Q&A with The Belligerents

I get sent quite a few free CD's and to be honest, I don't really get around to listening to them. They usually have wanky bios and as a former promotions manager who wrote wanky bios and press releases, I can tell you that they are BAD. To be fair they aren't as bad as mine though.

So it was a great surprise that a CD I was sent actually pleased my ears, I even listened to it multiple times through. Disappointed they're from Brisbane though, I hate that joint. What's up with all the walking/talking slowly, liking rugby and those bars with reject strippers walking around topless selling raffle tickets? I don't get it!? Yep I'm a true Melbourne snob.

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Q&A with The Ovals

*Nancy - Doesn't this photo remind you of that line from The Bedroom Philospher "gonna go down to Pony, pretend I'm in Kings of Leon"? No, just me? Ok then, continue.

My name is: David, Tadhg's, Duane & Danny

I play in: The Ovals

We sound like: PINK FLOYD meets CAN and TOOL and a touch of the ol' forest beaming with stone age minds and space age music.

Inspired by: An open attitude to reality, philosophy, literature, poetry and a vast quantity of great music

We reside in: Melbourne and the Peninsula shire

Our local music scene is: Full of depraved and unstable minds bursting with enough creativity to knock out a small herd of elephants. We surround ourselves amongst friends, mainly in the darkly fitzroy areas and brunswick were time can eat you up and before you know it, that bastard of a sun has popped its ugly head up to ruin the good tidings. Thats when the banknotes get put away.

The most annoying thing about our scene is: ............Parking.....and the sun.

Our best gig to date was: The Brunswick Hotel, with a dazzling full light/projection show and awesome bands. Our Gonzo-esque manager was running around like a madman tweaking lights and staring at people in a real odd fashion.

The song that gets me dancing is: 'I don't really mind' by Tame Impala/ Halleluwah by Can.

First album I bought: Aenima by Tool, which is funny because I still think its amazing after 16 years, unlike a lot of other stuff which has come and gone.

My musical youth involved: Sporting fields, quarries, synagogues, the little desert, and opening the doors of perception. Also an array of hilariously mannered pets such as Swags and Toby. RIP

Pop music is: Mostly, people persuing something shallow. Music can be so much more. But it depends what your calling pop. Lollipops are real swell.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: Beethoven's Ninth, Fourth Movement/Beethovens Emperor, the Second Movement.

Do you play Fifa? Our drummer used to play with Manchester United in England, but couldn't handle his shit, tabloids made a mess of him. Sad really

Favourite Restaurant: Mum's kitchen. Champion cooks.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: When they pretend to be independent and are not.

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: Bee Gees (this is Davids choice and does not at all represent anyone else in the band).

The sporting team I follow is: South Melbourne (Ex) Football Club, Carlton FC, Collingwood FC (but only when theyre winning, typical of your Collingwood folk).

*Nancy - Collingwood FC are the absolute pits. Go Hawks!

If I weren't a musician I would be: Brahman, garbo, lady of the night and a narc.

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D/L: Refugee

Q&A with Kindread

My name is: Rhys aka The n00bie

I play in: Kindread

We sound like: there's a party in your pants and everyone's dancing to reggaey/rocky/funky/dubby tunes.

Inspired by: good times, good friends, a bottle of red, some 'ealthy 'erb, good vibes.

We reside in: God's Waiting Room, aka The Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Our local music scene is: strangely, on the rebound

The most annoying thing about our scene is: that venues start, then are shut down by the whinging baby-boomers who's idea of a good time is uninterrupted viewing of CSI

Our best gig to date was: everyone of them... good or bad.

The song that gets me dancing is: EMF's 'Unbelievable'

First album I bought: Big Audio Dynamite II

My musical youth involved: long hair, cut-off camos, The Doors and Pantera, and weed.

Pop music is: a necessary evil.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: Happy Birthday.. the royalties alone would be killer.

Do you play Fifa? What's a Fifa? Does it come between a Forfa and a sixa?

Favourite Restaurant: You do realise these answers come from a musician? Restaurant? Like, as in Maccas or Subway?

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: Nothing.. they're all bloody brilliant

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: my business and no-one else's

The sporting team I follow is: AFL - would have to be the Lions, NRL - would have to be the Dragons, Ping Pong - would have to be the Chinese National Team.. those guys are crazy.

If I weren't a musician I would be: downright boring.

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Free DL: Free Love

Q&A with The Long Summer

My name is: Nicko

I play in: The Long Summer

We sound like: classical musicians aping their pop music heroes with results ranging from middling to spectacular...

