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FEATURED ARTIST: Giants of Science

Brisbane’s self-proclaimed kings of riff based intelligent hard rock (IHR) music, Giants of Science, are returning for some shows and a little recording.

Giants have been peddling their particular brand of rock’n'roll for much longer than is healthy, but like all good vices they are hard to kick, except when passed out on your floor.

Their music is a blend of frenetic rock, monstrous riffs and shoegazer atmospherics, all tied together by vocals that can swing from a demented croon to a gut busting scream in the space of a verse. It is a sound which led Dave Grohl to hand-pick Giants of Science as support for the Foo Fighters QLD flood benefit gig in March 2011. Other supports of note include Swervedriver, DKT/MC5, Radio Birdman, Mudhoney, Rollins Band, J Mascis, Mark of Cain, Powderfinger, You Am I, Front End Loader, and A Perfect Circle. Honestly.

Giants of Science have recorded and released two studio albums (The History of Warfare and Here is the Punishment), one live album (Live at the Troubadour) and two EPs (“Blueprint for Courageous Action” and “Sisters”). Now, 2012 sees them lurch once more onto the stage and into the studio, in what could only be described as a series of frivolous acts of masochism. It hurts being this good.

CATCH GIANTS OF SCIENCE IN FEB/MARCH!

SAT 25th FEB – The Beetle Bar, Upper Roma Street, Brisbane - 1am slot. w/Dollar Bar, Microflora, Captain Moonshine and The New Young Liberals

FRI 2nd MAR – The Retreat, Brunswick, Melbourne w/ Damn Terran
SAT 3rd MAR – The Old Bar, Fitzroy, Melbourne, supporting Dollar Bar, w/The Peep Tempel & Mass Cult

FRI 9th MAR – The Patch, Wollongong, w/Shifter, Bruce! & Handlebar
SAT 10th MAR – The Square, Sydney w/Lomera, The Turps & Skinpin

More details at www.plusonerecords.com.au

BIGSOUND...oh, the memories

A bunch of SLB bands thoroughly kicked-arse at the recent BIGSOUND conference and showcase festival in Brisbane. So, if you missed it - or want to relive the madness - check out this fantastic clip.





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FREE TRACKS

Whether you're into country, rock, hip-hop...whatever really, there's sure to be something you'll discover in this killer FREE online sampler from the SLB labels.

1. DZ DEATHRAYS - Blue Blood
2. I Heart Hiroshima - Washed Up
3. My Fiction - Shanghai Surprise
4. The Optimen - Always
5. Regurgitator - Nrob Bmud
6. The Rational Academy - Unsolved Mysteries
7. Mr Maps - Tennis Party
8. Ektoise - Thought Police
9. Lawrence English - Galaxies of Dust
10. Marialy Pacheco - Sunshine State
11. The Medics - Her Song
12. Carry Nation - Phil Spector
13. Halfway - Oscar
14. Texas Tea - Billy
15. The Good Ship - These Are a Few of My Favourite Flings
16. Undead Apes - Taxes
17. Jackie Marshall - Excuse Me Mister
18. The Jim Rockfords - Stay Out Late


NEW LABELS ON SLB

We're proud to announce more Brisbane labels have joined the SLB fold..

Impossible Odds Records
Bedroom Suck
Footstomp Records
Trans:Com
Autumn Recordings
Useless Art Records
777 Operations
Obsidian Records

Make sure you check our their label profiles and artists.

BIGSOUND IS BACK

The countdown has started for this September's BIGSOUND music conference and festival which, this year, celebrates its 10th birthday.

Check out some of the highlights from last year here...

INHABIT FIESTA

Check out some of the highlights from the recent soundlikebrisbane launch as part of Inhabit Fiesta - featuring a dozen bands from the SLB labels rosters across two outdoor stages.


DELVE INTO BRISBANE'S INDIE MUSIC HISTORY

In the first in a series of SLB articles charting Brisbane's indie music history, Pig City author Andrew Stafford looks at the early history of independent labels in Brisbane.

LIKE so many good things, it began by accident rather than design.
Ed Kuepper, guitarist with Brisbane’s original punk heart-stoppers the Saints, had left school and was working in a Brisbane warehouse for Melbourne-based independent label Astor Records. The label operated from the 1960s through to the early 1980s, experiencing early success with pioneering Australian garage bands the Loved Ones and Masters Apprentices. Read more...