Friday 9th September
+The Otchkies
+Running Gun Sound
Blank Realm DJ's
Doors 9pm $12+bf

TICKETS HERE

Pretty excited about this one!

MOON DUO
plus guests (tbc)


Saturday, 1st October

Presale $20 plus booking fee
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MOON DUO
Formed in San Francisco in 2009 by Wooden Shijps guitarist Ripley Johnson and his partner, Sanae Yamada, Moon Duo’s first two critically acclaimed EPs, Killing Time (2009) and Escape (2010), fused the futuristic pylon hum and transistor reverb of Suicide or Silver Apples with the heat-haze fuzz of American rock ‘n’ roll to create tracks of blistering, 12-cylinder space rock. Now their debut album Mazes, recorded in San Francisco and mixed in Berlin during 2010 as the band prepared to move to the mountains of Colorado, explores a far broader, lighter, sound.

That’s most clear on the dreamy organ and skipping riff of the title track, which recalls the Velvet Underground, or the handclaps and swinging organ bloops over the potent shredding and guttural riff delivered by Johnson in When You Cut: “He is an incredible guitar player,” enthuses Yamada, “He is one of those musicians who has the ability to elicit a guttural, corporeal response in the listener.” Throughout, Mazes is the sound of Moon Duo carving out their own identity, looking to the horizon, and moving forward.

Ripley says that, as a guitarist and songwriter, delineating between Moon Duo and Wooden Shijps “happens naturally. I focus on one project at a time, and the way the two bands operate is very different. And there are certain limitations that Moon Duo is forced to accept, not having a drummer for example, and I really like that. I like the creative challenge of working with limitations. Having done so much home recording cultivates that. Working with one other person is much different from working with four.”


“We wanted to do something in a more ‘rock 'n' roll band’ style, something a bit fuller than our previous recordings.” In terms of recording this meant that Moon Duo “used more tracks on this record, in order to get a denser, layered sound to make this our ‘rock band’ record. I grew up a huge Stones fan, so I've always liked that dense sound, with multiple guitar tracks, percussion, piano, organ - anything you can squeeze into the mix.”

This meant a vastly different recording process to Moon Duo’s first two EPs, which were recorded fast and at home. Mazes was a more drawn-out process, involving proper recording studios for the first time including the trip to Berlin to mix and re-record certain parts and the track ‘Run Around’. “The working title was Die Blumen [the flowers], so going into the mix sessions we kind of felt like it was becoming our ‘Berlin record’, but in the end it retained the stamp of San Francisco and we liked Mazes title better anyway.” And ultimately, Mazes is a definably American record, recorded against the backdrop of the Johnson and Yamada’s move from the Californian coast to the heights of Colorado. “I think a lot of our music has something to do with the mythology of the road,” muses Moon Duo’s Sanae Yamada. And if Mazes is a quest, a journey through American landscape and music, Johnson concludes that its key is “finding one's place in the world; moving forward, and the different paths one takes moving through life, trying to reach various goals, literally moving; love; pain; change. Or just getting by, and making sense of things”.

Saturday 9th July
"FLAVOURS OF SKUZZ" at WOODLAND. It will be running from 4pm - 3am, 11 hours of non stop garage rock awesomeness!
Tickets HERE

HOSS (Melb) (ex GOD)
HITS
THE VEE BEES (Woolongong)
THE BOONDALL BOYS (ex ONYAS)
DICK NASTY
SLUG GUTS
BLANK REALM
VELOCIRAPTOR
STRAIGHT ARROWS (Syd)
MEATBEATERS (Adelaide)
JONNY ROMEO (Griffith)
NEW JACK RUBYS
BRAT FARRAR (melb)
UNDEAD APES
LOBSTER PROPHET
PASTEL BLAZE
THE ROYAL FAMILY
THE CHOKES
KEEP ON DANCIN'S
MAIN STREET BRATS
THE NARWHALS
GRAVEL SAMWIDGE
FEATHERS
THE GOOCH PALMS