Inspired by: J-Dilla, Motown, Slash, Warp Records, Trent Reznor, Goldfrapp and the view from Hugh's parents back room over the golf course towards the city which is quite pretty.

We reside in: Melbourne

Our local music scene is: Being taken for granted by Liberal state government. If Labor had won the election then they would have invested $25 Million dollars in our local scene. Libs didn't even have an arts policy!!! That's fucked! Go build another football stadium. Go invest $3 Billion in a failed attempt to win the FIFA world cup. Or subsidise a new Rugby Union team. (that's my favourite thing to rant about)

The most annoying thing about our scene is: Mess and Noise forums

Our best gig to date was: We've never played one... one day we will play one and you'll be on the door list.

The song that gets me dancing is: The Seed (2.0) by The Roots and Cody Chestnutt (or anything by Cody Chestnutt) or this song which is fucking awesome -

First album I bought: She by Harry Connick Jnr.

My musical youth involved: Biggie Smalls' California or Coolio Gangtas Paradise playing over the loudspeakers at for 5 minutes before the end of recess.
oh, and thinking that the Batman Forever Soundtrack (U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and Seal's "Kiss From A Rose") was the greatest album ever.
and piano lessons...

Pop music is: indescribably awesome or excruciatingly shithouse, depending on what mood i'm in.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: All I Need by Radiohead or White Christmas by Bing Crosby (coz of the royalties)
Do you play Fifa? No. But I watch Premier League at the pub sometimes.

Favourite Restaurant: Any place that sells tapas dishes which involve anchovies or sardines.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: Everett True http://www.collapseboard.com/

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: The whole of Powderfinger's Internationalist album, Bluegrass and Everett True's blog.

The sporting team I follow is: Melbourne Demons in AFL

If I weren't a musician I would be: Fitter

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Q&A with Hanna Silver/Inverto

I admit Twitter can be pretty annoying at times and I'm positive that I only add to that annoyingness on a daily occurrence (@nancy_magoo), but sometimes you get to network with some ace people. Here is one of them, Hanna Silver. Both she and the band she is in should be bringing out EP's next month but in the meantime her next gig is at Know Your Product, Jan 25th at 9.30om and then St Kilda Festival on the New Music stage, Feb 13th at 12.50pm.

My name is: Hanna (Giselle Ida) Silver

I play in: solo as Hanna Silver, and in the band Inverto

We sound like: when I play solo I use a loop pedal, vintage synths and my voice. it sounds like slow disco and electro. Inverto is Italo disco, cosmic and house.

Inspired by: italo disco and boogie artists, Fela Kuti and Ben Folds Five

We reside in: Melbourne, Straya

Our local music scene is: in abundance of talent and also people who wanna give this music thing a go. There's always a gig on, every night of the week.

The most annoying thing about our scene is: like other scenes where there is an abundance of musicians, venues are generally very tight with their money (picture the Espy offering $400 for 3 bands AND a sound guy to play on a Thursday night in the basement). This makes it really difficult to be an artist. When I've been teaching piano all day so I can pay the rent, I rarely feel inspired when I come home from work (I used to practise piano for 5 hours a day. Maybe now I do half an hour some days). But now that it's holidays and I'm not teaching, I'm finishing a solo EP! Set for release Feb 2011.

Our best gig to date was: playing as guest synthesist in Ponzu Island at the Forum a few months ago, as part of the Beck's Bar series in the Melbourne International Arts Festival. And being guest harmonium player with Harry Angus at his solo gig in the Melbourne International Jazz Festival a couple years ago. And playing with Inverto is always fun, partly because I get to dress up as a nurse and partly because I get to fuck out on synth.

The song that gets me dancing is: This is a strange question, when there are potentially thousands of songs... nay, MILLIONS of danceable songs. Um, the other night I danced to Kylie; this was a new low for me. Plus I was quite drunk, so it marked my official crossing over into Fucking Dickhead-dom. But otherwise, I will dance to anything good with a beat from 80 - 120bpm.

First album I bought: Mariah Carey - Music Box

My musical youth involved: Learning classical piano since I was 3, violin since I was 8; from ages 15-18 I also learnt cello, drums, electric bass, double bass and trumpet. I started writing piano pieces when I was about 8 and pop songs when I was 14. When I was 17 I was anaemic without knowing it; consequently I wrote several songs about feeling really tired. In year 12 I was a house chorals leader, which involved arranging songs like Bohemian Rhapsody for orchestra and choir, and conducting. It's funny because at the time we thought we did an incredible job, but watching the video a couple years later we realised it was PRETTY SHIT.

