Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
you can't be lonely in this town, the pubs won't let you
The other night I was at a rollerderby match in Reservoir, got a lift home, got a reminder text message about a very important show, and promptly got on my bike and rode like a person possessed to the Birmingham Hotel to see Like...Alaska play.
I got there just as they were setting up, breathed a sigh of relief and then watched the hell outta my favourite current Australian indie folk-tinged Lucero-loving punk band.
Some of the newer songs actually seem a little reminiscent of another (now defunct - although recently they *did* go on a reunion tour of Australia to launch a never-released CD) Newcastle band CONATION. Which is kinda funny, because Dale from Conation now plays in Like Alaska.
When I witness Like Alaska (on or off stage) they seem like a gang to me. Like a tightly-knit gang of totally good friends who play their hearts out and have the best time doing so. (I could watch their drummer Lauren forever and never ever get tired of it).
And it goes without saying that it seems like a gang I wish I was in. I wish I had a gang of besties who loved stuff like Lucero and the Weakerthans and Samiam as much as I do, and lived in the same town as me, doing something we were crazily passionate about together.
They were on tour to launch their new record "Insufficient Funds" that's out on Poison City Records. I realised that I religiously attend Like Alaska shows whenever they're passing through in my town, but never actually listen to them at home. Apart from 1 song on the second Poison City comp!
Yesterday I was helping my friend Chris do a morning radio-show on 4ZZZ and he played "Drug Runs" off the new record. I remembered this song being one of my favourites from the show at the Birmy, and to make it even better, Chris read me the lyrics too. Pretty sure I will have to urgently take a trip to Poison City to pick up the Like Alaska CD and the new Leatherface record while I'm at it.
like alasksa on myspace
I got there just as they were setting up, breathed a sigh of relief and then watched the hell outta my favourite current Australian indie folk-tinged Lucero-loving punk band.
Some of the newer songs actually seem a little reminiscent of another (now defunct - although recently they *did* go on a reunion tour of Australia to launch a never-released CD) Newcastle band CONATION. Which is kinda funny, because Dale from Conation now plays in Like Alaska.
When I witness Like Alaska (on or off stage) they seem like a gang to me. Like a tightly-knit gang of totally good friends who play their hearts out and have the best time doing so. (I could watch their drummer Lauren forever and never ever get tired of it).
And it goes without saying that it seems like a gang I wish I was in. I wish I had a gang of besties who loved stuff like Lucero and the Weakerthans and Samiam as much as I do, and lived in the same town as me, doing something we were crazily passionate about together.
They were on tour to launch their new record "Insufficient Funds" that's out on Poison City Records. I realised that I religiously attend Like Alaska shows whenever they're passing through in my town, but never actually listen to them at home. Apart from 1 song on the second Poison City comp!
Yesterday I was helping my friend Chris do a morning radio-show on 4ZZZ and he played "Drug Runs" off the new record. I remembered this song being one of my favourites from the show at the Birmy, and to make it even better, Chris read me the lyrics too. Pretty sure I will have to urgently take a trip to Poison City to pick up the Like Alaska CD and the new Leatherface record while I'm at it.
like alasksa on myspace
the heat death of the universe
I told the new me:
"Meet me at the bus station with a sign that reads:
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life"
But the old me met me with a sign that read:
"Welcome back"
"Meet me at the bus station with a sign that reads:
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life"
But the old me met me with a sign that read:
"Welcome back"
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