Susy Blue is a burning star

mic — Thu, 19 May 2011 03:26:35 +0000

Well take a look at this. It’s only a tiny glimpse of the amazing Susy Blue. i had no idea her music was so beautiful.

and more

Seesaw – Susy Blue from Susy Blue on Vimeo.

You’ll see her at the Northcote social club on the 18th of May.

POSTSCRIPT: i went to the gig last night and it was LoOvely! They’re so full of delight and fun. Susy’s music is lively and bouncy and gorgeous. Great arrangements. Louise Goh on the keys totally rocks my world, as does Michael Hanley on banjo.

And The Nymphs played a good support. Four ladies mixing up the harmonies and singing acapella. Their best was a combination of “Mr Sandman (send me a dream)” with “Enter Sandman” – in the same cutesy fifties style. Sweet. Ooh look, they did it on Spicks and Specks once:

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mic — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:07:19 +0000

Wed 8 Oct – Don’t cut my fringe straight please .. was totally intriguing and mostly enjoyable. 12 artists playing live to air over 2 hours was a very ambitious idea for the Dance Cadaverous lady (Sophie B) .. and it was well worth the mad pins and needles you get from sitting on a hard floor and twisting in five different directions.

Bum Creek set a really good tone for the night. They are utterly weird, yet strangely good fun. Noises and growling merge with instrumental random-ness to produce a nice kind of bizarre. Kind of like Bad Taste by Peter Jackson. Horror music.

At the end of their set they switched over by pulling the jack out of the amp .. and the next guy plugged in. Some artists i could have listened to for much longer, while others were unbearable at the two minute mark.

Most fascinating instrument of the night went to the guy who’d built a box out of metal springs and coils. There’s no way i could describe either his action or the sound that emerged .. it was entertaining.

Pikelet i love. Great loops, driving rhythms .. endlessly creative.
Qua brought people to life with some dancey beats.

It was fun watching the host attempting to give each band their two minute warning .. most artists were fully absorbed in the experience, so she would have to creep up quietly and make a play for eye contact. Everything went smoothly.

Until the final segment, where everyone jammed together. This was ugly .. and got the most walk-outs. Intriguing, entertaining, but just noisy. i stayed out the distance, to test my endurance.

PS: Qua and Pikelet are playing with Mountains in the Sky, 8th November at the Corner.
gray is playing with Qua, plus it’s my birthday – who wants to come along?
(now here’s a test to see if anyone’s reading ;-]

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