Pop music is: usually FUCKING SHIT. Basically because for the last 30 years it has been ONLY about making money. Now that pop music stylistically MUST involve auto-tune, it's gone even fucking further down the drain. Now we are starting to see a new generation of singers who have grown up listening to auto-tuned voices - there is a new vocal style being born and it's pretty fucking horrible. We should just cut to the chase and get robots to write our music for us.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

Do you play Fifa? nup.

Favourite Restaurant: The restaurant tram (srsly it's awesome)
The thing I hate most about bloggers is: the self-congratulatory tone in their writing (N.B. I am a blogger, in the middle of answering questions about myself...I HOPE you get the irony here)

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: 80s pop like Kids In America by Kim Wilde and 90s boy bands

The sporting team I follow is: Richmond Tigers, AFL

If I weren't a musician I would be: fuck knows. A psychiatrist, if I had the stamina to study medicine.

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Q&A with Asian Girls Luv It!

Here are some of my favourite Americans, Joellen and Chris from Asian Girls Luv It! It also happens they make music I love to listen to especially before I head for a night of liver abuse. Make sure you check out their stuff and stalk them on one of their many interwebz channels.

Our names are: Chris & Joellen

We play in: Asian Girls Luv It!

We sound like: James Franco being raped by Optimist Prime

Inspired by: black metal and 1970s anarcho punk

We reside in: Los Angeles, CA

Our local music scene is: huge over here, I wouldn't even call it local anymore because it's spread out exponentially.

The most annoying thing about our scene is: Underage kids who come to gigs dressed like it's a rave. SMH.

Our best gig to date was: The first time we played at DANCE in Hollywood.

The song that gets us dancing is: Raining Blood by Slayer

*oh shit, I've been listening to this all morning - Nancy

First album I bought: Joellen's was Saves the Day's Through Being Cool, and Chris' was the soundtrack of "Space Jam"

If I could have written any song it would have to be: "I Want To Hold Your Hand," so we could be fucking rich.

Do you play Fifa?: Nope

Favourite Restaurant: The Loving Hut, one of the best vegan restaurants I've been to, and have withdrawals if deprived for a week. Chris' favorite is The Pizza Hut.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: The fact that (music) bloggers are so quick to say something negative, but only when and because they're hidden behind their internet persona.

Our Musical Guilty Pleasure is: US mainstream hip-hop like Lil Wayne and Drake (best I evah had)

The sporting team I follow is: If we had to pick, then the Lakers.

If we weren't musicians we would be: porn stars.

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Q&A with TOWELS

My name is: Toggle Crosshair aka Tom Zimmer

I play in: TOWELS

*you're a towel - Nancy

We sound like: At our last gig someone described us as the soundtrack to Sixteen
Candles mixed with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We pretentiously claim to fall under the banner of sandalgaze/andrewgaze, but really we're just sort of 80's inspired poppy shoegazey stuff.

Inspired by: We've all had close encounters with praying mantis cyborg dudes who creep around on full-mooned nights in North Melbourne. A lot of our music comes some sort of hivemind collective consciousness reservoir. Zayd (our guitarist) was abducted by creatures that he claimed looked like "little asian midgets" when he was a kid. Otherwise we're inspired by the usual stuff: girls, beer, TV, deep sea creatures, etc.

We reside in: We mostly live in North Melbourne, our guitarist lives in Collingwood. Each band member has a hand-carved 7-foot pyramid, and sometimes we try to use them to communicate with each other via ESP (to save on SMS charges).

Our local music scene is: Pretty good, definitely the best scene in Australia. Lots of people are giving it a go. We've been very impressed with Parading, Bum Creek, Footy, Pageants, Franco Cozzo, Sports Lodge & Sons, to name a few.

The most annoying thing about our scene is: Some people complain that everyone in Melbourne does the "The Fitzroy Shuffle". The moves are simple: when the band is playing, you stand quietly, looking grumpy and sipping your beer, until the last song where everyone launches into very subtle head bobbing. I don't mind though, but there's definitely not enough delay pedal utilised in Melbourne music.

Our best gig to date was: Our last gig went really well, it's the only gig where nothing went

terribly wrong. Usually someone leaves the cowbell or whatever at home.

