Darts:
Darts formed around 2008, initially just as a two-piece — Angus Ayres and his brother Andrew — in the Victorian city of Bendigo. They ballooned out to a five-piece in the early 2010’s, adding Ally Campbell-Smith, Paige X. Cho and Jessie Fernandez to fold. They have a melancholic, aggressive sound that feature loud-quiet dynamics that exhibit their unique tapestry of influences. One listen will induce flashbacks to early Modest Mouse, Pixies, The Breeders and Dinosaur Jr, all wrapped up in one frenetic punch that’s impossible to listen to without being totally absorbed. In 2015, Darts started to gain a wider audience when they released their album ‘Below Empty & Westward Bound’ on Rice Is Nice Records.
Recorded at the Brighton Up Bar as part of the Volumes Festival in Sydney on the 27h of August, 2016. Recorded & Mixed by Harvey O’Sullivan.
Spirit Bunny:
Forming in 2013, Spirit Bunny, hail from fertile corners of the Brisbane DIY music scene, featuring members from the noise-rock duo Tiny Spiders, free-jazz ensemble Feet Teeth and post-rock band Ghost Notes joining forces in an intergalactic power trio. They mine the recesses of their youth and rip that nostalgia into the present via an irreverent mix of pop, noise and hip-hop that combines 80s' video game machines repurposed as dense synths, Casio keyboards taken from pawn shops and then hacked and bent into new pieces of gooey noise-pop, and pulverised live drums dancing around distorted loops.
Recorded at the Greenslopes Bowls Club as part of Sonic Masala Festival in Brisbane on the 13th of August, 2016. Recorded by Nell Forster & mixed by Luke Thomson.
Airing details: Originally via Zed Digital, 7-8pm, Sunday 5th of February 2017.
Show production and engineering: Branko Cosic.
