Thanks to the brothers and sisters who paid FIFTEEN dollars to see Carbuncle at the Rosemount on Saturday night, we were damn happy with the jams and the trippy lights - thanks Pond.

I have a new project with Craig McElhinney called Wigwam and we've been jamming like hibernating bears. Hitting bongos, sample pads, guitars, contact mics and singing all the wrong notes in some kind of fucked up rhythmic unison.

You can (and should) catch our first public performance at The Moon cafe on the 4th Oct (This coming Sunday) with Wind Waker.

I'll post up some of our recordings pretty soon and there might be a cassette in the works.

For now i recommend listening to this:

70's Thai Orchestra

Download!!!

I also recommend buying Sun Araw's Heavy Deeds from - Not not fun.

or Listen to the first track here.

UHH

New Australian music website UHH launched recently. They sure had a dope holder page, but the new content is pretty good too I guess..
Camryn Rothenbury talks about Arse Unravel, Mental Pz, Craig M, Meupe and Perth house parties here and there is a well thought out article by Matt Giles which discusses the effects of internet downloading on the Australian music industry here.








Is Steve S dressed up as Deni??









Photograph by Traianos Pakioufakis

12th September - summer? party

Let's have a party together!

There will be a professional clown (see link below), Mental Powers controlling the decks(ipod shuffle?), Carbuncle singing about being outside, Cease hypnotising you deep into the lawn, Taco Leg grabbing you by the face and pulling you up off the lawn, Craig McElhinney making you want to dance and sit down at the same time (sitting down will win) and then Pond exploding psychedelic mangos your mind/face/balls!

There will be a box at the door collecting money for future Badminton Bandit releases (Mental Powers, Cease albums) and soups for sale. Support your community!

Facebook event.

Edward De Bozo (the clown)

On Thursday and Friday night Carbuncle played shows in Fremantle...
We were generally happy with both shows. Huge thanks to Kouhei Harada for coming all the way from Japan to play some truly rad jams to a room predominantly full of rude, loud assholes. Mojos crowds are fucked.
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Last night I checked out some of the Kurb Performance Perennial #4. Only caught the last few performances, this one was the loudest.
Amps and basses were stacked in the centre of the space and turned on, the vibration from the amps stimulated the bass stings and caused a continuous feedback, the sound wasn't at all offensive though, it was a really warm, pleasant result. The reverberations from the decrepit Kurb ceiling really made the work.
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I've had this set of Craig's from Tanya's party last week on heavy rotation.
- Craig McElhinney 16-08-09 (Taken from Reel Muzak)

And I've been really digging these two bands:
- Forest Swords
- Growing
Check out the No Pain in Pop label if you're interested.

August Carbuncle Shows

15 AUGUST
Tanya's Birthday Party
I will be playing a solo acoustic set for this show as a special treat to my buddies Tanya and Marijn.
+ Taco Leg, Craig McElhinney
Facebook Event

20 AUGUST
Norfolk Basement
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke Residency Support.
+ Cal Peck and the Tramps ??
Facebook Event

21 AUGUST
Mojo's BarKouhei Harada (Tokyo, JPN)
+ Radarmaker, Injured Ninja, These Shipwrecks
Facebook Event