New Video: DZ Deathrays – Dollar Chills

Hot off the back of their Splendour announcement, Brisbane’s DZ Deathrays have released a new video for their single Dollar Chills.

Dollar Chills is taken from their debut album Bloodstream’s and it’s super times awesome.

In the words of the boys:
“The film clip has nothing to do with the lyrics of the song, it was just the most fun you could have making a film clip, that’s why we did it.”

Splendour In The Grass 2012 Line Up

Splendour In The Grass returns to Byron Bay this year, and they have called a few of their friends to come party with them!

Leading the charge is everyone favourite pale skinned gentleman – Jack White. Splendour regulars Bloc Party will join while Smashing Pumpkins & At The Drive-In will bring a bit of rad nostalgia to the July 27^th to 29^th festival.

What are we really hanging for? DZ Deathrays of course – oh and watching Lana Del Rey get booed off stage.

Check out the full 2012 line up here:

Jack White
Bloc Party
Smashing Pumpkins
At The Drive-In
The Shins
Hilltop Hoods
The Kooks
Gossip
Miike Snow
Dirty Three
Lana Del Rey
360
Azealia Banks
Tame Impala
Explosions In The Sky
Ladyhawke
The Afghan Whigs
Missy Higgins
Wolfmother
Metric
Kimbra
Mudhoney
Band Of Skulls
Spiderbait
Django Django
Gypsy & The Cat
San Cisco
Last Dinosaurs
Electric Guest
Muscles
Angus Stone
DZ Deathrays
Howler
Lanie Lane
Fun.
Big Scary
Michael Kiwanuka
Seekae
Friends
Yacht Club Dj’s
Bertie Blackman
Jinja Safari
Blue King Brown
Youth Lagoon
Pond
The Beautiful Girls
Tijuana Cartel
Ball Park Music
The Rubens
Ben Howard
Bleeding Knees Club
Zulu Winter
The Medics
Shihad
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Husky
Kate Miller-Heidke
Father John Misty
Emma Louise
Chet Faker
Here We Go Magic
Parachute Youth
Mosman Alder
The Cast Of Cheers
Wolf & Cub
Gossling
Beni
Sampology (AV/DJ show)
Canyons (DJ Set)
Nina Las Vegas
Danny T
Alison Wonderland
Nice and Ego (AV/DJ show)
Flume
Gloves
Luke Million
Harris Robotis
Alley Oop

So, what do we think of this year’s line up?

3 Day Tickets – $350* + booking fees
Gains entry to the event site on Thursday night as well as Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Single Day Tickets – $135* + booking fees
For day by day band listing check the website!

North Beach Campground Tickets
Camping Ticket – $99 + booking fees

*you have the option to offset your carbon emissions for $3 per ticket

Ticks on sale 9am sharp AEST on Friday 27 April through moshtix.com.au or phone 1300 GET TIX (438 849)

CD Review: DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams

A couple of lords from Brisbane made a band. They called themselves DZ Deathrays. They went overseas and sunk some piss. They came back. They released their debut album ‘Bloodstreams’. All our faces melted off.

With epileptic fit frantic highs and super chilled mellow lows, ‘Bloodstreams’ isn’t afraid to show all the shapes that DZ Deathrays can pull.

Shall we walk through the album together?

