Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
MDM005 | Sweet Dreams - Socrates (2009 7" vinyl)
MDM's 5th release out this weekend! SWEET DREAMS from Brisbane, Australia.
Tracklist:
A1. Socrates
A2. Bikini Whale
B1. I want you dead
B2. Come back Zinc
Catch Brisbane's Sweet Dreams in Melbourne for the first time this weekend also, launching their new 45.
They are playing three shows here:
Friday 20th November @ Town Hall, Errol Street Nth Melbourne with Halfheads (debut show!)
Friday 20th (late) @ Pony 2am show!
Saturday 21st @ Birmingham Hotel, Fitzroy with Spitfire Parade, Talkshow Boy and Electric Jellyfish.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Dozer off the record
MDM drinks water with Ben (from band Fancy Boys, ex-Knaw, cum halfheads)..
Hi Ben, since the Fancy Boys are on an extended vacation what has been keeping you busy lately?
I have been working a mostly shitty job teaching the English to the foreigners. This year I also started up a Masters by Research in Education that might even turn into a PHD before next year is over. It has been interesting so far.
You lived and studied in Guangzhou, China for a couple of years, any plans to return?
I'd love to go back to China one day and maybe even to Guangzhou. It's a really tropical, beautiful city with a rather seedy underbelly. If by my forties I happen to lose my job, girlfriend, (remaining) hair and (remaining) self-respect I will definitely move back there and find a nice little apartment in the bar district.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how stressful was looking after the Fancy Boys on their China Tour (jan/feb2008)?
Before Adam's passport went missing, not stressful at all, wonderful, a dream come true. After it went missing, head through glass pane stressful
You have friends in some Chinese bands, tell us a bit about those bands?
A friend of mine named Liu Hong Wei plays guitar in Joyside. I haven't spoken to him for ages but I love that guy. We payed in a band together in Guangzhou called Dabaizi which I is some kind of disease or short hand for retard or something. The drummer and singer from Dabaizi also play in a band now but I don't remember what that's called. Dabaizi only ever played two shows but one of them was with a really awesome band called Rebuilding the Rights of Statues.
Do you have any shows coming up with your new band 'h a l f h e a d s' ?
Yes. We are playing at the Townie sometime in November. The townie is my favorite all weather bar in Melbourne.
What's your tip for this summer?
Cider, Stones Ginger, Pineapple and Malibu. Afternoon drinking. Hump day rehearsals plus smoking weed. Tennis and cricket on the weekends.
What was the last album purchased? Please rate this out of 5.0 ?
The Chocolate Watchband - The inner mystique. 4 for the cover. 2 for the record, with 5 being some mystical perfect record and 0 being a Muse album, a 2 is a pretty reasonable record.
Thanks Ben! Catch H A L F H E A D S debut show with Sweet Dreams (Brisbane) on Friday 20 November at the Town Hall, North Melbourne
Hi Ben, since the Fancy Boys are on an extended vacation what has been keeping you busy lately?
I have been working a mostly shitty job teaching the English to the foreigners. This year I also started up a Masters by Research in Education that might even turn into a PHD before next year is over. It has been interesting so far.
You lived and studied in Guangzhou, China for a couple of years, any plans to return?
I'd love to go back to China one day and maybe even to Guangzhou. It's a really tropical, beautiful city with a rather seedy underbelly. If by my forties I happen to lose my job, girlfriend, (remaining) hair and (remaining) self-respect I will definitely move back there and find a nice little apartment in the bar district.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how stressful was looking after the Fancy Boys on their China Tour (jan/feb2008)?
Before Adam's passport went missing, not stressful at all, wonderful, a dream come true. After it went missing, head through glass pane stressful
You have friends in some Chinese bands, tell us a bit about those bands?
A friend of mine named Liu Hong Wei plays guitar in Joyside. I haven't spoken to him for ages but I love that guy. We payed in a band together in Guangzhou called Dabaizi which I is some kind of disease or short hand for retard or something. The drummer and singer from Dabaizi also play in a band now but I don't remember what that's called. Dabaizi only ever played two shows but one of them was with a really awesome band called Rebuilding the Rights of Statues.
Do you have any shows coming up with your new band 'h a l f h e a d s' ?
Yes. We are playing at the Townie sometime in November. The townie is my favorite all weather bar in Melbourne.
What's your tip for this summer?
Cider, Stones Ginger, Pineapple and Malibu. Afternoon drinking. Hump day rehearsals plus smoking weed. Tennis and cricket on the weekends.
What was the last album purchased? Please rate this out of 5.0 ?
The Chocolate Watchband - The inner mystique. 4 for the cover. 2 for the record, with 5 being some mystical perfect record and 0 being a Muse album, a 2 is a pretty reasonable record.
Thanks Ben! Catch H A L F H E A D S debut show with Sweet Dreams (Brisbane) on Friday 20 November at the Town Hall, North Melbourne
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Communications with Ash!
MDM's Oort sits behind the office desk and corresponds to Brisbanite/ Eat Laserian member Ash Timms.. here's what happened.
