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9th April 2002 THE VINES CD ON NEW NME!
It's out today, so get to it and buy!!! DAVID OLLIFFE INTERVIEW!
Go straight to the ABOUT page and enjoy a great Q & A session with ousted Viney drummer Dave. HIGHLY EVOLVED ON SHELVES NOW!
New single out, Highly Evolved can now be found on the shelves of all decent music stores, and most indie ones. Our Price failed to deliver however, so pou-marks for them, the scrubbers!
4th April 2002 THE VINES IN NEW NME!
Get the new NME with Liam 'Arse' Gallagher on the front, and you'll find not only an ace 2-page interview with The Vines, with new photos, but an advert for next weeks paper, which includes a free Heavenly Records promo CD, with a Vines track on it, hurrah!
RADIO ONE SESSIONS
As most might know by now, everyday this week Lamaq will play a Vines track done in-session. So that's 3 down and 1 to go. I got the first one one Monday, and I got 'Mary Jane' from last night, but missed Tuesdays. Can anyone tell me what it was? Anyway, keep an ear out for tonights and Fridays, if anyone's actualy in after 8pm that night!
30th March 2002 PICTURES EXPLAINED!
Liked what you've seen on the Pictures page, but asked yourself what the hell they all mean? Well fret no more, because I've added a detailed explanation to each an every one, hurrah! Oh yeah, and happy easter all. NEW SHOW ADDED!
There's a final show at the Zodiac in Oxford on Saturday 13th April, and the tickets are £7, get down there everyone! The NME ticket hotline have sold out, but you can phone the venue direct, and get them there, but be sharpish. The number for the Zodiac is 018 6542 0042. See you there! THE VINES ON RADIO ONE
Listen to Radio 1 on April 1st (this year, of course), in the evening, and The Vines are doing a session on Lamaq Live, which should be ace, they might even do some talking, fingers crossed!
29th March 2002 NME SINGLE OF THE WEEK!
Yes, that hallowed rag of much influence, the NME, have given the new Vines single, 'Highly Evolved' Single Of The Week. Didn't Factory gat that too? Jeez, that's a 100% record, keep it up boys! However, beware the love of NME, it can turn nasty. Keep your wooden stakes and crosses handy. Check out the proof on NME.com or I've scanned in the article on the PICS page. BECOME A 'VINES ONLINE' MEMBER!
This is just a silly but cool idea I thought of, and it would be ace if more band sites did it. Here goes...I have set up a GALLERY of sorts, so that Vines fans from around the world can have their picture put on it, like them sticker machines covered in mugshots of it's previous users. I thought it might be cool and make people want to be invloved. All you have to do is e-mail me your photo in any format, and I can stick it in the GALLERY, which can be found here...REQUEST FOR PHOTOS!
Are there any Sydneysiders (or otherwise) out there who have photos lying around form Vines gigs past and present? I'd love to have a scan of them if you have! Cheers...
25th March 2002 VINES T-SHIRTS
Well, only one actualy. It was made by me and is rather nice, and best of all for a band t-shirt, it actualy fits, and isn't XXL or something! Please tell me what you thing friends. COOL NEW PHOTOS!
With huge thanks to my main man Mike (give him a cheer!), we have access to some ace photos and artwork, so go straight to the PICS page, and see future classics like Craig enjoying some pre-fame Coke in Sydney... ALL NEW!
Yes, after much stressing and uploading, I finally got it all together, so take a stroll around - there's new pictures, live dates, a better forum and just a nicer and fuller feel to the place. Also, with some competition on it's way, I thought I'd better stay in the race and smarten up!
14th March 2002NEW VINES ARTWORK - EXCLUSIVE!
