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Preeminent Los Angeles band Bad Religion have just released “What Are We Standing For,” an outtake from the band’s critically acclaimed 2019 album Age Of Unreason. The song is one of support and compassion for professional athletes, and others, whom have taken a knee to protest police brutality and racism.
LISTEN TO “WHAT ARE WE STANDING FOR”
Bad Religion have always advocated for humanism, reason, and individualism, which in our current political climate is a message that has never been more essential. “In this time of tribal nationalism, dissent, as a form of political speech, is vital to democracy,” says co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz.
Preeminent Los Angeles band Bad Religion have just released “What Are We Standing For,” an outtake from the band’s critically acclaimed 2019 album Age Of Unreason. The song is one of support and compassion for professional athletes, and others, whom have taken a knee to protest police brutality and racism.
LISTEN TO “WHAT ARE WE STANDING FOR”
Bad Religion have always advocated for humanism, reason, and individualism, which in our current political climate is a message that has never been more essential. “In this time of tribal nationalism, dissent, as a form of political speech, is vital to democracy,” says co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz.
Where are you currently based?
Melbourne.
How did you first start playing music?
I started playing violin when i was three years old and piano when I was four (my parents are musicians).
What’s been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been so far?
I’ve been working on this EP which is finished now! And covering songs, making videos for them and releasing them on YouTube. Oddly enough my Covid experience has been really great, allowing me to essentially work on music full time.
What influenced the sound and songwriting for your new single “25”?
Being introduced to The 1975 definitely has a big influence on 25, specifically their honest and revealing approach to lyricism.
How do you usually for about writing music?
I’ll basically just sit down in my studio and start tinkering with different instruments. Eventually I’ll come up with a melody or polyrhythmic synth line and just build on top of that.
What programs/instruments do you use?
I use Logic as my DAW and then in the synth department I use a Juno-106, Behringer Model-D, Prophet 08, Nord Electro 3, Bass Station 2, Arturia V Collection. Maschine and Spark take care of the drums, and then use a Neumann TLM 103 mic to record all my vocals, violin, percussion.
How do you approach recording/production?
I approach the recording aspect by mucking around in the studio and then once I’ve got a a demo of a track, I’ll go back and do proper vocal takes etc. and then send it off for mixing. I used to mix everything myself but over the last couple of years I’ve been very fortunate to have my very talented friend and other half of Juno Disco Nick Bond take care of it and it’s really taken everything to another level.
Please tell us about the upcoming video, how was it filmed and where?
I was very influenced by how they filmed The Mandalorian by their use of rear screen projection with giant screens. So I experimented with making visuals then putting them on my TV and then would shoot a single take of myself performing in front of it.
Please tell us about how you got into videography:
Filmmaking is something I did a bit in High School but hadn’t really touched it again since lockdown. I started making these videos for the covers I was making and then through doing so many of them, I got better at filmmaking.
It’s something I really love and will continue to do, the process is very similar to making music.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
The only new thing I’ve really gotten into recently is Parcels, such an amazing band and was very excited to hear that they’re big Whitest Boy Alive fans. That and The Weekly Planet podcast which is 11/10.
What do you like to do away from music?
Very lucky to have a park as my backyard so hanging out there, Watching movies, I’m watching The Sopranos for the first time and I’ve gotten weirdly into running this year.
What’s planned for the remainder of 2020 going into 2021?
More music! You’ll be hearing some new stuff from me very soon! The EP is done so I’ll be bringing out another single and the EP before the end of they year. And then I’ll work on my next release over the summer. We also have a lot of Juno Disco stuff in the pipeline which is exciting so I reckon it’ll be a busy 2021.
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Without a doubt ‘Leonards House Of Love’.
FOJAM PRESENTS LADIES WHO SING LEONARD
A LEONARD COHEN TRIBUTE EVENT
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 8.30PM – 10PM (ONLINE)
Presented by Triple R
“It’s been 20 years since I fell hard for the words of Leonard Cohen and the pictures he painted. It’s also been 20 years since I wanted to make my life about music, art and poetry. This project is inspired by my (sometimes confused) Jewish heritage, the spirit of my homeland and all the sex, love and death that falls in between. Leonard Cohen taught me that art can change the lives of the people around you.”