The song that gets me dancing is: You really can't go past Metal Machine Music part 4 to get my boots scootin'. All jokes aside, "Eyes Without A Face" by Billy Idol is probably one song that we can all agree on.

First album I bought: Aqua - Aquarium. The next album I bought was the Men in Black
soundtrack, and then the Macarena single. My music roots are pretty disturbing, hopefully it doesn't shine through..

My musical youth involved: I grew up on Earth Wind & Fire, my folks would play them constantly throughout my childhood, you can probably hear some faint echoes of these incredible afro disco champions buried inside our music.

Pop music is: I always associate pop music with the supermarket. I only ever hear the latest Lady Gaga or whatever when I'm wandering around the fluorescent lit halls in search of canned beetroot, green cordial and two minute noodles. In some ways I'd consider Towels to be a pop
group, underneath the noisy guitar vomiting our songs are really just simple 3 chord verse-chorus-verse concoctions.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: 4'33" by John Cage. I thought I heard it on the radio once, but then I realised I don't own a radio.

Do you play Fifa? We're more of a MarioKart64 band. I am Wario, Zayd (guitarist) plays
Yoshi, and James (synth) is Peach.

Favourite Restaurant: We all used to live together in Collingwood and we went to the Smith
st. McDonalds so regularly that the staff knew us on a first name basis and we could order "the usual". McDonalds is gross, and so is Mee Goreng, but really these two fuels are the driving power source behind Towels.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: Bad poetry. And macro photography of food. If you strip back all the porn, the internet is just a massive interlinked network of bad macro

food photography and horrifying poetry.

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: When no one is around I get naked, drizzle myself in nutella, get out my Zumba toning sticks and shake it to Nickelback at full volume.

The sporting team I follow is: We were watching the chess pretty closely during the recent

championship, we were batting for Topalov the Bulgarian. He lost. :-(

If I weren't a musician I would be: When I was growing up I spent most of my time doing magic tricks, I really wanted to be a magician, I can still do loads of tricks. I spent a handful of years studying physics and came close to becoming a practising astrophysicist. Now I'm doing my masters so who can guess. James is a graphic designer, he'll probably end up a billionaire from inventing new toothpaste packaging or something. Zayd's a shaman of sorts. He might spend his waking hours eating sponge cake and beer, but when the horsemen of the apocalypse come riding over the horizon, he'll be a very important ally.

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Q&A with Bayonets For Legs

My name is: Nathan James Mulholland

I play in: Bayonets For Legs (bass)

We sound like: the kids who were listening to emo ten years ago all grown up and out of image. Still punk kids at heart, but looking at music so one dimensionally is real boring.

Inspired by: lots of stuff: Last Days of April, Paul Kelly, Wilco, Crowded House etc etc

We reside in: Sydney, except our drummer, he's from some place called Picton. I went there once, there's a creepy church that has a picture of Mary in the stained glass window out front. There's also something called "the Picton tunnel". Obviously it's a tunnel, but there's ghosts there or some shit. I guess however you can turn a buck, right?

Our local music scene is: It's always changing. I'm loathed to say it's bad, because it isn't... But it's not amazing either. People get out and support each other, and some really good people are starting to put together some really good mini festivals. I'd say "it's getting there", but really, what is "there". It's swings and round abouts. A few inner city venues are closing down, but there are more suburban places opening up which is good news for everyone.
The most annoying thing about our scene is: I'm gonna say two things here. The first is djs who think they're bigger than the bands they're spinning after. Look, a guy who's spinning house music for a dance club, dropping beats in, scratching etc, I can see the merit in that, I see how Girltalk can be considered art... The guy is incredible. You go to a dance club and they're the talent, because they are. Then you go to one of these fucking "alternative" clubs where there's three rooms and the room with the band in it is the empty one, and the rooms with the djs are packed. I don't see the merit in simply owning Fall Out Boy and Paramore's entire catalogue of singles and knowing were each song stops so you know when to hit the fader. Why are these guys the stars? We've got it wrong, it's like there's all icing, and no cake. I enjoy hearing songs I know as much as anyone else, but there is such a reluctance for people to look for anything new. We just keep recycling the same fucking formula to try to fill the same venues with the same people looking for the same thing three-four nights a week. Soon, hopefully, it's going to reach critical mass and the landscape will change. That excites me.

