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Where are you currently based?
Tied Down is currently based in Perth WA
How did the band form?
We had a pretty funny startup: Deano (drums) & Kado (rhythm guitar) have been mates since they were about 4 years old and always jammed together. I (CJ – vocals) played footy with Kado and decided to head around to jam with the both of them and covered The Comedown by Ocean Alley. As soon as we finished the song we kind of looked at each other like, “ahh that was actually pretty good” haha. Steve (lead guitar) was the wild chance meeting as the boys met him on the roof of a hostel in Tokyo while over there for Fuji Rock Festival which still is pretty unbelievable how that panned out. Papa D (Dolsy – bass) was the last pickup as he went to school with Kado. They hadn’t seen each other for a while then saw each other at a local hardware store and Kado gave the invite to come have a splash with us!
What’s been happening recently?
Gigs, gigs, gigs. We’ve been on a massive run of shows in the last couple of months playing our Undefeated single launch, two gigs alongside Gyroscope and sold out shows with South Summit & Saviour! It’s been an unreal run of gigs and we’re thankful for the opportunities!
Your latest single ‘Undefeated’ will be out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
Undefeated as a whole to me is a powerful anti-suicide note. We wanted to make an up-tempo, uplifting track about pushing through all the shit you have to go through in everyday life and not giving up no matter what. This track pulled a lot from our heavier influences like Title Fight, Trophy Eyes and Basement while keeping our trademark punk rock sound. We couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out!
Where and when did you record/produce/master and who did you work with?
We rolled this one through our mate Matt Templeman again as we did for our last single Slow.
Temps is great to work with and provided a lot of the drive for the track. We also had drum tech extraordinaire Fraser Cringle and riff king Scott Kay work with us then had it produced by Simon Struthers. Such a great time working with all of them and they really helped us get the most out of the track.
Please tell us about how important it is to you to touch on deeper topics through your lyrics:
Great question. For me, I determine what I want to touch on once I’ve completely immersed myself into the roots of the song musically. I heard the shell of Undefeated and knew instantly what I wanted it to delve into. Like I said, this song is a fuck you to suicide and all the mental breakdowns that can try and push you towards breaking point and being able to have the resilience to say, nah not today. As a collective, I think all of us at TD believe in writing meaningful music and really don’t want to be putting out standard tracks talking about the same old shit.
Please tell us about your process of lyric writing:
Haha, lyrics are a funny one for me.
I listen to the shell of our music at its birth then I generally take it home with me on earphones and start listening on repeat. I’ve always had a knack for writing hooks and melodies really easily so I’ll normally start singing made up words in the order I want them to go. At any given time I probably have 5 different topics with some choruses ready to go so I’ll place the one in there that fits the music the best and then send it to the boys, get some feedback and work on it from there. I won’t stop until I know I have the right combination of words and that I’ve packed as much meaning and punch that I possibly can. Apart from all that, the most important part of the lyrics writing process is probably coffee haha.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
We’ve got a big mixture going on at the moment. The Tied Down playlist is a mixed bag of artists and genres but I’ll namedrop a few that we’re on at the moment: South Summit, Posseshot, Angie Colman, Speed, Lilos, Joan & The Giants & Ratsalad to name a few!
What’s the Perth music scene like right now?
The place to be baby! Sick shows every week, new singles every week, loads of radio play, bands heading over east. It’s literally all happening and it feels like it’s long overdue!
Plans for the remainder of 2022 going into 2023?
We’re knocking up a solid end of year run including another show or two with South Summit in September, heading up to Geraldton with Ratsald in October and then hitting Sydney for a couple shows in November as our first trip to the East Coast! We’ve set some time aside for writing and recording so we can hopefully spoil everyone with some new bangers shortly!
Favourite food and place to hangout?
At the moment I can’t stop smashing the pizza. Should probably have shares in my local pizzeria the way I’m flying through it aha. I love hanging out in any creative space – jam rooms, small time acoustic gigs or literally just an air BNB with a good crew and a couple instruments. Creativity breeds creativity yo!
