The Church
Album Review: ‘Premonition K’ is another luminescent chapter in the mystical, fantastical world of Kilbey/Kennedy (Steve Kilbey from The Church and Martin Kennedy from All India Radio).
When you put together the incredible musical skills of songwriter/multi instrumentalist and producer Martin Kennedy and the vivid and unbounded imagination of the legendary Steve Kilbey, you get something far greater than the constituent parts in Kilbey/Kennedy. Seemingly forming part of a triptych with earlier collaborations ‘Jupiter 13’ and ‘The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus’ …
Album Review: The Church releases the exquisite ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars – another collection of finely honed sonic treasures.
We could seriously dedicate a single writer full time to cover the creative output of Steve Kilbey over a year, and the release of ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars’ with The Church and the imminent release of his project with Martin Kennedy (‘Premonition K’) illustrates my point perfectly. Will no one think of the …
News: The Church launch 2024 with live shows in NSW and Queensland
On the back of announcing a show in Tamworth as part of NSW’s Great Southern Nights series of live events, perennial Backseat Mafia favourites The Church have announced they will also be performing at The Triffid in Brisbane on Thursday, 7 March 2024. This follows an incredible year in 2023 after touring extensively across Australia …
Track: BNDT (Tim Powles from The Church) unveils a scintillating piece of electronic whimsy in ‘Goodtimes 4 Free’.
Tim ‘timEbandit‘ Powles is currently one of the longest serving members of the legendary The Church, whose most recent album ‘The Hypnogogue’ stormed the world last year, making it to the top of many lists of albums of the year (including our own Backseat Downunder list). Powles is also a bit of an experienced producer …
Feature: Backseat Downunder’s 50 Favourite Antipodean Albums and EPs of 2023
In many end of year ‘best’ albums of 2023, there has been a distinct absence of independent antipodean bands – an astounding omission given the depth of quality exhibited by Australian and New Zealand artists in 2023. For the past few years, to counterbalance this annual bias, I have put together a top fifty favourite …
Meet: We chat to Martin Kennedy (All India Radio, Kilbey/Kennedy, Observers) about recording, heavy metal, and collaborating with Steve Kilbey (The Church)
Martin Kennedy has a had a long and impressive career in music. He was given a guitar with four strings at the age of fourteen, made up his own chords and eventually formed Melbourne band Pray TV, releasing 5 albums and touring the US, before forming All India Radio and collaborating with other musicians such …
News: Iconic guitarist Ashley Naylor (The Church, Even, Paul Kelly) reveals new solo instrumental album and single ‘Spaceship’.
Ashley Naylor is a bit of a guitar god. Not only is he at the helm of the super jangle pop gods Even, a feature player in the Rockwiz Orchestra on the Rockwiz program on SBS TV (seemingly able to turn his hand to reproduce any guitar riff imaginable, note for note) but now is …
Live Review Plus Gallery: The Church, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 03.06.2023
It was rather apt that The Church should mark their first gig in Hobart for more than twenty years one week ahead of the ritual bacchanalia that is Dark Mofo. A perfect time for sonic absolution before the descent into the wicked ways of Hobart’s famed winter festival. And what a performance it was. The …
Album Review: Enter ‘The Hypnogogue’ – the spectacular and ethereal world of The Church, a venerable band at their very best.
In my recent interview with Steve Kilbey, singer, bass player and songwriter for The Church, he hinted that ‘The Hypnogogue’, the new album from The Church, would be their last. While this was qualified, and given Kilbey’s almost Tourettes level of creativity, it seems hard to believe this would be so. However, Kilbey also reflected …