on May 6 – as well as rural dates across the country as part of the line-up for Groovin’ The Moo.
The brainchild of Eric San (Kid Koala) and Dylan J Frombach (Dynomite D), The Slew formed four-and-a-half years ago to work on the soundtrack of a documentary feature film. When the film was canned, the pair drafted in Heskett and Ross to “do justice to the material in a live setting”. The Slew’s debut album 100% is out now through Ninja Tune/Inertia.
In other related news, Wolfmother will hold a free performance as part of the “iTunes Live” series at the Apple Store in Sydney on February 19, 9pm. However, fans will need to line up outside the Apple Store Sydney to gain access to the performance. In other words, expect a shitfight.
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Was going to say that this sounds worse than Wolfmother, but I don't know.
this doesn't make sense: ''The Slew formed four-and-a-half years to work on the soundtrack''
four and a half years ago, perhaps?
typo. fixed
interesting. in half a mind to check this sydney metro performance out.
whatever happened to the kid koala/dan the automator/del Deltron3030 followup?
I reckon it would be a pretty fun live show.
Are you not allowed to say disparaging things about Wolfmother on here anymore?
you are, but its not really wolfmother is it?