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The Jungle Giants at Turf Club, St Paul (04 Nov 2022)

Jungle Giants Setlist On Your Way Down She's a Riot Treat You Right Bad Dream Quiet Ferocity Something Got Between Us Feel the Way I Do Heartless In Her Eyes Sending Me Ur Loving Love Signs -- Encore -- Used to Be in Love Heavy Hearted Read More The Jungle Giants We last saw Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants open up for San Cisco on their National tour in 2012. The Brisbane-based band was at SXSW to promote their debut album Learn To Exist, which came out last August 2013. .... Tim Atlas Tim Atlas will open. Tour dates: 01/31 - Chicago, IL - Metro 02/1 - St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall 02/6 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre 02/7 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre ....

Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants (singer/guitarist Sam Hales, lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, bassist Andrew Dooris, and drummer Keelan Bijker) headlined the Turf Club in St Paul, in support of their fourth album Love Signs (Amplifire).

Opening up the show was Los Angeles’ Tim Atlas, along with Dena on bass, and Zack on drums. You may have seen Atlas on NBC’s The Voice in 2015, as he cover Ed Sheeran, The Neighborhood and Ednaswap. Since then he opened up for Magic City Hippies, even stopping by St Paul in Feb 2020.

Best song on Atlas’ brief 35-min set was “Honeycomb”, a really catchy, ‘sweet’ dancey song.

We’ve been interested in Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants since their team-up with our favorite Australian band San Cisco in Feb 2012.

W♥M saw them on the “Politely Awkward” tour, at the Spectrum, in Sydney, Australia, and wrote, “While both bands were certainly polite, there was no awkwardness to be found when The Jungle Giants and San Cisco joined forces again at Spectrum last Saturday as they continue their tour of Australia. Although the bands are youngsters, both in terms of age of their members and the age of the band themselves, the quality of performances was such that it was unclear who was the supporting band (assuming you could have a support act that comes after the main act). The Jungle Giants performed known and new material, with frontman Sam Hales and bassist Andrew Dooris making the most of the tiny space that is Spectrum. Dooris managed to be everywhere at once and still play his instrument, while Hales delivered lyrics with precision and feeling.”

We’ve seen San Cisco nine times and the Jungle Giants zero times… so we’re almost sure they’ve never played in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

Since 2019, the Jungle Giants had quiet a few highly rated songs on Triple J’s Hottest 100, including “Heavy Hearted” and “Sending Me Ur Loving”, both on their set near the end and the best known song as the encore finale.

The Jungle Giants’ Love Signs is out now on Amplifire Records. The album was #1 on the Australia charts, and came out during the pandemic.

Remaining tour dates:

Nov 5 Chicago, IL, US Bottom Lounge
Nov 7 Toronto, ON, Canada Axis Club
Nov 9 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Nov 10 Philadelphia, PA, US Warehouse on Watts
Nov 12 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Nov 13 Washington, DC, US Black Cat
Nov 15 Atlanta, GA, US Aisle 5
Nov 17 Austin, TX, US The Parish Room
Nov 18 Fort Worth, TX, US Tulips FTW
Nov 18 Mexico City, Mexico Festival Corona Capital
Mar 3 2023 Phoenix, AZ, US M3F Music Festival

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Minneapolis: November 3 to November 5

11/03 Chris Forsyth and Meg Baird at Turf Club

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11/03/2022 Thursday

Chris Forsyth and Meg Baird
at Turf Club
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Meg Baird, the co-founder of Philadelphia's luminary psychedelic folk collective Espers, is co-headlining a tour with Chris Forsyth.

Forsyth’s new album Evolution Here We Come is out now on No Quarter.

Tour dates:

10/26/22 Cafe Nine New Haven CT*
10/27/22 Union Pool Brooklyn NY*
10/28/22 Tubby's Kingston NY*
10/29/22 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia PA*
11/1/22 Third Man Records Cass Corridor Detroit MI*
11/2/22 The Cactus Club Milwaukee WI*
11/3/22 Turf Club St. Paul MN*
11/4/22 The Hideout Chicago IL*

*w/Chris Forsyth

11/04 Vision Video with Stranger Gallery at Hook & Ladder

11/04/2022 Friday

Vision Video
with Stranger Gallery
at Hook & Ladder
thehookmpls.com

Goth post-punk quartet Vision Video is headlining the Hook & Ladder in Minneapolis, MN on Friday, November 4th. The group is touring in support of their sophomore album Haunted Hours.

