Filed under: BANOFFEE, BATRIDER, Blake Byron Smith, COLLARBONES, DJS BLAKE & TIG, DREAM KIT, FOX + SUI, GALAPAGOOSE, Hazel Brown, HELLO SATELLITES, KID SAM, KIERAN RYAN, NICK HUGGINS, OSCAR + MARTIN, OSCAR KEY SUNG, OTOUTO, PSUCHE, RANDOM POSTS, SEAGULL, SPEED PAINTERS, THE HARPOONS, THE WAR DIARIES OF FRANK BROWN, Tig Huggins, TOUCH TYPIST, TWO BRIGHT LAKES DJS
Hey friends,
After five years of blogging here, we are moving our middling words to our new website, courtesy of our friends PT Campbell and That Mob, who’ve collaborated with us to make a brand new website at our home of six years, www.twobrightlakes.com
Come visit us there and keep up with all the latest news about Two Bright Lakes people.
Thanks for listening,
Two Bright Lakes.
Filed under: BATRIDER, Blake Byron Smith, COLLARBONES, DJS BLAKE & TIG, DREAM KIT, Hazel Brown, NICK HUGGINS, OSCAR + MARTIN, OTOUTO, SEAGULL, Tig Huggins | Tags: best of 2011, Donny Benet, Geoffrey O'Connor, Lost Animal, melbourne music week, New Look, Shabazz Palaces, Sugar Mountain, Theo Parrish, Two Bright Lakes, virgo four
It’s that time of year again where we weigh up all that has happened this year, throw some opinions around, and celebrate all of the good things that transpired in 2011. It’s been a very busy year for us at Two Bright Lakes, we want to thank everyone who came to shows, bought records and listened to the music that ‘s been released and said nice things about it, we really appreciate all of those things.
We put out some of our favourite records ever in the form of Collarbones, Oscar+Martin, Dream Kit, Batrider and Nick Huggins. We helped put on the the inaugural Sugar Mountain Festival in January, we braved endless rain for the Melbourne Music Week rooftop show, toured Virgo Four twice, took part in the Galactic Nights series, put on countless excellent local shows with musicians from near and far…we’re collecting an archive of photos and videos of shows from the year, and we’ll be posting them somewhere soon.
In the meantime, here are some reflections by some of the Lakes people on what they thought was great about 2011 and time and space in general…
Hazel Brown (Otouto):
Overseas:
1. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
2. Arthur Russell – Lets Go Swimming
3. Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs
4. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
5. Motor City Drum Ensemble – DJ Kicks
6. Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
Australian:
1. Teeth and Tongue – Tambourine
2. Lost Animal – Ex-Tropical
3. Oscar and Martin – For You
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5 Low Budget Music Videos of 2011 (no order)
Filed under: BATRIDER | Tags: Absolute Boys, Lady Dreams, MELBOURNE, Native Cats, The Tote, Two Bright Lakes
Batrider play the last date of their national ‘Piles of Lies’ launch tour this Friday at The Tote alongside Tasmania’s Native Cats who are also launching their album ‘Process Praise’. Joining these awesome bands on the night will be the equally awesome Absolute Boys as well as Lady Dreams. Get down early, if the facebook numbers are anything to go by, this one is going to be a sell-out…there’s a great artist on artist interview on Mess+Noise with Batrider and Native Cats here too…
…In between playing some powerful shows around the country, Steph Crase has been producing music videos for a bunch of songs from the album, check them out below:
[ free mp3 download of single ‘Piles of Lies’ ]
Batrider – Piles of Lies out now through Two Bright Lakes / Remote Control
Buy on CD online // Bandcamp // iTunes
and available in all good record stores nationally through Inertia
Filed under: BATRIDER | Tags: Emma Soup, GoodGod, Grand Poobah, Native Cats, Piles of Lies, Skinny Geans, Step Inn, The Tote, Two Bright Lakes
Two Bright Lakes are very proud to present the fourth full-length album from Batrider, Piles of Lies. Accompanying the first single ‘Pile of Lies’ is a live video cut together by Steph Crase, documenting the powerful live experience of the band.
If you haven’t witnessed Batrider live before, there’s never been a better time with the three piece embarking on a national tour this August/September, check out the dates below…
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BATRIDER NATIONAL LAUNCH TOUR
AUGUST
18th – Step Inn, Brisbane, QLD
19th – Emma Soup, Newcastle, NSW
20th – GoodGod Small Club, Sydney, NSW
21st – Phoenix, Canberra, ACT
SEPTEMBER
3rd – Format, Adelaide, SA
9th – Grand Poobah, Hobart, TAS – Batrider w/ Native Cats (album launch)
10th – Skinny Geans, Launceston, TAS
16th – The Bakery, Perth WA
30th – The Tote, Collingwood, VIC – Batrider w/ Native Cats (album launch)
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[ free mp3 download of single ‘Piles of Lies’ ]
Batrider – Piles of Lies out now through Two Bright Lakes / Remote Control
Buy on CD online // Bandcamp // iTunes
and available in all good record stores nationally through Inertia