Tag: The Lockhearts

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The Lockhearts Offer Album Teaser With “Goddamn Pretty” Single

Anticipation is building for The Lockhearts’ new album Americana Doom Fuzz with the release of their brand new single “Goddamn Pretty.” The album won’t hit stores until early 2018, but if the single is any indication it’s going to be a corker. I love the ways these guys reinterpret vintage Americana sounds with a little Aussie edge.

If you love what you hear, get yourself to one of The Lockhearts’ upcoming shows. Expect to hear more of the new album tracks and all your old favourites at these shows:

3 November 2017 – The Bendigo Hotel, Bendigo
10 November 2017 – Factory Theatre, Sydney
11 November 2017 – Frankies, Sydney (FREE)
17 November 2017 – Prince of Wales, Brisbane
18 November 2017 – Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast
2 December 2017 – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast
3 December 2017 – Sounds of Sunday @ Broadbeach Tavern, Gold Coast (FREE)

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The Lockhearts Touring Rocking New Single Ahead of Album Release

The Lockhearts won’t release a new album until next year, but you can get your fix of the band’s particular brand of straight-up rock and roll with the release of the new single “Ride Home.”

Bands just don’t make rock music this good any more. I love the ‘70s influence, with its big chunky guitars and singalong chorus.

The Lockhearts are currently on tour test-driving new material from their forthcoming album Americana Doom Fuzz. Catch them at the following shows.

12 August 2017 – Crowbar, Brisbane
13 August 2017 – Broadbeach Tavern, Gold Coast (FREE)
18 August 2017 – Worldsend Hotel, Adelaide
19 August 2017 – The Workers Club, Geelong
24 August 2017 – The Vineyard, St Kilda, Melbourne
26 August 2017 – Cherry Bar, Melbourne
1 September 2017 – The Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle
8 September 2017 – The Backroom, Brisbane

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The Lockhearts Champion Local Music with Old Mate’s Block Party Festival

When Soundwave was axed recently, there was some chatter that Australia’s live music scene was dead. The Lockhearts are having none of that, so they’re throwing a party, and they’d love people who still believe in the strength of the local music landscape to join in the fun.

The Lockhearts will headline Old Mate’s Block Party, a music festival celebrating the great music coming out of Sydney’s inner west, or an inner-westival if you will. They’ll be joined by Papa Pilko and the Binrats, The Dead Love, The Cherry Dolls, The Daphne Rawling Band, The Mountains, and heaps more.

“These artists have been handpicked by us,” The Lockhearts confirmed. “They’re not just our favourite local bands but some of our favourite bands full stop. Think of this festival as our mix tape we made you to show you our feelings and put it in your locker in our free period.”

Old Mate’s Block Party will take over the Factory Theatre in Marrickville on January 30. Tickets are available from the venue for just $20.

Image used with permission from The Lockhearts

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“Tales From the Sea” – The Lockhearts

I must admit, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Tales From the Sea when it arrived in my mail box. The Lockhearts’ new album is spread over two volumes. On both covers there’s an octopus with a menacing glare. I wondered whether I was in for a concept album, or perhaps a collection of sea shanties. What I got what some of the best classic rock music I’ve heard in years.

The first volume opens with “Hope,” an uplifting number with a bluesy Black Crowes feel. I loved its chunky guitars and the story the lyrics told of a young woman struggling to make ends meet but filled with optimism and generosity. The album takes a different turn with “The Way to Thunder Road,” is a big ballsy song about rebellion and yearning for adventure. I loved the next song “The Game,” a breakup number which decides to be brutally scathing rather than curling up in a ball. “If Time Was On My Side” made me smile with its jangly, semi-acoustic feel, harmonica, and fatalistic lyrics.

I settled in for the second installment and was caught off guard. It starts with “Low,” a dark brooding number about being consumed by depression and hate. It’s a great track, but also one that I struggled to listen to after the lightness of part one. “Detonator” is another song which celebrates the darker side, a big loud expression of frustration that my teenage self would have eaten up. However, many years have passed since I felt angsty, and I was wondering whether volume II just wasn’t for me.

“Hush” changed my mind. It’s a companion piece to “If Time Was on My Side,” a love song set against the background of the end of the world. It might just be my favourite song on Tales of the Sea. It reminds me a little of a Van Halen number, with big wailing guitars and vocal harmonies, and these great apocalyptic lyrics. “Meet You There Again” follows on so perfectly from “Hush.” The end might be coming, but in this song The Lockhearts sing of the kind of love that transcends time and space. And when it’s delivered with such finesse, you believe it.

No one’s making music like Sydney band The Lockhearts anymore. The members grew up listening to The Doors, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zep and they proudly wear those influences on their sleeves. Throw in a little ’80s rock and you’re somewhere in the ballpark. But there are reasons why the songs of these classic bands lasted. The Lockhearts might feel like a little bit of a throwback, but creating music influenced by that which has stood the test of time can never be a bad thing.

Tales From The Sea is out now.