Hi Ash, what have you been up to this week?
Working, cleaning out the house because I left my windows open during the dust storm. Left all my washing on the line too. DUST. Nova Scotia got to play with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks on Sunday night, which was definitely one of my highlights for the year.
What Brisbane bands are you currently playing in at the moment?
Nova Scotia & Sweet Dreams
What shows coming up are you looking forward to?
We're playing with the Vivian Girls next week - I'm looking forward to that one. Also Nas will be touring here in late October I think, good times.
Geelong or St. Kilda?
St Kilda by 17. They're the deserving underdogs.
XXXX Bitter or Carlton Draught?
They're both alright by me.
Simon Black or Luke Power?
Power deserves way more credit than he gets, but I'll have to go with Black - he's a champion of the game.
What's the last album you bought? Please rate this out of 5.0?
The Marked Men - Ghosts
2.5/5 - more a victim of my harsh rating system than for actually being average, it's really quite good (Don't ask me to explain the rating system).
Do you think you'll try Advanced Hair Studio's new baldness DNA test?
There’s a DNA test now eh?
Nah, if I'm going to go bald then bring it on.
Thankyou.
Hi Ash, what have you been up to this week?
Working, cleaning out the house because I left my windows open during the dust storm. Left all my washing on the line too. DUST. Nova Scotia got to play with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks on Sunday night, which was definitely one of my highlights for the year.
What Brisbane bands are you currently playing in at the moment?
Nova Scotia & Sweet Dreams
What shows coming up are you looking forward to?
We're playing with the Vivian Girls next week - I'm looking forward to that one. Also Nas will be touring here in late October I think, good times.
Geelong or St. Kilda?
St Kilda by 17. They're the deserving underdogs.
XXXX Bitter or Carlton Draught?
They're both alright by me.
Simon Black or Luke Power?
Power deserves way more credit than he gets, but I'll have to go with Black - he's a champion of the game.
What's the last album you bought? Please rate this out of 5.0?
The Marked Men - Ghosts
2.5/5 - more a victim of my harsh rating system than for actually being average, it's really quite good (Don't ask me to explain the rating system).
Do you think you'll try Advanced Hair Studio's new baldness DNA test?
There’s a DNA test now eh?
Nah, if I'm going to go bald then bring it on.
Thankyou.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
MDM004 | The Fancy Boys - Get To Third Base (2009 CD release)
17 Tracks taken from Melbourne & Brisbane recordings between 2003 to 2008. Songs about the usual Fancy Boys topics of awkward romance, girls with eye-patches, stalking and putting your baguette on the line!
Brisbane CD launch extravaganza - September 19th 2009 @ Step-Inn Upstairs w/ Chinese Burns, Geese & Undead Apes!
Tracklisting
1. Me, Her and It
2. Molecules
3. If Looks Could Kill (You Would Be An Unloaded Weapon)
4. Animal Vegetable Mineral
5. 4KCure
6. Video Creep
7. We Love You
8. A.W.K.
9. Art Gallery Girl
10. Comic Collection
11. Can't Eat, Can't Sleep
12. Fleas
13. Using The Black Arts To Make You Mine
14. Pat Boone
15. Old Age
16. Taste Of Cindy (live)
17. Internet (live)
Mastered by Paradise Knights.
Friday, July 24, 2009
MDM003 | Chinese Burns - Can Dig (2009 7" vinyl)
4song Chinese Burns debut 7" on MustDestroyMankind
Tracklist:
A1. Can Dig
A2. Steal Magnolias
B1. Get Out
B2. Every Day Is The Same
Hailing from Melbourne via members of Brisbane punk/rock groups The Hymies, Eat Laser Scumbag!, R.A.D., Feelin' Lucky.
** SOLD OUT **
Sunday, July 19, 2009
MDM002 | The Fancy Boys : We Love You / Molecules (2008 7" vinyl)
The Fancy Boys - We Love You / Molecules 7"
ex-baguette swingin' frenchmen The Fancy Boys become first Australian band to have returned alive from underground tour of Hong Kong & China (Jan 2008) playing Guanghzou, Changsha, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Beijing!
Side A. / We Love You
Side B. / Molecules
Still some 45s available, contact the band via Myspace.
MDM001 | Eat Laser Scumbag! : ELS 1 - Earth 0 (2005 CD EP)
Debut release on Must Destroy Mankind in 2005. Eat Laser Scumbag! 4 Brisbane lads (1x from the south, 1x from the west side, 1x from the east, 1x central) rip through their debut 6-track EP recorded by Brisbane's Zero Interference master Bryce Moorhead. Limited CD's still available!
Tracklisting:
1 - Solander
2 - On and On
3 - A Gentleman and A Scholar
4 - Ponies
5 - Boost
6 - Exit
PURCHASE this on iTunes via our pals at MERE NOISE RECORDS
or order the cd w/ paypal AU$8 incl. postage WORLDWIDE
not many copies left.
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