This beautiful artwork was done by my 12 year old sister, who is a great artist. And I was thinking ‘this blog needs a bit of a spruce up. More pictures too.’ So here is the first of, hopefully, many pictures to come. A round of applause please for Susannah Sylvester!
Well, I was just looking back at the past few months, and what I’ve said and stuff. And my thoughts about this blog have totally changed. Strange. It’s a good thing though, cos it is meaning that I am learning a whole heap of stuff that I might never have learnt about bands, and people, so that is cool. Also, I am telling people about bands practically no one has heard of, and having fun raving about more popular bands that I love. I think that is a truly good blog purpose.
I am still, although almost not, thirteen, am still playing the piano. But the chances of me actually recording any tracks, and then putting up here… Not gonna happen. Anyway, I thought I’d just update you on the ‘purpose’ of this blog.
Thankyou for actually reading it, that bits great, to know that people actually spend time clicking on my blog, or reading it. That is gold.
Yeah, I’m not actually the type for self promotion or ‘thanking people with tears in my eyes…’, so I’ll shutup RIGHT NOW!
Cheers
Samsara. GOOD BAND. I really like them. Possibly has something to do with the fact that I’m going through an african/reggae stage at the moment, but I like them. That’s the main thing. I found them on Myspace the other day, when they sent me a note saying ‘check us out, tell us if you like the music’. So I did that. And now I’m going to share it with you!
They remind me a bit of Bob Marley. Which is as good, only, I reckon they have a bit more variation than Bob Marley does (hate to say it, but I can’t listen to more than a few Bob songs at a time).
Samsara are not exactly an unearthed band, seeing as they recently (? I don’t know when… they’re not in Wikipedia) released their debut album -Full Circle. Which I like what I’ve heard of.
Samsara are from Brighton, UK. and, sadly, that is all I’ve heard about them. But, hopefully, when you listen to them yourself, that will be enough.
I REALLY love this song, it’s called Like An Arrow ( The Red Sun Band),
also Bella – Angus & Julia Stone (sorry, no link),
and Piccadilloes (Clare Bowditch).
Some of my other favourite songs are:
Where I Stood (Missy Higgins),
Smoke (Ben Folds Five) – also no link,
International Society of Bad Dancers (Jackson Jackson),
Superstar (Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos),
This is one to sing your heart out to, as well as having a full on rock out! – Gone (the Butterfly Effect),
Okay, I know this is kinda unfair, but I LURVE ALL THESE SONGS!!!!! Get Aquainted (Gotye/Faux Pas), The Only Way (Gotye/Karnivool), Learnalittlegivinganloving (Gotye),
But I’m going to be just as generous with the Basics (I know, that’s kinda Gotye too… sad, I know.) I suggest you listen to ALL their songs on their myspace page – Just Hold On, Hey There, Rattle My Chain, Looking Over My Shoulder, and then go buy a cd, and listen to it like, at least once a week for… a month?
Man. There are just SO many awesome songs… I guess that means this will end up with a sequel 
Clare Bowditch is definitely one of my favourite singers at the moment. And even though I don’t have a CD (soon in the coming), I have spent a LOT of time on her Myspace page, listening 
I love her amazing voice, the harmonies the Feeding Set do, and Clare’s interesting/sweet lyrics. Actually, if I wrap it up, I just love her.
One noticable feature about Clare is her hair. It’s like a mixture between carrot, and red, I personally think it is very cool.
Her latest CD – the Moon Looked On, is, in my opinion, (from the songs I’ve heard on her site) very good. The Moon Looked On has quite a range of heavier, smooth, or tear worthy songs.
Clare has been singing for ages. She formed her first band in 1998, with John Hedigan – Red Raku, which disbanded sometime before 2004, Clare Bowditch was given her first recording grant, then the Feeding Set AKA: Marty Brown (Clare’s husband/drummer), Libby Chow (vocals/french horn), Warren Bloomer (bass), Tim Harvey (guitar), and Clare Bowditch recorded and released Autumn Bone.
October 2005 showed their second album What Was Left, later, as in October 2007, The Moon Looked On was released.
I think I first heard about Clare Bowditch on Coastal Chill 07, even though she was in the 05 Hottest 100 twice (I wasn’t quite old enough to be listening to it in those long ago days) – I heard Which Way to Go, and at first, as I usually did, I didn’t put it onto my MP3 player, because I didn’t actually like it, as I did with many other favourites.
All in all, I think she’s a great singer, they’re a great band, and more people should know, and love them.
They are a very good band!
I think they’re from Melbourne, or somewhere down around there, but they are largely based in the UK. Their first EP was signed with a major UKain record label (LittleBIGMANrecords). They have 3 cds out, I think, one of which – their latest Cruel Guard won the 2007 J award.
Band members include: Jae Laffer, Drew and Miles Wootton, Paul Ottway, and Julian Douglas.
I love, like LOVE the sound of the singer’s voice (Jae?). I really only know two of their songs – Don’t Fight It, and Get Us Home.
Don’t Fight It was the first song of theirs that I heard, and due to a massive amount of playing on Triple J, I was able to hear it QUITE a bit, and now absolutely love it. Get Us Home is the new song that Triple J play, and it’s getting quite a bit of airing, so I am slowly getting to learn the words and stuff – of course I like it.
Now, even though The Panics’s CD is some way down on my list of cds that I urgently want to buy, I can’t wait till it is number one.
Hey. Well this is the promised ‘concert rave’ post.
Okay, so we get to Centennial Park spot on 3 pm (when the gates open). Queue up to get our tickets, then get in the main line. Fifteen minutes later we are buying water and merch.
Ash Grunwald starts playing, we’re sitting on a picnic blanket, talking among ourselves, watching Ash play. It’s great.
Then we’re deciding whether to go to the loo/get something to eat now, or after the ‘Beautiful Girls’s’ set, when Blue King Brown starts up. THAT decided it for me. So, we stayed, we sang along, we clapped, and we wrote down the phone number for texting if you wanted to know more about nuclear energy and such things.
The Beautiful Girls come on, I stick around while they play one of my favourite songs, then dash off to get something to eat. More eating follows, then, ‘whoa. They’re starting now!’ I say, when I see Ollie McGill sitting at his keyboard. So we pack up the picnic blanket and move towards the front to join the dancing crowd. Well, 5 minutes later we sit down and start to talk again, THEN after a few more false alarms (the background music sounded VERY similar to one of their songs) the Cat Empire start to play.
I’ve got to say, it’s definitely one of the best concerts I’ve EVER been to!!!! They played all the favourite songs, had everyone jumping up and down and/or clapping or swaying their arms (except my little sister, who just clapped along or stood and watched. I think it might have been shock.). Then, at 9:12pm they say ‘this is our last song’. They play it, then after a few minutes of random callings of ‘encore’. The crowd manages to get into a rhythm of ‘encore, clap, clap, encore! clap, clap’ So the Cat Empire come out and play another two or three songs.
Ahhh. Definitely a highlight of my life!!!!