Stranger Gallery to open.

Tour dates:

10/08 – Tampa, FL @ Absolution Fest
10/13 – Memphis, TN @ Growlers
10/14 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Tulips
10/15 – Houston, TX @ The End
10/16 – Austin, TX @ Valhalla
10/18 – El Paso, TX @ The Reagan
10/20 – Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
10/22 – Las Vegas, NV @ Artifice
10/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
10/25 – Portland, OR @ Coffin Club
10/26 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
10/27 – Tacoma, WA @ Real Art
10/28 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
10/29 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
10/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Salon
10/31 – Denver, CO @ HQ
11/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
11/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Hook & Ladder
11/05 – Des Moines, IA @ Gas Lamp
11/08 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
11/09 – Detroit, MI @ Smalls
11/10 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
11/11 – Montreal, PQ @ Casa del Popolo
11/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows
11/14 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
11/16 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
11/17 – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
11/18 – Greenville, SC @ Swanson’s Warehouse

11/04 Magdalena Bay with BAYLI at Fine Line

11/04/2022 Friday

Magdalena Bay
with BAYLI
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles-based electro indie-pop duo Magdalena Bay (Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin) are on tour in support of their breakout debut album Mercurial World (Luminelle Recordings).

BAYLI to open.

Tour dates:

10/6/2022: Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/7/2022: Santa Fe, MN - Meow Wolf
10/9/2022: Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/11/2022: Houston, TX - White Oak Downstairs
10/12/2022: Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Co.
10/13/2022: Oklahoma City, OK - Beer City Music Hall
10/16/2022: Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/28/2022: San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
10/29/2022: Oakland, CA - Second Sky
11/1/2022: Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
11/2/2022: Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
11/4/2022: Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
11/5/2022: Des Moines, IA - Wooly's
11/6/2022: Madison, WI- Majestic Theatre
11/8/2022: Detroit, MI - El Club
11/9/2022: Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
11/10/2022: Montreal, QC - SAT
11/12/2022: Boston, MA - Royale
11/15/2022: New York, NY - Webster Hall
11/18/2022: Washington, DC - 930 Club
11/19/2022: Nashville, TN - Basement East
11/20/2022: Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
11/22/2022: Orlando, FL - The Beacham Theatre
11/26/2022: Miami, FL - Art With Me Festival
12/31/22: Melbourne, VIC - Falls Festival
1/2/23: Byron Bay, NSW - Falls Festival
1/5/23: Sydney, NSW - Oxford Arts Factory
1/7/23: Fremantle, WA - Falls Festival

11/04 The Jungle Giants at Turf Club Read More The Jungle Giants We last saw Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants open up for San Cisco on their National tour in 2012. The Brisbane-based band was at SXSW to promote their debut album Learn To Exist, which came out last August 2013. ....

11/04/2022 Friday

The Jungle Giants
at Turf Club
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We’ve been wanting to see Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants since they teamed up with San Cisco in Feb 2012.

The band confirm rescheduled dates for their highly anticipated “Love Signs” tour, set to kick off on October 24 in Vancouver, and will stop by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on November 4th.

Tour dates:

October 18 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
October 21 – Washington D.C. – The Howard Theatre
October 25 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
October 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
October 28 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD
October 29 – Toronto, ON – The Axis Club
October 31 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter
November 1 – Chicago – Avondale Music Hall
November 2 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam
November 4 – Denver, CO – Cervantes Ballroom
November 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
November 7 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
November 8 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
November 9 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
November 11 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
November 15 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory OC
November 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Roxy Theatre

11/04 The Paranoyds at 7th Street Entry Read More The Paranoyds The Paranoyds will be playing the 7th Street Entry this February 9th. We caught the group at Desert Daze 2019. NOTE: Originally Surfbort was to co-headline… but they’ve dropped out. ....