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Triple J Unearthed: https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/tieddown/
Shaquille O’Neil, the NBA megastar and business mogul will be making his way to Australia later this month for a series of speaking events and exclusive appearances in Sydney and Melbourne.
Shaq, who performs under the moniker, DJ Diesel is also confirmed to perform an exclusive DJ set at Melbourne’s stylish nightclub, 170 Russell on Wednesday 24 August presented by Lucky Ent. Tickets are on sale now at www.moshtix.com.au
He is no stranger to the stage, having performed at high profile events such as the U.S Formula 1, he has made guest appearance at international music festivals such as Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland and Imagine as well as creating ‘Shaq’s Fun House’ event in Los Angeles during Super Bowl Weekend.
Although DJing is a relatively new pursuit, O’Neal claims to have been DJing in some form since the 1980s, when he was a student at Louisiana State University and has released
multiple studio rap albums in the 1990s including his debut album ‘Shaq Diesel’ in 1993. The album went on to achieve double Platinum certification in the United States. Being a DJ is one of Shaq’s true passions and he’s excited to bring his live set to Melbourne!
O’Neal’s highly anticipated return will be his first visit to Australia in over 20 years and is proudly presented by Australian Basketball Players’ Association and The Hour Group.
“I’m really excited for this long-awaited tour to come to Australia! It’s my first time back in such a long time and I can’t wait to see you Aussies down under,” Said, Shaquille O’Neal.
The Business mogul, Hall of Famer and 4-time NBA championship winner will also appear at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on Thursday 25 August 2022.
Limited tickets for the exclusive DJ Diesel performance are on sale now HERE
Tickets range from $49.00 + BF
liquidfive delivers with “Freedom 2022” his 45th song since the beginning of his career, which began in 2011. The beat of Freedom 2k22 tears everything away just in time for the festival season, so that you have no choice but to dance and since today at the latest, everyone’s summer mood is to-the-max. So no time to stand still, because that would be too boring for liquidfive as a DJ, producer and songwriter, who will continue to feed you with spectacular releases like these in the future.
liquidfive – DJ. Producer. Musican. Songwriter.
“Martin Maximilian K.” has always had a big love of music. In 2011 he founded a band project called liquidfive. Following a string of releases, he realized his heart was only in Dance / Pop music and became a Producer / DJ. In 2011 he met well known Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Jaxon Bellina. This led to the joint founding of 5L – Records. The liquifive label ethos is danceable Electro Pop, cooperation with young and established artists.
The releases have so far included “Silver Lining”, “Back 2 U”, “Maliboo”, “Drown”, “We´re Just People”, “Feel Alright”, “Head Full Of Summer”, “Bright”, “Bongo Cha Cha Cha (Summer Beat)”, “Baby, it´s alright”,”Thinking About You”, “Never Ends”, “Stars”, “Dance Away”, “Only You”, “Young”, “Alive”, “I Want Your Soul”, “Depth Of Your Love”, “So In Love”, “Sweater Weather”, “Freedom” and many more. The track “No Sugar” has lived in the Major UK Pop Club charts for months.
liquidfive has set itself the goal of establishing danceable pop and electronic music together with talented, young artists. There are many new songs for the future in the starting blocks just waiting to be carried out into the world, but also collabs with other well-known artists are planned.
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NZ-born, London-based artist Robinson ushers in an exciting new musical chapter with latest single Teenage Renegade
LISTEN TO TEENAGE RENEGADE HERE
ALREADY ADDED TO OVER 14 TOP PLAYLISTS INCLUDING NEW MUSIC FRIDAY AU & UK, GET POPPED, NEW POP PICKS, BREAKING HITS, POP N FRESH AND MORE.
HITTING 60K STREAMS IN JUST TWO DAYS!
