Tag: Joe McKee
[MUSIC: Interview] Joe McKee
Joseph McKee is remarkably composed for someone who lives in such a constant state of change. At present he’s living and working in Melbourne, following a stint in his home state of Western Australia after the dissolution of his band Snowman in London. If that all seems a bit Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiago?, it hasn’t troubled McKee. “I like to keep moving,” he admits. “I do tend to get quite fidgety and restless, and so I want to keep moving and consuming things – whether it’s art, or music, or whatever. Melbourne’s been great so far for doing just that.”
Posted: August 15th, 2012 under Brag 475, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Burning Boy, Dot Dash, Joe McKee, Paddington Uniting Church, Remote Control
[MUSIC: Live Review] Charge Group
In their self-titled second LP, Charge Group may have crafted one of Sydney’s most cinematic records of 2011 via instrumental Dirty Three-esque epics and anthemic narratives. A few hours down the Hume, and Canberra’s Hoodlum Shouts have also released one of the year’s highlights: their sprawling debut Young Man, Old Man, which takes Australiana to despairing depths. Assembling the two on the one night, then, was quite an inspired booking.
Posted: June 26th, 2012 under Brag 468, Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Charge Group, Hoodlum Shouts, Joe McKee, Max Easton, The Red Rattler
[ALBUM: Review] Joe McKee – Burning Boy
The first solo album from Snowman’s Joe McKee represents a stark contrast to his former band’s sound, though it shares the ambience and sparseness that crept into the band’s swan song, Absence. The biggest change is McKee’s warm croon, a far cry from the rabid shriek of his Snowman vocals. Where he once chimed in as one part of the chaotic ensemble, his voice is now front and centre, with the minimal instrumentation following his cue.
Posted: June 26th, 2012 under Album Reviews, Brag 468, Music.
Tags: Burning Boy, Chris Girdler, Dot Dash, Joe McKee, Snowman
[MUSIC: Interview] Charge Group
Asking Charge Group’s Matt Blackman to explain their song ‘The Jaguar Complex’ was always going to be awesome. Sitting somewhere between Fugazi, Sonic Youth and running through the forest naked wearing a hat made of banana leaves, Sydney’s Charge Group had the record everyone should have been listening to in early 2012 while they were still going nutballs over Royal Headache.
Posted: June 19th, 2012 under Brag 466, Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Bridie Connellan, Charge Group, Charged Up, Joe McKee, The Red Rattler