1. Bloodstreams: Intro track, don’t get lulled into a false sense of security; they are just joshing with you.
2. Teenage Kickstarts: Ah there you are. This is classic DZ. Aussie accent sounding through the dying cat screams and the driving drums. Brilliant.
3. Dollar Chills: Bringing it down a bit, the pulsating Dollar Chills is scathing against pretentious dicks in a super fun way. A nice recovery before…
4. Dinomight: And it’s true. A dino just might. This track is one of the most solid on the record, both lyrically and musically with shifting focus between the tune’s light and dark.
5. Play Dead Till You’re Dead: I used to have a cat that played dead. She was pretty crap at it. This song isn’t crap at it – it’s very good at it. Another slower tempo track with some nice sing along ‘Ahh ah ahh’s’ and a fine vocal performance by Shane Parsons. Could this be a future single?
6. Cops Capacity: A track written after the infamous Brisbane police shut down a show that “The Greatest DJ in the world” was playing. What’s illegal is how good this track is. If you’ve seen the Dee Zeds live before, you will for sure recognise this little clanger.
7. Brains: A little vocal strain and a trainspotting memory later and we have Brains. Drum heavy, scream heavy, dance your ass off heavy.
8. Gebbie St: A slow burning experiment for the duo. Sexy, driving and laced with bongos, Gebbie St ticks all the boxes and makes the right conversation.
9. No Sleep: What is sure to be a party anthem, No Sleep already kills everything else that is awesome with its super awesome film clip. It only has Arj Barker in it! Rad.
10. Debt Death: I had to listen to this song twice, ‘cause I started reading an article about Lady Gaga’s arse. True story. However, this track is super rad. It is like a crazy world destroying volcano and Joy division had a baby, and that baby was like, hey man, wanna start a band?
11. Dumb It Down: I’m going to put it out there… this is my favourite track on the album. It has an 80’s feel about it which I just can’t go past, and the vocals are just so different to the rest of the album. Plus, the hook is epic.
12. L.A. Lightning:  I freaken love it when a riff sounds like a second vocalist. And R2D2 at the same time.
13. Trans Am: Last track on the album, with a softer intro overlayed with some nice feedback.. I’m loving the post punk influences that are poking out all over this album and Trans Am takes that to the next level. An absolute miracle of a song…. Oop SECRET TRACK! I remember when I had a Backstreet Boys album, and they had a secret track. That was pretty good, but this is better.

Well kids, there was the entire Bloodstreams album. I’m blown away by how much this band has grown from the little tiny seeds of potential they used to be. So listen to this album loud and on repeat and raise a drink to the kings of thrash party. In the words of L.J. Hooker, nobody does it better.

Get your hands on a copy of the album, and check them out on their Bloodstreams tour.

DZ Deathrays Bloodstreams tour w/Special guests Velociraptor

Thursday, April 12 | Elsewhere, Gold Coast
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Friday, April 13 | The Zoo, Brisbane
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Saturday, April 14 | Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Wednesday, April 18 | Beach Road Hotel, Bondi
Free Entry

Thursday, April 19 | The Patch, Wollongong
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Friday, April 20 | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Saturday, April 21 | Transit Bar, Canberra
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Wednesday, April 25 | National Hotel, Geelong
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Thursday, April 26 | Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Friday, April 27 | The Tote, Melbourne
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Saturday, April 28 | Jive, Adelaide
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR

Thursday, May 3 | Prince Of Wale, Bunbury**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR

Friday, May 4 | Amplifier, Perth**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR

Saturday, May 5 | Mojos, Fremantle**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR

And here is the video for ‘No Sleep’ to get you through until you can get your hands on the album:

Splendour Sideshow Bonanza

For all those who weren’t willing to shell out their first born for a Splendour ticket this year, never gear as the first official Splendour In The Grass sideshows for 2011 have just been announced!

All tickets for the following shows will go on sale at 9am Friday 27^th May from usual outlets or www.splendoursideshows.com

This year, a portion of all tickets purchased on www.splendoursideshows.com will go toward the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal, which helps Queenslanders affected by the devastation of the recent floods and Tropical Cyclone Yasi.

So I’ll see you all at Grouplove and DZ Deathrays?

