In the summer of 2012, Australian alt-rock quartet Evoletah released their third album ‘Sleepwalker’. While often showing the makings of a talented bunch of musicians, a lot of the material was indistinct; there were individual tunes to be cherry-picked for enjoyment, but overall, the release felt somewhat samey.
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Ash Baron Cohen makes film of skateboarders for The Trip
Half Canadian, half Australian pop duo The Trip have released a new video clip to promote their new single ‘Find a Way’. The sights of sunny Brazil and skateboarders are just the antidote for this particularly grim UK spring.
DE LA CRUZ – Street Level
There have been some great bands exported from Australisia over the decades. Crowded House have blessed us with near-perfect and often very thoughtful pop; Cold Chisel raised the bar for no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll; Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil proved – perhaps more than any of their American counterparts – that hard rock and politics can go hand in hand and still shift millions of units. Something UK and US audiences rarely associated with the southern hemispheres is sleaze/glam rock. Frontiers signings De La Cruz are here to help fly that flag.
New video from Aussies The Blackwater Fever (NSFW)
Since they’ve already supported the likes of Tame Impala, Birds of Tokyo and the mighty Jon Spencer, Aussie garage-blues outfit The Blackwater Fever have already received regular airplay on the alternative station Triple J.
New video from Brisbane indie-poppers Hey Geronimo
Cult Aussie band Hey Geronimo have issued a new video for their track ‘Dreamboat Jack’.
The clip is one of the greatest videos to surface in 2012, featuring a chase sequence that the band claims “rivals anything in 007: Skyfall’.
Judge for yourselves – the full clip can now be seen below. ‘Dreamboat Jack’ is taken from Hey Geronimo’s self titled EP, released earlier in the year.