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Howzat! Archive - April 2nd 2014

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WEST COAST COOLER
When American producer Brad Jones agreed to come to Australia to make Skipping Girl Vinegar's third album, he gave singer Mark Lang a call. "What's the studio like?" Brad asked, "and what sort of gear will we have?" "Well," Mark replied, "we're making the record in my shed." Brad - who has worked with Missy Higgins, Melody Pool, Josh Rouse and Butterfly Boucher - was not fazed. "Cool, man," he said. Mark laughed when telling that story at a recent SGV gig. "That's where all good work happens, I reckon - in a shed. It's a very Australian record." The new, as-yet-untitled album follows 2008's Sift The Noise and 2011's Keep Calm Carry The Monkey. "The more you hear this album, the more you realise it's covered in West Coast," drummer Chris Helm says. But he's not talking about the Eagles and the cruisy Californian sound. "It's all about getting out of the city," he adds, referring to Mark's coastal home, near Geelong. "The last album was about me dreaming about living down the coast," Mark explains. "This record is all about being down the coast." Before heading to Nashville to put the finishing touches on the album, SGV are playing at the Caravan Club on Saturday, 12 April. The gig will see the return of keyboard player and the band's baking queen, Amanthi Lynch, who has been on maternity leave following the birth of daughter Rose.


HAIL MARY
Music and sport: the two greatest things in Melbourne. And when we mix the two, it's even better. The Age's Rohan Connolly is the standout music commentator on sports radio station SEN, but Evenings' show host, Mark Fine, and his regular co-host Stephen J Peak are also big music fans, and they've got the vibe for local rock band Electric Mary. In fact, Finey has called them "the best rock outfit in Australia". Both Finey and Peaky are promising to be at Electric Mary's gig at the Espy on Saturday (April 5). It's the band's first show in 14 months, revealing a new drummer.
Electric Mary are also heading to the UK for Hard Rock Hell VIII.


AMAZING PLACE
We can't get enough of Marcia Hines' poptastic new album, Amazing, and we're pleased to report that Marcia has become an ambassador for Record Store Day Australia (19 April). "Nothing beats browsing the racks," Marcia says, "and as I release my new album, that feeling of discovering a new album and taking it home is still one of the most important experiences that I think we as an industry can give our fans." Head to recordstoreday.com.au for more info.


LITTLE BIG MAN

We remember the great Jimmy Little, who died two years ago today (Wednesday).


HOT LINE
"Get in the car and let's go!" - Skipping Girl Vinegar, West Coast.


CHART WATCH
Sydney's 5 Seconds Of Summer score 2014's first homegrown chart-topper.

She Looks So Perfect 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (number one)
High PEKING DUK (eight)
Chandelier SIA (13)
When You Were Mine TAYLOR HENDERSON (14)
Never Be The Same JESSICA MAUBOY (16)
Swing JOEL FLETCHER FEATURING SAVAGE (20)
Fancy IGGY AZALEA (25)
Geronimo SHEPPARD (28, debut)
Tightrope ILLY FEATURING SCARLETT STEVENS (39, debut)
You're Beautiful NATHANIEL (40)

Kylie spends just one week on top - knocked off by her old buddies INXS, whose best-of album equals The Swing's 1984 reign of five weeks on top.

The Very Best INXS (number one)
Kiss Me Once KYLIE MINOGUE (six)
O Vertigo! KATE MILLER-HEIDKE (10)
Flesh & Blood JOHN BUTLER (15)
Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles THE WIGGLES (32, debut)
Flume FLUME (36)
Taylor Henderson TAYLOR HENDERSON (37)
The White Album HILLSONG UNITED (38)
Kick INXS (39)


HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
West Coast SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR
Amazing MARCIA HINES
Van Diemen's Land RUSSELL MORRIS
Let It Be Now THE ALTERNATIVE
Lose My Shit KATE MILLER-HEIDKE

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