Picked this up on vinyl this morning (Icehouse – Flowers) before heading to the studio. Think it’s a good sign? Turns out the very 2″ tape machine we have been recording on @ Massive Masters was used on the album (“Can’t Help Myself”) ..

We’ll be on 4ZZZ FM tomorrow morning around 11am, and are playing X&Y Bar in Brisbane this Saturday night @ 10pm..

The Videomatics will be performing at THE BIG DRY OUT, a Queensland Flood Benefit show on 28th January 2011 at Lightspace, alongsie Ball Park Music, Bobby Flynn and Ed Gugglielmino.

The Videomatics are on at 10.30 and tickets are available through Oztix with all proceeds going to Queensland Flood Victims.

“One of the first albums I ever listened to was a cassette copy of London Calling by The Clash, given to me for Christmas by my uncle as a kid (along with a copy of Hindsight by The Church).

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Mick Jones – one of my childhood heroes, alongside Joe Strummer and the rest of the gang – after his show playing guitar for Gorillaz. People say you should never meet your idols, but it was a pleasure to get to hang out and chat with him, and he seems to be having every bit as much fun and mischief on stage as ever.”

The Videomatics are launching their single “So Much More” at Woodland Bar (Coniston Lane, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane) on Fri Jan 7th.  Free download on entry.

The Videomatics have been invited to support Melbourne bands [Me] and The Melodics at X&Y Bar, Saturday 27th November. [Me] have recently been signed to Lizard King records (The Killers, Santigold) in New York while The Melodics are receiving high rotation on Triple J.

We are currently bunkered down working on new material. Here is a sneak peek from inside the lair..

Tune in to ‘Irrelevant Topics’, on Beck’s revamped web site. The first installment features pt.1 of his brilliant interview with Tom Waits.

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