Steve Kilbey And Gareth Koch Join Forces For ‘Broken Toys’
"Steve Kilbey And Gareth Koch Join Forces For ‘Broken Toys’"
What happens when the musical worlds of Australian Music icon Steve Kilbey & classically trained ARIA Award winner Gareth Koch collide?
The answer lies in their new single Broken Toys – a refined and confident title brimming with sensitivity, experience and fresh ideas.
It’s not easy to describe a fascinating and unexpected collaboration such as this one. Steve Kilbey is perhaps best known as frontman of veteran rock band The Church. Gareth Koch on the other hand is a Viennese-trained classical guitarist/composer.
(photo credit: Tony Mott)
The Kilbey/Koch musical arrangements are acoustic and highly sophisticated. ‘Classical’ is one way of describing the sound. But it is much more than that. Kilbey is a self-confessed classicist, so the pairing is actually spot on. Kilbey & Koch have roughly 1000 years of music history bubbling away in their consciousness, and coupled with this knowledge is a keen awareness of contemporary sensibilities.
Sparkling effervescent textures, percussion by veteran stickman Barton Price (of Models fame), dobros, classical and 12-string guitars and even a 1966 ‘Beatle Bass’ all combine to create a unique and original soundscape.
Their eclectic partnership draws inspiration from medieval music to post-modern psychedelia, with every imaginable influence in between. These experienced musicians have created a strong and immediately recognisable musical identity, a new sound and aesthetic that comes with a fluid movement across genres. The result is a unique blend of classical & pop sensibilities with lyrics poised for repeated listening.
Expertly mixed by Russell Pilling at Damien Gerard Studios Sydney and superbly mastered by Grammy Award winning King Willy Sound, Broken Toys is a feast for the ears.
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Daylight Avenue Are ‘Coming Home’ with their inclusion on our April playlist
"Daylight Avenue Are ‘Coming Home’ with their inclusion on our April playlist"
Daylight Avenue is an alternative rock group who have been creating and performing music for over 3 years.
Self-described as “four blokes rehearsing in a tin shed out the back”, Daylight Avenue comprises of members with widely different tastes in music. The result is a wide-ranging sonic landscape. “We have heavy songs, jazzy songs, rock songs and get up and dance songs!”
The single Coming Home (featuring Denique) is lifted from the album Alone In A Crowd.
Soundslikecafe is proud to present this great tune on our April Playlist
Alone In A Crowd is OUT NOW via independent label Distrokid.
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Mick Hart – The Way It Is first single from forthcoming album
"Mick Hart – The Way It Is first single from forthcoming album"
Australian singer/songwriter Mick Hart has a brand new album on the way and its first offering is called The Way It Is.
You can check it out on the new SLC Playlist for March.
A “you done me wrong” break-up song with a catchy blues groove, The Way It Is grabs the listener with its addictive chorus that features some blistering guitar and Hart’s determined lyrical growl, “I don’t owe you nothing, that’s the way it is.”
It’s the first taste of his upcoming album, Awake, which is due for release this April 26th on MGM.
Mick will tour in support of the Album starting in Europe in April and following through to Australian dates from May.
ARIA nominated for “Best Blues and Roots” in 2002 for his sophomore album Upside Down In The Full Face of Optimism, Mick Hart occupies a sonic space that’s influenced by Jeff Buckley and Ben Harper, from sparse acoustic songs to wild dirty blues rock and some brilliant lap-slide guitar.
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The Sheyana Band – Soul Sister
"The Sheyana Band – Soul Sister"
Tasmanian blues act The Sheyana Band have a new single called Soul Sister and it’s one to listen out for on the upcoming Sounds Like Cafe playlist.
The single has just scored a top 10 spot on the Amrap Regional Charts!
First week number 9 and now march 20 the single has hit the number 2 spot.
Check it out on the new playlist
Soul Sister is a remix of a track from last year’s Big Love album, for which they won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society’s Victorian & Tasmanian Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Act/Artist of the Year.
Led by captivating frontwoman Sheyana Wijesingha, the band has recently performed at major music events in Tasmania including Party in the Paddock 2019 and they will also be appearing at the Fruit of the Roots Festival in Turners Beach, Tasmania this April.
The Sheyana Band has also received national & international recognition and airplay, supporting some of Australia’s most respected musicians including Hoodoo Gurus, Neil Finn, Meg Mac, Renee Geyer, Diesel, The Angels, Ian Moss and Bill Chambers.
The band will tour Australia later in the year and will also head to the UK, Europe & Sri Lanka for promo opportunities and some headlines shows.
Stay tuned for the upcoming Sounds Like Cafe playlist.
In the meantime, have a listen to Soul Sister NOW!
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Julie-Anne Marshall New Single Memory
"Julie-Anne Marshall New Single Memory"
A new bonus track for December is the excellent new single Memory from Julie-Anne Marshall.
