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because i said i would

now that the focus of the blog has shifted squarely towards long-winded rants about psychological concepts illustrated by pictures of captain picard and self-indulgent clap trap concerning the finer points of spontaneity and self-editing, i seem to be finding less time to write about some of the cool local (ie australian) music that i chance upon. i’d hoped to be doing more of that around here, through some perhaps misguided or naive notion of ’supporting the local scene’ or whatever. so here is a bit of a raggedy collection of the bands that i have found and enjoyed recently, mostly via that dreaded myspace. each of these bands deserves an inspirational blurb that i’m lacking the inspiration to write at the moment, but more so than that, they deserve your time, so set yourself aside an hour or so and go check them all out. please.

this list isn’t exhaustive or authoritative, its an almost random collection. but i think it stands as pretty good evidence that not everyone in australia is making the same old stuff.

Barragewebsite myspace

Blastcorpwebsite myspace

Cleptoclecticsmyspace

Nick Huggins / Touch Typistwebsite myspace

Oddfootmyspace

Solo Andatawebsite myspace

Spoonbillwebsite myspace

Sunnyboy Bopsmyspace

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July 2010

/// New 6-track Vanderbilt EP features two Faux Pas tracks plus remixes by Crumbs, Aoi, Pasobionic and Lewis CanCut. Its a free download, get it here.

/// My album Noiseworks – featuring “Vanderbilt”, “Chasing Waterfalls” and “Silver Line” – is available here.

/// I’ve been working on remixes for local bands Rat vs Possum, Flying Scribble and Akimbo. These are good people.

/// I’ve started making some new songs – if you want to have a sneak peek at what they sound like, here is the place to start.


 
 

Tim Shiel lives in Melbourne. He makes music under the name FAUX PAS, and is also a broadcaster on public radio station 3RRR FM. This blog began in 2005.

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Tim’s meaningful BIOGRAPHY

1981: Born in Melbourne Australia, life feels empty and without meaning

2005: FAUX PAS created – life still meaningless

2010: Tim writes brand new three-line biography

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“Psychedelic. Balearic. Straight up pop. Call it what you want, this is memorable music.” keytarsandviolins

“Lush, dreamy future pop that just begs you to dive in headfirst, your heart in close second. Just be careful how many times you dip in – you might find yourself blissfully lost in here.” mess+noise

“Impressive elastic strands of plaited sense associations; extract of flashy disco, pastoral swoon and computer exploration.” threethousand

“A total cottage industry – one guy recording, pressing and releasing his own music – and it’s an example of how to do it right from the bottom up.” Stylus

“A manic journey of sounds, bound by neither genre nor era.” Beat

“Cuts-and-pastes big samples with delicately rendered instrumentation. A party jam. Four stars.” Pitchfork

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