That Adelaide Band

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...

Adelaide band the Dainty Morsels have brought a refreshing perspective to the local music scene with their unique blend of blues, psych & indie sounds. Immediately they've captured the attention of local radio station Three D Radio and more punters are flocking to their shows to see what the commotion is all about. I caught up with the band to get inside their way of thinking around song-writing and what they have in store for us moving forward...  Tell me about the song-writing process with the Dainty Morsels, how do your songs start and how do they end? And what was the quickest song to write on the album? Our process varies! But always involves just jammin’ it out in some capacity. Generally one of us will have an idea of some sort & then we’ll all layer on our ideas for our parts and jam it out until it feels whole. Its hard to say which song was the quickest to write, they all tend to come together fairly fast. Don’t Stray was definitely quick though. We started jammin...

 Adelaide band TESTEAGLES performed on the local and national music scene for many years and certainly pushed the boundaries of genre as they toggled between metal, hip-hop, trip-hop and heavy alternative sounds. Many current Australian acts cite TESTEAGLES as an influence on their band and back when TESTEAGLES worked in Adelaide there was an exciting cult-feel at the time as Matty, Ady and D dominated the music scene with high-profile headline slots, festival appearances and heavy rotation on national radio. I caught up with Ady(drums) and he threw me some stories and a bit of an insight of where the band is up to now.  Thanks for speaking to me, today! It’s an honor to catch up with such a band that influenced many acts such as The Butterfly Effect and Cog + more. How did the Testeagles form and what brought the band together in the early days of the Adelaide music scene. We were almost forced together initially.  Matty and I being brothers were both very passionate and...

  Thanks for chatting to That Adelaide Band! Have managed to see Street Legal live and I find the consistent on-stage look really appealing! What was the reason for this? I mean, usually a lot of bands just adopt an individual image but you have stood out by adopting your own, unique look.. Heyo, no problem - thanks for having us! When we came together we wanted to have a bit of a uniformity to our look rather than just doing the same old thing. I guess we were inspired by Noel Crombie from Split Enz (who played in the band and also made their suits) as well as the Jonathan Demme concert film 'Stop Making Sense' and really loved the theatricality of a collective uniform. I want to further incorporate that into our stagecraft, since I kinda love how that can add to the songwriting. Unfortunately we hadn't anticipated a couple of other bands with a similar vibe (they are only red coveralls afterall) and tire a bit of the Slipknot references so expect us to change it up a bit ...