Sparkadia - 'Summer Rain'

Sparkadia cover Belinda Carlisle's 'Summer Rain' for Triple J's Like A Version.
Cheesy? Not when it's Sparkadia!
P.S Boy, that's a quiff to admire! In a video his gravity-defying hair can be fully appreciated.

Glaswegian greatness

Franz Ferdinand were in Australia a little while ago and thanks to Triple J, you can get your ears on some of what went down at their shows.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/default.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media

I must say, I do like your hair

Who does a hair post? At one point in our lives we all do at least one commentary on someone's hair. Here's (one of) mine.


Aah, Matt Bellamy, because you are a rock god, everyone forgives you for your super spiky fire engine red hair from years back. Your current hair style though, is undoubtedly tops.

Russell Lissack, king of fringe.


There has been a constant metamorphosis involving Alex Turner's hair, of which half of the stages I do like.

Indie, windy, anticipation

Ah, indie bands. They can range from independent poppets to independent metal rockers. Yet when I think of indie as a loose description of a musical genre, I think of indie pop and indie rock - from cute pop quartets to singer-songwriters to bouncy rock acts. Even if they sign onto a major label after independent label status, they'll still remain my indie, windy, lovable bands. (I can almost hear my subconscious say: Unless they roll out some substandard album I hate and they become arrogant commercial snobs - then I won't love them anymore! haaah)

Favourite indie band clothing trends:
1. Skinny leg jeans
You've just got to have them. Otherwise your street cred is at dire risk. Boys, the skinnier your legs are the better, all the better for knee-knocking tunes and making all the girls jealous of the fact that they'll never fit into jeans that size.
Gus: Black skinny leg jeans with black boots or black or blue skinny legs with Converse hi-tops - actually these seem to be everywhere on the Australian music scene whether behind the mike or behind the crowd barrier. Acid wash jeans? Bright red? Up to you.
Girls can do the skinny legs with ballet flats/hi-tops/low-tops/Keds/heels (everything really).
2. Cardigan
Nothing says indie like a cardigan. Granny's hand-knitted 80s cardigan (a la Red Riders), Paul Smith's best, generic grey button-up with black edging, it doesn't matter which.

Speaking of all things indie (I've left out indie hair styles for now - there's way too many to even fathom let alone write here, yet I will attempt a shortlist in another post), Splendour in the Grass is creeping up upon us! Was that a nice subject segue or what? Although Splendour does bring many major acts, it also catches cute indie fish for us! The line-up is yet to be announced, and I'm bristling with anticipation, practically salivating. Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new album being released (Zero is the single released and although different from previous offerings it is still very good) and I'm hoping this means a whole Australian tour or at least a Splendour visit. I've never been to Splendour before (Splendour virign!) but if there's a good line-up this year I'll need to somehow plan logistics as well as score tickets before they sell out. Splendour rumours tend to be based upon the two Japanese festivals either side of it, but at the moment those rumours aren't too exciting. Klaxons are working on their new album, so maybe it'll be finished in time for an Oz visit. Ooh, I can't wait until the line-up's announced! Although I obviously have to!

Should I go back to writing answers for my Constitutional Law tutorial? Read a case I should be reading? Or write another post? Hmm...It's debatable. I've almost finished my tutorial work anyway. Although tomorrow will be a day of printing materials I need for various subjects as well as a library visit.

Stay indie and lovable.
Cheerio

Throne rooms and adolescence

Last Wednesday (March 11) saw me captured in a fevered mosh pit bowing before the musical onslaught of Kings Of Leon. The front of the mosh was predominantly adolescent, this demographic being disturbingly populated by too many obnoxious visible-Bonds-underwear teenagers who were there for the new album. Thankfully Kings belted out old favourties, such as The Bucket and Molly's Chambers alongside On Call, peppered by the new, burying Sex On Fire mid-set and finishing with a four-song encore that included Charmer (my highlight of the night) and Manhattan. The Followills are one hell of a cool quartet, from Caleb's vocals and cardigan-wearing guitar strums (if they were the domain of indie rock-pop bands before, cardigans are now officially dirty Nashville rock cool) to Matthew's rockin'/angelic/chain-smoking prescence on lead guitar, the long-haired Nathan killing it on drums and Jared's thumping bass (debatable whether the sudden up-do-fringe he sports nowadays is better or worse). I bet they all practice their 'cool' rock expressions and bent-knee-'cool'-standing-while-strum in the mirror - how else do they do it?