Sasha Margolis from AUTOMATING & CONSTANTLIGHT was a guest on the NWA radio show mid-August. We played his new CONSTANTLIGHT EP in full – which you can now download free at constantlight.bandcamp.com.

New Sydney producer GHOST_ also appeared on the NWA show recently and played a live set, backed by guitarist BLACK PYRAMID. He’s made the full set available for free download at ghostmusic.bandcamp.com

More free release material – from LUCIA DRAFT (NWA2). Her debut EP ‘A Pile Of Skeletons’ is now available for free download via Lesstalk Records.

ALPS (from NWA3 and our 2010 St Petersburg show) has a new (very limited) split live cassette with New Zealand’s Forest Spirits — get them before they’re gone at alps.bigcartel.com.

Another release featuring two artists from NWA4 – Sydney’s TEXTILE AUDIO and GENTLEFORCE. ‘The Pomegranate EP’ is TEXTILE AUDIO’s debut EP, featuring her unique mix of experimental sound and contemporary opera, released via Feral Media. The release comes complete with a GENTLEFORCE remix, who will shortly become one of the few Australian artists to feature on a ‘Wire Tapper’ compilation CD from the renowned Wire Magazine.

TOM HALL, who recently played our ‘Refraction vs New Weird Australia’ show has been signed under his AXXONN guise by Brisbane’s Useless Art Records. He’s released a new single ‘Lets Get it Straight’, ahead of a new album release in mid-October. axxonnband.blogspot.com

Line-ups are starting to be released for the 2010 This Is Not Art Festival, and the component parts Electro Fringe and Sound Summit, held in Newcastle NSW the first weekend in OCtober.. There’s an avalanche of great Australian music, including many NWA favourites such as TANTRUMS, DOT.AY, KYU, SCATTERED ORDER, COLLARBONES,. HOLY BALM, BLANK REALM, NO ANCHOR and more TBA.

Release, tour, other news?  Let us know – info at newweirdaustralia dot com.

Our podcast host, LibSyn, has provided New Weird Australia with the opportunity to deliver its podcast series via a new iPhone app, now available from the iTunes App store.

The Jesus Phone is of course now all conquering and all pervasive, and we are just as much a sucker for the touchy feely techno object as anyone else. However, now we can take our ill-advised gadget lust to the next level – we can listen and watch NWA audio and video content anywhere and anywhen, all wrapped in a nice and easy bow.

You can stream the latest episodes or download directly into the app – recent episodes are automagically updated in-app, and there’s a full archive of all content stretching back to late 2009.  The app comes with an Australian price tag of $2.49 – after Apple’s split, half goes to the developer (to make up for the fact they built it for zilch) and half comes to NWA to allow us to keep on keeping on with our free label releases and compilations.

Download at the iTunes App Store.

We’ve recently posted a number of new podcasts and vodcasts, as well as changing our Podcast server (and thus getting a new Podcast feed address – update your bookmarks!).

Our new content includes two radio interviews & live performances from DANGER BEACH and COLLARBONES (the collaboration between SCISSOR LOCK & CYST IMPALED), as well as three video recordings of live sets from New Weird Australia events – ambitiously dubbed ‘NWA TV’.  The recordings include KUSUM NORMOYLE and HORSE MCGUYVER (pictured above) from Refraction vs New Weird Australia back in June 2010, and ERASERS from the New Weird Australia at The Red Rattler gig in July.  Expect more podcasts and vodcasts soon.

NWA TV: Erasers
NWA TV: Kusum Normoyle
NWA TV: Horse McGuyver
NWA Radio: Danger Beach
NWA Radio: Collarbones

New Weird Australia is proud to announce the launch of its ‘New Editions’ label – a new imprint from New Weird Australia, focusing on single artist releases. Having released a series of nine free compilations since July 2009, New Weird Australia has garnered significant interest both at home and overseas, and thus a move into an ongoing label format was both obvious and necessary.

