RTRFM :: Out To Lunch

Seekae & You Shall Find

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Sydney’s trip hop trio Seekae blend live and electronic sounds in a way that dazzles and amazes audiences so it’s no surprise they sold out shows around the country and in Perth last year touring their excellent record +Dome.

The album found it’s way into a few Top Ten albums for 2011 among the Out to Lunch crew including the #3 spot in Sarah Tout’s list.

Ahead of their shows at the Bakery on Saturday March 17 and Mojo’s Bar on Sunday Mar 18, Out to Lunch’s Sarah Tout caught up with George from the band and asked him about their influences: do they listen to as much rock as they do dance music?

Kelly's Neurosis

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Scott Kelly, lead singer of post metal pioneers Neurosis is a solo performer in his own right and he is coming our way.

Neurosis are in the process of recording their ninth full length recording while Scott is currently recording his own solo record.

The sounds are different but the man is the same. Andy Snelling caught up with Scott ahead of his first Australian tour.

Shredding WIth Marnie

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800

At RTRFM we love the weird, the wonderfully innovative and talented artists of this world and we’re super excited that one such lady is heading to Perth Oct 8.

NYC’s Marnie Stern is a guitar wizard, blending bubblegum pop with math rock and punk aesthetics in a way that, somehow, works incredibly well.

Out to Lunch’s Sarah Tout caught up with Marnie ahead of her trip to our town, this podcast features their chat about her live show and her new self titled record.

Critics have labelled the new album darker than her previous so Sarah began by asking Marnie if she felt this was true.

Circular Sounds

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Chicago post-rock outfit Russian Circles offer up intelligent instrumental rock that runs the gamut from delicate atmospherics to unrepentant metal-tinged riffage. The band’s bass player Brian Cook spoke to Out To Lunch’s Sarah Tout, and she began by asking him how, with members scattered across the US, how they manage to make music…

Hide and Seekae

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Sydney three-piece Seekae have released what is touted by some as one of the albums of the year – the multi-layered, polyrhythmic, textural and just plain amazing +Dome.

Ahead of their upcoming Perth show at the Bakery on Saturday August 27 George from the band caught up with Out To Lunch’s Andrew Ryan…

Transcending Quietness

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Georgia’s Quiet Evenings are Grant and Rachel Evans. They began making music together in college, and since that time have run the CD-R, cassette and VHS label Hooker Vision, as well as releasing a number of musical works, both in solo and duo guise. They’ve just released their full-length debut on Sydney’s Preservation label, and Monday Out to Lunch’s Adam Trainer caught up with them over the phone to find out more. It was 1am on a Monday morning Georgia time, so Adam began by asking them what they’d gotten up to on their Sunday.

Black Eagle Sounds

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Wisconsin-based sound artist and guitarist Michael Jantz, aka Black Eagle Child has been releasing music for only three or so years, but in that time he’s amassed quite a substantial back-catalogue, spanning a number of labels. Hi latest, Lobelia, has just been released on Sydney label Preservation Records. RTR’s Adam Trainer caught up with Michael over the phone, and began by asking him when he first picked up a guitar.

Seekae You Shall Find

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0800

In town supporting Mount Kimbie and on the verge of the release of their sophomore album, Sydney electronic three-piece Seekae stopped by the RTRFm studios for a chat with Oliver Laing. They talked about their live show, the trouble with computers, and the work that’s lead them to the forthcoming album +Dome – out very soon on Rice Is Nice.

These Birds Fly Wild

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Wildbirds & Peacedrums are an extremely talented Swedish duo who’s stock in trade is experimental folk with a strong emphasis on rhythms and the amazing vocal talents of Mariam Wallentin. They play the Becks Music box on Thursday the 3rd of March, and stopped by Out to Lunch to chat with Sarah Tout about their sound, and their approach to music, and to each other.

Nautical Adventures in Cuba

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Cuba is Japan is the latest musical offering from Cameron Potts of Baseball and Ninetynine fame. They write exclusively about nautical adventures, and their debut album tackles the first circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan. Adam Trainer spoke to Cam ahead of their appearance at the bakery on April 16 with My Disco.

