February 19th, 2010
THE NECKS are one of Australia’s most innovative cult bands, channeling experimental, avant garde, jazz, ambient and minimal sounds via a back catalogue that runs to fifteen albums over twenty years. Each of THE NECKS also has an equally impressive solo and collaborative career – however they always find time to regroup and return to Sydney at least once a year for one of their renowned live shows.
Ahead of their Sydney show in February 2010, Chris Abrahams from THE NECKS joined Stu & Danny on NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA Radio Show for a chat about their ever-evolving career and, in particular, the new album ‘Silverwater’ – a single 67 minute piece, representing some of their best work to date.
DOWNLOAD: Podcast Six: Chris Abrahams, The Necks (34:05)
The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and exclusive, in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=211 or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
February 9th, 2010
By their own admission, Crab Smasher are a NSW based group of “improvisational sound sharks crafting a frenzied hodgepodge of weirdo psychedelic noise rock and experimental pop delicious”. Having morphed through a variety of lineups and styles since their formation in 2002, their current incarnation took time away from recent Sydney gigs to visit the New Weird Australia radio show with guest presenter Brooke Olsen. The band deliver a rare live acoustic set and discuss what it means to be “the first carbon neutral noise band”, playing in a Newcastle scene big enough to fill a small living room.
DOWNLOAD: Podcast Five: Crab Smasher (31:06)
The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and exclusive, in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=211 or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
February 4th, 2010
Scissor Lock is an experimental project of Sydney musician Marcus Whale, exploring the tension between organic and electronic elements in sound, utilising guitar, reeds, voice, piano, singing bowls and bells along with somewhat lo-fi digital processing. In this interview (originally broadcast 12th November 2009), Marcus discussed his latest remix project, ‘Now’, featuring contributions from Raven, Shoeb Ahmad and Pimmon. The podcast also includes an exclusive, in-studio performance of ‘Out By Holy Land (Scissor Lock vs Pimmon vs Scissor Lock Remix)’.
DOWNLOAD: Podcast Four: Scissor Lock (40:25)
The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and exclusive, in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=211 or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
January 8th, 2010
SEVERED HEADS are regarded as being one of the most influential experimental and electronic bands in Australia, pioneering the use of tape loops and samples in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and forging an innovative career that has stretched across three decades.
Returning for a special ‘grand finale’ show at the 2010 Sydney Festival, Severed Heads’ mainman TOM ELLARD joins Stu & Danny on the latest NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA Podcast for a look back at their career, playing highlights and rarities, and finding out what’s in store for the Sydney Festival gig.
DOWNLOAD: Podcast Three: Tom Ellard, Severed Heads (51:38)
Gig Info: sydneyfestival.org.au
Tom Ellard’s ‘Behind The Scenes’ Blog : tomellard.com
The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and exclusive, in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=211 or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
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December 4th, 2009
New Weird Australia is now podcasting, featuring selected interviews and exclusive, in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=211 or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
You can also download each episode directly (click on the title below), if you’re commitment-phobic.
One: Mitch Jones, Scattered Order
MITCH JONES stands as one of the key figures in the history of alternative music in Sydney. Together with Michael Tee, Jones founded M-SQUARED Records – home to a cluster of now seminal local post-punk artists such as SYSTEMATICS, THE MAKERS OF THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST, YA YA CHORAL, PROD and their own band, SCATTERED ORDER. Nearly 30 years after the fact, SCATTERED ORDER have reformed their original line-up, and are both playing live and recording once again. Mitch Jones joins Stu and Danny on NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA to talk about the past, present and future of SCATTERED ORDER.
Two: Jeff Burch
JEFF BURCH is an American born New Zealander now based in Sydney, Australia. Besides his solo work he also runs independent Imprint/Record Label THE SPRING PRESS (Bruce Russell, Psychic Ills, Magik Markers, The Bats etc.), has a duo project MADALA TRAP with PAUL GOUGH / PIMMON and is one quarter of SONGS. In this podcast he discusses his various projects with Stuart Buchanan and Danny Jumpertz from NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA.
Please note due to licence restrictions, pre-recorded music cannot be made available at full-length on these podcasts, and appears here in an edited form.
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September 28th, 2009
NWA was featured in today’s Mess & Noise, ahead of this weekend’s Sound Summit Showcase, in a Q&A article by Kate Hennessy.
“New Weird Australia (NWA) slipped onto the scene in July 2009, releasing Volume One in a compilation series featuring new, eclectic and experimental Australian-only music. Available for free from the NWA website, it has so far racked up 3000 downloads, with Volume Two released this month.
“There’s no specific theme or genre. Bluegrass glitch and free-jazz nestle alongside “sprawling sample ephemera” and psychedelic folk on the two compilations, which total 31 tracks. If it’s fucking with conventions, NWA founder Stuart Buchanan will give it a discerning ear.”
Click here to continue reading on Mess & Noise.
September 23rd, 2009
NWA was featured in this week’s issues of Sydney street press titles Drum Media and The Brag, ahead of next week’s Sound Summit Showcase. Click on the thumbnails below to view each feature:
(Clarification: contrary to the note cited in the Drum Media article, NWA is very much a two-person operation, co-curated by Stu Buchanan and Danny Jumpertz.)
August 24th, 2009
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August 6th, 2009
From this week (6th July), New Weird Australia moves into radio with the launch of a weekly show on Sydney’s FBi Radio, Thursdays 9-11pm (Aus EST). Streamed live on fbiradio.com, Stu Buchanan and Danny Jumpertz present two hours of experimental, eclectic and innovative music from around the country.
Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia will put the spotlight on a new breed of innovative Australian artists and challenge our understanding of what music should be. The show will also feature irregular in-studio performances and interviews with Australian artists. Future weeks include guests Tom Smith – Cleptoclectics (August 14th) and Andrew Tuttle aka Anonymeye (August 28th). Weekly playlists will be posted in our Radio section.
As with the compilation series, submissions of music from Australian artists and labels are welcomed and encouraged. See our About page for contact details.
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August 1st, 2009
New Weird Australia is proud to announce its inaugural live event – a collaboration with this year’s Sound Summit Festival, taking place in Newcastle, NSW, on Sunday 4th October 2009 as part of This Is Not Art. The free showcase will explore the spaces of Renew Newcastle and the sounds of a new breed of Australian musicians.
Full details to be released shortly. More info on Sound Summit via Music NSW.
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