New Editions releases will be available in two formats: a high-quality digital release (priced as a ‘pay what you like’ model, with a minimum of $0) and in a run of 50 limited-edition CDs available from artist shows & NWA events.

The first release for the New Editions label features Melbourne’s CAUGHT SHIP (pictured above) with their 8-track EP ‘Start Dencing Dad, Start Dencing’. Future releases are currently being scheduled, at a release rate of around one every two or three months.

Find more information & download details for ‘Start Dencing Dad, Start Dencing’ on the Release page.

(July 2010) Recorded Live at New Weird Australia at The Red Rattler, Marrickville, Sydney, 23rd July 2010. Camera by Paul Threthni. // Erasers are a new two-piece band from Perth, that started mid 2009 with Rebecca Orchard on vocals and Rupert Thomas on instruments. They formed with the desire to create and produce music completely on their own. With little recording experience and borrowed equipment, Erasers produced and released their debut self-titled release upon forming as a band. The result is songs made up of primitive & tribal beats, melodic guitar loops, atmospheric synth and chanting vocals; creating what has been described as dreamy yet somewhat disconcerting post-punk.

DOWNLOAD: NWA TV: Erasers, Live at New Weird Australia at The Red Rattler (July 2010)

The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show, as well as live performances from events, video interviews and more.  Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://newweirdaustralia.libsyn.com/rss or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.

In this, the first release for the New Editions label (a new imprint from New Weird Australia, focusing on single artist releases), we present Melbourne’s CAUGHT SHIP and their 8-track EP ‘Start Dencing Dad, Start Dencing’. Following a split CDR (with WHYTE LIGHTNING) on Brisbane’s Bedroom Suck label and the Totem Tape release ‘What Does Water Need’, CAUGHT SHIP capture the wild, improvised spirit of their live appearances, editing recordings taken from four shows in Brisbane and Melbourne, and from their 2010 New Weird Australia show in Sydney. Re-sequenced, re-edited and re-contextualised, ‘Start Dencing Dad, Start Dencing’ is a visceral ride through the lo-fidelity underworld of Caught Ship’s proto-electronic and authentic punk aesthetic.

New Editions releases are available in two formats: a digital release via Bandcamp (pay what you like, minimum $0) and in a run of 50 limited-edition CDs available from artist shows & NWA events.

New Editions, Edition One.
Caught Ship, Start Dencing Dad, Start Dencing.
Catalogue, NWAED1.

DOWNLOAD at newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com

1. A Bit More Tame / A Bit Less Rape
2. Than It Used To Be
3. Before Now I Was Convinced
4. That
5. It Was You
6. So Slimy, So Greasy
7. That I’d Forgotten Who It Felt Like
8. Yes Though, Now It’s Alright

Tracks 1 & 6 Recorded in Brisbane, underneath Erin’s House by Glen Schenau, 31st December 2008
Tracks 2 & 5 Recorded in Melbourne, live at ‘Scray Studio, 2010
Tracks 3 & 8 Recorded in Sydney at St Petersburg Warehouse by New Weird Australia, 27th March 2010
Tracks 4 & 7 Recorded in Brisbane at Lofly Hangar by Brendan Eales for TurnItUpTo10! Blog, 13th March 2010

The New Editions label is managed by New Weird Australia.
Sleeve design by Heath Killen, madebyhk.com.
Inlay artwork by Caught Ship.

Caught Ship, Thanks. To everyone we’ve become friends with in the cities we’ve played. Thanks for couches and food and for picking us up or dropping us off at airports and venues. For being nice to us and letting us hang around. For this release, especially thanks to Stu and Danny at New Weird for being incredibly supportive, one day we’ll establish our own monarchy and those two guys will be joint kings of the empire.