Have you ever stumbled upon a photograph of a cherished life highlight and experienced a thrilling emotional flashback? Listening to Robinson’s reflective new single Teenage Renegade, unleashes similarly vivid nostalgic reminiscences. During the chorus of her brand-new single – an irresistibly catchy slice of wistful pop brilliance – Robinson laments the loss of her inner-rebel: “I was a teenage renegade/ How’d I end up so afraid?”
Kicking off with a cruisy, pulsing beat, Teenage Renegade’s arrangement builds gradually, with dreamy washes of synth and jaunty drumming underscoring Robinson’s majestic vocal performance. Once the full-tilt chorus hits, with Robinson waxing lyrical about her unshakeable younger self – “She was a blue hot summer in the middle of July/ She wanted everything she couldn’t have and nothing made her cry…” – the soaring vocal melodies call to mind reckless abandon, like poking your head out the sunroof to inhale the salty sea air during a carefree, spontaneous road trip down the coast.
“I used to be so reckless/ How could I forget this? / Wasting my time / Used to wanna run / Don’t know where that girl has gone.”
So why is it that we tend to lose our sense of childlike wonder as we get older? “When we’re young, we often have a blissful unawareness of the consequences and do things without a second thought,” Anna Robinson – the remarkable New Zealand-born, London-based artist who releases music under her surname, Robinson – ponders. “But as we experience pain, loss and hurt, we start to walk through life more carefully, protecting our hearts.”
When Robinson met her manager, Jeff Figueroa of Patriot Management, the stars aligned. During her first LA song writing trip post-lockdown, he set up a co-writing session with songwriter/producer Tyler Spry – one of just a handful of co-producers, outside of the band, who’s collaborated with global hitmakers OneRepublic – and Areli Castro.
The night before Robinson’s scheduled session in LA, she recalls circling around “four nostalgic chords” on the piano. “I mentally went to the joyful moments of my childhood and teenage years – channelling a fearless version of myself – and the verse melody and lyrics sort of fell out together,” she recounts.
On collaborating with Spry and Areli, Robinson enthuses, “They are both so incredibly talented and, from the first moment we worked together, I just knew we were on the same page creatively. The whole atmosphere was so fluid and exciting. We went deep into discussing how invincible you feel in your youth and questioned the way many of us doubt ourselves and become more fearful as we get older. Tyler was playing these incredibly inspiring sounds and the three of us were all melodically bouncing off each other.”
From this session, Teenage Renegade emerged, and it wasn’t until Robinson heard the fruits of their labour that she recognised this song’s verse closely resembled the very same piano chords she’d been tinkering with the night prior (albeit a few octaves lower and with revised lyrics).
When she first listened to the Teenage Renegade demo, Robinson recalls, “My whole heart lit up, because we had written an anthem for the part of us that longs to be fearless, our inner Teenage Renegade. I wrote this song to remind myself that inside us all is a wild, joyful soul that needs to be free in all of our beauty. We are all teenage renegades at heart.”
Teenage Renegade also signals a creative reawakening for the newly independent Robinson, who was previously signed to Sony Music and released her hit record Nothing to Regret that was certified double-platinum in Australia and reaching over 120M streams. “Whether you’re independent or signed, the biggest necessity is feeling self-assured and supported enough to express yourself freely and make the music you want to make,” she says.
Having already ticked off many bucket list international festival appearances, Robinson has also performed sold-out headline shows at the Queen Of Hoxton in London and toured with global success stories including Hayley Kiyoko, Lany, Dean Lewis and Dermot Kennedy.
Robinson has never felt more ready to turn her artistic vision for this project into reality and can’t wait to release her new music. She also looks forward to gracing many more stages the world over. Prepare to be wowed.
@robinsonxmusic
Facebook – Robinson Music
After what seems like an eternity trapped indoors, Melbourne alternative rock group Okay Dane finally re-emerge ready and rearing to bring their new music and live show to stages across the country.