– Anita Lester, FOJAM Curator
Immersive contemporary cultural festival, Festival of Jewish Arts and Music (FOJAM) returns in 2020, showcasing an immense spread of local and international artists through the lens of Jewish culture and identity. Following the success of its inaugural event of last year, this year’s live festival has had to adapt to the current global COVID-19 restrictions and has translocated from the streets to the clouds, with its 2020 Homeward Bound online series. Continuing the celebrations of Jewish music, performance, dance, talks, storytelling and creativity, the virtual series seeks to spark discussion, empathy and curiosity through thought provoking panel discussions, live streamed performances and bespoke online events. A nod to the famed Jewish duo Simon and Garfunkel, the monthly series has been taking place over the past six months and is ready to reach its season finale with the unmissable Ladies Who Sing Leonard concert.
Coinciding with the four-year anniversary of his passing, the Leonard Cohen tribute concert will feature Ninet Tayeb (ISRAEL), Kate Ceberano, Katie Noonan, Deborah Conway, Kylie Auldist, Emily Lubitz, Gabriella Cohen, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn, Loretta Miller (Jazz Party), Melody Pool, Imogen Clark, Alma & Hettie Zygier, Tamara Reichman (Tamara & the Dreams), Sophia Tuv and an in-conversation with Anita Lester. The impressive lineup of dynamic artists will weave Leonard’s words around their own unique narratives in an immersive and transcendental tribute like no other.
“We are absolutely thrilled to present this divine tribute show on the anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death. His work has had, and continues to have, such a deep impact on so many artists and people around the world. It’s particularly poignant that we will work to connect through his music at a time that has left so many feeling isolated and disconnected.” – Lior Albeck-Ripka, Artistic Director
“I have always seen the woman beneath his stories and it was important to me, when putting a tribute together, to truly embody his work, not simply focused on who can sing the songs the best.” – Anita Lester, Curator
“We really want this to be an immersive experience despite the digital limitations and are hoping we can create a feeling of connection between audiences and artists.” – Lior Albeck-Ripka, Artistic Director
FOJAM launched their Homeward Bound series back in June with the hugely successful online event Unorthodox: Stories of Escape, which brought together Unorthodox author, Deborah Feldman, trans-activist and author of Becoming Eve, Abby Stein and local activist and soon to be published author Dassi Erlich, in a live panel discussion to dissect the series and their own personal journeys of exodus. Since then, the FOJAM series has clocked over 6000 online attendees on a ‘pay what you can’ basis, to create access for those, not in a position to pay for their tickets. In the series’ next online experience, Ladies Who Sing Leonard will take place on Saturday 7 November via Zoom in honour of an exceptional Jewish figure and creative whose legacy has left its mark far and wide.
“We know there are many in the community who want to support the arts. By choosing to purchase a ticket at a level they are comfortable with, audiences can continue to show their support for the festival and the artists. FOJAM will continue its commitment to delivering high quality events and always paying artists.” – Jesse Lubitz, Festival Producer
Ladies Who Sing Leonard – A Leonard Cohen Tribute
Presented by FOJAM and Triple R
Saturday 7 November
Ninet Tayeb (ISRAEL), Kate Ceberano, Katie Noonan, Deborah Conway, Kylie Auldist, Emily Lubitz, Anita Lester, Gabriella Cohen, Emma Donovon, Kee’ahn, Loretta Miller (Jazz Party), Melody Pool, Imogen Clark, Alma & Hettie Zygier, Tamara Reichman (Tamara & the Dreams), and Sophia Tuv
Time: 8.30pm – 10pm ADST
Where: Globally via Zoom
Tickets: Pay as you can
Registrations essential via Eventbrite
More information at the Facebook Event / FOJAM website
About FOJAM
Founded five years ago as Shir Madness in Melbourne by ARIA award winning legend Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier, the Jewish music and arts festival reinvented itself in 2019 under the direction of Lior Albeck-Ripka and Jesse Lubitz, founders of Melbourne independent events and artist management agency, Hear Them Holler. The festival saw 1,500 people enjoy a dynamic swathe of music concerts, contemporary dance, drag performances, storytelling and talk series at Melbourne Recital Centre over 12 hours, in September last year. In May 2020, FOJAM announced they would be presenting a series of online events called Homeward Bound. They have had between 1,000 – 3,000 people register for each of their major online events. This is their fourth major online event.
