Stormcellar Band Website
Stormcellar Band Website
Our first appearance at the Colonial Hotel should prove interesting after we spent much time readjusting our set lists. It was about time to bring in the last few songs from the new album, resurrect some old favourites and bench some of the current stuff so that we can remain fresh.
We'll see how that goes on Saturday. Colonial Hotel, 156 Victoria St l Werrington
Colin B has invited us in to the studio for a chat and suchlike on Thursday night from 10-midnight on the Feel Good Revival Show.
I'll find out if there's a streaming site for it and you can listen in, just in case we say anything interesting or inflammatory.
2rrr FM, 88,5 fm on your Sydney FM dial.
Cheers to Sara at Roots N All, that's the second of our tracks she's picked up.
For those of you unfamiliar with the local Sydney Radio Dial, Triple J is at the Hip/Youth end of the spectrum, not to infer any hipness on our part, just saying that's where it's at.
Nice.
Alors! We are, 'ow you say, A la mode in France this week.
Almost every day I am getting emails from DJ's in France who are playing Hired Guns & Borrowed Glory.
Salut a Luc, Robert (pronounced Row-bear with a nifty accent Francaise) and Pascal who likened our CD to a 'Tasty Pancake'
Apparently the album is being reviewed by one of the French music websites and I decided to go have a look at their other reviews, to see what we might be in for.
Of course i didn't pay enough attention in French Class and had to use Google Translate, which works pretty darn well most of the time but can also make the translations slightly...amusing.
Here's a review for a recent ZZ Top album, you'll see what I mean:
Old stars are like these memorials, furnishing decor for so long that there is more too careful. Called but do we impunity its fifteenth album The Futura, when it was admitted that went fishing his second wind in the water of baptism? ZZ Top has long Gamberge, this false youthful indiscretion, it was therefore more excuses. The investigation has been completed, the process can begin ... which will end fatally by a non-place. Aficionados bark of happiness and, inevitably, critics brocardent a group without copying complex riffs and arpeggios time of his invincibility, 'Got Cold After Rain Fell', 'Give Me All Your Lovin' ',' Tush 'or 'Rough Boy'. ZZ Top but he has never played anything else? In terms of future Gibbons asked Rick Rubin, an old acquaintance of the group, to provide the taste of the splendor of yesteryear. Unexpected breakdowns, brutal weightlessness in the heart of heating, blues rock worked as a hip-hop song for consistently steep as if the shot had to jump into the studio, Rubin, co-producer, gives these plastic barbaric boogies slow, heavy and muscular. ZZ Top is perhaps offers a makeover to the console, but intrinsically, the group does not move. Still these cramps rock feigned simplicity, which hides a great finesse. Always those big guitar crunch, these owls re-re voice, solo efficient and squeaky. And comeback, passing again and again by MTV, old stagnant future. Proof? Two or three laxatives studied for like 'I Do not Wanna Lose, Lose, You'.
I cant wait to see our review murdered by Google Translate. Plastic Barbaric Boogies? Priceless!
Did I mention the boys hate doing photo's?
You've never seen a bunch of less cooperative, highly strung, fussy and difficult individuals, and that's just me!
Thankfully we have the lovely Kate, Ash and Jody helping us out tomorrow.
I'll keep you posted after we get scrubbed and brylcreemed.
I've been looking at other band photos and noted the profound trend toward Steampunk (although even as I write I know its Tres Passe...) so we might need to update the Hipness of our image.
I will be wearing a Divers helmet whilst squeezing a 15 month old Albino Ferret, whilst Mr Wizard will be setting fire to a bowling ball, Rosie decorating a Faux Leather Hat-Stand with Whipped Cream and Theo will stand there holding a piece of Cheese.
Gouda.
Did I mention my photo shoot phobia? Where's my ferret!
Howdy folks. I got Salty Dog's latest playlist in and he's quoting Ozicana as a legitimate Genre.
Woohoo! We're in a genre!
The Dog played our track 'Last Drinks at Glenrowan' from Nuevo Retro, meaning that we were one of the early exponents of the style. Hurrah! I'm off to wikipedia to put in an entry before it changes :-)
Cheers to Salty and all our DJ mates, including Luc at Radio Blues Intense in France. We're getting quite a bit of airplay over there, c'est formidable!