The second is (and I'm sure there's a more apt name for it that I don't know) cultural gentrification. Basically it's all these upper middle class assholes who buy property around established venues and complain about the noise coming from them in order to get them shut down. Shut down the venue, you remove the "unfavourable element" (although I'm quite sure there is much, much less trouble at the end of a night of live music than there is at 4am outside just about any suburban pub in Australia packed with assholes trying to prove their alpha male status). Seriously, who the fuck moves into an area like oxford st. or close to the Annandale hotel looking for peace and quiet? Two kinds of people. Fucking idiots, and people looking to turn a buck on property. State governments and local councils REALLY need to look at this. Look at the occurrence of incidents outside the Annandale hotel compared to those outside the Mean Fiddler and see which one should be shut down. It's a war on culture, and it's a war on anything that doesn't fit neatly into their neat little paradigm as to what's acceptable for them to live near and for their kids to grow up near, and the kind of boring as shit, middle of the road Australia assholes like Allan Jones and any other motherfucker who picks up a microphone on most any AM radio station in Australia (read 2GB and MTR) want. Fuck that. We can't let it happen.

Our best gig to date was: Our Sydney launch show was incredible...

The song that gets me dancing is: This site is "white boy dance floor", right? Imagine a six foot eight, kind of out of shape, white as white can be white boy on the dance floor... Nothing good comes from it... So no song gets me dancing... Sorry.

First album I bought: smash hits '93... Yep, pretty credible. The first "real" album I bought, however, was Nevermind by Nirvana.

If I could have written any song it would have to be: uh... If we're talking love/relationship songs, Ten Minutes by The Get Up Kids is pretty great... If we may talk protest songs (don't give me this shit about there being no good protest artists nowadays), Slow Down Ghandi by Sage Francis pretty much encapsulated every single fucking retarded thing that has happened in this world in the last 15 years and (except for a lack of references to The Jersey Shore and Social Networking) is still a relevant song. Oh, and "Question" by Old 97's... I wish I could have written that for when I propose to my girl.

Do you play Fifa? Nah, not really a gaming person.

Favourite Restaurant: one of the only "real" restaurants I've ever been to is the Orange on Chapel st.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: hahaha... Loaded question much? Everyone has an opinion, bloggers, sometimes, are able to articulate theirs fairly well. At the very least, bloggers aren't tied up with commercial agreements that tie their hands as to what they can give a kicking when it's needed. I'm a pretty firm believer in speaking your mind. I don't hate bloggers, per se... Some of their opinions, however, can get fucked (mainly because they don't match my ideology).

Melbourne vs. Sydney? Shit... Simply because I live there, Sydney. Melbourne is a fantastic place though.

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: I'm just putting this out there... Out of every band in that scene, My Chemical Romance are fantastic.

The sporting team I follow is: the MIGHTY South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Kings

*thanks for stealing Inglis... sulk - Nancy

If I weren't a musician I would be: a much better employment prospect, a much better boyfriend, a much lower credit risk to banks.

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Q&A with Class A

My name is: Class A

I play in: my solo crew.. Me me me me .. and Class A.. No, just plain old 'Class A'

I sound like: The receptionist at your work who turns into a rap star after 5pm. Honest, banging, sometimes funny, sometimes sing-along, boom bap, lo-fi, sometimes sprinkled with more synth-based hip hop. I rap how I talk, you will not get a surprise when you meet me unfortunately.

Inspired by: Like all independent Australian musicians, Neighbours and Home & Away.. when that's not on, life and interesting, unique honest music that I can relate to. Notorious B.I.G, Jean Grae, Slug and Busta Rhymes are a few of my main musical inspirations.

I reside in: Fitzroy, originally Geelong

My local music scene is: Killing it! We are so lucky to have such a variety of talented musicians. It’s inspiring and super exciting; the quality of our artists Aus wide blows me away. It is well and truly ALIVE. Australian Hip Hop is really starting to get some well deserved international recognition as well. I really look forward to collaborating with new artists and playing at new venues around Australia. I’m going on the WildsideTour in November with Spit Syndicate and The Tongue, which will be amazing, we are touring nationally (11 dates).

My best gig to date was: Jean Grae and Talib Kweli (gig with Nikkita and Sizzle –SYD). They are 2 of my favourite artists and I brushed shoulders with both of them and nearly lost my shit. It was a dream come true for me.

The song that gets me dancing is: Notorious B.I.G- Hypnotise

First album I bought: Puff Daddy and the Family - No Way Out was my first Hip Hop cd.. the others were stupid 100% hits crap Do you play Fifa? No, but I would if I wasn't so lazy

Favourite Restaurant: Bimbos- Fitzroy.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: I can't tell if they're being sarcastic or not!