PULP
Wed 27 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne

FOSTER THE PEOPLE
w/  GUINEAFOWL
Wed 27 July – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne
Fri 29 July – Metro Theatre, Sydney

JAMES BLAKE
Tues 26 July – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
Thu 28 July – Factory Theatre, Sydney

GROUPLOVE
w/ YOUNG THE GIANT
Tues 2 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

THE VACCINES
Tues 2 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne

THE HIVES
w/ THE GRATES
Mon 25 July – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Wed 27 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
w/ LANIE LANE
Wed 27 July – The Basement, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Red Bennies, Melbourne

DANANANANAYKROYD
w/ DZ DEATHRAYS
Fri 29 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Mon 1 Aug – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

NOAH AND THE WHALE
Tues 2 Aug – Factory Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

KELE
w/ STRANGE TALK
Tues 2 Aug – Billboard, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Fri 5 Aug – HQ, Adelaide
Thurs 6 Aug – Villa, Perth

MONA
Tues 26 July – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney

New Track: DZ DEATHRAYS – Rad Solar

Taken from DZ DEATHRAYS forthcoming EP Brutal Tapes, Rad Solar is a thrashing minute 45 of epic goodness.

Check out the track here:

Brutal Tapes track listing:

1. Rad Solar
2. Gebbie Street
3. Cops/Capacity (House Party Version)
4. Ddiitto
5. The Party (House Party Version)
6. Gebbie Street (Yacht Club DJs Jager C***s Remix)
7. Rad Solar (Surecut Kids Remix)

DZ DEATHRAYS take their Brutal Tapes on the road

Hide your kids, hide your wives and hide your tequila, cause everyones favourite thrash punk duo DZ DEATHRAYS are heading your way to release their Brutal Tapes upon you.

Recently signing with Aussie Indie label I OH YOU for the release of the forthcoming sophomore EP Brutal Tapes, DZ DEATHRAYS have announced their headline EP tour around the country.

Brutal Tapes will be a mash up of studio recordings, live house party tracks as well as a few remixes from some prominent Australian DJs.

This tour comes smack bang in the middle of their US and UK dates. They’re showcasing at SXSW in Austin, Texas and then at The Great Escape in Brighton, UK and Liverpool Sound City.

Let DZ DEATHRAYS ruin your lives with their brutal tapes at the following shows:

FRI 1 APRIL – WOODLANDS, BRISBANE
12 SAT 2 APRIL – SHARK BAR, GOLD COAST
FRI 8 APRIL – THE TOTE, MELBOURNE
SAT 9 APRIL – FBI SOCIAL – KINGS CROSS HOTEL, SYDNEY
SAT 30 APRIL – PLUS ONE @ ED CASTLE, ADELAIDE

DZ add DEATHRAYS and take on the world

Brisbane indie/thrash/punk two-piece, DZ, have changed their name to DZ DEATHRAYS. However, they are very much the same band, with Shane Parsons on vocals, Simon Ridley on drums and a whole lot of noise and strobes.

The name change, comes ahead of their plans to take on the US and UK scenes in a big way in 2011, but with the uprise in dubstep music comes the clash with long standing dubstep US DJ of the same name, ‘DZ’.

DZ DEATHRAYS (capitals – get it right when you text your friends) are set to take on the world with sets being announced at SXSW in Austin, Texas and at the Great Escape Festival in the UK.

While in the United States for SXSW, the boys will return to New York, a city they left trembling in their wake in late 2010, as well as take on the sunset strip in LA.

Confirmed US dates:
Wed 9th March @ Lit Lounge, NY
Fri 11th March @ Pianos, NY
Sun 13th March @ Delancey, NY
Sat 19th March @ Sick House Party, Austin (watch this space for more info)
15th-21st March @ SXSW, Austin

With more to be added.

And so on to The Great Escape festival in Brighton, UK. With the help of the QLD government, DZ DEATHRAYS will be heading to the UK (and possibly Europe) in May 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come.

A little closer to home, you can catch the DZ DEATHRAYS boys as they prep for their very soon be  released new release.

Catch them here:
Fri 18th Feb @ ‘Last Night’ Clubnight, Gaelic Theatre, Sydney
Sat 26th – Sun 27th March @ The Hills Are Alive Festival, South Gippsland, VIC

RIP DZ. Long live DZ DEATHRAYS