11/04/2022 Friday

The Paranoyds
with Bad Waitress and Zilched
at 7th St Entry
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Los Angeles-based DIY rock band The Paranoyds is touring in support of their highly anticipated sophomore LP, Talk Talk Talk, available now on Third Man Records.

The Paranoyds at Desert Daze (13 Oct 2019)

Before the official fall tour kicks off, The Paranoyds will support Jack White for three dates this September. The tour will stop by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on November 4th. Here is a photo of the band at Desert Daze 2019.

Bad Waitress and Zilched to open.

Fall 2022

Sept. 16 - Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit*
Sept. 23 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore*
Sept. 25 - Shreveport, LA - Shreveport Municipal Auditorium*
Oct.13 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room #
Oct. 14 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
Oct. 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar #
Oct. 18 - Austin, TX - The Ballroom ^
Oct. 19 - Dallas, TX - CheapSteaks ^
Oct. 21 - Nashville, TN - Third Man Records ^
Oct. 22 - Atlanta, GA - 529 ^
Oct. 23 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook ^
Oct. 25 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd &
Oct. 26 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA &
Oct. 28 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel & (+ 95 Bulls)
Oct. 29 - Boston, MA - Cafe 939 &
Oct. 31 - Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern ^
Nov. 2 - Detroit, MI - Third Man Records ^
Nov. 3 - Chicago, IL - Schubas ^
Nov. 4 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry ^
Nov. 8 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Nov. 9 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
Nov. 11 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
Nov. 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room

* Dates supporting Jack White
# Dates with Milly and Mo Dotti
& Dates with Tchotchke
^ Dates with Upchuck

11/02 FLETCHER with Chappell Roan at First Avenue Read More Fletcher Fast-rising singer/songwriter Fletcher (stylized as FLETCHER) will headline the Fine Line Music Café this April 2nd. She recently released her single, “Cherry”, which featured trailblazing pop star Hayley Kiyoko. ...

11/04/2022 Friday

FLETCHER
with Chappell Roan
at First Avenue
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Fast-rising queer icon Fletcher is touring in support of her debut album Girl of My Dreams (Capitol Records).

We caught Fletcher at the Fine Line Music Cafe in April 2022 and wrote, “It’s near the end of Fletcher’s American tour, and it has been going well. Many of her shows are selling out, thanks to the teenage fanbase… and the Fine Line Music Café show, in Minneapolis, on Saturday night, is no exception. Fans showed up early and help sell out the venue.”

Fletcher is back, this time playing the much larger First Avenue mainroom, set for November 4th.

Chappell Roan to open.

Tour Dates

Sep 21 Palm Springs, CA, US The Dinah
Oct 10 Orlando, FL, US House of Blues Orlando
Oct 14 Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Revolution Live
Oct 16 Atlanta, GA, US The Eastern
Oct 17 Charlotte, NC, US The Fillmore
Oct 19 Silver Spring, MD, US The Fillmore Silver Spring Oct 20 Boston, MA, US House of Blues - Boston
Oct 22 Pittsburgh, PA, US Stage AE
Oct 23 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Oct 24 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Oct 27 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Oct 29 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Oct 30 New York, NY, US Manhattan Center
Oct 31 New York, NY, US Manhattan Center
Nov 2 Chicago, IL, US Riviera Theatre
Nov 4 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue
Nov 6 Denver, CO, US Ogden Theatre
Nov 7 Salt Lake City, UT, US Union Event Center (The Union)
Nov 10 Vancouver, BC, Canada Vogue Theatre
Nov 13 Portland, OR, US McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Nov 14 Seattle, WA, US Showbox SoDo
Nov 16 Oakland, CA, US Fox Theater
Nov 17 Hollywood, CA, US Hollywood Palladium
Nov 18 Hollywood, CA, US Hollywood Palladium
Feb 20 2023 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle
Feb 21 2023 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle
Feb 23 2023 Hamburg, Germany Barclays Arena
Feb 24 2023 Cologne, Germany LANXESS Arena
Feb 25 2023 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
Feb 28 2023 Anvers, Belgium Antwerps Sportpaleis
Mar 1 2023 Paris, France AccorHotels Arena
Mar 3 2023 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Mar 4 2023 Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena Birmingham
Mar 6 2023 London, UK The O2
Mar 7 2023 London, UK The O2
Mar 10 2023 Manchester, UK

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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W♥M209: SXSW Recap

W♥M209: SXSW Recap (50 mins) Read More SXSW South by Southwest (SXSW) Music is next week: March 11-16th. Since March 1st, I've received about 200 emails with the subject header of "SXSW" …

The SXSW Recap episode for W♥M Radio, with Jonathan, Christopher, Brody, and Vu.

