What They Thought – The Smith Street Band & Dirk Verbeuren
on December 6th, 2011Today we get reflective on the year that has been 2011 with Wil Wagner and Chris Cowburn from Melbourne outfit The Smith Street Band who have been kicking all kinds of arse since the release of their ‘No One Gets Lost Anymore‘ album via Poison City Records a few months back. We also check in with Dirk Verbeuren, drummer of Swedish outfit Soilwork who last year released their latest album ‘The Panic Broadcast‘ via Nuclear Blast, this year he released the debut EP of his grindcore band Bent Sea. Expand this post and see what they thought of 2011.
Name : Wil Wagner & Chris Cowburn (collab. effort)
What you do : We play in The Smith Street Band
Where you do it : Everywhere
Website Link : facebook.com/thesmithstreetband, thesmithstreetband.bandcamp.com
Two favourite Australian releases Of 2011?
1. Milhouse – Everything’s Coming Up
2. Foxtrot – The Bottom Line
(Special Mentions: Luca Brasi, Jen Buxton)
Two favourite International releases of 2011?
1. Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
2. Astronautalis – This Is Our Science
(Special Mentions: Mariachi El Bronx, Fucked Up, RVIVR)
Two Favourite Live Bands you saw in 2011?
1. Defiance, Ohio
2. Future Of The Left (Snuck in — pretty sure this was the 2nd or 3rd of Jan!)
Australian band who kicked the most arse in 2011?
Foxtrot, The Bennies, Luca Brasi
International band who kicked the most arse in 2011?
The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx
Biggest let down of 2011?
Nothing!
Personal working highlight/s of 2011?
Recording and releasing our debut album “No One Gets Lost Anymore” with our friends at Poison City Records, all the tours that we did especially with Defiance, Ohio, A Death In The Family and Former Cell Mates and just generally being able to play more shows in more places to more people!
Australian band to watch in 2012?
Milhouse, Let Me Down Jungleman
International band to watch in 2012?
RVIVR
What you are most looking forward to in 2012?
We are touring almost as soon as the new year starts and have dates across Tasmania and Western Australia in the pipeline! We are also going to record a new album and, all things going to plan, play some shows overseas!
Anything additional?
Check out our friends at Jackknife Records and Poison City Records, everything they release is amazing! It’s just exciting how many great bands are showing up all over Australia at the moment, I think 2012 will be a really great year for music! There are already albums that I’m excited to hear and bands I’m excited to see again. So come out to shows, see bands you haven’t seen before and generally make the most of all the amazing music coming out of Australia at the moment!
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Name : Dirk Verbeuren
What you do : play drums
Where you do it : Soilwork, Bent Sea
Website Link : www.dirkverbeuren.com
Two favourite Australian releases Of 2011?
1. Mournful Congregation – The Book Of Kings
2. …wish I knew another one…
Two favourite International releases Of 2011?
1. Brutal Truth – Endtime
2. Jesu – Jesu/Dethroned
Two Favourite Live Bands you saw in of 2011?
1. Decapitated @ Brutal Assault Festival
2. Katatonia’s Last Fair Deal Gone Down anniversary show @ Peabody’s, Cleveland
Australian band who kicked the most arse in 2011?
Mournful Congregation
International band who kicked the most arse in 2011?
Devin Townsend Project
Biggest let down of 2011?
Worldwide corruption
Personal working highlight/s of 2011?
Recording and releasing Noistalgia, the debut EP of my grindcore band Bent Sea ; performing Devin Townsend Project’s Deconstruction live
Australian band to watch in 2012?
All of them!
International band to watch in 2012?
Napalm Death
What you are most looking forward to in 2012?
My Tama drum masterclass tour in Europe ; hopefully an Australian tour with Soilwork
Anything additional?
Support these independent releases, all of which I performed on :
Bent Sea (www.bentsea.com)
SCD (www.bigcartel.com/scd)
Anatomy of I (www.anatomyofi.com)
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