VARIOUS ARTISTS: SUBURBAN MAYHEM ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (REVIEW)
November 29th 2006 11:46
VARIOUS ARTISTS
SUBURBAN MAYHEM ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
(2006; INERTIA)
RATING:
TRACK LISTING: Part I: The Songs: 1) My Side Of The Story… / 2) Double Dare—Adalita / 3) Troubled Mind—The Buff Medways / 4) Paco Doesn’t Love Me—Spazzys / 5) White Hott—Your Wedding Night / 6) Inbred Disco—Bird Blobs / 7) Sex Beat—Adalita / 8) Daddy—Magic Dirt / 9) Devil Song—Theredsunband / 10) This Is A Love Song—Little Birdy / 11) 48 Crash—Suzi Quatro / 12) The Sunshine Drive—Spazzys / 13) Sucker Love—Magic Dirt / 14) I Don’t Have A Nan… / Part II: The Score: 15) The Samurai Sword / 16) Danny Gets Arrested / 17) Judge Threw Away The Key / 18) Fudging Someone Else / 19) Smoking The Bong / 20) Driven To Kenny / 21) Kenny Does The Deed / 22) Goodnight Bub (The Murder) / 23) I Did It For You / 24) Brainwashing With Kindness / 25) My Brother’s A Murderer…
Soundtracks like this remind you of just how nasty and dirty Ozzy garage guitar rock can be. Suburban Mayhem is the new Aussie indie flick about the dark underbelly of suburbia, detailing the exploits of Katrina: a nineteen year old single mum who wreaks havoc on her hometown of Golden Grove and plots to kill her father. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but from what I’ve seen of the trailer this IF award winning stew of gutsy, (mostly) Australian female artists sticks to the film like shit on a mullet.
You can view the trailer yourself courtesy of Youtube:
Suburban Mayhem Trailer
The protagonist, Katrina, seems like a bitch with an attitude, and these tunes offer up plenty of female posturing and bravado to match her. I’ve been a fan of Magic Dirt since their first EP, but haven’t been as impressed with their new poppy direction. So I was mighty surprised to see that Adalita is rockin’ meaner than she has in a long time on what is her first solo foray. Her cover of Hoyt Axton’s "Double Dare" is rollicking cowpunk and her take on "Sex Beat" by the Gun Club, while lacking the desperate urgency of the original, is still sleazy and tough; with expert backing from Oz swamp rock legends Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds), Spencer P. Jones (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon), and Roland S. Howard (The Birthday Party, Crime and the City Solution). That spirit of slithering swamp rock is also conjured by the Bird Blobs on "Inbred Disco", a tune from their Stihl Life (2003) album, and is featured heavily in the trailer (way to go Blobs).
There’s also some authentic garage punk from Billy Childish and his fabulous Buff Medways; Little Birdy and Your Wedding Night provide some sassy, garage glam; while the Spazzys lighten up the mood with a couple of Ramones-a-rific, harmony-laden punkers. There’s even a Suzie Quatro tune to add a bit of old-school pizzazz, and this rockin’ set is bookended by sound clips from the movie.
The CD is split into two parts, The Songs and The Score, so you can either rock out to the first half, or sit back and enjoy the ghostly foreboding ambience of Mick Harvey’s short compositions which recall his work on films like Ghosts Of The Civil Dead and Chopper, and feature haunting piano, treated guitars, and minimal percussion.
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LINKS
This review also appears on the Tsunami website, but short and sweet (like a dwarf dipped in honey).
IMAGES
Suburban Mayhem Original Soundtrack*
(cover used under fair dealing)
* images on this page were taken from the following Inertia page
OST - Suburban Mayhem Soundtrack
SUBURBAN MAYHEM ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
(2006; INERTIA)
RATING:
TRACK LISTING: Part I: The Songs: 1) My Side Of The Story… / 2) Double Dare—Adalita / 3) Troubled Mind—The Buff Medways / 4) Paco Doesn’t Love Me—Spazzys / 5) White Hott—Your Wedding Night / 6) Inbred Disco—Bird Blobs / 7) Sex Beat—Adalita / 8) Daddy—Magic Dirt / 9) Devil Song—Theredsunband / 10) This Is A Love Song—Little Birdy / 11) 48 Crash—Suzi Quatro / 12) The Sunshine Drive—Spazzys / 13) Sucker Love—Magic Dirt / 14) I Don’t Have A Nan… / Part II: The Score: 15) The Samurai Sword / 16) Danny Gets Arrested / 17) Judge Threw Away The Key / 18) Fudging Someone Else / 19) Smoking The Bong / 20) Driven To Kenny / 21) Kenny Does The Deed / 22) Goodnight Bub (The Murder) / 23) I Did It For You / 24) Brainwashing With Kindness / 25) My Brother’s A Murderer…
Suburban Mayhem Original Soundtrack (2006)
You can view the trailer yourself courtesy of Youtube:
Suburban Mayhem Trailer
The protagonist, Katrina, seems like a bitch with an attitude, and these tunes offer up plenty of female posturing and bravado to match her. I’ve been a fan of Magic Dirt since their first EP, but haven’t been as impressed with their new poppy direction. So I was mighty surprised to see that Adalita is rockin’ meaner than she has in a long time on what is her first solo foray. Her cover of Hoyt Axton’s "Double Dare" is rollicking cowpunk and her take on "Sex Beat" by the Gun Club, while lacking the desperate urgency of the original, is still sleazy and tough; with expert backing from Oz swamp rock legends Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds), Spencer P. Jones (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon), and Roland S. Howard (The Birthday Party, Crime and the City Solution). That spirit of slithering swamp rock is also conjured by the Bird Blobs on "Inbred Disco", a tune from their Stihl Life (2003) album, and is featured heavily in the trailer (way to go Blobs).
There’s also some authentic garage punk from Billy Childish and his fabulous Buff Medways; Little Birdy and Your Wedding Night provide some sassy, garage glam; while the Spazzys lighten up the mood with a couple of Ramones-a-rific, harmony-laden punkers. There’s even a Suzie Quatro tune to add a bit of old-school pizzazz, and this rockin’ set is bookended by sound clips from the movie.
The CD is split into two parts, The Songs and The Score, so you can either rock out to the first half, or sit back and enjoy the ghostly foreboding ambience of Mick Harvey’s short compositions which recall his work on films like Ghosts Of The Civil Dead and Chopper, and feature haunting piano, treated guitars, and minimal percussion.
***
LINKS
This review also appears on the Tsunami website, but short and sweet (like a dwarf dipped in honey).
IMAGES
Suburban Mayhem Original Soundtrack*
(cover used under fair dealing)
* images on this page were taken from the following Inertia page
OST - Suburban Mayhem Soundtrack
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Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
I originally said: 'There’s also a Billy Childish cover from the Buff Medways'.
This song isn't a cover, because Billy Childish wrote it and is a member of the Buff Medways. I'm sorry if this caused anyone any undue distress, but that Billy Childish guy has so many bloody bands, it's hard to keep up.
I have also provided a link to the Tsunami Mag website where a shorter version of this review appears.