DJ Wolvie Trash

San Francisco psych wunderkind Ty Segall continues a tireless musical assault on ears and minds and is touring Australia for the first time this July.
On the heels of two critically acclaimed solo albums, Segall holed up in a basement studio with Mike Donovan of the SicAlps in late 2009 and early 2010 to come up with his latest record Melted. It's a carefree yet precise balance of acoustic and electric elements. Distorted echo and thunder mix together with enough clean guitar lines and addictive choruses to deliver an album that recalls the '60s without sounding like anything created during that decade. Time melts away, vision melts away, minds melt away. Get Melted!
"Ty Segall's short, sharp songs peal out of the garage without raising the doors, sending 1960s rock riffs crashing through splintered, smart-ass lo-fi buzz." - Pitchfork

Tickets HERE

This Friday sees eclectic Brisbane five-piece The Honey Month make their Woodland debut, backed up by our favourite indie-folk-choir ensemble Inland Sea.
Continually expanding their sound since 2008, The Honey Month now count piano accordion, melodica, musical saw, kalimba, mandolin, double bass and ukulele as parts of their musical arsenal. 2011 looks set to be a big year for the multi-instrumentalists, so check 'em out before we get too far into it.
Ditto Inland Sea, who are still springboarding off the Triple J love they received late last year. They've been earmarked for greatness by everyone who's seen them - and no wonder, given the sweetness of their group harmonies.
Doors open at the special time of 8pm for an earlier show than usual (bands over by midnight), and tunes between acts will be provided by Big Sound programmer DJ Asho. Pre-sales have been going like hotcakes, so if you're turning up to get a ticket at the door, come early!

Tickets going quick!
Buy one here HERE

or at any Oztix outlet eg rockinghorse etc

Many thanks to El Guincho on Thursday, Loomer and The Straight Arrows on Friday and Little Dragon on Saturday.
Oh, big thanks to our surprise guests from the Gorillaz, Cass Browne (Senseless Things) and Paul Simonon (The Clash). Pictured below in a very late night "Gorillaz Vs Little Dragon" arm wrestle contest.

THE HONEY MONTH

Their collaboration dates back to seven years ago, when two eleven year old
boys with a keyboard, a tape recorder and an affection for punk recorded their
first song over the top of a dusty Tom Petty cassette.

After acquiring a set of drums and an electric guitar, a three piece band was
formed, playing together until early 2008, when a strange transition fuelled by
a mutual love of eclectic music occurred. This is where The Honey Month begun.
The band, based in Brisbane, now consists of Thomas, Liam, David, Jonathan, and
Hamish.

An obsession with unconventional instruments saw the boys acquiring a piano
accordion, melodica, musical saw, kalimba, mandolin, double bass and ukulele
to become intrinsic parts of their ever expanding collective sound. Dedication
to their music has seen The Honey Month not sleeping until they are learnt with
competence.

Crafting unique songs which portray a musical freedom uncommon with their
peers, The Honey Month create haunting lyrical themes of mortality and betrayal
which sit comfortably with the elements whilst threatening a grand conclusion.

Village Sounds presents

The Honey Month (The Owl Single Launch)

with Inland Sea & DJ Asho

Friday 25 February 2011 (opening 8:00pm)

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Thee Oh Sees are back!!! They #@%&* Australia in December last year with a string of awesome shows with locals Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and since then they have released their latest album, Warm Slime, which is ruling. We are stoked/pumped/fist pumping/excited to announce Thee Oh Sees 2011 Australian tour, and we are also co-presenting their Brisbane show at Woodland Bar on January 11 2011.
MORE HERE

A solo performer of song & unrivalled physicality.

Performing front and centre to launch his debut single ‘She’, coming Nov 12th via Siberia Records.

The local Sydney boy is only 24 years of age and has a record to be ashamed of.

He appeals to every man.

Clean, classy and colourful. He is untouchable.

“He has made great lions cry. Defying body politics, chest bare or wrapped in various extremities, he performs with immediacy. He's raw under lights - a bizarre free radial convulsing in song.” - Lisa Lerkenfeld, Two Thousand

Don’t miss this one.

supported by

Betty Airs (Syd)
http://www.myspace.com/bettyairs
w/ guest dj Kestral

pre-order Kirin's debut release (limited 300 press haze vinyl):
http://siberia.bigcartel.com/product/kirin-j-callinan-she-7

$10 at the door