The second in our series of exclusive live recordings from our FBi Radio show is now available to download FREE. Over the course of twelve tracks, the compilation features Danger Beach, Collarbones, Ghost_, Blake Freele, Dual Uzis (feat, members of The Splinter Orchestra, Nhomea, Seeake and Ghoul), Raven, Nhomea, Kate Carr, Actual Russian Brides, Crab Smasher and Forenzics. Head to the Release page for full track listing and download info.

New Weird Australia broadcasts weekly on Sydney’s FBi Radio – playing two hours of new, experimental and ecelctic Australian music. The show features regular guest performances, playing exclusive in-studio sessions – many of which are previously unreleased. This free download collects together twelve of these exclusive tracks from Danger Beach, Collarbones, Ghost_, Blake Freele, Dual Uzis (feat, members of The Splinter Orchestra, Nhomea, Seeake and Ghoul), Raven, Nhomea, Kate Carr, Actual Russian Brides, Crab Smasher and Forenzics.

New Weird Australia, Broadcast Two, NWAB002

DOWNLOAD FREE at newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com

1. DANGER BEACH, Lakes (feat. Tv Colours) (2:10)
2. COLLARBONES, I Sea A Wolf (Psuche Cover) (3:06)
3. GHOST_, Seqe (feat. Black Pyramid) (6:30)
4. BLAKE FREELE, Bitter Springs Formation (12:19)
5. DUAL UZIS, Quick Draw (11:53)
6. RAVEN, It’s Too Fucking Hot But We’ve Still Got Melody (5:10)
7. NHOMEA, Jam @ FBi (9:23)
8. KATE CARR, From These Dreams A Boat (5:09)
9. ACTUAL RUSSIAN BRIDES, Sun Shadow Analysis (4:42)
10. CRAB SMASHER, Card Shark (2:55)
11. FORENZICS, Untitled (Two) (6:25)
12. GHOST_, Outro (feat. Black Pyramid) (2:36)

All recordings previously unreleased.
Originally performed & broadcast live on New Weird Australia on FBi Radio.
Stream FBi Radio at fbiradio.com, or listen in Sydney in 94.5FM.
‘New Weird Australia’ broadcasts every Thursday at 9pm (Aus EST).

Compiled by Stuart Buchanan.
Artwork by Heath Killen, www.madebyhk.com.
All music donated by the artists for use in this compilation only, all rights reserved.

New Weird Australia is a not-for-profit initiative designed to promote and support new eclectic and experimental Australian music. Our current projects include a series of artist releases on our ‘New Editions’ label, a free download compilation series, a weekly show on Sydney’s FBi Radio and an irregular program of live events. Contributions from Australian artists are welcomed and encouraged.

Our podcasts have moved to a new server, and we’ve therefore changed our Podcast feed address. If you already subscribe to our podcasts, please update your bookmarks with the new URL:

http://newweirdaustralia.libsyn.com/rss

As a thank you for updating, you’ll find some new material at the new address, including the first episodes of our ‘NWA TV’ vodcast series featuring live performances shot at recent New Weird Australia gigs.

You can also find the full back catalogue lists of podcasts and vodcasts via the Podcast link in the main menu.

(July 2010) As far as new, weird Australian music goes, Canberra is fast establishing itself as 2010′s most interesting city – and in this NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA podcast (originally recorded in July 2010), Stu Buchanan talks to one of its emerging artists, DANGER BEACH. Leaving behind the lo-fi punk noise of his ASSASSINS 88 project, DANGER BEACH explores the ground between noise and pop, attempting to “write songs that your girlfriend would listen to”. As well as chatting about his upcoming gigs and releases, DANGER BEACH plays four live tracks in the studio: ‘Lakes’ (featuring TV Colours on guest vocals), an Elvis cover ‘Blue Moon’, ‘Apollo’ and ‘Safe Home’

DOWNLOAD: NWA Radio: Damger Beach (July 2010)

The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show, as well as live performances from events, video interviews and more.  Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://newweirdaustralia.libsyn.com/rss or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.