Starting out with some percussion and simple piano this song quickly develops into a very catchy uptempo tune that will have feet tapping and heads nodding. Julie-Anne’s voice tells a great story of change and development we can all relate to. Some tasteful jazzy/latin acoustic guitar fits in for a nice instrumental break and rounds out the song well. Sure to be a summer favourite.
“Hailing from Adelaide, Julie-Anne is an independent singer-songwriter who is not limited by musical boundaries. Memory is her latest single release which could be considered alt pop. It’s JPY-Love is in the air, meets Lily Allen. Think Soft Rock, Easy Listening with some jazz, rock, roots and blues and a bit of folk and pop and that’s the diversity of this artist.”
Julie-Anne has had previous tunes on soundslikecafe that have all been warmly received so we are sure this one will be no different- enjoy – checkout the spotify link below for instant gratification or hear it on the Soundslikecafe Digital Playlist Track 3.
R15ER: SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE – OFFICIAL VIDEO
"R15ER: SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE – OFFICIAL VIDEO"
Simply Beautiful, Beautifully Simple by R15ER
"Simply Beautiful, Beautifully Simple by R15ER"
Bonus Feature Track
1 – Simply Beautiful, Beautifully Simple – R15ER – (from the single)
R15ER is a Musician Producer & Creator of Univibes Music from Melbourne, Australia.
After discovering the teachings of Dr.Wayne Dyer, Rumi, Paulo Coehlo, Laozi, Napoleon Hill, Rhonda Byrne, Abraham Hicks, Louise Hay, Michael Beckwith, Eckhart Tolle, Bob Proctor and Joe Dispenza just to name a few.
R15ER ‘s love for Music & the Universe merged as one, and as a consequence the musical genre UNIVIBES was born.
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Big Merino – Black Cockatoos Single/Video
"Big Merino – Black Cockatoos Single/Video"
Big Merino – New Single – Black Cockatoos
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The second single to be lifted from the current Surburban Wildlife album (MGM) is called Black Cockatoos. Released in a 3-track format, the lead song is accompanied by another album track “Sometimes” as well as a brand new, previously unreleased tune “A Day Without You” held over from the album sessions earlier this year.
Two stunning brand new videos for “Black Cockatoos” and “Sometimes” are in the final edit stage(see pics) and will be made available in the coming weeks leading up to the Black Cockatoos Launch at Django Bar Camelot on December 2, following a warm up show Sunday November 11 at the Botany View Hotel, Newtown.
Formed a little over two years ago, Big Merino play original songs that blur the lines between rock, country, blues, roots, soul, funk and grunge, while occasionally making forays into lesser known genres such as New Orleans 2nd Line.
Citing their major influences as Glen Hansard, The Frames, Jackson Browne and The Rolling Stones, songwriters Alex Craig and Stuart Davis write socially and politically-charged songs that are sometimes gentle and nostalgic and at other times nothing less than a fierce cry for revolution.
Lead singer/guitarist Stuart Davis cut his teeth singing Gospel with Tony Backhouse in Cafe at the Gates of Salvation, and brings that soulful Gospel feel to everything he does. He is joined by Alex Craig on guitar, Peter Richardson on bass and Colin Sevitt on drums.
The Suburban Wildlife album was recorded by Russell Pilling over three weeks at Damien Gerard Studios. Russell also remixed “Black Cockatoos” specially for this single release, adding some timpani tracks that weren’t on the album mix.
The album features guest performances from some of the cream of Australia’s musical talent including-
Living legend James Greening on trombone, souzaphone, euphonium, trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn and pocket cornet (the main feature of previously unreleased song ‘A Day Without You”)
Jonathan Zwartz – Double Bass
Johnny G – from Johnny G and the E-Types on piano, organ and accordion
Jess Ciampa – Australia’s most sought after percussionist
Michel Rose – pedal steel (The Catholics) and
finally a string quartet from the Sydney Chamber Orchestra.
See TheMusic studio sessions article here.
“Great songs, great songwriting and the best of it full of a real sincerity and commitment.”
Michael Smith – Rhythms “‘Sometimes’ with its soaring backing vocals is one of the most powerful rock songs I’ve heard in many years. ‘Black Cockatoos’ with the string quartet and a brilliant guitar work by Alex Craig is destined to become an Australian classic.”
Michael Smith – Rhythms “‘Sometimes’ with its soaring backing vocals is one of the most powerful rock songs I’ve heard in many years. ‘Black Cockatoos’ with the string quartet and a brilliant guitar work by Alex Craig is destined to become an Australian classic.”
Peter Winkler – http://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/suburban-wildlife/
BIG MERINO
Black Cockatoos Single
Official Release All Digital Platforms via MGM
November 2 2018
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