September 28, 2005

Sinfully Australian

The Stoneage Hearts are good for you. They’re from Australia, like so many great bands, which means they talk funny and are probably prone to skin melanoma. They play rock & roll with a very sixties flavor and a warm fuzzy tone. They write good songs.

This article explains guitarist Dom Mariani’s history through the eighties ‘til now in bands like the Stems and the DM3, and delivers some free downloads. The Stems, by the by, have since reformed and their new site has a 1985 video of the song “Tears Me In Two” that you can watch – or download it here (right-click, dammit!).

Here’s a page of critics raving and dropping even more names and band references than I do about the Stoneage Hearts’ Guilty as Sin record, which came out this year and from which the track below is taken. And there’s two more mp3s from the album! Between this site and that one, you’ll have three elevenths of the album right there. These folks deserve money just for giving away so much free digital material. Yes, I know that’s not very logical.

If you like ‘em, go over here and buy the record, you deadbeat.

Some 1960s-worshipper bands drain all the fun and soul out of the music for me; some, like DMZ or the Lyres or the Hypstrz, really transcend the druggy, kitschy nostalgia and create something better. You be the judge.

Thanks to Patrick Boissel for passing along the good stuff.

The Stoneage Hearts – “Your Smile”

Rick at 10:43 pm