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: Destiny's Child greatest hits

The sporting team I follow is: Geelong Cats, or Collingwood now that they won the Grand Final

If I weren't a musician I would be: a receptionist

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D/L: So Bad - prod. by M-Phazes

Q&A with Kill Kurt Reifler

My name is: Kurt Reifler

I play in: Kill Kurt Reifler

We sound like: Robert Johnson with a lightning bolt up his ass.

Inspired by:Black American Music created no later than 1980.

We reside in: Melbourne currently, New York generally, Florida during the holidays, and we tour enough to legitimately claim homelessness. We will be touring the USA starting to January behind our new release, Sure as the Swing of a Pendulum.

Our local music scene is: Wherever the hell we are. New York is where we felt the most comfortable and came together as a band. We get pretty neatly categorized into the “rock” category and people are generally pretty disappointed that we don’t have visible tattoos, stud belts, and exclusively black T-shirts.

Our best gig to date was: In some ways it would be the first Melbourne show we played at this dive bar in Fitzroy this past May. It meant so much to us just to be playing again after a pretty long hiatus. It was like losing your virginity…again. And perhaps the second cherry popping is all pleasure and no pain.

The song that gets me dancing is: Son of a Preacher had me bopping the other day in the coffee shop. “The only man who could ever teach me…”

First album I bought: Dad gave me the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Blood Sugar Sex Magic for Hannukah in 1992. I’m a half Jew so I always got Christmas presents and Hannukah presents. What a deal! Anyway, that album changed my life in a lot of ways, but not for almost a decade later. In fact, I got rid of it at a local CD exchange (remember CDs!) and then had to re-buy it when I was in high school. Flea is Jesus Christ, in bass form.

Do you play Fifa? No – I suck at video games, and I like to pretend to be good at things…so I avoid the things I suck at. That keeps me looking cool.

Favourite Restaurant: Taco Bell! If you are on tour, only have a dollar in your pocket, need a meal, and are open to the idea of pooping your pants, Taco Bell is THE place to be.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: This is a trap, but I am going to walk into it. Blogging and Facebook, and Myspace (back in the dark ages of 2004, 2005) have given everyone a goddamn say in everything. Who cares what anyone thinks? I don’t even care what I think.

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: The Neptunes. Every time Pharrell and company make a beat, no matter which crappy pop star it’s for, I always can feel it in some way.

The sporting team I follow is: The New York Knicks. I’m a huge basketball fan. I had to go Crown Casino SEVEN mornings in June to watch Los Angeles win the NBA Finals in Melbourne this year. I got in a screaming match with a Boston “fan” at the 6^th game. The best part about arguing with Australians about basketball is that they don’t even know the rules. That would be like me trying to talk AFL with a lifelong footy fan. I’d look like an American asshole - which, coincidentally - is exactly what I am.

If I weren't a musician I would be: A prostitute. If I couldn’t give aural, I’d at least want to give oral.

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D/L: Pendulum

Q&A with The Giveaways

My name is: Gunny.

I play in: The Giveaways.

We sound like: "...an exceptionally proficient and polished mash-up between The Kooks, the Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines and The Strokes. With an overall vibe that equal measures ridiculously and thrashingly upbeat, obnoxiously jubilant, rife with 60's Beatlemania (in both loose frenetic playing style and exploding energy) and catchy as all fuck." - Spoz. I guess he's right.

Inspired by: Those who inspire us.

We reside in: A little old town called Adelaide.

Our local music scene is: gonna eat your face.

Our best gig to date was: Pimpin' Horus' 'Monkey' EP launch at the Ed Castle, freakin' rad yo.

The song that gets me dancing is: What one of our songs? Or just any song? If you were just talking about one of our songs I'd have to say "Frown". But if you were talking about any song, then I guess "Hate to say I told you so" by the Hives. That songs pretty fun. There are fucking heaps more, but that song just comes to mind.

First album I bought: White Stripes - Elephant.

Do you play Fifa? I'm bloody hopeless at that game.

Favourite Restaurant: Depends what I feel like. Right now I feel like Thai food. So I'd say Manee Siam.

The thing I hate most about bloggers is: They have a tendency to blog, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I don't think I hate bloggers. Blog away.

My Musical Guilty Pleasure is: I think Justin Beiber sounds good when slowed down by 800%

The sporting team I follow is: Whoever is more likely to win.

If I weren't a musician I would be: Batman

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D/L: Those Old Memories