An otherwise un-released jam from Enthusiasm Police's "Coral Island" tape. It was cut due to time restrictions and general symmetry.
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Posts by jonnoklynsmith
Three Days
Busy Bee
Man, it's the time of the season where the heat comes out and I completely melt into oblivion and can't get anything done. Nevertheless, me and some friends have battled on and finally the illustrious, possibly over-heralded Snake Run had our first show the other night.It was at a skate park, and quite frankly it was the most fun show I've been to / played at in a long time. The bands were amazing
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Adelaide Novelty Bands One: The Bruce
In my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, there's been a revolution. It's been brought on partly by myspace and partly by all our favourite bands breaking up. Also, our whole expansive group of friends has started moving out of home, meaning we can have way way way more house parties. These factors have all conspired and collaborated to bring about a wave of "novelty bands". These are bands ...
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Artists You Should Know About (And Probably Already Do)
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For some reason there's a whole load of bands who everybody believes only they know about, and they're desperate to tell other people about how great they are. There's nothing wrong with this: if there's one thing I learnt in primary school, it's that sharing is good.The problem is that everyone hears about these bands over the internet, but they simultaneously use the internet to tell everybody e
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Bored Of Canada
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Don't you love it when you accidentally get into a band? I watched those creepy flash animations, Salad Fingers, and loved the sort of haunting twisted sound that haunts his landscape. It's pretty rad stuff, and it led me to the Boards Of Canada. Everything about them is cool: they didn't admit they were brothers for years, and apparently some folks don't listen because they're convinced that t...
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The Dukes Of Goodbye
So this weekend a local band who have been pretty cool guys for the majority of my musical life finally broke up. The Dukes Of Haphazard, a three-piece dedicated to creating pretty much frantic trashy thrash-punk noise, called it a day after seven long years. What an amazing effort for a band with absolutely minimal ambition.I remember a few amazing shows with the Dukes. My first experience was...
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