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CALLING CALLING ALL CARS
Imagine you got to tour with your rock heroes. You do 11
shows and play in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
And then … that's all anyone wants to talk to you about,
even though you've released a fine debut album and had five
singles all over Triple J. When Howzat! asks Calling All
Cars, "How tired are you of talking about AC/DC?", this
was their reply: "We put out our debut album, Hold, Hold,
Fire, in March. It was a long time coming, as most first
albums are. It contains 11 of our favourite tracks at the
time and, after it being out for a few months, we are happy
with how things are going. We are currently on a tour promoting
the album. We will be at the Corner Hotel on the 18th September
and are really stoked to be doing so. That is how tired
of talking about it we are."
CAC's studio diaries - which can be found
at their MySpace page - make for amusing viewing: "If our
sound was a woman, she would look a bit like a dude." They
are a band that shows that rock is not dead. "Calling All
Cars' sound is rock 'n' roll," they say. "We don't try to
be anything but." As well as AC/DC, the guys got to tour
with their other rock heroes - Grinspoon. "Phil dedicated
More Than You Are to us. Not sure what he was getting at
there."
What was CAC's backstage rider on the AC/DC tour? "It was
just the same as always - three cases premium beer, two
bottles grey goose vodka, meat platter, fruit platter, sushi
chef serving fresh sushi/sashimi, bonbonbonbons, hoisin
crispy owl and three 20-cheese omelettes."
CAC are the biggest thing to come out
of Tilba, a village near Narooma. They have since relocated
to Melbourne. "The music scene is definitely more suitable
here. But most importantly, the coffee in Melbourne is the
real reason we moved down." Is life any different when they
return to Tilba? "Not really. The town doesn't really change
much, but it's always nice to go home to see our parents."
Though I'm sure they all ask one question: Did you get to
meet Angus? This is the answer: Angus Young (AC/DC): "Hey,
how ya goin'?" James Ing (Calling All Cars): "Oh, hey man,
thanks so much for having us." Angus: "Yeah, no worries."
End conversation.
TOBIAS TAKES THE TROPHY
Tobias Cummings' new album, A Trophy (out now on new label
Departed Sounds), is definitely one of our albums of the
year. There's no doubt it was the difficult second album
for Tobias, coming four years after his debut. "I wanted
to call the album 'Atrophy', but it was a little, well,
morose," Tobias tells Howzat! "It did feel somewhat appropriate
though, given my situation at that time. But things got
better and I cast aside the other titles floating about
in my head as soon as I thought of separating 'atrophy'
into two words. It became a much more optimistic title -
what happier moment is there than receiving a trophy? On
top of that, the album felt to me a bit like a trophy, a
reward for perseverance, as the end came into sight." Tobias
launches A Trophy on Saturday at the Workers Club.
ARIAS ACTION
Voting for this year's ARIA Awards has closed. It should
be a big year for Washington, Bliss N Eso and Sia. Some
questions: Will it be a breakthrough year for Eddy Current?
Will the 'finger have some swansong success? And will Billy
Thorpe and Rowland S Howard get posthumous nominations?
The biggest question is Howzat!'s usual ARIAs anomaly whinge:
How come, for example, we can vote for Perry Keyes' album
in the Best Adult Contemporary and Best Independent categories
but not for Album of the Year? The nominations will be announced
on September 28, with the ARIAs happening in Sydney on November
7.
WHEN GOOD TIMES GO NOT SO GOOD
Tough crowd for The Fauves at the Espy last Friday. After
The Doctor's brilliant rendition of the classic Baby Dale,
Coxy was moved to tell the crowd: "We've just provided you
with four minutes of music and all we can hear is the air
conditioning. Just patronise us! In 22 years, we've had
a lot of shit crowds, but there are conventions of politeness."
CHART WATCH
Little Red score their first Top 40 hit.
Plans BIRDS OF TOKYO (number 17)
Choose You STAN WALKER (21)
Love The Fall MICHAEL PAYNTER (22)
Rock It LITTLE RED (28)
Freefallin' ZOE BADWI (36)
Magic Fountain EP ART VS SCIENCE (39)
Revolution THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO (40)
Eight Aussie albums in the national Top 20.
Rage And Ruin JIMMY BARNES (number three)
Down The Way ANGUS & JULIA STONE (seven)
Running On Air BLISS N ESO (eight)
I Believe You Liar WASHINGTON (nine)
Birds Of Tokyo BIRDS OF TOKYO (10)
From The Inside Out STAN WALKER (15)
Theory Of Everything CHILDREN COLLIDE (16)
April Uprising THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO (17)
Melinda Does Doris MELINDA SCHNEIDER (24)
Illumination MIAMI HORROR (25)
Golden Rule POWDERFINGER (28)
It's Gonna Be OK ADAM BRAND (33)
40 Years True Blue JOHN WILLIAMSON (34)
Immersion PENDULUM (35)
Iron Man 2 AC/DC (38)
Aphrodite KYLIE MINOGUE (39)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Hold, Hold, Fire CALLING ALL CARS
Wasted SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR
Who Knows Where CHRIS ALTMANN
Beautiful World RICH WEBB
Exegesis TOBIAS CUMMINGS
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