That Adelaide Band

Adelaide's The SEXELS are starting to make a name for themselves on the Adelaide music scene, fronted by powerhouse performer Laken and backed by the hard-rocking Sam, Doyle and Steve. Recently I was looking for Fru-Chocs and stumbled across Sam hanging near the Malls Balls. Decided to ask him a few questions about The SEXELS!  1. Hello The SEXELS! Thank you for taking the time out for That Adelaide Band! I really enjoy your music, it has that Motorhead/Priest/1972 English rock element to it, you don’t see that anymore! – Give us an insight into your song-writing and how it’s done? You have two other musicians in the band who are also band leaders and a big influence in other bands. How’s that dynamic work? Appreciate the great compliment! We tried to give it a more old school feel! Well basically with songwriting it occurs in various ways but it quite often happens in the way that Laken, our singer, and I get together and put tunes and lyrics together in a basic raw form. We ...

 Eva Rundle has been bubbling away on new sounds for a little while now and in amongst her acoustic goodness she is yearning to make an impact on the electronica scene citing Scottish act CHVRCHES as a main inspiration. Eva definately has the voice and presence to make it and I caught up with her recently for a chat Hi Eva! Thank you for taking time to speak to That Adelaide Band! From listening to your new single ‘A Familiar Place’ you project a slightly unique performance, reminds me of the UK/Euro dance-scene ala Pet Shop Boys etc. When writing this song, was I’m intrigued to garner your thought processes when you wrote this song. Are you looking at launching into this particular market or stay in the acoustic arena which you are known for – Or do both? Tell us! Throughout my life I have always had such a big influence and have been inspired by electronic/trace/synth/pop music. My previous song ‘The Sun Comes Up’ was when I lived in the country and mingled in with the country li...

  Hayli, she's quite the engima. Sings, plays VIOLIN, plays keys, guitar and piano like a boss! Always smiling, always happy and one of the nicest artists I've met. She can also bang out a solid tune and has songwriting prowess that'll see her around for years to come, maybe longer! I caught up with Hayli the other day and asked her 'where she at' currently in music, life and general.  Hayli, I’m so impressed with what you bring to the table as far as interesting songs go, tell me about your process – I notice first that your chorus’ are massive – Is that an intention for you to highlight this as part of the song-writing process? Well, Thanks! For me, song writing is therapy. I think that’s applies to ALL musicians. Some of us have so many words to say, that we just say it. Others have so much to say that they need to disguise the message- which we pretend is just intense creativity to  “protect” our audience. Others? They have so much to say that they can’t say it,...

I first heard the Mark of Cain when their song 'Tell Me' appeared on 'Eleven, A Triple J Very Loud Compilation that was released in 1994. Honestly, it scared the shit out of me but I became a fan. Recently I caught up with Kim Scott from the band to talk all things The Mark of Cain.  How did the The Mark of Cain first form and tell us a bit about what the Adelaide Music Scene was like at that time + the venues you performed in. TMOC formed in 1984 after my brother John decided he wanted to form a band playing the type of music he listened to and he would want to see live. He previously formed a band called Spiral Collapse with three other guys, and when this band ended, he asked me to play bass. I hadn’t played bass before, so just picked it up along the way without lessons. I think the drummer from Spiral Collapse was our first TMOC drummer. John always believed that bands with siblings would last longer than other bands, given blood is thicker than water. After 40 years o...

Adelaide five-piece Maisie have been captivating local audiences with their groove-infused funk rock and have also been named as the 'band to watch' in 2024 by several well know music taste-makers. I caught up with Emmett ahead of their headline show on the Gov main stage this Saturday night, one not to miss!  Q:  From the Maisie shows I’ve attended it’s a really high energy & you really get the crowd going. Where did this evolve from, is it due to all members coming from other high energy groups or is it just a unique chemistry? It's more of unique chemistry I would have to say! At some point we all decided that we needed our shows to be fun and thrilling to complement the groove! There's a moment of realisation that "if we don't bring the energy, who will?" and alongside that I like to feel that we enter every show knowing that everything we have needs to be left on that stage, that's why there will be a bit of an erratic and chaotic nature to ou...

Welcome to the dark, brooding world of Adelaide quartet 'The Midnight Mares'. With a rich pedigree of musicians from a variety of backgrounds the 'Mares have been plugging away the last couple of years on stellar recordings and a live show you just have to see. Was lucky to be passing their way of late and thought I'd throw a few Q & A's at 'em! Enjoy!    Tell us more about the latest recording process for ‘Anastasia’ and ‘Boneyard Matinee’ – Why did you choose to record the way you do and also please update us with the new approach regarding different instrumentation – e.g That beautiful distortion!   For these singles engineer/producer Matt Hills set up his studio – he’s running a mobile one these days – at the Grace Emily Hotel and we recorded over a couple of days when the pub was shut. We don’t record live as a band all together at once but rather build up the songs layer by layer and instrument by instrument, replacing guide tracks as we go. We also do...