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Where are you currently based?
Melbourne.
We’ve started writing songs about extra terrestrial life because there’s nothing going on worth singing about on planet earth.
How did Groove City form?
Cal’s previous band had just broken up and he was looking for someone to funk down with… who else was he gonna call?
We’d been loving Mayer Hawthornes latest releases. He seems to have figured out how to make break up songs sound upbeat and funky. We were going for that vibe with This Evening.
We recorded it all in the studio we have in our house which is lucky because unfortunately a lot of other musicians in Melbourne can’t get into places to lay new tunes down.
We have it down to quite a fast process now. Once the song is fleshed out enough to put it into the computer, we usually try not to spend more than one or two initial sessions to get everything in. Then sit on it for a few weeks and make little tweaks here and there until we get what everyone else hears.
Mayer Hawthorne, Djo, Frank Sinatra, billie eilish.
What do you like to do away from music?
Cal loves making Coffee, Dan loves roller skating & we have both been playing ping pong between studio sessions.
The last bag of rice from the Coles down the road & we are loving hanging out anywhere within our 5km radius.
Brand new Yolŋu surf-rock band, King Stingray release their debut single Hey Wanhaka today via Bargain Bin Records.
King Stingray are a four piece from Yirrkala, North-East Arnhem Land. Formed by Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu (nephew of the late Dr M Yunupiŋu – Yothu Yindi frontman) and Roy Kellaway (son of Stu Kellaway – Yothu Yindi founding member and bass player), King Stingray blend ancient indigenous melodies with surf, indie and funk influences to create a genre of their own, Yolŋu surf-rock.
Premiering this past Sunday on triple j’s 2020 with Richard Kingsmill, their debut single Hey Wanhaka is a playful song about finding love in the city. Written in both English and Yolŋu Matha, the band integrate the traditional Yolŋu manikay (traditional song-line) of the Lorrpu (white cockatoo) into a groove heavy, indie rock song. Travelling around the place like a cockatoo, “Hey Wanhaka” literally means “Hey, where you going?”.
“A seriously exciting debut from King Stingray!” – Dave Ruby Howe, triple j Unearthed
“…An instant classic” – Claire Mooney, triple j Unearthed (5 stars)
The Chats caught wind of the band just in time to snap them up for their own label, Bargain Bin Records. “I’m bloody stoked to have King Stingray on board the Bargain Bin train (it’s a crazy train, like the Ozzy Osbourne song)” says The Chats frontman Eamon Sandwith “I’m very much looking forward to seeing them grow as a band and I can’t wait till we can hit the road and do some shows together!”.
King Stingray is a story of lifelong friendship, of two cultures coming together. From toddlers in the Yothu Yindi tour entourage in the 90s, to fully fledged Yothu Yindi members today, Yirrŋa (current lead singer of Yothu Yindi) and Roy (current guitarist of Yothu Yindi and Emily Wurramara) have been playing and making music together for as long as they can remember. King Stingray seamlessly blends Yirrŋa’s timeless Yolŋu manikay vocals with Roy’s indie pop credentials (Mary Handsome, Django George).
Young multi-instrumentalist Dimathaya Burarrwanga joins the King Stingray line-up on drums and percussion, with Campbell Messer taking care of bass and back up vocals.
Determined to follow in the grand footsteps of their parents in Yothu Yindi, King Stingray are the new generation, celebrating indigenous culture and multiculturalism through music.
A natural storyteller, Perth’s Jack Davies returns with his band, The Bush Chooks, with a brand new collection of music to wrap listeners up and soothe.
As the EP opener, ‘…Mouldy Tea’ is the perfect introduction to the Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks sound. A band who is effortlessly comfortable on record together, the WA group have been emerging as a strong act out west for some time now. Their new single is a definitive release from the group: the lyricism is earnest, while the arrangement of the music speaks to the heart of the band’s love for folk and country tones.
