Big Rig Records

Kieran Carroll with The Charcoal Sea

Kieran Carroll and The Charcoal Sea released their one and only album A Straight Line To Wander Through in November 1997. Forming in Melbourne some two years earlier, they recorded the album at the North Carlton Baptist Church. Recorded by Matt Hills and mixed by Andrew Coates (Black Cab), the album is a delicate and [...]

Manners

Manners’ Gregory Beson is a master of musical understatement. His minimalist jazz-folk melodies have precisely enough notes to maintain a rare and rewarding kind of disjointed momentum. Occasionally, these haunted ghost melodies burst briefly into bloom, resolving long-accumulated tension before dissolving as quickly as they had arrived.

Vinegar Socks

Vinegar Socks are establishing themselves as one of the most important indie projects in Italy. 2009 saw the band touring nationally, playing concerts with Kaki King and Joan as Policewoman and working on the film soundtrack for “Dieci Inverni” (which premiered at the Venice film festival and is currently preparing for international distribution). The band’s [...]

The Lark Descending

The Lark Descending believes in: the beauty and terror of a decaying world; inquiry in the face of death; the impotence of regret; the overthrow of the capitalist hegemony; and the restoration of love as the supreme ideal. The Lark Descending uses instruments he does not know how to play and sings as best he [...]

Spider + Octopus: -IST

Spider+Octopus is a folk duet of two individual artists: Renee Arozqueta and Chad Bishop, with distinct talents among them. -IST is an album in two parts: -IST I and -IST II, each part consists of 11 tracks. Recorded in Tennessee (Dec 2009 – March 2010) during the winter months. In the Appalachian Mountains, and the [...]

E-Wah Lady

E-wah Lady has come a long way since her often “hit and Mrs” shows in the early millenium. At that stage a solo act, she was often accompanied by her then “husband” the late Tim Coke on wooden spoon and tin drum, or whatever else was around to hit. These shows were unpredictable things, sometimes [...]