Last Friday I was lucky enough to see two of my favourite up and coming Aussie bands at the one show, as Cloud Control and Leader Cheetah undertook their double-headline ‘East Coast Smackdown Tour’. Cloud Control were showcasing songs from their upcoming debut album, due early 2010 (writeup here), including newest single Gold Canary, while […]
Continue readingDon’t Miss: Leader Cheetah And Cloud Control
Just a quick shout-out, if you’re around Melbourne then don’t miss the double-headline gig of Pluck favourites Leader Cheetah and Cloud Control. On the back of their strong debut album ‘The Sunspot Letters’ Leader Cheetah have been touring extensively, including playing a massive free Myspace show with mates the Middle East. Meanwhile Cloud Control, although […]
Continue readingYou Have To Hear: Cloud Control
Cloud Control are a lovely little indie pop (a term which I have never fully understood) band hailing from Sydney, Australia. They have been creating a bit of a buzz in Australian indie circles for a few years now, although they have achieved this through a mixture of radio-friendly singles and short and sharp EPs […]
Continue readingAlbum Review: Leader Cheetah ‘The Sunspot Letters’
I first was introduced to these guys when I saw The Middle East (whose song ‘Blood’ inspired the title of this blog) play live a few months ago. After the encore, The Middle East said that they had been touring for a while with these longtime mates of theirs, who were also in a band, […]
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