Living Eyes

(Geelong, AUS // Antifade Records)

Geelong rock boys The Living Eyes are a garage guitar band from downunder, Australia.

Forming in West Geelong in 2010 they started out in their teenage years as a strictly 60s garage band, playing shows with friends, The Frowning Clouds, Bonniwells etc.

2013 saw themselves a debut LP on in-house label Anti Fade that was well received. Catchy singles like Ways to Make A Living and Up And At Them found themselves some new friends. Shortly after it’s release they toured the Australian East coast in celebration of the record – and made some more new friends. Since – they have been lucky enough to play shows with bands like Ty Segall, The Sunnyboys, King Khan and BBQ Show and Thee Oh Sees.

At the beginning of 2015 they came through with their second full-length record, Living Large. This time released as a split between Anti Fade and England’s Agitated Records. Almost three years later the Eyes will cross the globe to that side of the world to tour Europe and the UK.

Modern Living is the band’s third LP and will be out in the later half of 2017.

The new record takes references to artists like The Monochrome Set, The Troggs, early Brian Eno, and of course Australia’s own Sunnyboys and The Saints

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The Make-Up

(Washington D.C, USA // Drag City, Dischord Records)

THE MAKE UP is the Washington, DC group that re-defined underground music in the middle and late 1990s with their peculiar and incendiary blend of gospel, garage and yeh-yeh music. 

Known for their dynamic and interactive live presence at hundreds of shows across 5 continents, the group also recorded 7 LPs, 14 singles and EPs and and collaborated on films, videos, pamphlets, and happenings. They toured extensively as a headliner and with groups such as Royal Trux, Sonic Youth,, Fugazi, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Lung Leg, Harry Pussy, and many others. 

The group has been called “dazzling … best dressed … martial … terrifying.” Their shows were known to feature communication, sermonizing, crowd participation, and dancing virtually unknown in the staid world of indie and garage rock. Their style was perfect, with matching Mao style jackets, with new versions designed for each tour. 

The group was widely copied as well and precipitated and inspired a wave of “garage” imitators in the 21st century who often had commercial success but lacked the spark, character, nuance of the Make Up. 

Occasionally, when the moon is bright and the wolfsbane blooms, the group has come out of hiding for rare and exciting personal appearances since disbanding in 2001. 

They are making one of their rare returns now for a short time only, available for very special events. 

Featuring Ian Svenonius on vocals, James Canty on guitar, Michelle Mae on bass guitar and Mark Cisneros on drums, and performing classics such as “they Live By Night”, “I am Pentagon”, Walking on the Dune” , “Here Comes the Judge,” “Every Baby Cries the Same,” etc, the Make-Up is as extraordinary as ever. 

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Wireheads

(MELBOURNE, AUS // TENTH COURT RECORDS)

Population II

(Montreal, CAN // Castle Face Records)

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Reverend Beat Man & Sister Izobel Garcia

(Bern, CH // Voodoo Rhythm Records)

Beat-Man started his career in 1986 with his band The Monsters, then formed Lightning Beat-Man One Man Band and changed his name in 1999 into Reverend Beat-Man.

He tours around the world like a Maniac : Europe, Australia, North and South America, Japan and Israel. Beat Man won several national prices in Switzerland for his work and was nominated for the Swiss Music Price in 2014. His music promotes the beginning of Blues and Rock’n’Roll with a magic thrash touch. A proper raw energy comes out his live shows, people say i’ts like an atomic reactor sitting on stage ! This is the purest rock music in Switzerland as it’s wild and out of control. Well known for his uncountable releases on voodoo rhythm records, at least 6 Full Length Albums : you must remember songs like Jesus Christ Twist, Blow Um Mau Mau, or Don’t Stop To Dance.

This time, Reverend Beat-Man plays with Sister Izobel Garcia, a young woman of Mexican origin whose sultry voice reminds crooning 1920s jazz. Nicole found escape in the world of dirty late- night music and parties much too young. Beat Man took that multi-instrumentalist Californian girl under his wing to create an exclusive musical project made of thrash blues tainted with voluptuous vocals.

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