_heads_up - WOLFMOTHER BREAK UP!

We’re always with our finger on the pulse here at triplejaysus, and today is no exception, with the breaking news that WOLFMOTHER are breaking up! ( Well, sort of.) Bass player / organist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett leave to focusing their energies on material for an exciting new project, the details of which are to come in the near future Modular announced earlier.

Singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale will carry on Wolfmother and has our full support as we now embark on Wolfmother - Phase II. Lets hope he has better luck that Axl did when keeping the moniker of a much-loved rock band. I doubt people would wait 13 years for the latest distillation of Black Sabbath from Sydneysider Stockdale.

I am reminded of Eddie van Halen’s comments after Diamond Dave left for the third time - “He suffers from LSD - Lead Singers Disease.” Nice one Eddie.

Burial Revealed!

So Burial isn’t Banksy! Man, if he was banksy he’d have been THE coolest person to take other peoples art and make it into capital a art. But he’s not. So move on, this isn’t a photo opportunity.

Turns out that the enigmatic dubstep champion is will bevan. I refrain from using capitals in respect of the artist currently known as Burial. In a statement on his myspace page he made the announcement in quite a low key sort of way:

hi

for a while theres been some talk about who i am , but its not a big deal
i wanted to be unknown because i just want it to be all about the tunes.
over the last year the unknown thing become an issue so im not into it any more.
im a lowkey person and i just want to make some tunes, nothing else. my names will bevan, im from south london, im keeping my head down and just going to finish my next album, theres going to be a 12″ maybe in the next few weeks too with 4 tunes. hope u like it, i’ll try put a tune up later

sorry for any rubbish tunes i made in the past, ill make up for it

a big big thank you to anyone who ever supported me, liked my tunes or sent me messages, it means the world to me

big up everyone, take care, will ( burial ) 

It’s a well timed unveiling, what with will being short listed for the Mercuty Music Prize this year, and I don’t mind going on the record to say that I don’t care who Burial is - his music rocks. ( Not in a triple-rock sort of way though)

Good on ya will, you’re okay.

30_Borrowed_Beats_August_08_Edition - Stress Free Edition

Is everyone witnessing (or suffering from) the inordinate amount of stress involved in our daily lives recently? It seems everywhere I look a friend is out with a stress induced illness, or taking a few ‘mental health’ days.

No one seems to take the time to immerse themselves in anything anymore. People just buy the track they like, not the album - the death toll for music as a body of work. And that track they bought had better grab them in the first 15 seconds…

If all that rings true, then you will either love the opportunity of the August Edition or hate its lack of immediacy, because this month we’re not in a rush. So take some deep breaths and press play for a 68 minute aural massage.