With their new single, ‘Goldfish’, the band displays front and centre their ability to craft a well written and energetic song without losing any of the energy and excitement they have become known for across their most recent releases, ‘Different Waves’ and ‘Thread’.
The release of ‘Goldfish’ proves again that Okay Dane only continue to make each release better than the previous, showing that the sky’s the limit for the Melbourne locals.
‘Goldfish’, like Okay Dane’s previous releases, features raw and passionate vocal delivery and melodies accompanied by soaring guitar lines guaranteed to drive any crowd into a frenzy, not dissimilar to bands like Sly Withers, WAAX and Semantics. Recorded at Sunset Pig studios in Melbourne, ‘Goldfish’ saw Okay Dane work with Sam Swain and Sam Sproull to create an energetic anthem ripe for moshing along to.
Says songwriter Jake Kougioumtzis, ‘Goldfish’ is an expression of the struggles they have experienced over the past year.
“‘Goldfish was written over half a year starting in the middle of the 2021 Melbourne lockdowns, it started out as just being a reflection of how I was feeling with the isolation, missing family and friends and longing to play live again.”
“As it evolved with re-writes and collaborations with the band it has become a reminder of where we were and not to take any of those things for granted”
Okay Dane, Jake Kougioumtzis
PRAISE FOR OKAY DANE
“Melbourne band Okay Dane craft punchy, anthemic indie rock…leads to some truly satisfying chorus harmonies that work a treat juxtaposed with searing guitars and propulsive rhythms.” Music Feeds
“…they balance hard hitting energy with carefully crafted melodies…”
Happy Magazine
“Enough guts and gusto to really move you. Good signs from this band that continues to make noise.”
Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe (‘Different Waves’, 2021)
“…a solid and endearing bitta grunge with a chorus that packs a serious punch.” Triple J Unearthed, Abby Butler (‘Someday’, 2020)
‘Goldfish’ is available across all streaming services now.
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First drop ‘All Winter/Switch’ out now, full double mixtape 7th October
Featuring previous landmark releases inc. ‘Wairau Bay’ and ‘Rain’
Support from Spotify Fresh Finds, Chill Tracks, New Music Friday Cratediggers, Qrion’s Track IDs, Ibiza Sunset; Apple Music Loops, New In Electronic, New Music Daily, New In Dance; BBC Radio 1 Dance, R1 Relax, Triple J, SiriusXM; Laurent Garnier, Sasha, Jaguar
A suitably bold step from Duke Boara, so early in his already successful (5m+ streaming stats) career, with his double mixtape project ‘11AM/11PM Tapes’. The first drop with ‘All Winter’ (11AM) and ‘Switch’ (11PM) is out now on LG105, champions of alternative electronic talent such as Mall Grab, Effy, Beka, Lawrence Hart, bad tuner and Model Man.
At only 23, multi-instrumentalist /producer Duke Boara aka James Toomey has curated 26 tracks for morning and night; expect a genre-busting melange of lo-fi, breakbeat, melodic, lively summer-infused house, percussion… and playing piano, guitar and drums throughout.
First release ‘All Winter’ (11AM) features a pure and simple finger-pick acoustic guitar melody reminiscent of falling snow, spiced with sitar sounds. Elegiac but upbeat. ‘Switch’ (11PM) is a night-friendly switch to a funkier beat, with jazzy staccato synth and strong percussion, in a build/break structure – one for the dancefloor.
Also included are Toomey’s previous breakthrough tracks ‘Wairau Bay’ (2.7million streams on Spotify), ‘Rain’ (1.2million), ‘Talking to Strangers’, ‘Bring the Gold’, and his debut ‘Focus’ (with Radio 1 support).
Five years living and travelling in Asia allowed world music and instruments such as the sitar to enrich the style of West Country lad Toomey, now London-based, who obsessively taught himself to produce while at college on Tyneside. Now with over 5 million Spotify streams, support across streaming platforms, media and top tier radio, Duke Boara’s name, though new, is growing fast.