“For me, the song really grounds the rest of the EP. It feels true to how the songs have been written, sitting out the front of my house, singing it for the first time with George and Elise jamming along. Hector playing a little toy accordion, half the notes bust…it’s just a very homely song. A different perspective on the rest of the EP.” Jack Davies
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks have been garnering acclaim for their music around the country, while also attracting industry praise too, having a WAM and SOTY award to their name, as well as a National Live Music Award for WA’s Best Live Act.
The past couple of months have seen the band return to performing to sold out crowds across the state, as restrictions continue to ease in Western Australia.
PRAISE FOR JACK DAVIES AND THE BUSH CHOOKS
“Every so often a voice captures a moment in time. Slow, melodic and deliberate song writing that evokes quintessential West Australian imagery, Jack Davies is the voice of a new generation of Perth storytellers.”
RTRFM 92.1
“Jack is a special one. He and his coop spin a web of verbiage that you don’t mind getting tangled up in.”
Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe
“I was thinking to myself today, wondering who of the modern Australian songwriters writing gentle, folk inspired songs have what it takes to be remembered in the long term, and I reckon Jack might be one of them. His songs cut straight to the core and put you in a time and place you didn’t know you were missing.”
Triple J Unearthed, Tommy Faith
JACK DAVIES AND THE BUSH CHOOKS EP LAUNCH SHOW
Friday, October 23 Freo Social Fremantle
EP Launch Show
with New Nausea, Nika Mo, Clove
‘Loving You’s Like A Mouldy Cup of Tea’ is released Wednesday, October 14th.
Songs For A Long Walk is released Friday, October 23rd.
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Triple J Unearthed
‘Music on My Mind’ is Sydney’s campaign to raise funds and awareness for mental health in the music community, run by electronic music platform Rave Reviewz!
Music on My Mind: Stream for Mental Health Event
On World Mental Health Day, Rave Reviewz teamed up with some of Sydney’s best House & Techno brands for a quality livestream fundraiser. The DJs performed live from Club 77 on Saturday 10th October, to a global online audience through partners ‘United We Stream’, attracting over 30,000 viewers in total!
Watch all the action from the night, below (Click on DJ’s name):
‘Music on my Mind’ campaign director and psychiatrist, Doc Kamran gave some sobering insights on the night also. He discussed rates of mental illness in the music industry, why working in the industry takes a toll on mental health and the impact of the tragic suicide of Sydney promoter: Paul Strange had on Sydney’s electronic music community. Watch these insights at the start of each DJ set above to find out more.
Fundraising for this year’s ‘Music on my Mind’ is off to a great start with over $1000 raised by the Stream for Mental Health! Donations are open til the end of October here: tiny.cc/MoMM. 50
Donate to support mental health in the music industry HERE
And keep an eye on the Music on my Mind social channels for fresh music-related mental health content!
For Press Kit Link & campaign Director Doc Kamran’s bio and all social media handles, click here!
For more info go to: www.musiconmymind.com.au
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Los Angeles-based modern alt-rock band Bad Suns have released their new standout single “Baby Blue Shades.” The track sees the band return to longtime producer Eric Palmquist, who worked with Bad Suns on their first two records.
“’Baby Blue Shades’ was one of those songs sent from the cosmos without a moment’s warning,” says vocalist Christo Bowman “Extracted from a feeling of helplessness and desperation, following hours of unfruitful labor, the music came right to my hands and out of my mouth in a flash, along with a sense of euphoria. That cycle of emotions is exactly what you hear in this song.”
The band unveil the vibrant and fun music video for the track directed by Logan Rice.
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “BABY BLUE SHADES”
Since forming in Los Angeles County in 2012, Bad Suns have garnered an impressive following including over 1.5M monthly Spotify listeners, sold out headlining dates across the globe, played countless marquee festivals, and released three full-length records; Language & Perspective (2014), Disappear Here (2016), and Mystic Truth (2019).
Bad Suns is Christo Bowman (vocals/guitar), Gavin Bennett (bass), Miles Morris (drums) and Ray Libby (guitar).
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