Have a butchers at this awsome piece of art from the Vines forthcoming record, 'Sun child/Hot Leather'....but what's this? It's barely eligable?! Yes that's right, in the interests of the band, it's still a secret, soz! Oz Music Project - 'Factory' review
Anyone who hasn't checked out 'Factory' and it's b-sides for themselves yet, have a look at this review from these very shores, alot more satisfying than the 'new-Beatles/Nirvana'-esque hyperbole of the NME! Rex Records is a UK label who've already discovered the wealth of talent Australia has to offer with the Avalanches already gracing their back catalogue. This time around it is the relatively young Sydney band THE VINES that get the Rex treatment. Sounding like it was recorded on their little sisters' boom box, the three tracks here were recorded by the Vines themselves at home and they've certainly managed to enrich them with a health dose of lo fidelity. The title track is probably the weakest of the three with some heavy Beatles pop influence jumbling up with the sloppy garage rock but 'Ain't No Room' and 'Drown the Baptists' are considerably better. They are both shambolic garage rock songs with a little power pop and punk mixed through for good measure. Close your eyes and picture three guys in a suburban garage, the drummer is bashing away as hard as he can, the guitarist has the amp turned up to 11 and the singer is screaming away. Its a scene that is probably played out across the nation every Sunday afternoon but apparently these guys are fortunate enough to attract a bit of attention from UK 'know-it-alls' NME who declared them the 'Australian Strokes'. I'm not sure what that means exactly but there is enough promise here to raise expectations of their forthcoming (maybe hi fi?) releases.
11th March 2002 NEW 'LIVE' PAGE
I've re-done the Live page, as more and more gigs are being played, and I was clearing my stuff out on the weekend and found a load of old cuttings from our local music rag Drum Media, with some old dates in. So now there's a Gigography, as well as Coming Up... gigs. I know they are supporting The Doves for a show, anyone know what show? Also, if you have any other old gigs to add to the list, please e-mail me!! AND FINALY...
I move away this Sunday, to merry England, where hopefully this page and any others I do will actualy improve, as I have access to better computers at home, hurrah! Also, I saw You Am I at Sydney Uni on Friday night, and Eskimo Joe at the Metro on Saturday night. You Am I were ace as ever, but it was Eskimo Joe who were just incredible, the sound was ace and they are just stars. Best of all, The Vines have supported both these bands in the past, infact I saw all 3 bands together at the Enmore, class!
6th March 2002 THE VINES NEW ALBUM NAMED!
Yep, the NME reckon that the new Vines album will be called 'Highly Evolved', like the new single (out soon). Nice name, better than 'Is This That Which It Is Not, Innit' (no question mark). THE VINES GET LITTLE ADVERT IN NME!
In the 23rd Febuary issue of the NME, with Kylie on the front, the Vines get a little advert for their iminent 4 date mini-tour of the UK. It's on the first page of the gigs section, and uses the photo of 3 of the lads sitting on a ute of some kind, in what looks like Surry Hills. Also includes the release date of the new single, 'Highly Evolved', which by the way peaked at No 2 in NME's most wanted songs, hurrah.
15th Febuary 2002
Just seen The Vines for the second time in a week, and they fuckin rocked (but you knew that!). The first was at the Houptoun Hotel in Surrey Hills, supporting Fur Patrol (who played with The Strokes last year), and Lavaland, who I reckon are average, but that's just me. It was great, but fairly obvious who the crowd was there to see. But the REAL gig came the following Friday in Enmore/Marrickville, at the pub, Vic On The Park (yes, it realy is on a park). The support was from the awsome The Meek, a local 3 peice, whose drummer did the singing (it's always the quiet ones, innit?), and played roaring and riff heavy rock, infussed with a little bit of the punk spirit, and best of all, the songs were short, so you never got bored. They should go far, if there's any justice in this world! The next band, Silo, seemed to attract a bit of a crowd, but that might have been coz of the two lovely laydees in the band, rather than the tunes, which were not realy to my taste. Of course by the time The Vines came on, the pub was buzzing and the beer was well and truly flowing (unfortunatly the pie-warmer was turned off, so stomachs were also rumbling). Check out the gigs section for a set-list, but I can tell you that the show was incredible, and the band realy held your interest, even through the Jesus and Mary Chain-sounding cover of Outkast's 'Ms Jackson'!
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