Do you know Suburban Sprawl’s xmas music collections? They were active from 2001 to 13, and gained a worldwide following after Boing Boing featured them one year…
Classics like
Grab your collection here: suburbansprawlmusic.com/xmas/
yes i say “xmas” because i am not a christian, and i have conscientious objection to the way this secular society panders to the nonsense of christian beliefs, especially given the recent rise of “Christian nationalism” which seems to be a giant furnace of hatred and delusion.
So many good tracks from this crew: Pomplamoose make wonderful music, i love the way they invite different vocalists in to co-create the magic. Here they’ve built the most satisfying mashup of Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” with Bruno Mars’ “When i was Your Man”.
I’ve been loving Miley’s journey with “Flowers” since the first teasers on instagram. (Yes i have been playing this track on piano and singing along, quite a lot.) What a great song, and so many juicy gossip stories about the “meaning behind it all”. Did Liam say that “When i was your man” was “their song,”? Did she really release her response on Liam’s birthday, is it packed full of easter eggs like the suit and the reference to Bruno’s original song?
Well i learned a new word, “interpolation” because apparently when one song replies to another in dialogue, that’s called interpolating. (#MusicTheory) Miley’s Flowers is the perfect response to the message in Bruno Mars’ song: a post-modern woman can look after herself perfectly well thank you. She don’t need your tardy regrets and throwback wishes.
Anyway, Pomplamoose have a brilliant reply here of their own. Please enjoy tf out of this one:
Also while we’re here, Miley’s “Backyard Sessions” version of Flowers
Courtney Barnett rocks out with this simple direct political number.. wait, what? How is this political? Why is it even seen as political to demand safe streets or an end to gendered violence!!
I’ve meant to share this video for months because it’s a vital piece of musical poetry, but in the wake of Eurydice’s tragic murder* its power resonates deeply.
The song paraphrases Margaret Atwood:
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
Women are scared that men will kill them.
#RestinPower Eurydice
*alleged murder
This is great, very much worth watching if like me you are hooked on “Dirty Computer”, the latest release from Janelle Monáe*. She breaks down the lyrics and performs them for the camera, with no backing track. Loving this
*(today it’s out officially?)
..and when you’re done, dig into this great interview at Rolling Stone
Very excited to be singing with First Chorus Band Of Singers, Mama Kinand Spender at Howler Melbourne next week (Thursday 03 May).
This time the choir will have *microphones* so you’ll be able to hear us, woohoo yeh
It’s been so lovely to revisit the songs from this album, given that we’ve already performed at Northcote Social Club and Queenscliff Music Festival, and we know the songs reasonably well. So now we can focus on getting the nuance and the feel, and feel solid in our arrangements.
#MamaKinAndSpender #FirstChorus #HairBetweenUs #GoldenMagnetic#YesTheGoldenRobes #GetYourTixNow #kthxbye
Tickets via moshtix here
Went to my third Camp Bitch with the Real Hot Bitches this year. It was my Very Great Pleasure to witness Head Bitch Teleeshea Sunrise perform a lip-sync dance routine to Head Bitch in Charge, with Skittle Bitch and Feminem providing servant backup. Extraordinary, moving and the best finale to a great weekend away.
You don’t get that tho, you just get the original clip, soz
But this is also extraordinary and moving, right? A stirring collaboration from people based in New York and Melbourne, this track has been bouncing around my head for months now.
Powerful song and video from Stella Donnelly, who makes a moving and challenging comment on our victim-blaming culture.
—-trigger warning: sexual assault—-
yes we will be wearing these golden robes… Oh Yes. Final rehearsal this arvo .. it’s been sounding good, i’m so excited (and i just can’t hide it)
Come and see us, go on!! Get your tickets on their page thing.
Also hear the background stories of Danielle and Tommy on Clare’s radio show last week, from 1h10m til 1h27ish, a beautiful interview with some live singing, you’ll get the feeling of what happens in these gigs: Mama Kin and Spender on ABC with Clare Bowditch, 02Nov17
Tommy wanted to “work with people and work with communities”.. First Chorus Band Of Singers is only one of the many choirs in this project.. also hear about their “secret weapon” the super magical Virginia Bott.. “like the Beatles had George Martin”
event page on the FB
plus all the FB hashtags
Loving this slimy weirdness from some superstars of melbn’s punk queer femme colour tribe, messing around with gender, texture, colour and beats.
I saw Gaff-E performing in Fox Pflueger’s “Freaky Sexy Weird” earlier this year at Midsumma – she was hilarious and freaky in a disturbing number about cats. Great to see this full production.
The very wonderful Fox is also in the video, along with the creative power behind Fizzy Fingers Fantascinators and Lexi La Fortune.
Warning: possibly NSFW
*melbn.. or wherever they are now, Berlin New York, i don’t know
**Official release at Kaltblut
Loving this funky rendition from Lucky Chops. Thanks to Bushy for posting it, gold!!