Highlights:

Introductions of Jonathan & Christopher

Moscow Girls

Irish bands (St Patrick's Day)

The Jungle Giants

Skaters

Sosoglos

"Top Lists"

Damon Albarn vs the 1975

Tips on discovering bands

The Strypes

Longer sets

Song of the show is The Crookes' "Play Dumb".

The Crookes are on tour:

03/23/14 The Echo Los Angeles, CA, US
04/12/14 Lincoln Imp Scunthorpe, UK
04/15/14 The Bodega Social Club Nottingham, UK
04/16/14 The Cockpit Leeds, UK Find tickets
04/17/14 The Cluny 2 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
04/18/14 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, UK

BONUS: The drunk driver accident, and Julian Casablancas.

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SXSW 2014: The Jungle Giants

We last saw Australian four-piece The Jungle Giants open up for San Cisco on their National tour in 2012.

The Brisbane-based band was at SXSW to promote their debut album Learn To Exist, which came out last August 2013.

The Jungle Giants tour dates:

Mar 28 The Metro Theatre *Lic/AA* Sydney
Mar 29 Rics Big Backyard Brisbane
Mar 30 Alhambra Lounge *U18s* Brisbane
Apr 04 The Corner Melbourne
Apr 05 Sounds Loud Festival *U18s* Melbourne
Apr 05 The Corner Melbourne
Apr 20 Autumn Sounds Bundaberg Qld
Apr 25 Groovin The Moo Oakbank
Apr 26 Groovin The Moo Maitland
Apr 27 Groovin The Moo Canberra
May 03 Groovin The Moo Bendigo
May 04 Groovin The Moo Townsville
May 09 The Rosemount Perth
May 10 Groovin The Moo Bunbury Wa
May 17 One Night Stand Mildura Vic

Watch Brody and The Jungle Giants at Maggie Mae's in Austin, Texas, for SXSW 2014.

The Jungle Giants at SXSW, Austin (03/15/14)

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When Animals Attack! part 9

Creepy Crawlies: Get Buried!

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THE CREEPY CRAWLIES
thecreepycrawlies.com

If you don't know 'creepy crawlies' often refers to spiders, but having listened to the album, I think it's in reference to "Mollie the Maggot".

The Creepy Crawlies is an indie pop duo from California. If you like that sort of thing, you'll love this band, lots of boy-girl singing action and pleasant hooks and melodies. When you listen to them, you'll have to agree to "let those bad feelings get buried again".

Their album, Get Buried! comes out April 10th, with an album release party scheduled for April 28th at CIA in Los Angeles, followed by a trip to Tin Can Ale House in San Diego on the 29th.

Damaged From The Start

COWBOY JUNKIES
cowboyjunkies.com

Toronto's Cowboy Junkies has been around since the mid-80s. I'm happy to see that the band is still around, having seen them live at the old Guthrie Theater around 2000. In 2010, the band started their Nomad Series with Renmin Park, followed by Demons and Sing in My Meadow. Their fourth and final Nomad release is called, The Wilderness, and was released last week (March 27, 2012).

The band continues their USA tour:

4/13 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
4/14 - Evanston, IL @ Evanston Space
4/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Dakota Jazz Club
4/17 - Davenport, IA @ Redstone Room
4/18 - St. Louis, MO @ The Sheldon Concert Hall
4/19 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
4/20 - Salina, KS @ The Stiefel Theatre
4/22 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
4/24 - Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theatre
4/25 - Nashville, TN @ Belcourt Theatre
4/26 - Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage
4/27 - Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music

DEAD DOG
deaddog.yolasite.com

According to their biography, they like eating hot dogs and love cats. Their self-titled album will be given a new special treatment with bonus tracks via This Will Be Our Summer Records (who I recently saw one of their artist, The Wedding Present). While we're at it, Bastards of Fate's Limited Edition for Who's a Fuzzy Buddy? is available for preorder. The cover features a grey cat.