There will be a second drop released August 31st before the full double-mixtape drops in October.
‘All Winter/Switch’ are out now.
First Drop Tracklist:
11AM (Smart Link https://DukeBoara.lnk.to/11AMSo)
- All Winter
- Wairau Bay
- Sundown
- Rain
- Focus
- Blossom
- Learn to Forget
11PM (Smart Link https://DukeBoara.lnk.to/11PMSo)
- Switch
- Talking to Strangers
- Bring the Gold
Connect with Duke Boara:
Spotify | Soundcloud | Instagram | Facebook
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How did you first start playing music?
I signed a contract to get the show on streaming network called gethappyiTV in California back in January 2022 so my music will take wings from there streaming platform.
By using many different streaming platforms all around the world, I managed to get approached by a fantastic music manager, personal manager and agent in West Hollywood & UK.
I have good numbers of new songs ready to be released in the pipeline and it has been a crazy amount of work putting these together during the lockdown and now it’s time to flourish. One after one each song keeps opening more and more opportunities for my music, TV and even in films. So, I need to take it all in and keep myself grounded. Take it step by step.
Your latest single ‘Daddy’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
This is one of the hardest songs I ever written because it is so personal, and it touches such a painful part in my heart. I lost my Dad back in 2005 and I refused to accept his death in my mind for 5 years until I had to visit home and when I walked in to the house, I was thinking in my mind that I will see him sitting on his chair like the day I left home.
However, he was not there. It was like a shock which I refused to believe, then my brother took me to his grave, where the song inspiration came to me.
It took a long time to get it out as I did not have the strength to face the demons inside of me. The feeling of regret for not being able to connect with him.
My mum and sister told me that he kept calling my name when he was on the death bed, and he wanted to see me. I feel so bad that I never went back to say goodbye. To say I love you dad. A word I was never able to say to him when he was alive.
I felt there was something missing, I was trained in classical music so my ears and the way I feel about the music and sound had to be satisfied, so I asked if I could take it to Sam from Melodic. After I talked to him, Sam said to me “You are such a big personality with a big voice you need music as big as your voice and your music presence”. He worked on the orchestra side. And that’s it, that was the part that was missing, when he sent me the final, I had a vision in my mind which was like I was watching a movie. I was seeing myself walking to my dad presence to get on my knees and present him with my apology and give him the song with my tears covering my face.
There are so many promises, hopes, dreams, and plans with a music manager like the one I signed with and his contact, plus his PR team in USA / UK and a great publisher.
The TV networks is promising to help me to take my TV show to the international level on bigger networks, which means my music is going to reach a much bigger audience, as my show is a vehicle to take my music to people homes on the silver screen in their private living rooms.
I produce a TV show every week, that plays 3 night a week, 2 in Melbourne Australia on C31 Friday at 11:30pm, Monday at 11pm and in Adelaide on Wednesday nights at 11:30pm, plus I placed the show on Roku TV and Amazon Fire TV. You can stream any on these networks any place around the world.
Each episode getting over 50k view so I guess I do have upcoming shows every week that you can see me and listen to my music and watch my music videos. On top of that you can get the chance to get to know me as an artist and as human being as a person on a very personal level,
I can tell you about the stories behind the songs and the ups & down behind the music and the music videos. You can tape it or watch it over and over on my YouTube channel “Cherie Laurent” or my website www.macherietv.com
Not so many singers have this opportunity to reach their audience as I do. With 140k followers now I am working on Spotify followers as I did not know how to play Spotify. Now I am working with some of the biggest music PR in LA and they promise a lot. So I will need to wait and see. The Australian PR is doing very well. As you may know the US and the UK market is much bigger and that is what I am dreaming of now.
So to respond to your question more clearly, there are no live shows yet because I am building my fan base using TV all around the world and one day the live shows will come, but when I am ready and know that I will have a full house of fans that love my music and what I do.
