SONIC MASALA: Spiral Stairs

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Nova Scotia's World Is More Than Enough

Brisbane five piece Nova Scoti a have been doing the local thing now for near on five years, having collated two great, limited release EPs (Bear Smashes Photocopier and Maritime Disasters) and some stellar support slots, the most recent being Built To Spill. Their brand of off-kilter melodic guitar pop evokes such slacker icons as Pavement (hence the support slots for both Stephen Malkmus and Spiral Stairs) and Guided By Voices. So its exciting news to hear that they are about to unearth their debut LP (about time...) Nova Scotia in February through Lofly Records. And to mark the occasion they have given us their closing track, 'The World Is Not Enough', as well as the news that they will launch the album with a secret show on February 26th! If you want to get to this - which, lets face it, you all do - head over to Lofly for the deets. I dont know about you, but Im hoping this proves to be the first great guitar indie pop album of 2011. Only a month to find out...

Nova Scotia - The World Is Not Enough
Nova Scotia - Maritime Disasters

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Slacker rock gods to worship

SM are heading to Brixton tonight to see the slacker rock gods Pavement. Of course the requisite band members have been busy in Pavement’s absence – Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks / Preston School of Industry / Spiral Stairs etc – butto see them all together again, in what will be my first official Pavement gig, promises to be mindblowing to say the least!

I am also quite excited about the band preceding Pavement tonight, US's Sic Alps. Featuring members of Sisters, amongst many other musical endeavours, Sic Alps may be four albums in, but have definitely been on the up and up over the past 12 months, fronting for the likes of Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth, and now scoring this coveted gig before playing at the Pavement curated ATP this weekend. I haven’t heard much, but what I have heard has me salivating. There are still tickets for tonight if you really push it, it will be a must see (and will quieten down our Deerhunter gushing I'm sure!)

Pavement -Golden Soundz
Sic Alps - Message from the Law

About

It was early on a Sunday morning at ATP - A Nightmare Before Christmas 2009. After downing a fair few, at 4am we decided to cook a curry. It was during the consumption of this drunkenly delicious breakfast treat that we decided to actually do something about the music we talk about all the time.

So we started a blog – and Sonic Masala was born. Now into its seventh year, the blog has spread out to call both Australia and the UK its home (and the rest of the world), and has expanded to include gigs, festivals and a record label under its black umbrella. Come on, eat the noize.

If an mp3 is up here, it's because we have been talking about it, and think the whole world needs to know more. It's there to give you a little taste. Then, if you like, check out the band live and spend all your hard earned cash on their records. If we've posted up an mp3 of your stuff and you're not too keen on the idea, let us know and we'll happily take it down pronto.