The Push Beat All Ages Column

Wednesday 9 December 2009
With Ashan Munesinghe

When I interviewed Mickles from Sienna Skies earlier this year, I almost straight away realised he was talented by the way he spoke about his band and music. Though, it’s fair to say, I may not have known exactly how much respect I should’ve shown the guy – I may just have interviewed someone pretty special. To be even fairer, he comes across as the kind of guy that doesn’t even realise what kind of gift he has, or that his band has created together.

My point (which I’m getting to slowly), is that Truest of Colours is an amazing debut release… simply put, forgetting that it’s the first release from a young upcoming Aussie band… it’s one of the albums of the year.

The debut is reminiscent of a mixture of House vs Hurricane and City Escape in a hyped up cat-in-a-blender style of screamo and post hardcore tunes that could take Sienna Skies to America, following the likes of House vs Hurricane. All it needs is JJ from Deez Nutz doing vocals in one or two of the songs, and it gets a 100.

Heartquake! we all knew was an amazing track. It’s post-hardcore at its most typical, Sea of Smiles brings the fun and wild crowd element, and To All Aspiring captures the old Sienna Skies. It’s almost flawless.

You can catch them at The Evelyn on Saturday at The Red Shore gig (further details in the gig guide) and tickets are available from moshtix.com.au.

In other news, House vs. Hurricane as promised have their tour diary of Baltimore up on myspace.com/housevshurricane - stay tuned on that for further entries. Atlanta Takes State (myspace.com/atlantatakesstate), is a band heading to high places that and some cool new merch is up on their MySpace.

Head to Chelsea Smile’s Myspace at myspace.com/chelseasmileau to read their updates and write a review of their tunes and you can win a copy of their debut EP An Awakening to the Misguided if you do.

I know that some of you guys will be travelling to other parts of Australia for Christmas season to spend it with extended family, and so if any of you are travelling to Sydney, the Where the Wild Things Are Tour will be on in January featuring bands The Bride (myspace.com/thebrideband) and In Hearts Awake (myspace.com/inheartsawake).

Infinitely amazing artist and songwriter Beck has teamed up with a youngster called Charlotte Gainsbourg have an awesome new indie-strange-cause-it-needs-to-be video clip http://www.myspace.com/charlottegainsbourg is where you can find it. She’s touted to be the next big thing, too.

Also don’t forget that it’s MySpace Mixtape time. Put a few cool songs together and head to myspace.com/channelv to showcase your style on Channel V.

It’s December, Christmas is coming, and the music season is about to explode like… something.

Catch you guys and gals later, hippy style peace and love, as always, and forever. Killer gig guide this week!


All Ages Christmas Season Frenzy

Thursday 10 December
Santa Fun Run, Palms Lawn, Albert Park Lake Aquatic Drive
5:00pm, varietysantafunrun.com.au/VIC/RunDetails.aspx, AA

Thursday 10 December
New Music Concert 2009, featuring young composers studying at the School of Music, Monash University Music Auditorium, Building 68 Clayton Campus, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Tickets $10

Friday 11 December
City of Port Phillip + City of Port Phillip FReeZA Collective, South Port Youth Festival, Featuring: October Power, Skate Park, Bungee Trampolines, Free BBQ, Kool Skools Bands, Garden City Reserve, Port Melbourne, 3.30pm-8.00pm, Free, AA

Friday 11 December
Northern District Community Health Service + Cohuna & Kerang FReeZA Committee, End of Year Dance Party, w/ Sonnix Entertainment, Cohuna Memorial Hall, Cnr Market & King George Street, 7.30pm-11.00pm, $5.00, AA

Friday 11 December
City of Greater Dandenong Youth Committee + Events Committee, Shout Outs South East, Featuring: Killah Queenz, Phinesse, Timomatic, Child’s Play, Baby Steps + much more, Springvale Town Hall, 397-405, Springvale Road, 7.00pm-11.00pm, $5.00, Nick Karlas (03) 9793 2155, AA

Saturday 12 December
Hume City Council + Sunbury FReeZA, The Big Nite Out, Featuring: Sweet Kicks, Check Your Smile, Break The Skies, DJ Brad, DJ O, Sunbury Youth Centre, 51-53 Evans Street, Sunbury, 5.00pm-10.00pm, $5.00 (pre-sale) $10.00 (door), Contact: Nyssa Bradsworth (03) 9744 2602, U18

Saturday 12 December
A Summertime Christmas, Featuring: Melbourne Chamber Choir, Melbourne Women's Choir, Da Capo Singers and the Berwick Youth Choir, Methodist Ladies' College Music Auditorium, 207 Barkers Rd, Kew, 8.00pm, Bookings: 0408 141 972, AA

Saturday 12 December
The Push and Fiasco Productions present, The Red Shore
w/ Nazarite Vow, Sienna Skies, I Explode Like, Feed Her To The Sharks, My Own Enemy, The Evelyn, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 1.00pm, Price: $17.00 (pre-sale) $22.00 (door), Moshtix: 1300 438 849, U18

Saturday 12 December
Keith Urban, w/ Bob Evans, Rod Laver Arena, 7.30pm, Price: $89.00-$119.00, Ticketek: 132 849, AA

Saturday 12 December
Walk Against Warming, State Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne12pm
waw.org.au, AA

Sunday 13 December
Rise and Fall, w/ Carpathian, Blkout, The Hollow, The Castle, Dandenong
2.00pm, $27.75, Oztix: 1300 762 545, AA

Monday 14 December
Greenday, Rod Laver Arena, $101 + bf, Ticketek: 132 849

Tuesday 15 December
Lamb Of God, Festival Hall, 7.30pm, $76.60, Ticketmaster: 136100, AA