Heirs Apparent

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Melbourne instrumental rockers Heirs are headed our way, celebrating the release of their dark, intense and rather awesome sophomore album ‘Fowl’. Ahead of their appearance at the Bakery on March 26 Friday Out to Lunch’s Gemma Pike spoke to Damian from the band.

Bookish Heroes

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0800

New York avant-pop cut-up duo The Books play the Becks Music Box on Wednesday the 16th of February as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. After having voted their recent album ‘The Way Out’ at the top position on his top albums list of 2010, Andrew Ryan was delighted to have Nick Zamuto and Paul DeJong in the studio for a chat.

Before the Dark

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Dynamite Steps is the new and fifth full length album for LA band The Twilight Singers. Out to Luncher Sarah Tout caught up with frontman Greg Dulli to talk about the record, his favourite places, how he loves to drum and whether he considers this to be a dark album…

HEALTH storm at The Bakery

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0800

L.A’s finest purveyors of alt noise are set to amaze Perth audiences with their intense, experimental sounds.

On the back of their fine performance last year at The Perth International Arts Festival, they’re back in Perth to take over The Bakery.

Gemma Pike spoke to them ahead of their show.

Blonde to the Bone

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0800

After a three year gap since their last album, the widely acclaimed ‘23’, Blonde Redhead return with ‘Penny Sparkle’. The New York-based trio, comprised of two brothers originally born in Italy who grew up in French-speaking Canada and a Japanese woman, mixed their latest album in Stockholm. Confused? We were, so Adam Trainer spoke with Simone Pace from the band to get to the bottom of their new album ‘Penny Sparkle’. He began by asking Simone whether they’d spent the last three years solely working on the album…

Harp Shaped Box

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Four years ago Wendy Allen and Scott Solter decided to pack up their San Franciscan lives and headed east to rural North Carolina for a five year experiment making music among the silence. The result is The Green, an exquisite and delicate debut album. Out to Lunch’s Sarah Tout spoke to the husband and wife duo about the album, their lives and their style of music making. This extended recording is their full, near half-hour, conversation exclusive to rtrfm.com.au.

Holy Perth Tour Batrider!

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0800

On the eve of their rescheduled Perth dates Gemma Pyke caught up with Batrider to talk about their relentless touring and recently released album “why we can’t be together”.

Big Things beckon for the bats from the East Tasman!

Alien 2010: Spiral Stairs vs Andrew Ryan

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Let’s face it, we are all pretty bloody excited that one of the the best indie rock bands of all time are reforming and heading our way to play on Monday March 8 at Metropolis.

And ahead of Pavement visiting the town they love, our very own Perth, Spiral Stairs met his match with the ever eccentric alien lover Mr Andrew Ryan.

Here is how the Out to Lunch meeting of minds played out…

Tindersticks: Travelling Lighter Than Ever

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Ever since their two self-titled albums blew away the British music scene in the mid 90s, Tindersticks have been turning out consistently excellent albums, with their strings and strange baritones hopping effortlessly between playful and profoundly sad.

The start of this decade saw the band first take a shift in more soulful directions, and then, after 2003’s bleak Waiting for the Moon, call it a day. But in 2008, after a couple of solo albums from frontman Stuart Staples, the band suddenly re-emerged, stripped back, full of life and passion with a remarkable album The Hungry Saw.

They’ve kept that up with this month’s second release from this new incarnation of the band, Falling Down a Mountain (4AD/Remote Control). It’s an album that could only have been made by a band that have learned to love making music again, and RTR’s Patrick Pittman was pretty thrilled to catch up with Stuart Staples from a London hotel room to talk about just how they got here.

The Album Leaf: Into the Van Again

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800

It’s been many years since Jimmy LaValle could be heard plying his post-rock trade in bands such as Tristeza.

For the past decade, a little beast that started as a side project has blossomed into his sole focus, The Album Leaf. His new album in that guise, A Chorus of Story Tellers, follows in the mold of his previous work – beautiful downbeat electronics, with just the odd Icelandic dash of Sigur Ros here and there and the occasional placid vocal. It’s a work replete with shimmering beauty, with tracks bound to show up on countless soundtracks and tv shows. That’s fine, it’s best when the great stuff does this. Patrick Pittman caught up with Jimmy to talk about the new album, and found him on the road to Portland.