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Youth Group @ The Basement (Wed. 10/7)

Chip Midnight — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:39:06 +0000

Somebody should take bassist Patrick Matthews from Youth Group to Dirty Frank’s before Wednesday night’s show at The Basement! The Australian band has made a few trips to Columbus since their inception in 2004 and their gentle brand of indie-pop (falling somewhere between Death Cab for Cutie and Teenage Fanclub) is always welcomed.

The band’s latest (their 3rd U.S. release since 2004), The Night is Ours, is filled with tales of love and heartbreak and if the kids were still making mix CDs to express interest in somebody of the opposite sex, Youth Group would be the band on the soundtrack that the recipient would say, “They sound so familiar and yet I can’t figure out who it is”. I have no idea what size audience Youth Group draws in Columbus but when I saw them in L.A. in 2005, the Spaceland was packed with hipsters wanting to discover their new favorite band before the rest of the world.

Youth Group, Other Girls, and Six Gallery perform at The Basement on Wednesday, October 7. Tickets are $12 at the door and doors open at 7pm.

The Night Is Ours – Youth Group

Aussie BBQ @ SXSW (we’ve got the details)

Chip Midnight — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:40:29 +0000

Looking like another great year for the Aussie BBQ. This party is open to SXSW badgeholders (entry subject to capacity).

I’ll have to do some homework before heading to Austin as the only two names that I’m familiar with are Youth Group and Gabriella Cilmi, who could be one of the hits of SXSW 2009 if her live show lives up to her recorded material.

THE AUSSIE BBQ 2009 at SxSW
12.00 noon – 7.30pm
Friday 20th March 2009
Brush Square Park, Austin Texas
(opposite the Austin Convention Centre)

featuring 12 acts:
The Drones
Youth Group
Gabriella Cilmi
The Grates
Birds of Tokyo
Josh Pyke
Temper Trap
My Disco
Infusion
The Fumes
The Boat People
The Red Riders

For more information go to www.theaussiebbq.com

Youth Group headin’ to SXSW in March

Chip Midnight — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:46:42 +0000

I caught this Australia band on my one and only trip to L.A. a little over 3 years ago and they were phenomenal. Youth Group just inked a deal with U.S. label World’s Fair Label Group and have announced that they’ve been invited to perform at SXSW 2009 in March.

A short snippet I filmed at the Spaceland in L.A. in 2005.