Anyway, look for Dead Dog on the road:

04.19.12 - Asheville, NC @ the Get Down
04.20.12 - Winston Salem, NC @ Krankie's
04.22.12 - Harrison, VA @ the Blue Nile
04.23.12 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
04.24.12 - Takoma Park, MD @ Electric Maid
04.25.12 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
04.26.12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
04.27.12 - East Setauket, NY @ Setauket VFW
04.28.12 - New Brunswick, NJ @ The Alamo
04.29.12 - Easthampton, MA @ the Flywheel
05.03.12 - Worcester, MA @ the Distant Castle
05.04.12 - Buffalo, NY (basement show)

BRIEFLY:

THE CULT thecult.us The Cult's first single for their album, Choice of Weapon, is called "For the Animals" and is currently available for download on iTunes and Amazon (oddly enough, the Amazon cover artwork is different).

RAVENS & CHIMES ravensandchimes.com Ravens & Chimes' sophomore album, Holiday Life, came out today (April 3rd) via Better Looking Records. Look for the album release party to be on April 17th at The Mercury Lounge in New York.

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS facebook.com/HillsLikeElephants Hills Like Elephants' album, The Endless Charade, came out last week (March 27). The album is described as an album about "girl troubles" and plays like Motown with drum machines. Sounds delightful. Some live dates: April 13 - The Whistle Stop - San Diego, CA April 26 - Bar Pink - San Diego, CA

CHEERS ELEPHANT cheerselephant.com Cheers Elephant's album, Like Wind Blows Fire, will be out April 24th. The band is described to sound "rootsy psychedelic pop", from Philadelphia. The band just wrapped up their SXSW and various tours, you can read all about it on their Tumblr page.

CREATE/CONTROL facebook.com Although this record label, Create/Control, is new, they've already announced co-releasing Metric's new album Synthetica and signing The Jungle Giants. Their latest artist under their belt is called Opossom (a deliberate misspelling of the opossum, which is slightly different from possum). Anyway, Opossom is New Zealander Kody Nielson, and he will be releasing his debut album, Electric Hawaii, in June, under Create/Control.

CHECK YO PONYTAIL 2 checkyoponytail.com Loads of sponsors (IHEARTCOMIX, Media Contender, The Echo and Spin) for the "Check Yo Ponytail 2" show. Artists on board include Light Asylum, Chelsea Wolfe, Tearist, Violet Tremors and Slow Motion DJS. Tuesday, May 15 @ Echoplex. Actually, looking at their website, it looks like it's a whole month of parties.

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Jungle Giants & San Cisco. Politely Awkward Tour. Spectrum, Sydney. 18 February 2012.

 

Friend of weheartmusic, Mr Graeme Hamer, moseyed on down to Spectrum on Sydney's Oxford Street to check out Brisbane's Jungle Giants and those kinds from Perth who seem to be everywhere these days, San Cisco.

While both bands were certainly polite, there was no awkwardness to be found when The Jungle Giants and San Cisco joined forces again at Spectrum last Saturday as they continue their tour of Australia. Although the bands are youngsters, both in terms of age of their members and the age of the band hemselves, the quality of performances was such that it was unclear who was the supporting band (assuming you could have a support act that comes after the main act).

The Jungle Giants performed known and new material, with frontman Sam Hales and bassist Andrew Dooris making the most of the tiny space that is Spectrum. Dooris managed to be everywhere at once and still play his instrument, while Hales delivered lyrics with precision and feeling.

Next up was San Cisco. The unassuming (i.e. the shortest) lead singer, Jordi Davieson, definitely took the awards for courage and determination, his voice clearly not at its best due to a minor cold (or too much "living the dream"?). Davieson revealed to the audience that he was onto the solution though, brandishing a bottle of honey and also suggesting that Ron Burgundy's (of the film "Anchorman") choice of scotch on the rocks was going to help. Did we mention these guys have just left high school?

