Somehow I’ve never seen Drawn from Bees live. So instead I have a tendency to just live through their releases and they are fast becoming one of my favourite local bands. They manage to build on a classic pop formula quite well, adding their own distinct touch to catchy hooks and memorable choruses.
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New Music – Drawn From Bees
Posted in New Music, tagged drawn from bees, local, music video, New Music on August 29, 2011| 1 Comment »
Live Review – Ball Park Music at Alhambra 23/07
Posted in Review, tagged adelaide, adelaide music, alhambra, alhambra lounge, ball park music, brisbane, brisbane music, city riots, drawn from bees, indie rock, live music, live review, local band, millions on July 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Local four piece Millions opened the night to a half packed Alhambra Lounge with their retro sounding garage pop. Triple J favourite ‘Citrus’ got the ever-growing crowd enthusiastic early on in the set, though attention started to wane towards the end, with crowd chatter dominating between songs. ‘Those Girls’ finished the set off nicely with its catchy bass hook, but for the most part the set was rather same same. Individual songs were enjoyable but a full set from the band was rather bland.
Adelaide’s City Riots were up next, marking a very noticeable difference in energy from Millions. Upbeat and continually encouraging clap-a-longs, City Riots powered through their set confidently. Latest single ‘In My Head’ was a highlight and the set ended magnificently with a guest appearance from Dan James of Drawn from Bees to cover Bruce Sringsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’.
Ball Park Music opened strongly with their single ‘iFly’ which got most of the sold out crowd singing along. There’s really not much left to be said about Ball Park Music. You know straight up that you’ll be walking into a fantastic show, and you’re guaranteed to get exactly that. Sam Cromack is easily one of the best frontmen Brisbane has to offer with his quirky sense of humour (“This next song is by Coldplay, it’s called ‘Clocks’…of course it’s not you fucking idiots”) and crazy stage antics.
They played a perfect mix of old and new from ‘Culture Vultures in the Year 2008’ and ‘All I Want is You’ right through to latest single ‘It’s Nice to be Alive’. The group somehow managed to pull off an awesome no-frills cover of ‘Peaches’ by the Presidents of theUSA. I can’t possibly imagine another band that could have done such a straight forward cover of such a ridiculous (by which I mean ridiculously awesome) song.
As usual, the six-piece played spot on – musically tight and absolutely entertaining and energetic. Ball Park Music are easily one of the most exciting live bands to watch at the moment. They closed their set with crowd favourite ‘Sad Rude Future Dude’, consisting of a great chorus sing-a-long, a second verse reprise and some pretty impressive crowd surfing from Cromack.
New Music – Drawn From Bees
Posted in New Music, tagged drawn from bees, New Music on October 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Drawn from Bees boys have been a bit quiet lately, but this more than makes up for it. If you haven’t heard of them I guess you could say they’re Brisbane’s Fleet Foxes, but you really do need to give them a listen. Most people would be familiar with their Triple J played ‘Long Tooth Setting Sun’ single, but I reckon ‘The East Wood Fox’ could easily match it’s popularity.
Free Download – Mucho Bravado Summer Sampler
Posted in Free Download, tagged ball park music, dan parsons, download, drawn from bees, edward guglielmino, hungry kids of hungary, mucho-bravado, ran, tara simmons, the boat people, timothy carroll on January 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A fantastic compilation of local Brisbane artists. For download click here, or befriend Mucho Bravado on Facebook.
“For years, Mucho-Bravado has been nurturing artists, helping them find their path into the music industry or just simply complimenting their talents with a strong support foundation.
Based in Brisbane, Australia, Mucho-Bravado is an independent agency offering musicians marketing and publicity representation.”
Track listing:
- Tara Simmons – I Cannot Be Saved
- The Boat People – Echo Stick Guitars
- Ran – Revolutionary
- Hungry Kids of Hungary – Let You Down
- Ball Park Music – Sea Strangers (I Don’t Really Know You)
- Drawn From Bees – Bus Now
- Edward Guglielmino – Settle Down With Me
- Dan Parsons – Run With Me
- Timothy Carroll – Danshyttan