As for hangouts, I normally go for power walks, maybe movies or art galleries. I do visit NGV a lot. Most of the time I am working writing new songs. I like to learn as much as I can about every great song being written and at the same time, I do write scripts for TV, films, musicals and most of the time looking and studying new subjects to present to people. I guess that is my hangout. Very boring to others, I am sure.
Thank you for your time and for all these great questions. Thank you for taking the time to read all my responses.
Photo by: Brook McKeon
Melbourne songwriter and musician Dinosaur Beard (aka Adam Finnegan) releases today his latest alternative-rock tune ‘Translucent Skin’ and unveils details about his debut EP coming out in October. On this latest track, Dinosaur Beard proves again he is no average musician using brooding melodies and poetic lyrics to comment on the slow demise in modern society of old power structures during the past few tumultuous years.
“Translucent Skin’ was the first song I wrote out of the batch of songs that made it onto the EP. I wanted to make a bold statement for the first single. Something dark, esoteric and a little different for me. Taking some cues from bands like The Cure, Interpol and The Smiths. I wanted something that encompassed the entire tone of the EP while still being a unique composition in its own right.” Dinosaur Beard
‘Translucent Skin’ was written in the last Melbourne lockdown along with the three other tracks from his debut EP. It was the first track that he “got really lost in and spent a lot of time with. Demoing it at home before taking it to my collaborator ‘El Paul Michel’ in his home studio in Pascoe Vale where we really fleshed out the song with additional bass and synths. Using reverse guitar parts, off kilter bass loops and a myriad of other experimentation to create something truly unique and nuanced.”
The self directed music video for ‘Translucent Skin’ mirrors the song’s narrative, visually capturing the feeling of transformation. It was filmed predominantly in the beautiful Yarra Valley just outside of Melbourne in Redwoods Forest. Dinosaur Beard also enlisted his friends to make his living room into a makeshift forest with branches and fabric inducing an arresting visual treat!
“I began shooting the clip a few months ago. Really yearning that connection to nature I had dearly missed in lockdown, I ventured out to the Redwoods forest in Warburton. I spent the whole day filming just using my Iphone. I wanted to visually capture the feeling of transformation and alchemy that the forest can provide. Those kinda pagan rituals that have been performed throughout time. Turning lead into gold as represented by the golden triangle and the three women as representations of the divine femine energy rising upon the planet.” Dinosaur Beard
Dinosaur Beard reunited with long term collaborator and engineer Aaron Dobos (Ceres/Alex Lahey/Avalanches) in recording his debut EP ‘A Mountain of Cotton Gold’ at Sing Sing recording studios in Melbourne. The 4-track concept EP attempts to excavate where the world is headed post the pandemic and how things have changed, but with a strong message of hope and resilience. He says “each song is represented by a different ‘Tarot’ card illustrated by Barcelonian artist Ksenia Vinogradenko.
“It’s my statement of intention coming out of the last few years trying to be a more positive force as an artist and person. Seeing the old power structures slowly begin to crumble and the chaos that is ensuing it’s my way of trying to make sense of it all. A love letter to my friends and the collective as a whole. This is my most ambitious undertaking as an artist.”
Dinosaur Beard
In support of the new single ‘Translucent Skin’ , Dinosaur Beard will be playing at Brunswick Artist Bar, Melbourne with supports from Jordan Clay Band and Isabelle Skye on
Friday, August 5.
PRAISE FOR DINOSAUR BEARD
“‘Dialect Drum’ delicately teeters between dark and light textures, visually, sonically and thematically; Dinosaur Beard expressing the fear and the triumph that is vulnerability.”
MUSIC FEEDS
“The hazy and melodic track highlights Finnegan’s captivating off-kilter style as it ebbs and flows with various notches of intensity.”
AU REVIEW
“Expansive and warm and it makes you never want to leave.”
DECLAN BYRNE, TRIPLE J
EP: A Mountain Of Cotton Gold is out on Friday, October 14