EP 153: White Lodge; Mope City

White Lodge 

Recorded by Branko Cosic
Mixed by Branko Cosic
Recorded at The Triffid, Brisbane, December 19th 2015.

Forming in the quaint gold coast suburb of southport in 2013, they’ve been building up a solid fan base with their concrete psych filled riffs and furious surf beats. So far they have four releases to their name, two EP’s and two split seven inches with another release in the pipeline.

Mope City

Recorded by Luke Walsh.
Mixed by Luke Walsh.
Recorded at The Greenslopes Bowls Club, Brisbane, February 22nd, 2014.

Mope City formed in Marrickville in 2012. Mat Nev fronts the band half of the tim, he’s been involved in Day Ravies, Drown Under, and Snotty Babies. For the other half of the time Julia Wylie of Snotty Babies sings lead. Rounding out the classic power trio formation is sam Wilkinson of Day Ravies fame manning the skins. They have just released their debut LP ‘Petri Dish’ on Tenth Court Records with web publications Rolling Stone, Noisey, and Who The Hell all taking notice.

Airing details: Originally via Zed Digital, 7-8pm, Sunday 28th February 2016.
Show production and engineering: Branko Cosic.

Episode 78: White Lodge; Howling Seas

White Lodge
Recorded by Cameron Smith.
Mixed by Cameron Smith.
Recorded at The Waiting Room, Brisbane. May 30 2014.

Hailing from Queensland’s cultural house of mirrors, The Gold Coast, White Lodge have covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time. Only forming in 2013 they’ve already had a 7” split record with Taiwan’s Forests. They take a leaf from the books of recently acclaimed acts like Yuck, Ty Segall and White Lung. Meanwhile, they’ve been lessening the wait between their Brisbane shows. It’s hard for a young band like White Lodge to get a break on The Gold Coast. A lack of venues willing to give new alternative bands a go makes the metropolis of Brisbane seem like a cultural safe-haven.

Listen to White Lodge over at their Bandcamp.

Howling Seas
Recorded by Cameron Smith.
Mixed by Cameron Smith.
Recorded at The Waiting Room, Brisbane. May 30 2014.

Howling Seas are three 16-year-old gentlemen, who used to play under the moniker of ‘Gravity Scam’. Now, in beautiful, sunny 2014, they have a self-titled debut album out on CD that has received high praise from both JJJ and Tonedeaf. They’re doing quite well for a group so young; |||their music show a maturity beyond their years. Obviously, they’re hip to a lot of fresh sounds happening around Brisbane and further afar. Among their influences they list Roku Music, The keep On Dancin’s, The Kramers and Violent Soho. They play some catchy noise-y pop songs but they ain’t too rough around the edges. In fact, their music is reminiscent of early 2000s alternative rock acts like Purplene and Gaslight Radio.

Listen to Howling Seas over at their bandcamp.

Airing details: Originally via Zed Digital, 8-9pm, Friday 11 July 2014.
Show production and engineering: Josh Watson.