San Cisco showed themselves to be reliable and versatile. Singing duties were shared around, with some indulgence of voice distortion for specific songs. Davieson retired his guitar at one point to take up a keyboard. Continuing his accelerating progression in the life of a rocker, he somehow managed to float off stage for a brief crowd surfing session, avoiding entanglement in the equipment suspended from the low ceiling, and being returned in time to finish the current song.

A few new songs from San Cisco were thrown in for good measure. Davieson informed that the band has been recording them in Melbourne, violating the golden rule of not mentioning the 'other place' in a positive or a neutral tone. Well, they're young. Next time, we're sure we will hear things of Melbourne that will send Victoria's tourism department into a spin. Ha!

Davieson's voice held up through the show, with the huskiness only really obvious when he related stories to the audience. After giving a solid performance of "Rocket ship" (scroll down to listen), we were certain that that was the end of Davieson's voice, and perhaps the end of the night. However, with true showmanship, the band powered to the end, finishing up with "Awkward". Scarlett Stevens on drums, hidden for most of the night, sang her part as sweet as ever. Towards the end of the song, it was time for a remix with some spacey synth interludes.

An earlier invite by the Jungle Giants for San Cisco to join them for a song was repaid not once, but twice. Such overachievers! Lost voices, crowd surfing, versatility in instruments, and now multiple guest appearances. At this rate, soon enough there may be little be left to attempt.

Overall, the only negative that could be maintained is that both performances were not out long enough, but that's more to do with a limited catalogue than anything else. No doubt they're working on it. Stay classy San Cisco.

If you missed this tour, never fear. San Cisco are pretty much heading straight back out on the road, this time with fellow Perth, kids the Voltaire Twins. So get in quick if you missed out!

The Rocket Ship Tour - Presented by Yen Magazine, Pedestrian, Beat, Brag, Rave and Db Magazine

Friday, April 27 - Mojo's, Fremantle www.oztix.com.au / 1300 762 545 / all Oztix outlets

Wednesday, May 2 - Corner Hotel, Melbourne www.cornerhotel.com / 03 9427 9198 / from The Corner box office directly

Thursday, May 3 - Fowlers Live, Adelaide [All Ages] www.moshtix.com.au / 1300 GET TIX / all Moshtix outlets

Saturday, May 5 - Groovin' The Moo, Bendigo

Sunday, May 6 - Groovin' The Moo, Townsville

Wednesday, May 9 - The Standard, Sydney www.moshtix.com.au / 1300 GET TIX / all Moshtix outlets

Thursday, May 10 - Elsewhere, Gold Coast www.oztix.com.au / 1300 762 545 / all Oztix outlets

Friday, May 11 - The Zoo, Brisbane www.oztix.com.au / 1300 762 545 / all Oztix outlets

Saturday, May 12 - Groovin' The Moo, Maitland

Sunday, May 13 - Groovin' The Moo, Canberra

Saturday, May 19 - Groovin' The Moo, Bunbury

W♥M123: NME vs Brit Awards

W♥M123 (27 mins) Download: W♥M123 Read More San Cisco These guys just graduated high school, but already going to play at the big Aussie festivals like Big Day Out and Laneway, so youth is still on their side.

If you were wondering about the 3-2-1 Contact theme song, it's because the podcast is #123. I've love that PBS show.

So, Sally stopped by to discuss the music topics of the day.

J Mascis at the Sydney Festival.

Gotye. "Somebody I Used To Know" hottest song at the moment.

NME Awards 2012

Brit Awards 2012

Bands on our short list: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele, Noel Gallagher.

Lana Del Rey canceled her Australian tour due to American backlash!

Band of the show is San Cisco, a band that we've both mentioned before. Their EP, Awkward was just released in America on February 7th, 2012, via Island City Records/MGM. The single is quite catchy with its boy-girl conversation-lyrics.

They are currently touring with The Jungle Giants throughout Australia:

THU 16 FEB Byron Bay Brewery (Buddha Bar)
FRI 17 FEB Alhambra Lounge Brisbane
SAT 18 FEB Spectrum Sydney
SUN 19 FEB Great Northern Newcastle
FRI 24 FEB* Fremantle Arts Centre

*without The Jungle Giants

BONUS: The Holy Soul will be playing on Sunday, February 12th, at Town And Country Hotel in Sydney.

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